Biography
Although many reference sources inexplicably give Barry Gray's year of birth as 1925, he was in fact born John Livesey Eccles in Blackburn on 18 July 1908. His father John Haworth Eccles was a stationery traveller by profession, but both parents were said to be musically talented, and John Junior went to study at the Royal Manchester College of Music and at Blackburn Cathedral, learning composition from Matyas Seiber. His professional music career began with London publishers B. Feldman & Co. where he arranged scores for variety theatres, and he also worked for Radio Normandy. After war service with the R.A.F. he became a freelance composer and lyricist for radio, records and film music libraries. He joined the Performing Right Society in 1947 under his real name, but later changed it by deed poll to John Livesey Barry Gray. After several years as musical assistant to Eartha Kitt, Hoagy Carmichael and Vera Lynn, in 1956 he began a long and successful association with producers Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, scoring popular marionation series such as Twizzle, Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray and Thunderbirds. He continued to compose independently, sometimes using the pseudonyms John Livesey, Gene Durant or Martin Jerbourg (a character in Bergerac). Barry Gray himself moved to the Channel Islands in 1970, settling in St Peter-in-the-Wood in Guernsey and with a music studio in St Peter Port, and occasionally guesting as pianist at island venues. He died of heart disease at Guernsey's Princess Elizabeth Hospital on 26 April 1984, age 75. His music continues to find favour with film makers, particularly the ever-popular Thunderbirds March which enjoyed a notable revival in the expensive Thunderbirds remake of 2004.
Sound 126
2020s
- 2026
Thunderbirds 4K Double Bill - Atlantic Inferno / Attack of the Alligators!
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Target: Captain Black!
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Captain Scarlet Retrometabolised: Captain Scarlet VS The Mysterons
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Captain Scarlet Retrometabolised: Revenge of the Mysterons From Mars
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Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph
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- 2025
Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
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Century 21 Revisited
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- 2022
Stand by for Action!: Gerry Anderson in Concert
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- 2021
Fireball XL5: Robots in Distress
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- 2020
Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes
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Nebula-75
Music
2010s
- 2018
Century 21 Slough
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- 2015
Thunderbirds 1965: Introducing Thunderbirds
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Thunderbirds 1965: The Abominable Snowman
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Thunderbirds 1965: The Stately Homes Robberies
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- 2014
This Is Supermarionation
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- 2010
The Return of Victor Bergman
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2000s
- 2008
Stingray: The Reunion Party
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1980s
- 1985
The Complete Thunderbirds
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- 1982
Countdown to Disaster
Music
- 1981
Thunderbirds in Outer Space
Music
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
Music
Invaders from the Deep
Music
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
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- 1980
Thunderbirds to the Rescue
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The Incredible Voyage of Stingray
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Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
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Invasion: UFO
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1970s
- 1975
- 1972
UFO: Take Them Alive
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UFO: Annihilate SHADO... Kill Straker...
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- 1971
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
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- 1970
1960s
- 1969
The Secret Service: More Haste, Less Speed
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The Secret Service: A Case For The Bishop
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The Secret Service
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Doppelgänger
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- 1968
Joe 90
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- 1967
- 1966
Thunderbirds: Give or Take a Million
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Thunderbirds Are GO
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Thunderbirds: Ricochet
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Thunderbirds: Lord Parker's 'Oliday
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Thunderbirds: Alias Mr. Hackenbacker
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Thunderbirds: Path of Destruction
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Thunderbirds: Atlantic Inferno
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Thunderbirds: Security Hazard
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Thunderbirds: The Cham-Cham
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Thunderbirds: Martian Invasion
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Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators!
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Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster
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Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment
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Thunderbirds: Move - And You're Dead
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Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep
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Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf
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Thunderbirds: The Man from MI.5
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Thunderbirds: The Imposters
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Thunderbirds: City of Fire
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- 1965
Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom
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Thunderbirds: Vault of Death
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Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive
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Thunderbirds: Sun Probe
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Thunderbirds: The Uninvited
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Thunderbirds: End of The Road
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Thunderbirds: Desperate Intruder
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Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon
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Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster
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Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact
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Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City
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Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope
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Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril
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Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky
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Stingray: Aquanaut of the Year
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Stingray: Marineville Traitor
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Stingray: Hostages of the Deep
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Stingray: The Golden Sea
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Stingray: The Master Plan
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Stingray: Plant of Doom
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Stingray: Sea of Oil
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Stingray: Count Down
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Stingray: Trapped In The Depths
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Stingray: A Nut For Marineville
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Stingray: The Invaders
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Stingray: Secret of the Giant Oyster
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Stingray: The Disappearing Ships
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Stingray: Pink Ice
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Stingray: Stand By For Action
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Stingray: Treasure Down Below
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Stingray: Eastern Eclipse
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Stingray: Tom Thumb Tempest
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Stingray: Invisible Enemy
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Stingray: Star of the East
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Stingray: Deep Heat
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Stingray: The Cool Cave Man
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Stingray: The Big Gun
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Stingray: The Lighthouse Dwellers
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Stingray: Rescue from the Skies
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Stingray: The Ghost of the Sea
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- 1964
Stingray: Tune of Danger
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Stingray: A Christmas to Remember
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Stingray: In Search of the Tajmanon
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Stingray: Titan Goes Pop
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Stingray: Raptures of the Deep
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Stingray: An Echo of Danger
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Stingray: The Man From The Navy
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Stingray: Set Sail for Adventure
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Stingray: Loch Ness Monster
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Stingray: Subterranean Sea
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Stingray: The Ghost Ship
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Stingray: Emergency Marineville
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- 1963
Boogie Rag Roll - Thunderclap Jones
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Bunty the Bouncing Bassoon
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- 1962
Fireball XL5
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- 1961
Supercar
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- 1960
Crossroads to Crime
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Four Feather Falls
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Wrote 2
2020s
- 2022
1960s
- 1960
Four Feather Falls
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