Maurice Jarre

Maurice Jarre ( Lyon , September 13 1924 - Los Angeles , March 29 2009 ) was a French composer of Russian origin in particular many film wrote. He won Academy Awards for his music for Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962 ), Doctor Zhivago ( 1965 ) and A Passage to India ( 1984 ).

Jarre wrote mainly for orchestra, but from the eighties also got synthesizer music his interest.

Maurice Jarre is the father of Jean Michel Jarre, who except keyboardist is also a composer.