1 posted on
03/29/2009 5:14:56 PM PDT by
Borges
To: .30Carbine; 1rudeboy; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 31R1O; ADemocratNoMore; afraidfortherepublic; Andyman; ...
2 posted on
03/29/2009 5:16:42 PM PDT by
Borges
To: Borges
He picked a good time to move on.
What could he compose with such movies as "I Love You Man", and "What Happens in Vegas"?
6 posted on
03/29/2009 5:24:31 PM PDT by
AU72
To: Borges
His score for “Dr. Zhivago” made the film.
7 posted on
03/29/2009 5:28:24 PM PDT by
Publius
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To: Borges
Sad - enjoyed his score for “Moon Over Parador”.....
To: Borges
He was brilliant. And he was the father of the kid who wrote the screenplay to the movie TOMBSTONE !!!!
9 posted on
03/29/2009 5:34:49 PM PDT by
Liberty Ship
("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
To: Borges
Maurice Jarre also wrote the score for “Firefox”, where a Russian-speaking U.S. pilot steals a thought-driven Soviet MiG from under the KGB’s noses.
Saw it while stationed in Germany in 1983. The music and the film were great for morale.
10 posted on
03/29/2009 5:49:10 PM PDT by
elcid1970
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To: Borges; All
11 posted on
03/29/2009 5:51:42 PM PDT by
EveningStar
("...If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken / Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools...")
To: Borges
Love the music to Shogun.
13 posted on
03/29/2009 6:15:03 PM PDT by
my_pointy_head_is_sharp
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To: Borges
Another genius lost to the world.
15 posted on
03/29/2009 6:26:40 PM PDT by
pankot
To: Borges
18 posted on
03/29/2009 8:46:15 PM PDT by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: Borges; .30Carbine; 1rudeboy; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 31R1O; ADemocratNoMore; afraidfortherepublic; ...
While I wouldn't rank him as one of my very favorites, he had a distinct and interesting musical voice. He went from the bombastic orchestral work of LAWRENCE to the ethereal 80's-90's phase of the Peter Weir films (like WITNESS) and AFTER DARK MY SWEET to the above mentioned MOON OVER PARADOR, which showed one can write big orchestral scores with wit. His lesser-known scores like VILLA RIDES and IS PARIS BURNING? have themes as interesting as his well-known David Lean scores.
His score for DR ZHIVAGO was butchered by the producer, who kept sticking the Lara's Theme variations all over. Get the CD to hear Jarre's true intentions for the score. It's a far more varied work than the movie would have you believe.
I urge anyone interested in his work to find the CD of his score for the TV miniseries JESUS OF NAZARETH. Even to an atheist like me, this is magnificent, spiritual music, nothing like the Biblical scores of Bernstein and Rozsa but really moving and listenable.
I could talk about film music all day, but it's too bad the subject only comes up when one of the greats dies. There aren't many left.
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