J'avais 16 ans à la projection de la première du film
Je suis ressorti sur le trottoir abasourdi par le film épique et sa musique extraordinaire.
Il m'a fallu aller boire un café dans un bar, m'asseoir 15 minutes afin de revenir sur la terre de France, en 1962, à Paris sur un boulevard

J'ai acheté aussitôt le vinyle de la B.O. de Jarre, puis bien plus tard, la cassette du film pour magnétoscope, puis le DVD ; de même tout l'historiographie et la littérature sur T.E. Lawrence (dont l'énorme biographie exhautive et objective de J.Wilson) et sur Allenby.
Je suis devenu incollable sur T.E.L. , ainsi que sur les scènes et répliques du film 😂

Et j'ai aussi réalisé enfin vers les années 70 toute les libertés qu' Hollywood a pris sur l'Histoire, la narration, la chronologie et les événements dans le film de D. Lean
Et aussi comme quoi Lawrence n'était pas très apprécié par la France politique des années 1920

Pour moi, Lawrence, en dépit de gros problèmes psychologiques, est l'archétype de l'aventurier du XXe siècle et le seul avec ce génie qui l'a habité.

All comments from YouTube:

@rorycoker6601

4y↑293

One of the greatest of all movie soundtracks.

@hashermohammed

2y↑2

It reminds betrayal each time. Legendary music

@billace90

2y↑2

Well said!

@jackavery7179

2y↑4

better musical score than Star Wars, and what Star Wars has become

@Space_dxa

صحيح والله انها تقشعر البدن ذي الموسيقى خصيصا في هذا الوقت 2:18 انا احب هذا الجزء

@toyman9642

6y↑48

One of the best films ever. Peter O'Toole gave an amazing performance. The scene where he first wears the Arab clothing, walks around and sees his reflection in his knife blade was totally improv.. Great.

@raypratt9004

4y↑57

From 00:40 to 1:58 when the strings start the sweeping music and the brass join in, the music brings such a peaceful feeling to my soul. I can play that section over and over as the music fills my heart and soul with peace and joy lifting me up mentally.

@SisterShirley

21w↑1

Very well said.
My sentiment exactly!

@kirsteni.russell5903

8y↑578

This overture has, of course, the sweeping theme for Lawrence's love of the desert. But it also has authentic Arabian sounding themes as well as a British military theme. All these elements are beautifully woven together. This is one of the great movie scores of the 20th century.

@JamesBond-uz2dm

8y↑14

+Kirsten I. Russell David Lean's photography of the desert added the visual effect. The music matched the scenery, and the late Peter O' Toole's blue eyes.

@lucvanpuyenbroeck7322

8y↑1

Mr bleu eyes

@rweerakkody4565

8y↑6

Maurice Jarre is a master, or should I say, god of music - comparable to Howard Shore. He also composed for another film starring Anthony Quinn, "The Message". Its the story of Mohammed, and the music is fabulous.

@Byronpat

8y↑7

The military march is Voice of the Guns

@humamghassib2685

8y↑11

Don't forget the equally great score for David Lean's DR. ZHIVAGO. Maurice Jarre was definitely one of the most gifted movie composers of all time!

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@tiffsaver

9y↑231

Perhaps one of the loveliest, most sweeping and identifiable themes in film music history.

@tiffsaver

9y↑3

gordie eccles
I LOVED Shane, one of the my Top Ten Westerns, hands down. But as great as the score was, it cannot compete with the "identifiable" nature of "Lawrence."

@wotan10950

8y↑1

+gordie eccles 'Aqaba'

@trimeldaconcepcionmcdaniel5902

8y↑4

+tiffsaver Oh yes. I saw this movie when I was about 8 years old. I kept falling asleep because it was so long but I always remembered the theme as one of the most beautiful pieces of music I had ever heard. I used to sing it to myself as I fell asleep summer nights

@tiffsaver

+gordie eccles
Same to you, my friend.

@mariakelly5

It was even featured in the Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me.

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@rocketsroar1

4y↑27

So breathtaking that contemporary audiences found it hard to realize how innovative and perfectly constructed it is.

@DaveDexterMusic

2y↑1

bollocks they don't

@jslasher1

10y↑150

"Lawrence of Arabia" is undoubtably one of the greatest of the widescreen (ie. 70mm ) epics. Maurice Jarre's score certainly insured the success of the film.

@stevecarson3659

Connie Francis

@deniskleinert

You need a really wide screen for to show the emptyness of the arabian desert

@jslasher1

@Ambassador Mrs Mary Beth Leonard F'off. Your unwanted spam has been reported.

@TheMariahScarey

Agreed, however, I do wish that Kenneth Alford was recognised more as the theme played at 2:20 is one of the marches he composed called the voice of the guns. It seems unfair that no credit is given....

@MrDaiseymay

8y↑22

We owe John Wilson so much for all his really hard work, in not only preserving and performing great popular music like this, but the years of toil searching for the lost and distroyed heritage, of American musical culture. I never miss his TV appearances, and always see him when on tour.

@kmh134

1y↑7

One of the best ever movies. With story, real cast on the spot, great acting, ….

@Bostonite1985

10y↑43

Thank you for the music and RIP...Monsieur Maurice Jarre

@arejayseeottawa

9y↑272

In loving memory of one of the stars of Lawrence of Arabia, Omar Sharif, who passed on today. Omar Sharif, R.I.P.

@beerborn

7y↑4

In the final scene in the movie Dr. Zhivago he die's of a heart attack after he thought he saw Lara walking down the street after he try's to run and get her attention. In real life he die's of a real heart attack.

@deniskleinert

5y↑9

Most actors from that movie are dead. What a loss of really big actors like Quinn, Guiness etc...

@mariakelly5

5y↑5

Rest In Peace, Mr. Sharif.

@vasilileung2204

beerborn in one comment you spoiled the novel and the movie for me.

@captainp.2721

@@deniskleinert you mean Alec guiness?

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@wotan10950

8y↑125

I saw 'Lawrence' at the Ziegfeld Theater when it was re-released in the 1980s. That screen is about a mile wide, and when this sweeping music played, you felt as if you were right there in the desert.

@acyutanandadas1326

6y↑7

So was I At intermission I had to shake the sand outa me boots

@Elitist20

6y↑2

I saw it in London in 1989 at the Odeon Marble Arch, which had the biggest screen in the UK. Sadly no more.

@domainofthesun4400

5y↑1

I saw it on a true wide screen in the 80's... Completely captivating

@squidman22

Yes. A great movie immerses you into the scene and makes you feel in your heart that you are actually there.

@drhkleinert3245

5y↑2

Ten commandments, Ben Hur, Lawrence of Arabia...only for the big screens from the past, not that "cinemas" of today. Or if you owns a big TV over 160 cm

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@takaz2

10y↑13

Peter O toole and Antony Queen, 2 best actors ever....he each deserve far more than an Oscar

@johnrogan6419

4y↑8

Absolutely beautiful, majestic, thrilling. A Helluva movie too.

@sandraclory8802

2y↑3

Yes. It's one of the greatest Motion Picture Sound Tracks, I had the opportunity to Dance 💃🏾 the dance of the Seven veils on CBS, TV appearing for the World to confess my love ❤ for. The Greatest to this musical sound Track, Lawrence of Arabia 🎶

@faithandfreedom

7y↑4

This musical score is so well done and beautiful. A true masterpiece. I have been listening to it all those years and I simply do not stop enjoy it. Wonderful

@user-hb5fz2fg7w

44w

Εγώ βάζω τέρμα τη τηλεόραση και γίνετε πανικός στη γειτονιά

@lordemed1

1y↑4

Outstanding music by Maurice Jarre performed magnificently by the BBC orchestra.

@euraquitanlopesoliveirajun6598

2y↑1

Good morning ! One of the best movie , and one of the best actors of all times , Sir. Peter O' toole! Beautiful soundtrack ! ⭐⭐⭐

@marysebernard6063

3y↑7

Intemporel, inoubliable chef d'oeuvre de David Lean sur la musique de Maurice Jarre. Émotion garantie.

@guyincognito566

9y↑29

0:02 I love that conductor's reaction, "This is gonna be huge".

@andrew7taylor

7y↑2

Conductor, not composer :) He didn't write it, he performs the music!

@guyincognito566

6y↑1

Whoops, my mistake. Edited.

@MustafaKulle

Yes. And he did it. Kudos to him.

@misterkillerpig

8y↑8

one of the best scores of all time AMAZING nothing else like it

@Bruce-1956

from one of the best films of all time?

@loricashecashe2386

8y↑189

Lawrence of Arabia is undisputedly one of the finest movies ever made. Peter O'Toole was screwed out of an Oscar thanks to what I consider an average movie and decent performance by Gregory Peck.(won the Oscar). All the ingredients that went into the making of LOA were absolutely superb, sprawling scenes on 70mm film, cinematography, and the musical score, WOW, those succession of notes that make this score unforgettable! I have yet to see a finer performance from a male actor. It was his first movie roll and he nailed the character dead center. Timeless, unsurpassed, never to be equaled again. One hell of a movie! R.I.P. Mr. O'Toole.

@jeffsmith2022

8y↑2

+loricashe CASHE A film never to be equaled...

@kirsteni.russell5903

8y↑10

+loricashe CASHE Agreed! Since Peter O'Toole's performance in Lawrence of Arabia was one of the best of the 20th century, not just of 1962, the Academy Awards just weren't good enough for that performance! I stopped taking the Oscars seriously because of oversights like this. (BTW, when the Academy finally gave O'Toole a special Oscar for all his film performances, guess what music the orchestra played as he came out--not a medley of music from all those movies, but the music that would have been played if he'd won the 1962 Oscar.)

@beerborn

7y↑9

Peter O'Toole had a total of 8 Oscar nominations in his entire career. The most by any actor/actress in history. Did not win one single one. So Hollywood decided to give him one for his milestone movie career. I would have flatly refused it if I was him. To give you an oscar for no major movie role. That is was the Oscar is all about.

@tonybennett4159

6y↑8

To Kill a Mockingbird was a worthy enough film, but you need to be more than worthy to deserve an Oscar.

@zimzam09able

Greg kmm

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@peterelson5812

6y↑5

This is surely one of the greatest film themes of all time, superbly rendered by John Wilson and his orchestra, with as Kirsten I Russell says, the three main elements woven together seamlessly.

@nataliam6008

2y↑3

One of the finest music scores ever done!

@jsky21

7y↑1

I have seen Lawrence of Arabia many times in theaters and dvd. The music was and remains so special. Without being in that area, the desert views and filming were inspiring Thank you for introducing to me to John Wilson.

@hellodolly9879

29w↑3

This gives me chills. Sublime.

@DianneFegan-qi9re

45w↑1

Another great movie classic with great music

@danieldiasdossantos

2y↑3

Unforgettable soundtrack!!!

@smcracraft

6y↑12

It's been my favorite movie and soundtrack since the late 1970's. Two earlier favorites were 2001 and The Great Escape before it but Lawrence has held it for all this time. I recommend reading his book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Superlative poetic prose and a major story (he lost the first draft and had to rewrite it.) Interesting fellow. The movie is also probably the best screenplay ever written (by Bolt.) Jarre's score is extremely unusual. Lean is my 2nd favorite director to Kubrick.

@tomannis1

Sorry to be pedantic but the book title is ‘seven pillars of wisdom’

@travisrolando8205

3y↑3

I love how they did this so beautifully and perfectly!

@catherinehuybrechts3121

10y↑2

Thank's for sharing !!!! One of the most (If not ...the upmost !) epic film themes ...allways gives me the shivers !!! ..nothing else can depict more the overwhelming vastness of the dessert !!!

@kathrynmccullough1686

Catherine Huybrechts, my piano teacher was August Huybrechts in Michigan.

@titimeudon

8y↑30

When I traveled to Jordania, I had always this music in my head.

@Chuckarm007

5y↑2

The good bad ugly

@squidman22

5y↑3

I'd have to play it if I ever visited Wadi Rum!

@wandapetersen779

2y↑1

Fantastischer Film und wunderschöne Filmmusik. I Love it.

@martameek5558

7y↑4

I am gripped in AWE at this Magnificent Composition that is so fitting to the real Lawrence of Arabia.

@lonesomedove7874

7y↑5

Such a beautiful, haunting theme....RIP Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif..

@faramarzshoaei9680

3y↑1

One of the greatest movie and music

@yuhsinwang8541

8y↑14

Netflix has this fim in Ultra4K. It's magnificent to watch desert scene with this music!

@drhkleinert3245

5y↑1

Only with the right TV, not a Mouse-cinema

@fernanezouhir6551

2y↑1

GOOSEBUMPS

@rogerlephoque3661

3y↑2

The great movie maker Spielberg has often said that he is drawn to David Lean's masterpiece and watches it repeatedly, especially for inspiration when he is about to make one of his own movies.

@nakedmambo

7y↑3

Jarre was a superlative film composer who knew how convey emotion and compliment the film. He knew the importance of a strong theme. This and the music from Dr Zhivago and his score for A Passage to India are timeless masterpieces.

@gerrylangley

10y↑5

Only one word, Beautiful

@jean-marcdupretz1345

4y↑3

Magnifique musique que cette interprétation de Laurence d'Arabie merci encore

@toyman9642

5y↑2

Definitely one of the best movies ever.

@Nitanini1

10y↑6

Imortal e... maravilhoso!

@chrischristopoulos970

2y↑1

Gorgeous music

@toyman9642

4y↑2

A great movie and one of the best themes ever.

@feichoi001

The movie ,the music, the actors, the performance of BBC. They are gems, undoubtedly!

@TheSgtChaos

2y↑1

everytime a movie is showing a scene in a desert, you hear this song.

@grahamdenman3023

2y↑1

Simply perfection.

@billbaynes3432

4y↑4

Let’s not forget the British Film Director David Lean !

@thelile7499

3y↑3

MARAVILLOSA INTERPRETACIÓN

@danspitalnik

8y↑7

I saw LoA on a 4K huge screen at the cinema a few months ago. Unbelievable experience.

@ameetrana777

2y↑1

Listening to this instantly makes me watch the movie, although I have seen it hundreds of times

@lauracorriss9538

1y↑1

I watch it at least each year. Use it as a reward for either an achievement or for consolation. Literally, my favorite film of all time. However, being an audio person, the soundtrack makes all the difference. Visited Lawrence's grave several years ago. A major highlight In my life. He was flawed, bit I could totally relate to him. This is one of the greatest movies and the greatest soundtracks ever created.

@indysnowus8593

5y↑1

This great movie was part filmed in Morocco, desert of Ouerzazat, which I came from. It was a master piece, best actors in whole film industry and best movie in 20 century. Omar Sharif played well in this movie and the other did very outstanding jobs. May be another movie like this one will be filmed in Moroccan desert very soon inchallah.

@JayMatt89

5y↑1

Finally watched it! It took me 40 yrs, but I watched it.

@STNeish

4y↑1

Such a majestic, sweeping theme. Beautifully performed, bravo.

@belisaire33

8y↑8

Chapeau ! On se croirait dans la BO du film ! Habituellement, on a quelque chose qui évoque de loin la magie de ce thème musical. Bravo aux timbalistes.

@johnalennox

belisaire33 thanks

@ernestoconcha5567

6y↑6

Hermosa pelicula desde Chile .

@eduardodanielocamporamos9978

5y↑1

SÍ! EXCELENTE!

@fatbastard3280

9y↑58

I'm sure that Sir T.E. Lawrence would weep bitter tears to see what has become of his beloved Arab nation in the 21st century and there is nothing that can be done to stop the bloodshed.

@Cronosx2008

8y↑2

+Fat Bastard it could do more for the Arabs,
pity that the Jews met their goals based
terrorism. pity.

@wotan10950

8y↑10

+Cronosx2008 I'm sure you mean they met their goals by courage, tenacity, brainpower, resourcefulness. But I'm guessing that's not what you meant. Whatever. The Arab nation has had decades to lift themselves out of the 7th century. But as Lawrence said, 'you're a silly people, you could've been great.'

@Cronosx2008

+Dave Glo misunderstood the issue, not all is terrorism, although this fashion.

@deniskleinert

5y↑4

The reasons are shown in the movie when the arabs are in the town and makes trouble each other and cant even made the waterfacility working

@IndyDefense

5y↑3

+Dave Glo The Jews had their land given to them by the British, and have been propped up by gullible WASPs ever since. They cannot survive on their own. They have always got by through the kindness of strangers.

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@Buzzramjet

3y↑1

Great music. It was part of what made Lawrence such a great movie.

@Edmundo4191

2y↑2

Música maravilhosa, parabéns ao maestro e a todos os componentes da orquestra!

@user-jo9uq9vi6m

素晴らしい演奏をありがとう。映画のシーンが甦ります。

@albertmartin8201

2y↑2

Great Maurice Jarre.

@CaptainSticksy

15w↑1

What we all tend to forget is that Lawrence is considered a national hero in Jordan and the Arab Army he raised back in WW1 still exists. In Jordan he is remembered as Al Owrance.

@jsgould5392

6y↑35

I believe that Peter O'Toole was born to play T E Laurence.

@wcstevens7

5y↑2

js gould ..Without doubt...A brilliant piece of casting !!!!

@ElDuderino84

4y↑2

He literally resembles him

@TJP-tq4np

4y↑2

He was a beautiful man

@Finarphin

3y↑1

Sensational performance by him.

@TheScienceofnature

8y↑3

The tale is of the majestic, beautiful and vast desert, told by a western traveler. After describing the desert, he goes onto describing the small band of his kin among the desert and its inhabitants. Optimistic and growing in confidence, then comes the struggle and ends with the blend of cultures and the unchanging desert.

@haiderzaza599

الله يرحمك.يانجم ياعمر شريف
كل ما اسمع موسيقى اتذكرك 💔
اعمالك حتبقى خالده بذهن كل محب ومتابع عربي او اجنبي

@papahemp1

9y↑6

I remember going to the theater and while we sat waiting for the movie to begin, they would play the music playing from the movie that we were waiting to see, with nothing more than a curtain to look at.

@juliusschwencke142

...those were the days

@12classics39

49w↑1

More than anything, this theme makes me think of the incredible relationship between Lawrence and Sherif Ali. In many ways, it’s the heart of the film. O’Toole and Sharif’s chemistry is electric. You watch their bond deepen as they embark on this journey, you witness them rubbing off on each other and influencing each other, and above all, their undying affection for each other. It is Ali who comes to know Lawrence better than anyone, who is still able to reach Lawrence’s humanity in the midst of his breakdown, and it is Lawrence who gives Ali new hope for the future and opens his eyes to the way of navigating this new world plagued with political conflict. Both of their separation scenes are the most heartbreaking moments in the film. “If I fear him, who love him, how must he fear himself who hates himself?” A line that stays with you forever.

@60smusicrules

10y↑2

Best score ever

@my21monkeys

11y↑1

Just one word to describe this " WOW " !!!

@rogerlephoque3704

Just two more words: DOUBLE WOW!

@chillbuddy4178

4y↑2

I saw a Lawrence of Arabia in a 70 mm re-release in the 1980s on a huge gigantic screen at the Tivoli Theater in Downers Grove Illinois. When I left I had sand in my mouth and shoes

@markurso1

6y↑2

Saw it when it first came out in a beautiful old Denver, Colorado theater (don't recall the theater name). Unfortunately, I was only 8 and in Denver GOR THE GUNETAL OF MY PATEYNSL GRSNDFATHER so, Didnt Truly APPRECIAYE IT UntIL 12 Years Later When it played at my local cinema on the east coast. Still blows me away today when you consider no CGI FX!!! One of the greatest films ever made!

@HamSammichOG

5y↑3

The strings sound like they're singing at 0:54. Jesus Christ that's amazing.

@EricLehner

What an extraordinary era for music!

@eduardodanielocamporamos9978

6y↑2

HERMOSO!!!

@svebska

9y↑11

This has to be the greatest of all film scores, oh and by the way the film is probably the greatest too!

@jlgonzalez049

15w

Inolvidable esta Maravillosa Interpretación.

@raulcoletta6090

4y↑2

Maravilloso Tema.

@shahidrasheedkhan5554

6y↑10

My favourite theme of the film Lawrence of Arabia! The best film ever made! I saw this picture 6 times.Comments from Shahid Rasheed Khan from Islamabad, Pakistan. Comments posted on 20-04-2018.😀👍❤💚💙💜💛💥

@eduardodanielocamporamos9978

5y↑2

EXCELENTE!!! HERMOSÍSIMA MÚSICA!!!

@1977Nilton

10y↑4

A música mais fantástica de cinema do melhor filme de todos os tempos.

@ederalexistorresherrera8896

4y↑3

Una joya Sonora excepcional, amo está película y para mí entre las 5 más importantes del cine, bella música saludos desde Bogotá

@billace90

Correcto!!! Totalmente de acuerdo!

@josefiorelli8110

11y

It's difficult to find such great movie with such great music theme. Perfect! The music touchs deeply our heart transporting us to that magic enviroment made of sands, dreams, pains and hopes.

@danielabrunheiro6750

10y↑24

Requiescat in Pace, Mr. P. O'T.

@ART_INDIA

Amazing music......and superb movie.....

@emmettecraft8406

Absolutely flawless.

@stinkpigg1368

8y↑2

Lawrence was a insignificant person who in his life has influence the lives of us all.

@squidman22

5y↑1

The proud shall be humbled and the humble shall be exalted.

@tdavey59

so beautiful...

@kaos9644

3y↑1

Inmortal ...

@beerborn

I was 8 years old when I first saw Lawrence of Arabia in a downtown Los Angeles theatre when it was first shown in 1963. A lot of those nice large theatres are now long gone.

@amunia4361

4y↑1

Ich liebe diesen Film und die Musik ❤❤❤

@DEthe5150

11y↑1

Epic performance of an epic theme from an epic movie from 1962!

@jorgequintana2243

2y↑1

SIN DUDA, UNA OBRA MAESTRA DE JARRE; DEBE SER LA MEJOR MUSICA DE PELICULA
DEL SIGLO XX. GENIAL.

@mariakelly5

5y↑1

Lawrence Of Arabia is my second favorite movie of all time.

@jamesalexander5623

Don't keep us in suspense ...... But Please don't say GWTW .... It's Racist Rubbish! And really little more than a Civil War Soap Opera!

@rikkwakeupwesternworld9874

Perfection personified .....bravo

@hildamariazambrano6350

4y↑2

La pelicula mas bella de su tiempo LAWREN OF arabia.❤❤❤❤

@jeandeblaize4175

@Antares12

3y↑1

Esta musica de mi amado Lawrence me llena de alegria el corazón!!

@jamessaint3219

Maurice Jarre merci pour ce superbe thème
Fait de dissonnance et de grandeur

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