Biografía y filmografía

John Barry

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.

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Fotos

Películas (137)

The Final Game of Death

2023 · Original Music Composer

The Sound of 007

2022 · Self (archive footage)

Game of Death Redux

2019 · Music

Everything or Nothing

2012 · Self (archive footage)

Lights, Action, Music

2007 · Self

La Grande Tueuse

2006

After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later

2004

Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic

2003 · Self, Music

Best Ever Bond

2002 · Self

Enigma

2001 · Original Music Composer

Back To "Somewhere In Time"

2000 · Self, Music

Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'

2000 · Self

The Bond Sound: The Music of 007

2000 · Self

Inside 'From Russia with Love'

2000 · Self

Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration

2000 · Self

Inside 'Dr. No'

2000 · Self

A Song of Africa

2000 · Self

Harry Saltzman: Showman

2000 · Self

The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong

1999 · Self

Playing by Heart

1998 · Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator

Mercury Rising

1998 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

Swept from the Sea

1998 · Original Music Composer

Nobody Does It Better: The Music of James Bond

1997 · Self

Cry, the Beloved Country

1995 · Original Music Composer

The World of James Bond

1995 · Self

Across the Sea of Time

1995 · Music

The Scarlet Letter

1995 · Original Music Composer

Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'

1995 · Self

The Specialist

1994 · Original Music Composer

My Life

1993 · Original Music Composer

Indecent Proposal

1993 · Original Music Composer

Chaplin

1992 · Original Music Composer

Ruby Cairo

1992 · Original Music Composer

The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'

1990 · Music

Dances with Wolves

1990 · Original Music Composer

Masquerade

1988 · Original Music Composer

Hearts of Fire

1987 · Original Music Composer

The Living Daylights

1987 · Orchestra Conductor (uncredited), Original Music Composer

Peggy Sue Got Married

1986 · Original Music Composer

Howard the Duck

1986 · Original Music Composer

Out of Africa

1985 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

A Killing Affair

1985 · Original Music Composer

Jagged Edge

1985 · Original Music Composer

A View to a Kill

1985 · Original Music Composer

The Cotton Club

1984 · Original Music Composer

Until September

1984 · Original Music Composer

Mike's Murder

1984 · Original Music Composer

The Golden Seal

1983 · Original Music Composer

Octopussy

1983 · Original Music Composer

High Road to China

1983 · Original Music Composer

Svengali

1983 · Original Music Composer

Frances

1982 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

Murder by Phone

1982 · Original Music Composer

The Man Who Saved the World

1982 · Music

Hammett

1982 · Original Music Composer

Body Heat

1981 · Original Music Composer

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

1981 · Original Music Composer

Inside Moves

1980 · Original Music Composer

Touched by Love

1980 · Original Music Composer

Somewhere in Time

1980 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

Raise the Titanic

1980 · Original Music Composer

Night Games

1980 · Original Music Composer

The Black Hole

1979 · Original Music Composer

Moonraker

1979 · Original Music Composer

Hanover Street

1979 · Original Music Composer

Willa

1979 · Original Music Composer

The Corn Is Green

1979 · Original Music Composer

Starcrash

1978 · Conductor, Original Music Composer

Game of Death

1978 · Original Music Composer

The Betsy

1978 · Original Music Composer