Obituaries

Movie composer Maurice Jarre, best remembered for his scores for David Lean films such as Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, has died at the age of 84. He died over the weekend, according to the Associated Press.

He was one of the all-time great movie composers.

Here he is conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a 1992 tribute to David Lean. The music is the Lawrence of Arabia theme or "suite," of course:



He also composed scores for television and composed what I believe is the greatest television theme ever, the Cimarron Strip Theme. This is the opening credit:




The French president paid tribute.

Edit: I resized those videos to fit the blog. YouTube has changed everything around.

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