The Essential Maurice Jarre Film Collection [Soundtrack]

Maurice Jarre | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 28, 2000)
• Original Release Date: March 28, 2000
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Silva America
• ASIN: B00004NRRB
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #186,217 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the original recordings, but a decent collection, July 20, 2001

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This review is from: The Essential Maurice Jarre Film Collection (Audio CD)

When are we going to get a collection of the original versions of Maurice Jarre's scores?

If you want an introduction to Mr. Jarre's work this is a decent overview. Lawrence Of Arabia and Dr. Zhivago are truly movie score milestones. And these renditions are faithful enough to the originals that most casual movie fans will enjoy them.

If you want to save a few bucks and get all the hits then pick this up. However, if you are a true fan of Maurice Jarre I would stick with the original soundtracks and avoid this collection.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "memorable & epic proportions", May 19, 2000

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Essential Maurice Jarre Film Collection (Audio CD)

Silva Screen Records and James Fitzpatrick presents one of the finest collections ever assembled on two discs, giving us the best, yes the "ultimate music" from one of the greatest composers ever - Maurice Jarre. Jarre who gave us probably some of the most memorable scores of film music history. The list of achievements of this composer is endless - "LAWRENCE OF ARABIA" (1962) - "DOCTOR ZHIVAGO" (1965) - "RYAN'S DAUGHTER" (1970) - "THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING" (1975) - "THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY" (1982) - "WITNESS" (1985) - "GHOST" (1990), many are of epic proportions and others most memorable.

Highly recommend this CD to film score collectors and lovers of original beautiful music. Silva Screen Records once again proven they are totally complete and stand alone in the field of score and soundtrack compilatons. This album will be a great addition to your collection - "The Essential Maurice Jarre Film Music Collection"!

Total Time: Disc One 71:04/Disc Two 71:57/Silva Screen Records - SSD 1108 (2000)

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maurice Jarre at his best, January 8, 2001

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Liz F "Liz F" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Essential Maurice Jarre Film Collection (Audio CD)

Maurice Jarre is now, and always has been, one of the best composers that films has ever known. Like Bernard Hermann and Miklos Rozsa before him, and Jerry Goldsmith and Georges Delerue his contemporaries, Jarre's music is identifiable long before his name appears in the credits. It stands on its own merits, and yet, when heard while watching the film images it underpins, Jarre's scoring seldom overpowers. Of course, he had the great good fortune to be singled out by David Lean, a filmmaker whose remarkable images were almost impossible to overwhelm with music or any other distraction.

This collection gives the listener a unique opportunity to experience the forty plus year evolution of Jarre's work, from his early hallmark use of percussion and quirky waltz themes in Lean's landmark films, to his later use of synthesizer minimalism in Witness and The Year of Living Dangerously. The music is lush and sensual, and replete with some of the best loved film themes from the last half of the 20th century. I recommend it for anyone who enjoys sound track scoring at its very best.