John Barry
Sound
John Barry Prendergast OBE (3 November 1933 – 30 January 2011) was an English composer and conductor of film music. He composed the scores for eleven of the James Bond films between 1963 and 1987, as well as arranging and performing the "James Bond Theme" for the first film in the series, 1962's Dr. No. He wrote the Grammy- and Academy Award-winning scores to the films Dances with Wolves and Out of Africa, as well as the scores of The Scarlet Letter; Chaplin; The Cotton Club; The Tamarind Seed; Mary, Queen of Scots; Game of Death; and the theme for the television series The Persuaders!, in a career spanning over 50 years. In 1999, he was appointed with an OBE for services to music. Born in York, Barry spent his early years working in cinemas owned by his father. During his national service with the British Army in Cyprus, Barry began performing as a musician after learning to play the trumpet. Upon completing his national service, he formed a band in 1957, the John Barry Seven. He later developed an interest in composing and arranging music, making his début for television in 1958. He came to the notice of the makers of the first James Bond film Dr. No, who were dissatisfied with a theme for James Bond given to them by Monty Norman. Noel Rogers, the head of music at United Artists, approached Barry. This started a successful association between Barry and the Bond series that lasted for 25 years. Barry received awards including five Academy Awards: two for Born Free and one each for The Lion in Winter (for which he also won the first BAFTA Award for Best Film Music), Dances with Wolves and Out of Africa (both of which also won him Grammy Awards). He also received ten Golden Globe Award nominations, winning once for Best Original Score for Out of Africa in 1986. Barry completed his last film score, Enigma, in 2001 and recorded the successful album Eternal Echoes the same year. He then concentrated chiefly on live performances and co-wrote the music to the musical Brighton Rock in 2004 alongside Don Black. In 2001, Barry became a Fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, and, in 2005, he was made a Fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Barry was married four times and had four children. He moved to the United States in 1975 and lived there until his death in 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia page John Barry, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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movieThe Final Game of Death
2023
Original Music Composer
movieEnigma
2001
Original Music Composer
moviePlaying by Heart
1998
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator
movieMercury Rising
1998
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieSwept from the Sea
1998
Original Music Composer
movieCry, the Beloved Country
1995
Original Music Composer
movieThe Scarlet Letter
1995
Original Music Composer
movieThe Specialist
1994
Original Music Composer
movieMy Life
1993
Original Music Composer
movieIndecent Proposal
1993
Original Music Composer
movieChaplin
1992
Original Music Composer
movieRuby Cairo
1992
Original Music Composer
movieDances with Wolves
1990
Original Music Composer
movieMasquerade
1988
Original Music Composer
movieHearts of Fire
1987
Original Music Composer
movieThe Living Daylights
1987
Original Music Composer
moviePeggy Sue Got Married
1986
Original Music Composer
movieHoward the Duck
1986
Original Music Composer
movieOut of Africa
1985
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieA Killing Affair
1985
Original Music Composer
movieJagged Edge
1985
Original Music Composer
movieA View to a Kill
1985
Original Music Composer
movieThe Cotton Club
1984
Original Music Composer
movieUntil September
1984
Original Music Composer
movieMike's Murder
1984
Original Music Composer
movieThe Golden Seal
1983
Original Music Composer
movieOctopussy
1983
Original Music Composer
movieHigh Road to China
1983
Original Music Composer
movieSvengali
1983
Original Music Composer
movieFrances
1982
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieMurder by Phone
1982
Original Music Composer
movieHammett
1982
Original Music Composer
movieBody Heat
1981
Original Music Composer
movieThe Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981
Original Music Composer
movieInside Moves
1980
Original Music Composer
movieTouched by Love
1980
Original Music Composer
movieSomewhere in Time
1980
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieRaise the Titanic
1980
Original Music Composer
movieNight Games
1980
Original Music Composer
movieThe Black Hole
1979
Original Music Composer
movieMoonraker
1979
Original Music Composer
movieHanover Street
1979
Original Music Composer
movieWilla
1979
Original Music Composer
movieThe Corn Is Green
1979
Original Music Composer
movieStarcrash
1978
Conductor, Original Music Composer
movieGame of Death
1978
Original Music Composer
movieThe Betsy
1978
Original Music Composer
movieThe Gathering
1977
Original Music Composer
movieFirst Love
1977
Original Music Composer
movieYoung Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
1977
Original Music Composer
movieThe Deep
1977
Original Music Composer
movieThe War Between the Tates
1977
Original Music Composer
movieThe White Buffalo
1977
Original Music Composer
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
Original Music Composer
movieKing Kong
1976
Original Music Composer
movieLove Among the Ruins
1976
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieRobin and Marian
1976
Original Music Composer
tvEleanor and Franklin
1976
Original Music Composer
movieThe Day of the Locust
1975
Original Music Composer
movieThe Man with the Golden Gun
1974
Original Music Composer
tvBorn Free
1974
Music
movieThe Tamarind Seed
1974
Original Music Composer
movieThe Dove
1974
Original Music Composer
movieMission: Monte Carlo
1974
Theme Song Performance
movieThe Glass Menagerie
1973
Original Music Composer
movieA Doll's House
1973
Original Music Composer
movieAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972
Songs, Original Music Composer
movieFollow Me!
1972
Original Music Composer
movieMary, Queen of Scots
1971
Original Music Composer
movieDiamonds Are Forever
1971
Original Music Composer
movieWalkabout
1971
Music, Conductor, Original Music Composer
movieThey Might Be Giants
1971
Original Music Composer
movieThe Last Valley
1971
Original Music Composer
movieMonte Walsh
1970
Original Music Composer
movieOn Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
Original Music Composer
movieMidnight Cowboy
1969
Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor
movieThe Appointment
1969
Original Music Composer
movieDeadfall
1968
Original Music Composer
movieThe Lion in Winter
1968
Original Music Composer
moviePetulia
1968
Original Music Composer
movieBoom!
1968
Original Music Composer
movieThe Whisperers
1967
Original Music Composer
movieYou Only Live Twice
1967
Original Music Composer
movieDutchman
1966
Original Music Composer
movieThe Quiller Memorandum
1966
Songs, Original Music Composer
movieThe Wrong Box
1966
Music Arranger, Conductor, Original Music Composer
movieBorn Free
1966
Songs, Original Music Composer
movieThe Chase
1966
Original Music Composer
movieFour in the Morning
1965
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieThunderball
1965
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieKing Rat
1965
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Newcomers
1965
Original Music Composer
movieThe Knack... and How to Get It
1965
Original Music Composer
movieMister Moses
1965
Original Music Composer
movieThe Party's Over
1965
Original Music Composer
movieThe Ipcress File
1965
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieBoy and Bicycle
1965
Original Music Composer
movieSophia Loren in Rome
1964
Original Music Composer
movieGoldfinger
1964
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieSeance on a Wet Afternoon
1964
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieA Jolly Bad Fellow
1964
Original Music Composer
movieMan in the Middle
1964
Original Music Composer
movieZulu
1964
Original Music Composer
movieFrom Russia with Love
1963
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieThe Cool Mikado
1963
Music Arranger
movieThe Amorous Prawn
1962
Original Music Composer
movieThe L-Shaped Room
1962
Original Music Composer
movieDr. No
1962
Music Arranger
movieMix Me a Person
1962
Original Music Composer
movieBeat Girl
1960
Original Music Composer
movieNever Let Go
1960
Original Music Composer
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movieThe Sound of 007
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieEverything or Nothing
2012
Self (archive footage)
tvLegends
2006
Self
movieThe Living Daylights
1987
Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
movieDeadfall
1968
Orchestra Conductor
movie6.5 Special
1958
Himself