Biography
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.
Sound 120
2020s
- 2023
The Final Game of Death
Original Music Composer
2010s
- 2019
Game of Death Redux
Music
2000s
- 2003
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Music
- 2001
- 2000
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
Music
1990s
- 1998
- 1995
Cry, the Beloved Country
Original Music Composer
Across the Sea of Time
Music
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1990
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
Music
1980s
- 1988
- 1987
Hearts of Fire
Original Music Composer
- 1986
- 1985
A Killing Affair
Original Music Composer
- 1984
Until September
Original Music Composer
Mike's Murder
Original Music Composer
- 1983
The Golden Seal
Original Music Composer
Svengali
Original Music Composer
- 1982
Murder by Phone
Original Music Composer
The Man Who Saved the World
Music
- 1981
- 1980
Inside Moves
Original Music Composer
Touched by Love
Original Music Composer
Night Games
Original Music Composer
1970s
- 1979
Willa
Original Music Composer
The Corn Is Green
Original Music Composer
- 1978
- 1977
The Gathering
Original Music Composer
First Love
Original Music Composer
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
Original Music Composer
The War Between the Tates
Original Music Composer
- 1976
Love Among the Ruins
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Eleanor and Franklin
Original Music Composer
- 1975
- 1974
Born Free
Music
The Dove
Original Music Composer
Mission: Monte Carlo
Theme Song Performance
- 1973
The Glass Menagerie
Original Music Composer
- 1972
UFO: Annihilate SHADO... Kill Straker...
Music
- 1971
Mary, Queen of Scots
Original Music Composer
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
Music
UFO: Destroy Luna Base!
Music
They Might Be Giants
Original Music Composer
The Last Valley
Original Music Composer
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
The Appointment
Original Music Composer
- 1968
Boom!
Original Music Composer
- 1967
The Whisperers
Original Music Composer
- 1966
Dutchman
Original Music Composer
The Quiller Memorandum
Songs, Original Music Composer
The Wrong Box
Music Arranger, Conductor, Original Music Composer
Born Free
Songs, Original Music Composer
- 1965
Four in the Morning
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Mister Moses
Original Music Composer
Boy and Bicycle
Original Music Composer
- 1964
Sophia Loren in Rome
Original Music Composer
A Jolly Bad Fellow
Original Music Composer
Man in the Middle
Original Music Composer
- 1963
Elizabeth Taylor in London
Music
The Cool Mikado
Music Arranger
- 1962
The Amorous Prawn
Original Music Composer
The L-Shaped Room
Original Music Composer
Mix Me a Person
Original Music Composer
- 1960
Never Let Go
Original Music Composer
Acted in 4
2000s
- 2006
La Grande Tueuse
Movie
Appearances19
2020s
- 2022
2010s
- 2012
Everything or Nothing
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2007
Lights, Action, Music
Self
- 2006
- 2003
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Self
- 2002
Best Ever Bond
Self
- 2000
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
Self
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Self
The Bond Sound: The Music of 007
Self
Inside 'From Russia with Love'
Self
Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration
Self
Inside 'Dr. No'
Self
A Song of Africa
Self
Harry Saltzman: Showman
Self
1990s
- 1999
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
Self
- 1995
The World of James Bond
Self
Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
Self
1970s
- 1971
1950s
- 1958
6.5 Special
Himself