Friday, August 10, 2007

Coincidence: trivia.

Maurice Jarre, a French composer of considerable talent wrote the music for the towering epic Lawrence of Arabia, directed by David Lean. Here is a performance by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Jarre. Now, this cinema was about the Arab revolt against the Turkish Empire against the backdrop of WWI. Jarre's son, Jean-Michael Jarre wrote the music for Peter Weir's landmark film Gallipoli, which has Mark Lee and an unbelievably young Mel Gibson as two friends who are part of the ANZAC troops holding the island of Gallipoli against the Turks in WWI.

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