John Barry
John Barry Prendergast (3 November 1933 – 30 January 2011) was an English composer and conductor of film 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 filmmakers 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 composed the scores for eleven of the James Bond f...
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The Final Game of Death
Enigma
Playing by Heart
Mercury Rising
Swept from the Sea
The Scarlet Letter
The Specialist
My Life
Indecent Proposal
Chaplin
Dances with Wolves
Masquerade
The Living Daylights
Peggy Sue Got Married
Howard the Duck
Out of Africa
Jagged Edge
A View to a Kill
The Cotton Club
Until September
Octopussy
High Road to China
Svengali
Frances
Hammett
Body Heat
Inside Moves
Touched by Love
Somewhere in Time
Raise the Titanic
Night Games
The Black Hole
Moonraker
Hanover Street
Willa
Starcrash
Game of Death
The Betsy
The Gathering
First Love
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
The Deep
The War Between the Tates
The White Buffalo- ELEleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
King Kong
Love Among the Ruins
Robin and Marian
The Day of the Locust
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Tamarind Seed
The Dove
The Glass Menagerie
A Doll's House
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Follow Me!
Mary, Queen of Scots
Diamonds Are Forever
Walkabout
They Might Be Giants
The Last Valley
Monte Walsh
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Midnight Cowboy
The Lion in Winter
Petulia
Boom!
The Whisperers
You Only Live Twice
The Quiller Memorandum
The Wrong Box
Born Free
The Chase
Four in the Morning
Thunderball
King Rat
The Knack... and How to Get It
The Party's Over
The Ipcress File
Goldfinger
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
A Jolly Bad Fellow
Zulu
From Russia with Love
The Amorous Prawn
The L-Shaped Room
Mix Me a Person
Beat Girl
Never Let Go