Maurice Jarre

Journalism vs. Commentary; and Remembering Maurice Jarre

Alec Baldwin | Posted 05.14.2009 | Media

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Alec Baldwin

Journalism is what is required now. And, yes, some commentary. But more journalism than commentary. That's what a newspaper does.

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Maurice Jarre, 'Dr. Zhivago' Composer, Dies

AP | Posted 04.30.2009 | Entertainment

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PARIS — A French musicians guild says Oscar-winning film composer Maurice Jarre has died at the age of 84. Jarre is best known for writing the ...

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The Best Original Movie Scores By Farr

John Farr | Posted 04.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dr. Zhivago, Goldfinger, The Bad and the Ugly, Henry Mancini, Pulp Fiction, Movie, Moviemaking, Breakfast at Tiffany's, John Barry, A Man and a Woman, Miklos Rozsa, Maurice Jarre, Bernard Herrmann, Son of a Preacher Man, David Raksin, The Good, Burt Bacharach, Movie Music, Nino Rota, Michel Legrand, Lawrence of Arabia, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Stuck in the Middle With You, The Magnificent Seven, Best Original Score, The Pink Panther, Elmer Bernstein, Gone With the Wind, The Thomas Crown Affair, Francis Lai, Ennio Morricone, Bob Dylan, Film Scores, Reservoir Dogs, American Graffiti, Max Steiner, Eric Wolfgang Korngold, James Bond, The Godfather, Movie Soundtracks, Dusty Springfield, Quentin Tarantino, The Godfather Part 2, Laura, Entertainment News
John Farr

Surveying the historical span of filmmaking, the use of original music appears more prevalent from the dawn of sound through the 1970s -- or perhaps it's just that the scores themselves were more memorable over this period.

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