Doctor Zhivago – SOUNDTRACK****

Overture/Main Title/Lara Leaves Yuri/At The Student Café/Komarovsky & Lara’s Rendezvous/Revolution/Lara’s Theme/The Funeral/Sventytski’s Waltz/Yuri Escapes/Tonya Arrives At Varykino/Yuri Writes A Poem For Lara

The Grammy winning soundtrack Doctor Zhivago topped the US album chart during its three year run. Based on the novel by Boris Pasternak, the film set in the Russian revolution, starred Omar Sharif and Julie Christie. Music composed and arranged by Maurice Jarre. (US:1)

"Maurice Jarre's score is breathtaking. The balalaikas are wonderful, it adds a very Russian feel to it all. My favourite piece is the Main Title and the other slower, more romantic tracks, which feature the famous Lara's Theme."

"Maurice Jarre's stunning score to the film Doctor Zhivago ranks as one of the finest soundtracks ever composed. Grand, memorable and powerful, Jarre's achievement captures the agony of revolutionary Russia and complements brilliantly the epic production of Metro Goldwyn Mayer."

"Maurice Jarre created a classic for all time with the soundtrack for Doctor Zhivago. This was an epic movie of an epic love and demanded an epic musical score. This soundtrack transcended that demand. While it was the perfect accompaniment to every scene of the film, it stands on its own as well."

"Jarre's score involves the use of several leitmotifs, Lara's Theme being the most famous, which bind each piece into the larger whole of the film. That Jarre was able to accomplish this is all the more surprising because, he had only six weeks to compose the film score."

"Doctor Zhivago is a soundtrack that goes from soft and slow to thunderous and dynamic. If you never knew the story, the music would move you to joy and tears with each selection. From the Overture to Lara's Theme, it is a ride of highs and lows. This is one soundtrack you just put on and close your eyes. It is perfect."

"Maurice Jarre's sweeping, beautiful score Doctor Zhivago is certainly in the top three of the greatest film scores ever composed. As the mood of the film changes, so does the soundtrack. This wonderful score enhances and makes this film's images so vivid and alive in one's mind only by hearing the theme's few notes."