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Maurice Jarre Biography

Birth Name:Maurice-Alexis Jarre

Birth Place:Lyon, France

Profession Soundtrack, Music department, Producer

Fast Facts

  • Received the Bogota Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 1988
  • Won the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival Honorary Golden Bear Award
  • In 2003, he was awarded the World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Was the father of fellow music composer Jean Michel Jarre
  • Before becoming a composer, he enrolled at the Sorbonne with the intention of studying engineering
  • Studied percussion and composition at the Conservatoire de Paris
  • Was best known for frequently composition scores to films directed by David Lean

Awards

  • 1963Oscar-Best Music, Score - Substantially Original: winner
  • 1963Golden Globe-Best Original Score: nominated
  • 1963Golden Laurel-Top Song: nominated
  • 1964Oscar-Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment: nominated
  • 1964Grammy-Best Original Score from a Motion Picture or Television Show: nominated
  • 1966Oscar-Best Music, Score - Substantially Original: winner
  • 1966Golden Globe-Best Original Score: winner
  • 1967Golden Globe-Best Original Score: nominated
  • 1967Grammy-Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show: winner
  • 1971Golden Laurel-Best Composer: nominated
  • 1972Grammy-Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special: nominated
  • 1973Oscar-Best Music, Original Song: nominated
  • 1973Golden Globe-Best Original Song - Motion Picture: nominated
  • 1976Golden Globe-Best Original Score - Motion Picture: nominated
  • 1978Oscar-Best Music, Original Score: nominated
  • 1981Saturn Award-Best Music: nominated
  • 1983AFI Award-Best Original Music Score: nominated
  • 1985Oscar-Best Music, Original Score: winner
  • 1985Golden Globe-Best Original Score - Motion Picture: winner
  • 1986Oscar-Best Music, Original Score: nominated
  • 1986Saturn Award-Best Music: nominated
  • 1986BAFTA Film Award-Best Score: winner
  • 1986BAFTA Film Award-Best Score: nominated
  • 1986Golden Globe-Best Original Score - Motion Picture: nominated
  • 1986Grammy-Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special: nominated
  • 1986Grammy-Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special: nominated
  • 1987ACE-Original Music: winner
  • 1987Golden Globe-Best Original Score - Motion Picture: nominated
  • 1987Best Original Soundtrack-: winner
  • 1988ASCAP Award-Top Box Office Films: winner
  • 1988Golden Precolumbian Circle-Best Original Score: winner
  • 1989Oscar-Best Music, Original Score: nominated
  • 1989Golden Globe-Best Original Score - Motion Picture: winner
  • 1989Grammy-Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television: nominated
  • 1990ASCAP Award-Top Box Office Films: winner
  • 1990BAFTA Film Award-Best Original Film Score: winner
  • 1991ASCAP Award-Top Box Office Films: winner
  • 1991Oscar-Best Music, Original Score: nominated
  • 1991Saturn Award-Best Music: nominated
  • 1996Golden Globe-Best Original Score - Motion Picture: winner
  • 2000Genie-Best Music Score: nominated
  • 2001Golden Globe-Best Original Score - Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2001OFTA Film Award-Best Music, Original Score: nominated
  • 2002OFTA Television Award-Best New Theme Song in a Motion Picture or Miniseries: nominated
  • 2011IFMCA Award-Best Archival Release of an Existing Score: nominated
  • 2021OFTA Film Hall of Fame-Score: winner
  • 2025OFTA Film Hall of Fame-Score: winner