John Barry
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- 3. November 1933 · York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- 30. Januar 2011
Biografie
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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Filmografie
- The Final Game of Death · Musik
- Der Klang von 007 · Selbst
- Game of Death Redux · Musik
- Alles oder nichts · Selbst
- Lights, Action, Music · Selbst
- Legends · Selbst
- La Grande Tueuse
- After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
- Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic · Selbst, Musik
- Best Ever Bond · Selbst
- Enigma - Das Geheimnis · Musik
- Back To "Somewhere In Time" · Selbst, Musik
- Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' · Selbst
- The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 · Selbst
- Inside 'From Russia with Love' · Selbst
- Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration · Selbst
- Inside 'Dr. No' · Selbst
- A Song of Africa · Selbst
- Harry Saltzman: Showman · Selbst
- The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong · Selbst
- Leben und lieben in L.A. · Musik, Conductor
- Das Mercury Puzzle · Musik, Conductor
- Amy Foster - Im Meer der Gefühle · Musik
- Nobody Does It Better: The Music of James Bond · Selbst
- Cry, the Beloved Country · Musik
- The World of James Bond · Selbst
- Across the Sea of Time · Musik
- Der scharlachrote Buchstabe · Musik
- Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' · Selbst
- The Specialist · Musik
- Mein Leben für dich · Musik
- Ein unmoralisches Angebot · Musik
- Chaplin · Musik
- Der Tod lauert in Kairo · Musik
- The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' · Musik
- Der mit dem Wolf tanzt · Musik
- Masquerade - Ein tödliches Spiel · Musik
- Hearts of Fire · Musik
- James Bond 007 - Der Hauch des Todes · Orchestra Conductor (uncredited), Musik
- Peggy Sue hat geheiratet · Musik
- Howard - Ein tierischer Held · Musik
- Jenseits von Afrika · Musik, Conductor
- Allein mit dem Mörder · Musik
- Das Messer · Musik
- James Bond 007 - Im Angesicht des Todes · Musik
- Cotton Club · Musik
- Liebe ohne Ausweg · Musik
- Mike's Murder · Musik
- Die goldene Robbe · Musik
- James Bond 007 - Octopussy · Musik
- Höllenjagd bis ans Ende der Welt · Musik
- Svengali · Musik
- Frances · Musik, Conductor
- Starkstrom · Musik
- Murat - Ein Kung-Fu Türke rettet die Welt · Musik
- Hammett · Musik
- Heißblütig - Kaltblütig · Musik
- Die Legende vom Lone Ranger · Musik
- Maxs Bar · Musik
- Touched by Love · Musik
- Ein tödlicher Traum · Musik, Conductor
- Hebt die Titanic · Musik
- Night Games · Musik
- Das schwarze Loch · Musik
- James Bond 007 - Moonraker - Streng geheim · Musik
- Das tödliche Dreieck · Musik
- Willa · Musik
- The Corn Is Green · Musik
- Star Crash - Sterne im Duell · Conductor, Musik
- Mein letzter Kampf · Musik
- Der Clan · Musik
- The Gathering · Musik
- Junge Liebe · Musik
- Der vergessene Kennedy · Musik
- Die Tiefe · Musik
- The War Between the Tates · Musik
- Der weiße Büffel · Musik
- Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years · Musik
- King Kong · Musik
- Liebe in der Dämmerung · Musik, Conductor