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John Barry
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British composer and conductor (1933–2011)
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John Barry was a British and American composer, musician, songwriter, and film score composer. Born in York, England, in 1933, he began his work period in 1960. He was educated at St Peter's School and spoke English. His notable works include the film scores for *Goldfinger* and *Diamonds Are Forever*.
Barry received several awards, including the Officer of the Order of the British Empire, an Academy Award for Best Original Score, an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition. He was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Original Score, as well as Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Original Song and Worst Musical Score. He recorded for the EMI record label.
Barry died of a myocardial infarction in Oyster Bay on January 30, 2011. His manner of death was natural causes. He is associated with genres such as easy listening soundtracks and musicals, and his work is tagged as soundtrack, instrumental, and classical.
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York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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…
Known for
- The Sound of 007 — Self (archive footage)2022
- Everything or Nothing — Self (archive footage)2012
- Lights, Action, Music — Self2007
- Legends — Self2006
- After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later2004
- Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic — Self2003
- Best Ever Bond — Self2002
- Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration — Self2000
- Inside 'From Russia with Love' — Self2000
- Inside 'Dr. No' — Self2000
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John Barry, OBE (3 November 1933 - 30 January 2011), born John Barry Prendergast in York, UK is considered one of the "Big Four" of late 20th century film composers (the others being John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, and Henry Mancini). His family was in the cinema business, but it was during his National Service that he began performing as a musician. After taking a correspondence course and arranging for some of the bands of the day, he formed The John Barry Seven. <a href="https://www.last.fm/
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Barry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- York
- Place of death
- Oyster Bay
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- St Peter's School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Classic Brit Awards
- Field of work
- film score
- Genre
- film score
- Record label
- EMI
- Image
- John-barry-2006.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
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- John Barry (composer)
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1933-11-03
- date of death
- 2011-01-30
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score
- name in native language
- John Barry
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- pseudonym
- John Barry
- related category
- Category:Films scored by John Barry (composer)
- birth name
- John Barry Prendergast
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to John Barry, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
John Barry Prendergast (3 November 1933 – 30 January 2011) was an English composer and conductor of film 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 filmmakers 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 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 (1990) and Out of Africa (1985), as well as the scores of The Scarlet Letter (1995), Chaplin (1992), The Cotton Club (1984), Game of Death (1972), The Tamarind Seed (1974), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) 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.
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