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A ghost is the spirit of a deceased person thought of as appearing in visible form.

Ghost or ghosts may also refer to:

• an apparitional experience, an anomalous, quasi-perceptual experience
• a person's soul
• souls in classical mythology, see Shade
• any spirit, relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body

[edit] Film, television and theatre

• Ghost (1990 film), a 1990 film starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg
• Ghost (2012 film), an Indian film
• Ghost Adventures, a television series
• Ghost Hunters, a television series
• Ghost (Matrix character), a character in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions
• Ghost (TV series), a Malaysian television miniseries
• Ghost the Musical, a 2011 musical based on the film
• Ghosts (2006 film), a drama film directed by Nick Broomfield
• Ghosts (play), an 1881 play by Henrik Ibsen
• "Ghosts", an episode of Hidden Palms
• "Ghosts", the 32nd episode of Psych
• Michael Jackson's Ghosts, a 1997 short film produced by Michael Jackson
• The Ghost (2010 film), a film directed by Roman Polanski (alternately titled The Ghost Writer)
• "Ghosts", an episode of The Protector

[edit] Gaming

[edit] Video games

• Bubble Ghost, a French 1987 video game created by Christophe Andreani and published by ERE Informatique
• Ghost Recon
• Ghouls 'n Ghosts
• Ghosts'n Goblins, a 1985 platform game developed by Capcom
  • Ghosts'n Goblins (series), a run and gun platformer video game series
• StarCraft: Ghost, a military science fiction stealth-action video game under suspended development by Blizzard Entertainment
• Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
• Ghost Pokémon, a type of Pokémon
  • Haunter, a Pokémon whose name is Ghost in Japan
• Ghost (video gaming), a "ghost" opponent in video games
• Ghost, a vehicle in the Halo series
• Ghost, one of the playable characters in the Enter the Matrix
• Simon "Ghost" Riley, a character in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Ghost agents, Terran spies in the StarCraft series

[edit] Other games

• Ghost (game), a word game
• Ghosts (board game), a board game
• Ghost (Dungeons & Dragons), a Dungeons & Dragons monster

[edit] Literature

• Ghost (comics), for titles and characters in comics
• The Ghost (novel), a 2007 novel by Robert Harris
• Ghost (John Ringo novel), a novel by John Ringo
• Ghosts (novel), a novel by Paul Auster
• Ghosts (play), a 1881 play by Henrik Ibsen
• "Ghost", a story by Larry Niven in Crashlander
• Ghost, a character in Lost Souls
• The ghosts of the Harry Potter series

[edit] Music

• "Ghost", Piano Trio No. 5 (Beethoven) in D major, Opus 70 No. 1, by Ludwig van Beethoven
• Ghost note, a purposely unemphasized note in musical compositions
• Ghostly International, a record label

[edit] Artists

• Ghost (1984 band), a Japanese experimental rock band founded in 1984
• Ghost (2004 band), a Japanese gothic rock band founded in 2004
• Ghost (Swedish band), a Swedish metal band
• The Ghost (band) a Bay Area/Chicago Punk Rock band
• Ghost (producer), British hip hop producer
• Ghost (production team), a Swedish production and songwriting team
• Ghostface Killah (born 1970), rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan
• The Ghosts, a 1969 rock band from Canada
• Ghosts (band), a British indie/pop band
• Ivan L. Moody (born 1980), also known by the pseudonym "Ghost", lead singer of Five Finger Death Punch
• Styles P (born 1974), rapper nicknamed "The Ghost"

[edit] Albums

• Ghost (soundtrack), the soundtrack album to the film Ghost
• Ghost (Crack the Sky album)
• Ghost (Gary Numan album), a live album first released by Gary Numan in 1988
• Ghosts (Fantasmas), an album by Willie Colón
• Ghost (Ghost album), the debut album by the Japanese band Ghost
• Ghost (The Devin Townsend Project album), the fourteenth studio album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend
• Ghosts (The Marked Men album), the fourth album by the Denton*Ghosts (Strawbs album), a 1973 studio album by English band Strawbs
• Ghosts (Siobhán Donaghy album), the second studio album by singer Siobhán Donaghy
• Ghosts (Sleeping at Last album), the major label debut of the alternative rock band Sleeping at Last
• Ghost (EP), a 2007 EP by In Fiction
• Ghosts I–IV, a 2008 album by Nine Inch Nails

[edit] Songs

• "The Family Ghost" (King Diamond song)
• "Ghost" (The 69 Eyes song)
• "Ghost" (Fefe Dobson song), a 2010 song by Canadian singer–songwriter Fefe Dobson
• "Ghost" (Gackt song), the twenty-ninth single by Japanese musical artist Gackt
• "Ghost" (Neutral Milk Hotel song)
• "Ghosts" (Japan song), a single by the British band Japan from the 1981 album Tin Drum
• "Ghosts" (Ladytron song)
• "Ghosts" (Robbie Williams song)
• "HIStory" / "Ghosts", a 1997 double A-side single by Michael Jackson
• "GHOST", a song by the Beat Crusaders from EpopMAKING ~ Pop tono sogu ~
• "Ghost", a song by Clutch from Blast Tyrant
• "Ghost", a song by Depeche Mode from the deluxe edition of Sounds of the Universe
• "Ghost", a song by Guttermouth from Full Length LP
• "Ghost", a song by House of Heroes from The Acoustic End EP
• "Ghost", a song by Ingrid Michaelson, a single from the album Human Again.
• "GHOST!", a song by Kid Cudi from Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
• "Ghost", a song by Little Boots from Hands
• "Ghost", a song by Pearl Jam from Riot Act
• "Ghost", a song by Plastic Tree from Chandelier
• "Ghost", a song by Slash from Slash
• "Ghost of Perdition", a song by Opeth from Ghost Reveries
• "Ghosts", a song by 1 Giant Leap from 1 Giant Leap
• "Ghosts", a song by Assemblage 23 from Meta
• "Ghosts", a composition by Albert Ayler from Spiritual Unity
• "Ghosts", a song by Ghosts from The World Is Outside
• "Ghosts", a song by The Jam from The Gift
• "Ghosts", a song by Kansas from In the Spirit of Things
• "Ghosts", a song by Shellac from 1000 Hurts

[edit] Science

• Faddeev–Popov ghost, in quantum field theories

[edit] Sports

• Sid Terris (1926–1974), boxer who used the nicknames "The Galloping Ghost of the Ghetto" and "The Galloping Ghost"

[edit] Technology

• G.ho.st, an operating system
• Ghosting (television), an unwanted image on a television screen
• Ghost (software), a disk cloning program
• GHOST (vessel) an experimental ship using supercavitation
• In stage lighting a light is said to be "ghosting" if it remains lit despite efforts to turn it off

[edit] Automobiles

• Rolls-Royce Ghost, a luxury sedan produced by Rolls-Royce and introduced in 2009
• Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, a luxury car produced by Rolls-Royce in early 1900s

[edit] See also

• The Ghost (disambiguation)
• Ghost in the machine (disambiguation)
• Apparition (disambiguation)

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Patrick Swayze
Swayze greeting fans after Guys and Dolls in 2006
Born	Patrick Wayne Swayze August 18, 1952(1952-08-18) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Died	September 14, 2009(2009-09-14) (aged 57)[1] Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Pancreatic cancer
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor, dancer, singer-songwriter
Years active	1978–2009
Spouse	Lisa Niemi (m. 1975–2009, his death)
Relatives	Don Swayze (brother)

Patrick Wayne Swayze ( /ˈsweɪziː/; August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009)^[1] was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best known for his tough-guy roles, as romantic leading men in the hit films Dirty Dancing and Ghost, and as Orry Main in the North and South television miniseries. He was named by People magazine as its "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1991. His film and TV career spanned 30 years.

Diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in January 2008, Swayze told Barbara Walters a year later that he was "kicking it".^[2] However, he died from the disease on September 14, 2009.^[3] His last role was the lead in an ill-fated A&E TV series, The Beast, which premiered on January 15, 2009. Due to a prolonged decline in health, Swayze was unable to promote the series. On June 15, 2009, Entertainment Tonight announced the show's cancellation.^[4]

[edit] Early life

Patrick Swayze was born on August 18, 1952, in Houston, Texas, the second child of Patsy Yvonne Helen (née Karnes; born 1927), a choreographer, dance instructor, and dancer, and Jesse Wayne Swayze (1925–1982), an engineering draftsman.^[5][6][7] Swayze was raised Roman Catholic.^[8] He had two younger brothers, actor Don Swayze (born 1958) and Sean Kyle (born 1962), and two sisters, Vickie Lynn (1949–1994) and Bambi.^[5][9] He was a sixth cousin once removed of news commentator John Cameron Swayze, and a relative of noted Texas Revolution soldier Henry Karnes.^[10]

Until the age of twenty, Swayze lived in the Oak Forest neighborhood of Houston, where he attended St. Rose of Lima Catholic School,^[11] Oak Forest Elementary School,^[12] Black Middle School,^[12][13] and Waltrip High School.^[12] During this time, he also pursued multiple artistic and athletic skills, such as ice skating, classical ballet, and acting in school plays. He played football for his high school and was hoping to receive a football scholarship for college until a knee injury ended his career. He studied gymnastics at nearby San Jacinto College for two years.^{[citation needed]}

In 1972, he moved to New York City to complete his formal dance training at the Harkness Ballet and Joffrey ballet schools.

[edit] Career

Swayze's first professional appearance was as a dancer for Disney on Parade. He then starred as a replacement playing the role of Danny Zuko in the long-running Broadway production of Grease^[14] before his debut film role as "Ace" in Skatetown, U.S.A.. He appeared as Pvt. Sturgis in the M*A*S*H episode "Blood Brothers"^[15] and had a brief stint in 1982 on a short lived TV series The Renegades^[16] playing a gang leader named Bandit. Swayze became known to the film industry after appearing in The Outsiders as the older brother of C. Thomas Howell and Rob Lowe. Swayze, Howell, and Howell's friend Darren Dalton reunited in Red Dawn the next year, and Lowe and Swayze reunited in Youngblood. He was considered a member of the Brat Pack.^[17] His first major success was in the 1985 television miniseries North and South, which was set during the American Civil War.^[18]

Swayze and Paula Abdul at the 1990 Grammy Awards

Swayze's breakthrough role came with his performance as dance instructor Johnny Castle in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, alongside his Red Dawn co-star, Jennifer Grey. Dirty Dancing, a coming of age story, was a low-budget film that was intended to be shown in theaters for one weekend only and then go straight to video, but it became a surprise hit and achieved massive international success. It was the first film to sell one million copies on video, and as of 2009, it earned over $214 million worldwide and spawned several alternative versions, ranging from a television series to stage productions to a computer game. Swayze received a Golden Globe Award nomination for the role and also sang one of the songs on the soundtrack, "She's Like the Wind", which he had originally co-written with Stacy Widelitz for the film Grandview, U.S.A. The song became a top ten hit and has been covered by other artists.

After Dirty Dancing, Swayze found himself typecast and appeared in several flops, of which Road House was the most successful. His biggest hit came in 1990, when he starred in Ghost, with Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg.^[19] In 1991, he starred alongside Youngblood cast mate Keanu Reeves in another major action hit, Point Break, and was also chosen by People magazine as that year's "Sexiest Man Alive".

Swayze was seriously injured in 1998 while filming HBO's Letters from a Killer near Ione, California when he fell from a horse and hit a tree. Both of his legs were broken and he suffered four detached tendons in his shoulder. Filming was suspended for two months, but the film aired in 1999. Swayze recovered from his injuries, but he had trouble resuming his career until 2000, when he co-starred in Waking Up in Reno, with Billy Bob Thornton and Charlize Theron, and in Forever Lulu, with Melanie Griffith.

In 2001, he appeared in the cult classic Donnie Darko, where he played a famous motivational speaker revealed to be a closet pedophile, and in 2004, he played Allan Quartermain in King Solomon's Mines. He also had a cameo appearance in the Dirty Dancing sequel, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights as an unnamed dance instructor.

Swayze made his West End theatre début in the musical Guys and Dolls as Nathan Detroit on July 27, 2006,^[20][21][22] alongside Neil Jerzak, and remained in the role until November 25, 2006. His previous appearances on the Broadway stage had included productions of Goodtime Charley (1975)^[23] and Chicago.

Swayze also provided the voice for Cash the country music band dog in The Fox and the Hound 2 and in 2007 starred in the film Christmas in Wonderland. Swayze played an aging rock star in Powder Blue, co-starring his younger brother Don in their first film together. Swayze starred in the A&E FBI drama The Beast,^[24] filmed in Chicago, as FBI Agent Charles Barker.^[25]

[edit] Personal life

Swayze and his wife, Lisa Niemi, arrive at the 1989 Academy Awards ceremony

Swayze was married to Lisa Niemi from June 12, 1975, until his death. The couple first met in 1970 when Swayze was 18 years old. Niemi, 14 years old at the time, was taking dance lessons from Swayze's mother. Swayze and Niemi had no children.^[26] In a 2008 interview, Swayze stated that Niemi was the inspiration for his 1987 hit song, "She's Like the Wind".^[27]

As a reaction to his father's death at age 57 from a heart attack in 1982, Swayze began to drink heavily.^[28] In 1989, Swayze said, "I've always felt there was something different in there (my personality), but I was scared to look for fear I wouldn't find anything. That's the reason I got into Buddhism, took est training, was into therapy, into Scientology, into Transcendental Meditation. I was trying to support that side of myself. But, you know, in Texas there isn't much support for that part of you."^[29] His sister Vicky committed suicide by drug overdose in 1994,^[28] leading him to seek treatment for alcoholism. After initial recovery, he temporarily withdrew from show business, retreating to his ranches in California and Las Vegas, New Mexico, to breed Arabian horses. His best-known horse was Tammen, a chestnut Arabian stallion.^[30]

Swayze, who was a certified pilot with an instrument rating, made the news on June 1, 2000, while flying with his dogs in his twin-engine Cessna from Van Nuys, California to Las Vegas. His plane developed a pressurization problem, causing Swayze to make a precautionary landing on a dirt road in a housing complex in Prescott Valley. The plane's right wing struck a light pole, but Swayze was unharmed. He locked the cockpit, left the aircraft in the subdivision, and obtained a ride—with his dogs—from a passing vehicle, allegedly in order to telephone the authorities. According to the police report, witnesses said that Swayze appeared to be extremely intoxicated and asked for help to remove evidence—an open bottle of wine and a 30-pack of beer—from the crash site.^[31] He made himself unavailable to police for several hours. It was later determined that the alcohol in question was not in the cabin, but stored in external storage compartments inaccessible in flight and that the probable cause of the accident was Swayze's physical impairment due to the cumulative effects of carbon monoxide from engine exhaust by-products, carbon monoxide from heavy tobacco use, and the loss of an undetermined amount of cabin pressurization.^[32]

[edit] Illness and death

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In late January 2008, Swayze was diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer (specifically, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm). He traveled to the Stanford University Medical Center for chemotherapy and treatment with the experimental drug Vatalanib, the latter of which doctors hoped would cut off the blood supply to the tumor.^[33] On March 5, 2008, a Reuters article reported that Swayze "has a very limited amount of disease, and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far."^[34] Swayze's doctor confirmed that the actor was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but insisted he was not as close to death as reports suggest. Despite repeated tabloid claims that his death was imminent, Swayze continued to actively pursue his career.^[35]

In early May 2008, it was widely reported in a number of tabloids that Swayze had undergone surgery to remove part of his stomach after the spread of the cancer and that he had rewritten his will, transferring his property to his wife.^[36][37] In a statement made on May 28, Swayze said that he continued to respond well to treatment at Stanford University Medical Center. In late May 2008, he was seen at a Los Angeles Lakers basketball game, his first public appearance since his diagnosis.^[38] In 2008 Swayze was treated with Cyberknife radiotherapy cancer treatment.^[39]

In late July 2008, six months after reportedly being given just weeks to live by medical experts, a healthy-appearing^[40] Swayze was asked by reporter in Los Angeles airport about this health. He replied, "I'm cooking. I'm a miracle dude. I don't know why".^[41]

Swayze appeared on the ABC, NBC, and CBS simulcast of Stand Up to Cancer in September 2008, to appeal to the general public for donations for the initiative. Swayze said to a standing ovation "I dream that the word 'cure' will no longer be followed by the words 'it's impossible'. Together, we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse".^[42] After the show ended, Swayze remained on-stage and talked to other cancer patients; executive producer Laura Ziskin said, "He said a beautiful thing: 'I'm just an individual living with cancer'. That's how he wants to be thought of. He's in a fight, but he's a fighter".^[42][43] In late 2008, Swayze denied claims made by tabloids that the cancer had spread to his liver.^[44] Swayze told Barbara Walters in January 2009 that he wanted the media to report that he was "kicking it".^[2]

When Barbara Walters asked him if he was using any holistic or alternative methods of treatment besides the chemotherapy, Swayze admitted to using some Chinese herbs, but not much. He then voiced his opposition to the unsupported claims made by proponents of alternative therapies, as noted by ABC News journalist Joseph Brownstein:

Because of the grim prognosis, many patients turn to alternative therapies without scientific evidence behind them. Swayze did not.

"That's one thing I'm not gonna do, is chase, is chase staying alive. I'm not, you know, you'll spend so much time chasing staying alive you won't live, you know? I wanna live. If anybody had that cure out there like so many people swear to me they do, you'd be two things: you'd be very rich, and you'd be very famous. Otherwise, shut up," he told Barbara Walters in an interview that aired in January [2009].^[45]

His last role was the lead in an A&E TV series, The Beast, which premiered on January 15, 2009. Owing to a prolonged decline in health, Swayze was unable to promote the series, and on June 15, 2009, Entertainment Tonight reported that the show had been cancelled.^[4] In an interview with Barbara Walters which aired in January 2009, Swayze admitted that he had a "tiny little mass" in his liver. On January 9, 2009, Swayze was hospitalized with pneumonia. The pneumonia was said to be a complication of chemotherapy treatments for Swayze's cancer.^[46] On January 16, he was released from the hospital to rest at home with his wife.^[47] On April 19, 2009, doctors informed Swayze that the cancer had again metastasized to his liver.^[48] Swayze stated that his chain smoking probably "had something to do with" the development of his disease. Photos taken of a gaunt Swayze in the months before his death showed him continuing to smoke.^[49][50]

Swayze died with family at his side on September 14, 2009, at age 57, 20 months after being diagnosed.^[51][52] Swayze's publicist, Annett Wolf, confirmed to CNN that he had died of pancreatic cancer.^[53] He was cremated and his ashes scattered over his New Mexico ranch. He is survived by his wife Lisa Niemi, along with his mother, both brothers and one sister.

[edit] Cultural impact

Swayze's name has become a commonly used term in hip hop songs.^[54] Lyrics will use the phrase "...and I'm Swayze," meaning that the speaker has become "like a ghost", meaning he disappeared or is otherwise gone. This is a reference to the title character of Swayze's 1990 film Ghost. It is known to have begun in the early 1990s, by prominent rappers such as EPMD, Black Sheep, CL Smooth, and more recently by such rappers as The Notorious B.I.G. in 2Pac's song Runnin' (Dying to Live), Method Man, Aesop Rock, and in Mistah F.A.B.'s Ghost Ride It. The expression has become such a hip hop staple that it was even used in the Saturday Night Live hip hop parody, Lazy Sunday.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Patrick Swayze

• Patrick Swayze at the Internet Movie Database
• Patrick Swayze at the Internet Broadway Database
• Remembering Patrick Swayze - slideshow by LIFE magazine
• Patrick Swayze at Find a Grave

Maurice-Alexis Jarre (13 September 1924 – 28 March 2009)^[1][2][3] was a French composer and conductor.

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 include The Train (1964), Mohammad, Messenger of God (1976), Witness (1985) and Ghost (1990). Jarre was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[4] 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.

[edit] Early life

Jarre was born in Lyon, France, in 1924, the son of Gabrielle Renée (née Boullu) and André Jarre, a radio technical director.^[5] He first enrolled in the engineering school at the Sorbonne, but decided to pursue music courses instead. He left the Sorbonne, against his father's will, and enrolled at the Conservatoire de Paris to study composition and harmony, and chose percussion as his major instrument.^[3] He became director of the Théâtre National Populaire and recorded his first film score in France in 1951.^[6]

[edit] Film scoring

In 1961 Jarre's music career experienced a major change when British film producer Sam Spiegel asked him to write the score for the 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia, directed by David Lean.^[7] The acclaimed score won Jarre his first Academy Award and he would go on to compose the scores to all of Lean's subsequent films. He followed with The Train (1964) and Grand Prix (1966), the iconic racing film for director John Frankenheimer, and in between had another great success in Doctor Zhivago, which included the lyricless tune "Lara's Theme" (later the tune for the song "Somewhere My Love"), and which earned him his second Oscar. He worked with Alfred Hitchcock on Topaz (1969); though Hitchcock's experiences on the film were unhappy, he was satisfied with Jarre's score, telling him "I have not given you a great film, but you have given me a great score." His score for David Lean's Ryan's Daughter (1970), set in Ireland, completely eschews traditional Irish music styles, owing to Lean's preferences. The song "It was a Good Time," from Ryan's Daughter went on to be recorded by musical stars such as Liza Minnelli who used it in her critically acclaimed television special Liza with a Z as well as by others during the 1970s. He contributed the music for Luchino Visconti's The Damned (1969) and John Huston's The Man Who Would Be King (1975).

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.^[3] 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 death, "(He) is to be well remembered for his lasting contribution to film music...we all have been enriched by his legacy."^[8]

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.^[3]

Jarre scored his last film in 2001, a television film about the Holocaust entitled Uprising.^[3]

[edit] Music style

Jarre wrote mainly for orchestras, but began to favour synthesized music in the 1980s. Jarre pointed out that his electronic score for Witness was actually more laborious, time-consuming and expensive to produce than an orchestral score. Jarre's electronic scores from the 80s also include Fatal Attraction, The Year of Living Dangerously, Firefox and No Way Out. A number of his scores from that era also feature electronic/acoustic blends, such as Gorillas in the Mist, Dead Poets Society, The Mosquito Coast and Jacob's Ladder.

[edit] Awards

Jarre received three Academy Awards and was nominated a total of eight times, all in the category of Best Original Score. He also won three Golden Globes and was nominated for ten.

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:

• Doctor Zhivago (1965)
• A Passage to India (1984)
• Ryan's Daughter (1970)

[edit] Family

Jarre was married four times, the first three marriages ending in divorce. His marriage to Francette Pejot (in the 1940s, after World War II), produced a son, Jean Michel Jarre, a French composer who is one of the pioneers in electronic music. In 1965, he married French actress Dany Saval. Together they had a daughter, Stephanie Jarre. Jarre next married American actress Laura Devon (1967–1984), resulting in him adopting her son, Kevin Jarre, a screenwriter, with credits on such films as Tombstone and Glory. From 1984 to his death^[9] he was married to Fong F. Khong (1984–2009).

[edit] Death

Maurice Jarre died on 28 March 2009 after a battle with cancer.^[10]

[edit] Filmography and awards

[edit] See also

• In the Tracks of Maurice Jarre, a documentary about Jarre.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Maurice Jarre at the Internet Movie Database
• NYTimes filmography
• Filmography, soundtrack reviews, capsule biography
• Obituary by the Associated Press on Legacy.com
• O'Connor, Patrick (31 March 2009). "Obituary". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/mar/31/maurice-jarre-obituary. 
• Maurice Jarre at Find a Grave