Maurice Jarre
Birth Name:
Maurice-Alexis Jarre
Birth Place:
Lyon, France
Profession
Soundtrack, Music department, Producer
Fast Facts
- In 2003, he was awarded the World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award
- Received the Bogota Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 1988
- Won the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival Honorary Golden Bear 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 SoundtrackWinner
- 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
- 2005Felix - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2006Felix - Best Original Score: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