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Maurice Jarre

Career

Active from 1952 to 2013, with a break from 2002 to 2012, busiest in 1962 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia
GoodWatch score91/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Original Score

    1995 · Won

    A Walk in the Clouds

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Original Music

    1990 · Won

    Dead Poets Society

    Source: Wikidata

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Original Score

    1988 · Won

    Gorillas in the Mist

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Original Music

    1986 · Won

    Witness

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Honorary César

    1986 · Won

    Shoah

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Music (Original Score)

    1985 · Won · 57th Academy Awards

    A Passage to India

    Source: Wikidata

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Original Score

    1984 · Won

    A Passage to India

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Music (Original Score)

    1966 · Won · 38th Academy Awards

    Doctor Zhivago

    Source: Wikidata

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Original Score

    1965 · Won

    Doctor Zhivago

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Music (Original Score)

    1963 · Won · 35th Academy Awards

    Lawrence of Arabia

    Source: Wikidata

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Original Score

    2000 · Nominated

    Sunshine

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Music (Original Score)

    1991 · Nominated · 63rd Academy Awards

    Ghost

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Music (Original Score)

    1989 · Nominated · 61st Academy Awards

    Gorillas in the Mist

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Original Music

    1986 · Nominated

    A Passage to India

    Source: Wikidata

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Original Score

    1986 · Nominated

    The Mosquito Coast

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Music (Original Score)

    1986 · Nominated · 58th Academy Awards

    Witness

    Source: Wikidata

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Original Score

    1985 · Nominated

    Witness

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Music (Original Score)

    1978 · Nominated · 50th Academy Awards

    The Message

    Source: Wikidata

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Original Score

    1975 · Nominated

    The Man Who Would Be King

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Music (Original Song)

    1973 · Nominated · 45th Academy Awards

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 105 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Maurice Jarre Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.7, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.2, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.8, average 2.7
  • Cringe Humor
    1.4, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 19
  • Political Intrigue 18
  • Character-Driven 12
  • Social Commentary 11
  • Character Study 8
  • Historical Setting 7
  • Psychological Drama 7
  • Moral Ambiguity 6
  • French Cinema 6
  • Historical Epic 5
  • Melancholy 5
  • Cultural Clash 5

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

155
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Maurice Jarre / Lawrence d’Arabie
Maurice Jarre / Lawrence d’Arabie (2024)

Music

Notre-Dame de Paris (Opéra Bastille)
Notre-Dame de Paris (Opéra Bastille) (2021)

Music

2010s

1 title
La Scala Ballet: Notre-Dame de Paris
La Scala Ballet: Notre-Dame de Paris (2013)

Original Music Composer

2000s

3 titles · average score 58
Uprising
Uprising (2001)
GoodWatch score 77

Original Music Composer

Lawrence of Arabia: A Conversation with Steven Spielberg
Lawrence of Arabia: A Conversation with Steven Spielberg (2001)

Music

I Dreamed of Africa
I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
GoodWatch score 38

Original Music Composer

1990s

17 titles · average score 56
Sunshine
Sunshine (1999)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Music Composer

The Sunchaser
The Sunchaser (1996)
GoodWatch score 37

Original Music Composer, Conductor

A Walk in the Clouds
A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
GoodWatch score 61

Original Music Composer

Fearless
Fearless (1993)
GoodWatch score 79

Original Music Composer

Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones (1993)
GoodWatch score 45

Original Music Composer

School Ties
School Ties (1992)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

Shadow of the Wolf
Shadow of the Wolf (1992)
GoodWatch score 57

Original Music Composer

Only the Lonely
Only the Lonely (1991)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Music Composer

Ghost
Ghost (1990)
GoodWatch score 68

Original Music Composer, Orchestrator

Jacob's Ladder
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
GoodWatch score 71

Original Music Composer

Almost an Angel
Almost an Angel (1990)
GoodWatch score 46

Original Music Composer

After Dark, My Sweet
After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Music Composer

1980s

44 titles · average score 61
Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society (1989)
GoodWatch score 81

Original Music Composer

Fatal Attraction
Fatal Attraction (1987)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Music Composer

No Way Out
No Way Out (1987)
GoodWatch score 77

Original Music Composer

The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast (1986)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Music Composer

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Music Composer

Witness
Witness (1985)
GoodWatch score 79

Original Music Composer

Enemy Mine
Enemy Mine (1985)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

Top Secret!
Top Secret! (1984)
GoodWatch score 73

Conductor, Original Music Composer

A Passage to India
A Passage to India (1984)
GoodWatch score 75

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Dreamscape
Dreamscape (1984)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Music Composer

Firefox
Firefox (1982)
GoodWatch score 48

Original Music Composer

Taps
Taps (1981)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Music Composer

1970s

33 titles · average score 60
The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum (1979)
GoodWatch score 74

Original Music Composer

The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper (1977)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Music Composer

March or Die
March or Die (1977)
GoodWatch score 57

Original Music Composer

The Message
The Message (1976)
GoodWatch score 80

Original Music Composer

Shout at the Devil
Shout at the Devil (1976)
GoodWatch score 55

Original Music Composer

The Last Tycoon
The Last Tycoon (1976)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Music Composer

The Man Who Would Be King
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
GoodWatch score 86

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Mandingo
Mandingo (1975)
GoodWatch score 45

Conductor, Original Music Composer

The Island at the Top of the World
The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
GoodWatch score 54

Original Music Composer

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
GoodWatch score 61

Original Music Composer

Red Sun
Red Sun (1971)
GoodWatch score 53

Original Music Composer

Ryan's Daughter
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Music Composer, Conductor

1960s

43 titles · average score 69
Topaz
Topaz (1969)
GoodWatch score 58

Conductor, Original Music Composer

The Damned
The Damned (1969)
GoodWatch score 79

Conductor, Original Music Composer

The Night of the Generals
The Night of the Generals (1967)
GoodWatch score 56

Original Music Composer

The Professionals
The Professionals (1966)
GoodWatch score 77

Original Music Composer

Gambit
Gambit (1966)
GoodWatch score 69

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Is Paris Burning?
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Music Composer

Grand Prix
Grand Prix (1966)
GoodWatch score 80

Original Music Composer

Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
GoodWatch score 77

Original Music Composer, Conductor

The Train
The Train (1964)
GoodWatch score 83

Original Music Composer

Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
GoodWatch score 91

Original Music Composer, Conductor

The Longest Day
The Longest Day (1962)
GoodWatch score 75

Conductor, Original Music Composer

Eyes Without a Face
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
GoodWatch score 85

Original Music Composer

1950s

12 titles · average score 69
Head Against the Wall
Head Against the Wall (1959)
GoodWatch score 84

Original Music Composer

You Have Nothing to Declare?
You Have Nothing to Declare? (1959)

Original Music Composer

Beast at Bay
Beast at Bay (1959)

Original Music Composer, Music

Stars at Noon
Stars at Noon (1959)

Original Music Composer

The Chasers
The Chasers (1959)
GoodWatch score 64

Music, Conductor

Le Bel Indifférent
Le Bel Indifférent (1958)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer

Provincial Chronicle
Provincial Chronicle (1958)

Original Music Composer

All the World's Memory
All the World's Memory (1956)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Music Composer

Le Théâtre National Populaire
Le Théâtre National Populaire (1956)

Original Music Composer

Sur le pont d’Avignon
Sur le pont d’Avignon (1956)

Music

Le Voyage d'Abdallah
Le Voyage d'Abdallah (1953)

Music

Hôtel des Invalides
Hôtel des Invalides (1952)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer