Maurice Jarre, composer of "Dr Zhivago" music, dies

The elder Jarre wrote the music for more than 150 films by great directors including John Frankenheimer, Alfred Hitchcock, John Huston and Luchino Visconti.
In 1952 he wrote his first score, for the short "Hotel des Invalides," at the request of director Georges Franju.
Maurice Jarre, who settled in the United States in the mid-1960s, also wrote symphonic music and music for theatre and ballet.
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