Sunday, May 20, 2018

A Score To Settle Podcast - Episode 11, Listening To... Maurice Jarre

Welcome back! I'm announcing the next new episode of my podcast, "A Score To Settle"! In this episode, I focus my "Listening To.." series towards the incomparable and distinctive French composer, Maurice Jarre. Born in 1924, Jarre studied composition and percussion at the Paris Conservatory, beginning his film scoring career in his native France during the 1950's with short films and documentaries. It was then his peerless, epic music for 1962's LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, one of the most highly honored and well-remembered movies, that introduced him to English-speaking audiences, who immediately embraced him. His subsequent career continually flourished until his passing in 2009, chock-a-block with additional musical highlights in films such as DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, IS PARIS BURNING?, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING, WITNESS, MAD MAX: BEYOND THUNDERDOME and GHOST. His uniquely melodic and often idiosyncratic style and approach remains a memorable component in all projects he scored. Here I attempt to present the hallmarks of his style through select samples of his work.

I hope everyone who listens finds the episode entertaining and informative and is also forgiving of any technical or factual gaffes on my part - and pardons my French pronunciations! Below is the embedded player from which you can listen or simply click on the website link to head directly to where the show is hosted on Podbean. Also, feel free to subscribe and download the episode via iTunes, just search their podcast store for "a score to settle". If you do listen through iTunes, take a moment to rate and write a review of the show, it will help bring more notice. Check out the link to the Facebook page along with my Twitter account, the latter of which you can find at @score2settlepod. Thanks again!

https://ascoretosettle.podbean.com/e/asts-011-listening-to-maurice-jarre/

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-score-to-settle/id1317649943?mt=2