Maurice Jarre was 1 of the greatest ever, as well as being the last of the, film composers to understand what film scoring can mean in its potential to change both the human heart & human moral conscious forever. And so he created music that consistently underscored the ravishing paradox of how ephemeral life is even at the same time that Love actually truly does triumph over, and actually truly is stronger than, Death. Thus not surprisingly, Maurice Jarre's best scores convey those same twin features found only amoungst the best composers across the centuries: (1st), the quintessential living silence that dwells & breathes unhidden at the heart of every genuine melody ever written (be that melody fast or slow, loud or soft, "simple" or orchestral). And (2nd), that irreduceable, inextinguishable Light that dwells within all such music just as it dwells within the human soul, casting its hope even amidst the darkest moments of human experience. These characteristics of Maurice Jarre's genius are best found in "Dr. Zhivago" and "Is Paris Burning" -- entirely fitting, actually, since each is about 1 of the very darkest times in human history. Yet even in such times Maurice Jarre steers us right through and then beyond the pain into the redemptive light of Hope in Goodness, and the goodness in Hope.

You will be missed especially your sweet and touching music.

RIP

I will miss your beautiful music.

Maurice Jarre conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on "Lawrence Of Arabia" - A musical tribute to Sir David Lean, 1992 ...