John Barry

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1933-11-03
  • event Death Date 2011-01-30
  • school Known for: Sound
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  • info Birth Place York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Dances with Wolves

1990-03-30

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Out of Africa

1985-12-20

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Peggy Sue Got Married

1986-10-10

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From Russia with Love

1963-10-10

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Goldfinger

1964-09-20

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Thunderball

1965-12-11

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You Only Live Twice

1967-06-13

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On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969-12-18

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Diamonds Are Forever

1971-12-14

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The Man with the Golden Gun

1974-12-04

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A View to a Kill

1985-05-24

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Moonraker

1979-06-26

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Octopussy

1983-06-05

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The Living Daylights

1987-06-29

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Playing by Heart

1998-12-30

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The Specialist

1994-10-07

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King Kong

1976-09-08

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Swept from the Sea

1998-01-23

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Chaplin

1992-12-17

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Robin and Marian

1976-03-11

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Enigma

2001-01-22

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The Scarlet Letter

1995-10-13

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Indecent Proposal

1993-04-07

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The Cotton Club

1984-12-14

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Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964-06-19

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Midnight Cowboy

1969-05-25

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A Killing Affair

1985-10-24

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Frances

1982-12-03

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Howard the Duck

1986-08-01

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The Day of the Locust

1975-05-07

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The Chase

1966-02-18

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Mercury Rising

1998-04-03

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Jagged Edge

1985-10-04

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The Black Hole

1979-12-18

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Zulu

1964-01-22

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Never Let Go

1960-06-02

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The Last Valley

1971-01-28

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Somewhere in Time

1980-10-02

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Mary, Queen of Scots

1971-12-22

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Goldfinger

1964-09-20

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Dr. No

1962-10-07

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The Dove

1974-06-16

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Dutchman

1966-12-28

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From Russia with Love

1963-10-10

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Thunderball

1965-12-11

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Deadfall

1968-09-11

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Monte Walsh

1970-10-02

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The Whisperers

1967-07-18

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The Glass Menagerie

1973-12-16

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Boom!

1968-05-26

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High Road to China

1983-03-18

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Boy and Bicycle

1965-01-01

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Playing by Heart

1998-12-30

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Playing by Heart

1998-12-30

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The Quiller Memorandum

1966-11-10

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Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964-06-19

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Sophia Loren in Rome

1964-11-12

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The Golden Seal

1983-08-12

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Follow Me!

1972-07-15

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Frances

1982-12-03

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Elizabeth Taylor in London

1963-10-06

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Born Free

1966-03-26

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Beat Girl

1960-08-21

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Born Free

1966-03-26

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Touched by Love

1980-10-31

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A Doll's House

1973-04-10

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Love Among the Ruins

1975-03-06

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The Amorous Prawn

1962-11-26

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The White Buffalo

1977-05-01

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Across the Sea of Time

1995-10-20

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Game of Death

1978-03-23

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Murder by Phone

1982-12-01

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Willa

1979-03-17

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Masquerade

1988-03-11

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First Love

1977-08-08

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The Lion in Winter

1968-10-30

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Hearts of Fire

1987-11-06

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The Deep

1977-06-17

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The Ipcress File

1965-03-18

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Mike's Murder

1984-03-09

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A Jolly Bad Fellow

1964-03-15

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Starcrash

1978-12-21

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Walkabout

1971-07-01

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The Wrong Box

1966-06-19

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The Wrong Box

1966-06-19

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Inside Moves

1980-12-19

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King Rat

1965-10-27

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Midnight Cowboy

1969-05-25

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Man in the Middle

1964-01-27

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Walkabout

1971-07-01

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1972-11-20

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Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic

2003-05-20

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The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'

1990-11-15

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My Life

1993-11-12

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The Corn Is Green

1979-01-29

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The Party's Over

1965-04-22

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Until September

1984-09-21

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Cry, the Beloved Country

1995-12-15

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Starcrash

1978-12-21

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The Betsy

1978-02-02

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The Appointment

1969-05-22

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They Might Be Giants

1971-06-09

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The Wrong Box

1966-06-19

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The Tamarind Seed

1974-07-11

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Mister Moses

1965-05-12

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Walkabout

1971-07-01

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Night Games

1980-04-11

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Body Heat

1981-08-28

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The Knack... and How to Get It

1965-05-01

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Raise the Titanic

1980-08-01

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Petulia

1968-06-10

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The Quiller Memorandum

1966-11-10

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The L-Shaped Room

1962-11-20

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Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

1977-03-13

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The Gathering

1977-12-04

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The Final Game of Death

2023-07-17

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The Cool Mikado

1963-01-07

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Mercury Rising

1998-04-03

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King Rat

1965-10-27

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Svengali

1983-03-09

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Hammett

1982-06-09

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1972-11-20

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The Legend of the Lone Ranger

1981-08-06

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Hanover Street

1979-05-18

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Out of Africa

1985-12-20

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Love Among the Ruins

1975-03-06

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Game of Death Redux

2019-07-20

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The Ipcress File

1965-03-18

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Ruby Cairo

1992-12-12

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Four in the Morning

1965-12-16

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Four in the Morning

1965-12-16

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Mix Me a Person

1962-08-31

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Eleanor and Franklin

1976-01-11

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Born Free

1974-09-09