Gregory Smith or Ghost was always a fan of music and did many songs as a child. He and his good friend Robert "Nail Picker" Herbertsen later created the band Morbid Chid in 1993 which took Iceland by storm. He continued his life style of drugs and alcohol until Robert died of an overdose. Ghost became depressed and Morbid Chid released their second CD under the name "My Pain and Sadness" which destroyed their image. Other members soon joined the band and helped out Ghost into doing good comedy rock/metal songs that made the band great back in 1993. Even though Ghost is still making fun of serious issues (Aids, Incest, Rape, Murder, even the way Robert "Nail Picker" Herbertsen died) and has released over 9 Morbid Chid CDs, but in 1998 where Morbid Chid has more followers then ever, Ghost created the solo project "Ghost" which was Electro/Techno music. The CD "I Am Ghost" did not sell very well, but many big Morbid Chid Fans (who even liked My Pain and Sadness) own the CD and love Ghost for it. Some of the songs even appeared in the low budget film "Camp Blood". After that Ghost even landed a small part in the hit show "Spaugstofan". Nowadays, Ghost just focuses on Morbid Chid and together with fellow band mates iNGO and GasMask Man has released three CD's in 2005. Morbid Chid are also creating a more of a worldwide fan base as Ghost and GasMask Man created a MySpace Morbid Chid Site in August 2005. There are still rumors that Ghost will be releasing a new Solo CD, but because of his new busy schedule of more and more Morbid Chid CD's and his new love for acting in low budget films, it's going to seem pretty hard for him to make another CD.
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name | Maurice Jarre |
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birth date | September 13, 1924 |
birth place | Lyon, France |
birthname | Maurice-Alexis Jarre |
death date | March 28, 2009 |
death place | Los Angeles, California, United States |
spouses | Francette Pejot (in the 1940s)Dany Saval (1965–1967)Laura Devon (1967–1984)Fong F. Khong (1984–2009; his death) |
occupation | Composer, conductor |
yearsactive | 1958–2001 |
background | non_performing_personnel }} |
Although he composed several concert works, he is best known for his film scores, and is particularly known for his collaborations with film director David Lean. Jarre composed the scores to all of Lean's films since ''Lawrence of Arabia'' (1962). Other notable scores of his include ''The Message'' (1976), ''Witness'' (1985) and ''Ghost'' (1990). Jarre was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Three of his compositions spent a total of forty-two weeks on the U.K. singles chart chart; the biggest hit was 'Somewhere My Love' (to his tune ''Lara's Theme'', with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster) by the Michael Sammes Singers, which reached number fourteen in 1966 and spent thirty-eight weeks on the chart.
Jarre was a three time Academy Award winner, for ''Lawrence of Arabia'' (1962), ''Doctor Zhivago'' (1965), and ''A Passage to India'' (1984), all of which were directed by David Lean. He was Oscar nominated a total of eight times. His son is the electronic composer Jean Michel Jarre.
He was again nominated for an Academy award for scoring ''The Message'' in 1976 for the director and producer Moustapha Akkad. He followed with ''Witness'' (1985) and ''Dead Poets Society'' (1989), for which he won a British Academy Award.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Jarre turned his hand to science fiction, with scores for ''The Island at the Top of the World'' (1974), ''Enemy Mine'' (1985) and ''Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'' (1985). The latter is written for full orchestra, augmented by a chorus, four grand pianos, a pipe organ, digeridoo, fujara, a battery of exotic percussion and three ondes Martenot (which feature in several of Jarre's other scores, including ''Lawrence of Arabia'', ''Jesus of Nazareth'', ''The Bride'') and ''Prancer'' (1989).
In 1990 Jarre was again nominated for an Academy Award scoring the supernatural love story / thriller ''Ghost''. His music for the final scene of the film is based on "Unchained Melody" composed by fellow film composer Alex North. Other films for which he provided the music include his passionate love theme from ''Fatal Attraction'' (1987), and the moody electronic soundscapes of ''After Dark, My Sweet'' (1990). He was well respected by other composers including John Williams, who stated on Jarre's passing, "(He) is to be well remembered for his lasting contribution to film music...we all have been enriched by his legacy."
His television work includes the score for the miniseries ''Jesus of Nazareth'' (1977), directed by Franco Zeffirelli, ''Shōgun'' (1980), and the theme for PBS's ''Great Performances''.
Jarre scored his last film in 2001, a television film about the Holocaust entitled ''Uprising''.
The American Film Institute ranked Jarre's score for ''Lawrence of Arabia'' #3 on their list of the greatest film scores. His scores for the following films were also nominated for the list:
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