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From: knight@rlgvax.UUCP (Steve Knight)
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Subject: Re: Passage to India (really Dr. Zhivago's music)
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Date: Mon, 18-Mar-85 13:31:00 EST
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>                                            Upon closer examination I
> discovered that it was Jarre writing in Russian style.  The piece of
> music was the closing credit sequence of THE BLACK MARBLE.  The film is
> an adaptation of a Joseph Wambaugh novel about a policeman of Russian
> extraction.  I am only speculating, but a composer rarely throws away a
> good piece of music and this might have been part of the excised
> Zhivago score.  People interested may want to watch for the film to
> show up on TV.

Actually, this isn't likely.  Prior to the mid-70's (at least), composers
of film scores did not own their music; this was explicitly outlined in
their contract with a studio.  Some composers with widespread name
recognition (e.g., Mancini, Bacharach) were able to demand half ownership
of their film scores, but these were exceptions.  Jarre, in fact, was once
asked to conduct the Zhivago score by a major symphony orchestra.  When he
asked MGM for the score, though, he was informed that it had been destroyed
for the storage space.

Nevertheless, I'll certainly look out for "The Black Marble."  It's always
possible that Jarre attempted to reconstruct excised portions of "Zhivago"
from memory.
-- 

	Steve Knight
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