Maurice Jarre - A Passage To India

[MOTHMAN225]

Sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but Ennio Morricone should've won in 84 for Once Upon a Time in America. That's some real engaging music there.

[avatarnarutochuck]

@MOTHMAN225 He wasn't even nominated there.

[j0287garcia]

I remember seeing the picture in 1984 and I just couldn't get the theme out of my head. I tried to buy the soundtrack back then, but was told they didn't release one. I then bought the Lean by Jarre cd and was able to purchase the original soundtrack they released one a couple years ago. This was one of his finest scores. Thanks for posting this!

[betergigech]

MAURICE JARRE THE ANGELS ARE DANCING WITH YOUR MUSIC

[Memale2009]

@betergigech Vous avez raison: pour moi aussi, il était l'un des plus doués composers auquel on doit tant de good film music (I dont speak english, excuse me!). I love his music de toute facon!

[j0287garcia]

This is one of my favorite music scores. I love Adela's theme. It reminds me of my first time seeing Judy Davis (great actress) on screen. Thanks for posting this!

[shekhardhage]

undoubtedly Mr. Lean and Maurice created a master pieces for world cinema. hats off .....

[charlesnetto]

Ótimo, belíssimo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ToughXArmy69]

David Lean and Maurice Jarre were geniuses.

Columbia gave Lean carte blanche for "A Passage to India" and why not with

'Lawrence of Arabia' and The Bridge on the River Kwai' both Best Picture winners

for Columbia.

David Lean and Maurice Jarre represented Quality, and their type of film making is sorely missed.

[volontariojhon]

IL Più straordinario Connubio dell'arte Cinematografica Magistrali  DAVID LEAN, e JARRE

[LLJtbone]

I am totally not familiar with this movie but the music does not disappoint.

[ddd1953]

David Lean and Maurice were so in tune with each other that David rarely had any problems with Maurice´s scoring. He said that it was if as if they shared the same brain.

Maurice performed a loving tribute to David shortly after his death which this video is a part of.

What a great and everlasting partnership!

[TheChopinesque]

Did Maurice Jarre ever compose a score beforehand for the would-be David Lean film Nostromo?

[RaphaellHappy88]

Maravilhosa!

Queria vê-la ao vivo aqui no Rio de Janeiro.

Bravo! :))

[fcmilsweeper9]

If you look around the minute mark where hes conducting...is that a big clock next to his stand?

[dseanmat]

It is, yes! He was timing the performance of the music to the images that were playing on the screen. Very tricky business, that. Conducting a film score is an entirely different set of challenges from a straight symphonic score.

[fcmilsweeper9]

Oh my god wow! Not to mention playing with a constantly unpredictably changing tempo.

[dseanmat]

A couple of years back I had the privilege of attending a screening of Charlie Chaplin's City Lights, with the Hartford Symphony in front of the screen, playing the entire score live. The conductor had a clock on his podium as well, because the musical timing had to have split-second precision (bearing in mind that even the sound effects were purely musical, and thus had to be timed exactly with what was happening on screen). The HSO did the same thing earlier with Alexander Nevsky.

[andrewau1993]

@fcmilsweeper9 would it be considered as gripping?

[thatgreat]

May he RIP....

[oxanadom]

@thatgreat Encore une très belle composition de Maurice Jarre. ( lawrence d'arabie, dr jivago, la route des indes, gost...etc)  Un très grand monsiur de la musique

[carmelagrune]

é maravilhosa

[sealforvr]

Some of you don't get it. It's classic "Suite" music of the 1930's. You'd hear similar music from the house band of any first class hotel or liner. Think Ray Noble and "Cherokee" or "Red Sails" . More importantly, some of the big British dance bands of the 30's. Jarre in an interview on NPR this weekend said his intent was to convey the both the elegance and mystery of travel back then, just as Bennet's did for "Murder On the Orient Express". BTW, it's a foxtrot.

[AllenbysEyes]

This score isn't in the same league as his work for Lawrence and Zhivago... still very good though, and at least better than the bizarre and jarr(e)ing Ryan's Daughter score.

[UFOSPACE1999]

....for only 20 minutes in a 2:30 plus film, HE, Maurice won his 3rd Oscar for it.

[ribc74]

I adore Maurice Jarre - fabulous music - really uplifting.

[boutet01]

Maurice Ravel. «La valse» C'est pareil.

[konkanimoggi]

Thank you.Marvelous experience.

[megabazus35]

Thanks for posting this.

David Lean is my favorite film director. Though some of his other films are better movies in many ways, A Passage to India has stuck with me the most out of all of them and is probably my favorite.

[AllenbysEyes]

Nope, it's all from "A Passage to India". I have the soundtrack and I can assure you it's from the film.

[rskershawe]

I can see why wholston thought some of this was from Ryan's Daughter. I always thought Jarre rehashed Major Doryan's Theme as the main theme for A Passage........ Compare the music here from 01.04 with that of Ryan's Daughter - Michael and Major Doryan pt1

from 03:08.

[AllenbysEyes]

Fair enough.

[rskershawe]

Just listened to this again, it's still great though.

[GreatDanzini]

Thanks very much for this film,it brought back good memories of when i work on "A Passage to India" in the cutting rooms.

[OelkerStudios]

you were an editor on this picture? i'm intriuged. please tell me more.

[GreatDanzini]

Yes i work with as an assitant sound editor to the great sound editor Wyn Ryder who work on most of David Leans films. David was wonderful to work with so much talent and energy,We had cutting rooms at Shepperton Studios where we filmed the court room scenes, and then went to Pinewood studios to cut the film and dub it

[daltonagre]

Music better than the movie itself.

[wholston]

some of this was from Ryan's Daughter, no?