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Oct 27, 2023 · Occupation (s) Composer, conductor. John Barry Prendergast OBE (3 November 1933 – 30 January 2011) was a British 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.
Jan 31, 2011 · John Barry, the Academy Award-winning film composer whose idiosyncratic and iconic compositions over the course of a lifetime in the movies -- including some of the best known James Bond music and ...
Jan 8, 2009 · The Man Who Knew the Score. As a kid growing up in World War II–era York, John Barry spent every Saturday in one of his father’s cinemas, figuring out what made a movie great. As a young ...
Jan 31, 2011 · Beyond Bond, Barry was a prolific composer of regard and influence. His first soundtrack, performed when the jazz-honed musician lead the group The John Barry 7, was the British teen romp Beat Girl in 1960, an early precursor to the screen sound of ’60s London.
May 14, 2018 · Career: Rock 'n' roll trumpeter, and composer-arranger-conductor for John Dankworth, Jack Parnell, and other bands; organized his own group, The John Barry Seven; 1960—score for first film, Beat Girl; has also written stage musicals and music for TV, including the mini-series Eleanor and Franklin, 1976.
Jan 31, 2011 · Obituary: John Barry. 31 January 2011. Barry's Bond scores included Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice. Composer John Barry, famous for his work on the James Bond films, Born Free and Out of ...
UPDATE: January 30, 2011 - John Barry, a five-time Academy Award-winning composer of music for movies "Born Free," "Dances with Wolves," and "Out of Afri...
