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The independent
| over 2 years ago
I took a very keen interest in Barry's output and watched the celebrated Monty Norman trial at the High Court referred to in Spencer Leigh's fine piece. Some months after that, Barry was interviewed for the film buff's magazine Film Score Monthly;...
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The Guardian
| over 2 years ago
I am John Barry 's biggest fan and always will be, having been firmly struck by his sound when I was nine years old...Having only ever seen a handful of photographs of him for the first 20 years, and knowing nothing about him other than the short...
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The Age
| over 2 years ago
Barry, a hugely successful film composer who won five Oscars for scores that included Born Free , Out of Africa and Dances with Wolves , but wrote his best-known and most enduring music for the James Bond films, has died of a heart attack in New York.
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The New York Times
| over 2 years ago
January 31, 2011 John Barry , whose bold, jazzy scores for From Russia With Love, Goldfinger and nine other James Bond films put a musical stamp on one of the most successful film franchises of all time, and who won five Academy Awards as a composer...
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BNO News
| over 2 years ago
Oscar and Grammy award-winning composer John Barry died on Sunday of a heart attack at the age of 77, his family said Monday.
Barry, of Yorkshire, England, is probably best known for his composition of the James Bond Theme, but his five Academy...
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United Press International
| over 2 years ago
John Barry, the English composer best known for providing the film scores to the James Bond films died at his Oyster Bay, N.Y., home, his family said. He was 77 when he succumbed to a heart attack Sunday, The Guardian reported.
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The independent
| over 2 years ago
Soundtrack composers take great pleasure in startling their audiences by working against the grain. They'll choose unusual instruments and turn genre conventions on their head. John Barry one of the greatest movie composers did this regularly. It's a...
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The independent
| over 2 years ago
Yet prior to his film-scoring career, Mr Barry had considerable success with his own pop group, the John Barry Seven, which he formed in 1957. And while his first passion was classical music his idol was Gustav Mahler together with lyricists such as...
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The independent
| over 2 years ago
He played in a local jazz band, the Modernaires, but he was conscripted in 1952. He realised that if he agreed to an extension for an additional year, he could select his regiment, which he did, and he spent his time playing with military ensembles.
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Moreover Silicon Valley
| over 2 years ago
Die Oscar-bekroonde komponis wat die James Bond-kenwysie aan die wereld bekend gestel het, is oorlede. John Barry (77) is eergister in New York oorlede, het sy gesin in 'n verklaring gese...Barry het opleiding as klassieke pianis ontvang, maar het...
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 2 years ago
A song written by a Calgary artist and his friend to parody mainstream music is a hit on Youtube. Iconic rock band U2 has confirmed it will play an outdoor concert at Magnetic Hill in Moncton on July 30. Experimental 20th century American composer...
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The Huffington Post
| over 2 years ago
John Barry died on Sunday, and I wanted to take an opportunity to mourn the loss of one of the greatest composers in motion picture history. The first time I attended the Oscars was in 1991, where my then wife, Kim Basinger, and I were asked to...
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The Guardian
| over 2 years ago
In a short statement, his family said Barry died on Sunday in New York. He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Laurie, his four children and five grandchildren. Barry was at the top of his profession for nearly 50 years, winning five Oscars and...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| over 2 years ago
British film composer John Barry, who wrote the music for a string of Bond films and won five Oscars for movies including "Out of Africa", has died at the age of 77. He passed away on Sunday in New York, reportedly from a heart attack. Barry was best...
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Vanity Fair
| over 2 years ago
The film composer John Barry died yesterday at the age of 77 . I had the privilege of interviewing him a few years ago for a profile, linked below. My sense was of a proud, sometimes prickly, sometimes moody man, with an unquenchable passion for...
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Chicago Tribune
| over 2 years ago
John Barry 1933-2011 Michael Phillips Movie critic sc-mov-0131-talking-pictures-john-bar20110131 It would take a secret agent with an obsessive interest in film music to settle, for good, the authorship question dogging one of the most indelible...
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ABC 7
| over 2 years ago
The cause of death was not released by the family who said that the musician died in New York on Sunday. Though Barry, who was from Yorkshire, England, was sometimes credited as the composer of the James Bond theme song, his credit came into dispute...
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Laist
| over 2 years ago
OBE recipient won 5 Academy Awards for his work on Out of Africa, Dances With Wolves, Born Free, and The Lion In Winter. The emotional allure of Barry's sound is recognizable in brassy arrangements, often-jazzy choices and swoon-worthy strings. Barry...
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Los Angeles Times
| over 2 years ago
John Barry, the Academy Award-winning film composer whose idiosyncratic and iconic compositions over the course of a lifetime in the movies -- including some of the best known James Bond music and the themes to "Midnight Cowboy," and "Out of Africa,"...
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Big News Network
| over 2 years ago
Five-time Oscar-winning composer John Barry, who wrote music for a dozen James Bond films, including "You Only Live Twice" and "Goldfinger" but couldn't persuade a jury that he composed the suave spy's theme music, has died...Barry died in New York,...
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The Guardian
| over 2 years ago
We look at some of his finest work, from Beat Girl to Bond Already a successful band leader, with the John Barry Seven, the movie world was introduced to the composer when he provided the music to Beat Girl, a movie starring his friend Adam Faith.
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Popeater
| over 2 years ago
This Oscar-winning film composer John Barry, who scored some of the most memorable movies of all time including multiple James Bond films, died Sunday of a heart attack in New York, the AP has confirmed...The news first came from current 'Bond'...
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CNN
| over 2 years ago
Barry won Academy Awards for his work on "Dances with Wolves" in 1990 and "Out of Africa" in 1985. He also won for "The Lion in Winter" in 1968 and "Born Free" in 1966, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He was nominated in...
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Hollywood Reporter Film
| over 2 years ago
Legendary James Bond composer John Barry died in New York on Sunday at the age of 77 after a heart attack, his family said in an announcement. Barry, originally from Yorkshire, England, penned some of the most iconic movie soundtracks of the last...
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Sky News
| over 2 years ago
Barry, originally from York, wrote scores for films including The Ipcress File, Zulu and Midnight Cowboy but is best known for his long association with 007. A statement released by his family said: "It is with great sadness that the family of...
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Inquirer.net
| over 2 years ago
Oscar-winning composer John Barry, who wrote the scores for "Out of Africa" and numerous Bond films including "Goldfinger", has died at the age of 77, his family said Monday. He died on Sunday in New York, reportedly of a heart attack, and leaves...
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 2 years ago
The King's Speech wins the best-actor trophy Sunday for Colin Firth and a second honour for its overall cast at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Egypt's antiquities chief expresses concern the country's valuable treasures are at risk because of the...
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Houston Chronicle
| over 2 years ago
Movie composer John Barry dies at 77 Jan. 31, 2011, 5:21AM Share Oscar-winning composer John Barry, the man behind many of the iconic James Bond theme tunes, has passed away at the age of 77. The British musician suffered a fatal heart attack on...
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AP Online
| over 2 years ago
Composer John Barry, who won five Oscars for his film work but was best known for his contributions to a dozen James Bond movies, has died. He was 77.
Barry died in New York on Sunday, his family said.
The English-born...
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Associated Press
| over 2 years ago
Composer John Barry, who won five Oscars for his film work but was best known for his contributions to a dozen James Bond movies, has died...The English-born composer won two Oscars, for the score and the song, for "Born Free" in 1966, and he earned...
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The Globe and Mail
| over 2 years ago
British composer John Barry, who won five Oscars and is best known for creating music for the James Bond movies, has died...It is with great sadness that the family of composer John Barry announce his passing on Jan. 30, 2011 in New York, his family...
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The Journal Gazette
| over 2 years ago
Composer John Barry, who won five Oscars for his film work, has died...Barry's family said today that he had died in New York on Sunday. The English-born composer was well known for his music for a string of James Bond films but his Oscars were from...
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Chicago Tribune
| over 2 years ago
British Academy of Film and Television Arts) awards at the Odeon Leicester Square cinema in London February 12, 2005. British film composer John Barry, who won five Oscars and is best known for creating music for the James Bond movies, has died of a...
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The Guardian
| over 2 years ago
Mike Marsland/WireImage John Barry, who composed the score for 11 James Bond films, has died aged 77. Barry won five Oscars and was awarded an OBE in an illustrious career that saw him work on a number of other acclaimed film scores, including Born...
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The Hindu
| over 2 years ago
London, January 31, 2011 Special Arrangement A scene from the movie 'Goldfinger' John Barry, the awardwinning British composer who wrote the music for 11 James Bond films, including Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice, has died at the age of 77, it...
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The Independent
| over 2 years ago
British film composer John Barry, who won five Oscars and is best known for creating music for the James Bond movies, has died of a heart attack, the BBC reported on Monday...Fellow Bond composer David Arnold wrote on his Twitter feed: "It was with a...
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BBC
| over 2 years ago
Born John Barry Prendergast in 1933, the York-born musician first found fame as leader of the John Barry Seven. His arrangement of Monty Norman's James Bond theme led to him composing scores for 11 films in the series, among them Goldfinger and You...
