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I KNOW this is old news now... but I can not find the thread I KNOW I started at the time.

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Bond composer John Barry dies aged 77
31 January 2011 Last updated at 13:19 GMT

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Composer John Barry, famous for his work on Born Free, Out of Africa and the James Bond films, has died in New York of a heart attack aged 77.

Born John Barry Prendergast in 1933, the York-born musician first found fame as leader of the John Barry Seven.

His arrangement of Monty Norman's James Bond theme led to him composing scores for 11 films in the series, among them Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice.

His work saw him win five Oscars, while he received a Bafta fellowship in 2005.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:18 pm 
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A lot of my favourite Movies have Themes and movie scores by Barry.

I think the latest Bond movies with Daniel Craig are great.. but lack a certain something that John Barry scores brought to the Sean Connery Bond movies.

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John Barry Memorial Concert - Live from Royal Albert Hall (with full video illustrations)



Published on Aug 19, 2012
This is a very moving live concert in honor of the British film composer John Barry (1933-2011), who died early in 2011. This concert was recorded at Royal Albert Hall in June of that year. The guests included Michael Parkinson, Michael Caine (via video feed), Timothy Dalton, Rumer, Sir George Martin, Dame Shirley Bassey, David Arnold, Derek Watkins, Julian Jackson, Nigel Hitchcock and others. Nicholas Dodd conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

The musical selections for the concert were as follows:

Goldfinger - Theme (instrumental)
The Knack - Theme
Zulu - Theme
The Ipcress File - Theme
Born Free - Theme
Somewhere in Time - Theme
Midnight Cowboy -Theme (with Julian Jackson, harmonica)
Dances with Wolves - John Dunbar's Theme (with Julian Jackson, harmonica)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - "We Have All the Time in the World" (sung by Rumer)
Mary, Queen of Scots - Theme (with Timothy Dalton narration)
Remembering Chet (with Derek Watkins, trumpet)
Body Heat - Theme (with Nigel Hitchcock, saxophone)
Out of Africa - Theme
"Tick the Days Off One by One" (sung by David Arnold)
James Bond Suite
"Diamonds Are Forever" & "Goldfinger" (sung by Shirley Bassey)
James Bond Theme - reprise
The Black Hole - Theme (from the original soundtrack)

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What a loss. His scores were such a great part of the Bond movies.

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Audio slideshow: John Barry's music

Famous for his work on the James Bond Films, Born Free and Out of Africa - the prolific composer has died at the age of 77. In addition to his award-winning film soundtracks, he also penned numerous TV themes - including for the 1960s BBC show, Juke Box Jury.

Here - in celebration of his life - listen to some of John Barry's most recognisable work, which played a big part in making dozens of films and television programmes so memorable.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12324487

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I didn't realize he scored "Body Heat". The score was such a vital part of the movie, and IMO would never been nearly as good without his music!

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OF COURSE One of my favourites is the THEME for the movie ZULU!

JOHN BARRY. ZULU. Richard Burton.


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I found MY thread at JQ (It's public).... I will copy most of it here where it belongs

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John Barry Dies at 77; Composed for Bond Films
By WILLIAM GRIMES
Published: January 31, 2011

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/movie ... twrhp&_r=0

John Barry, whose bold, jazzy scores for “From Russia With Love,” “Goldfinger” and nine other James Bond films put a musical stamp on one of the most successful film franchises of all time, and who won five Academy Awards as a composer for “Born Free,” “Dances With Wolves” and other films, died on Sunday in New York. He was 77.

John Barry scored dozens of films that called for music to express a wide variety of human emotions and situations.
MultimediaHis death was announced in a statement by family members and reported by The Associated Press. No other details about the cause of death or where he died were provided.

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Remembering Movie Composer John Barry


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I have always loved John Barry's Music/Movie themes.

And his film scores add a unique stamp to many popular movies


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From Wikepedia.....

John Barry Discography

Films scores

Beat Girl (1960)
Never Let Go (1960)
The Cool Mikado (1962)
The Amorous Prawn (1962)
The L-Shaped Room (1962)
Man in the Middle (1963)
A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964)
Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Zulu (1964)
Boy and Bicycle (1965)
Mister Moses (1965)
Four in the Morning (1965)
The Party's Over (1965)
The Knack …and How to Get It (1965)
King Rat (1965)
The Ipcress File (1965)
Born Free (1966) (Two Academy Awards - Best Music, Original Song (lyrics by Don Black), Best Music, Original Music Score, Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture)
The Chase (1966)
The Wrong Box (1966)
The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
The Whisperers (1967)
Dutchman (1967)
Boom! (1968)
Petulia (1968)
Deadfall (1968)
The Lion in Winter (1968) (Academy Award - Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture, BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music, Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Score)
The Appointment (1969)
Midnight Cowboy (1969) (Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition)
Monte Walsh (1970)
The Last Valley (1970)
They Might Be Giants (1971)
Murphy's War (1971)
Walkabout (1971)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) (Academy Award nomination for Best Music, Original Dramatic Score, Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Score)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
Follow Me! (1972)
A Doll's House (1973)
The Tamarind Seed (1974)
The Dove (1974) (Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Song)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
King Kong (1976)
Robin and Marian (1976)
The Deep (1977) (Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Song (lyrics by Donna Summer) - Motion Picture)
First Love (1977)
The White Buffalo (1977)
Game Of Death (1978)
The Betsy (1978)
Starcrash (1978)
Hanover Street (1979)
The Black Hole (1979)
Somewhere in Time (1980) (Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Score - Motion Picture)
Touched by Love (1980)
Inside Moves (1980)
Night Games (1980)
Raise the Titanic (1980)
The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) (Razzie Award for Worst Musical Score)
Body Heat (1981)
Frances (1982)
Murder By Phone (1982)
Hammett (1982)
The Golden Seal (1983)
High Road to China (1983)
The Cotton Club (1984)
Until September (1984)
Mike's Murder (1984)
Jagged Edge (1985)
Out of Africa (1985) (Academy Award - Best Music, Original Score, BAFTA Award nomination for Best Original Film Score)
Howard the Duck (1986)
A Killing Affair (1986)
The Golden Child (1986)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Hearts of Fire (1987)
Masquerade (1988)
Dances with Wolves (1990) (Academy Award - Best Music, Original Score, BAFTA Award nomination for Best Original Film Score, Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Score - Motion Picture)
Chaplin (1992) (Academy Award nomination for Best Music, Original Score, Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Score - Motion Picture)
Ruby Cairo (1993)
My Life (1993)
Indecent Proposal (1993)
The Specialist (1994)
Cry, The Beloved Country (1995)
Across The Sea of Time (1995) (3D IMAX movie)
The Scarlet Letter (1995)
Swept from the Sea (1997)
Mercury Rising (1998)
Playing by Heart (1998)
Enigma (2001)

Bond Films

Barry worked on the soundtracks for the following Bond films:

Dr. No (1962) — James Bond Theme used on main and end titles and Bond's arrival in Jamaica
From Russia with Love (lyrics by Lionel Bart) (1963), Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Song in a Motion Picture
Goldfinger (1964)
Thunderball (1965)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Moonraker (1979)
Octopussy (1983)
A View to a Kill (1985), (Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Score - Motion Picture & for Best Original Song - Motion Picture)
The Living Daylights (1987)

Musicals

Passion Flower Hotel (1965)
Lolita, My Love (1971), a musical comedy (text by Alan Jay Lerner) based on Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita
Billy (1974)
The Little Prince and the Aviator (1981)
Brighton Rock (2004)

Television themes

Dateline London (1962)
Elizabeth Taylor in London (Grammy award nomination) (1963)
Juke Box Jury (1959–1967)
The Human Jungle (1963–1965)
Impromptu (1964)
Sophia Loren in Rome (1964)
The Newcomers (1965–1969)
Vendetta (1966)
The Persuaders! (1971–1972)
The Adventurer (1972–1973)
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973)
The Glass Menagerie (1973)
Born Free (1974)
Love Among the Ruins (1975)
Eleanor and Franklin (1976)
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)
The War Between the Tates (1977)
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (1977)
The Gathering (1977)
The Corn is Green (1979)
Willa (1979)
Svengali (1983)
USA Today-The TV series (1988)
The Witness (1992)
John Barry-Moviola (1993)
[edit] Other worksStringbeat (1961)
The Americans (1975)
The Beyondness of Things (1999)
Eternal Echoes (2001)
The Seasons - no release date set

Hit singles
(Excludes co-composed hits, e.g. Duran Duran's A View to a Kill)

"Hit And Miss" as The John Barry Seven plus Four, UK#10 (first charted 1960)
"Beat For Beatniks" as The John Barry Orchestra, UK#40 (1960)
"Never Let Go" as The John Barry Orchestra, UK#49 (1960)
"Blueberry Hill" as The John Barry Orchestra, UK#34 (1960)
"Walk Don't Run" as The John Barry Seven, UK#11 (1960)
"Black Stockings" as The John Barry Seven, UK#27 (1960)
"The Magnificent Seven" as The John Barry Seven, UK#45 (1961)
"Cutty Sark" as The John Barry Seven, UK#35 (1962)
"The James Bond Theme" as The John Barry Orchestra, UK#13 (1962)
"From Russia With Love" as The John Barry Orchestra, UK#39 (1963)
"Theme From 'The Persuaders'" as John Barry, UK#13 (1971)

The 4 highest-charting hits all spent more than 10 weeks in the UK top 50.

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An Obit. piece by Lyricist who worked with Barry....

Bond viveur: 007 composer John Barry's huge appetite for love, lunches and glorious music
By Don Black

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1352395/James-Bond-composer-John-Barry-remembered-Love-lunches-music.html#ixzz1Cjk9Ypuc

For many of the past 50 years, I was his lyricist.
Since hearing of his death on Sunday, I’ve been inundated by emails and texts from his fans around the world.
From the first James Bond film, Dr No in 1962, he revolutionised film music. He was a musical dramatist whose gift was matching music to film.
John had a way of connecting emotionally with a story — an understanding that resulted in the most beautiful and appropriate music — a skill that was in many ways at odds with his brusque Yorkshire roots.
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On another occasion, John stood up to Barbra Streisand, which is not something many people have done.
She asked him to work with her on the film Prince Of Tides and when he sent her a score she told him it was the best she’d ever heard.
He was pleased, so when she rang the next day to see if he could try something different, he agreed. Again, she praised it.
But when she rang again, asking for another attempt, he refused point blank, telling her working with her had been a thoroughly joyless experience.
That was the end of his work with Streisand — but with more than 90 movie scores to his credit he could afford to let that one go.
Luckily for him, other women were more enamoured with him.
He had three short marriages, including a three-year union with the actress Jane Birkin, before marrying the love of his life, Laurie, in 1978.
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His breakthrough came when the producers of Dr No asked him to rearrange a theme tune by British composer Monty Norman. The result was the iconic James Bond theme tune



He was immoveable about his music, and didn’t suffer fools gladly.
That inner confidence helped imbue his music with the elegance it is famous for.
He had a signature style — lush strings and orchestral swells — that made his songs instantly recognisable.
Just as you know a Sinatra song from the first few bars, you can spot a John Barry score from the opening chords.
He may have gone, but the gift of his music will be with us for decades to come.

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