jean michel jarre'ın babasıdır. meşhur filmlerin meşhur film müzikçisidir; fransız besteci ve müzisyendir. 1924-2009 yılları arasında ömür sürmüştür.

aldığı ödüllerden bir kısmı:

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1962 academy awards - nominee, best score adaptation or treatment - sundays and cybele

1962 academy awards - winner, best original score - lawrence of arabia

1965 golden globes - winner, best original score - doctor zhivago

1965 academy awards - winner, best original score - doctor zhivago

1972 academy awards - nominee, best original song - "marmalade, molasses and honey" from the life and times of judge roy bean

1975 golden globes - nominee, best original score - the man who would be king

1984 golden globes - winner, best original score - a passage to india

1984 academy awards - winner, best original score - a passage to india

1985 bafta awards - winner, best original score - witness

1985 bafta awards - nominee, best original score - a passage to india

1985 academy awards - nominee, best original score - witness

1986 golden globes - nominee, best original score - the mosquito coast

1988 academy awards - nominee, best original score - gorillas in the mist

1989 golden globes - winner, best original score - gorillas in the mist

1989 bafta awards - winner, best original score - dead poets society

1990 academy awards - nominee, best original score - ghost

1995 golden globes - winner, best original score - a walk in the clouds

2000 golden globes - nominee, best original score - sunshine
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