Jarre, Maurice

French composer; b. Lyons, Sept. 13, 1924. Jarre studied electrical engineering in Lyons, then attended courses in composition given by the composer ARTHUR HONEGGER at the Paris Conservatory.

Jarre became best known as a film composer, winning an Academy Award for Lawrence of Arabia in 1963 and Lara's Song from Dr. Zhivago in 1965. His other excellent film scores include The Year of Living Dangerously (1983), Witness (1985), The Mosquito Coast (1986), Gorillas in the Mist (1988), and Dead Poets Society (1989). He also wrote the orchestral works Armida (1953), Mouvements en relief (1954), Passacaille, in memory of Honegger (Strasbourg Festival, 1956), and Mobiles (Strasbourg Festival, 1961).