MAURICE JARRE – LION OF THE DESERT Soundtrack LP – Nr MINT UK 1981

Maurice Jarre – Lion Of The Desert
(RK Records  1981  RKLP5005)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Very Good+ condition
– wear to edges/corners, some creasing and library sticker on back

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from a few light pops/crackles – library stamp on side 1 label)

Maurice-Alexis Jarre (13 September 1924 – 28 March 2009) was a French composer and conductor. Jarre is best known for his film scores, particularly for his collaborations with film director David Lean composing all of his films from 1962 to 1984. Jarre received numerous accolades including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globes, and a Grammy Award.

Lion of the Desert is a 1981 epic historical war film about the Second Italo-Senussi War, starring Anthony Quinn as Libyan tribal leader Omar Mukhtar, a Bedouin leader fighting the Regio Esercito (Royal Italian Army), and Oliver Reed as Italian General Rodolfo Graziani, who defeated Mukhtar. It was directed by Syrian-American director Moustapha Akkad and funded by the Libyan government under Muammar Gaddafi.

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