The composer Maurice Jarre died at the age of 84. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Won three Oscars for Best Original Score for 1962’s “Lawrence of Arabia,” 1965’s “Doctor Zhivago,” and “A Passage to India” from 1984.
He enrolled in the Paris Conservatory against his father’s wishes. He was married to Fong F. Khong from 1984 until his death.
Quotes
"But, yes, now I wouldn’t do some of those soundtracks the way I did them.
"Nowadays, if a studio assumes that his film is bad, there is always an executive that gets more nervous than usual and thinks that if they change the music, the film will become a masterpiece.
"I began to write a kind of waltz and in a little more than an hour I had the theme written.
"For Ryan’s Daughter I used a total of eight harps, something that was, at least, weird.
"My parents did not have any interest in music.