Tuesday, February 1, 2011

In Memory of John Barry (1933-2011)





John Barry (1933-2011)


John Barry, the Oscar-winning film
score composer known for
composing the score of the 11
James Bond movies and
arranging the "James Bond theme",
died of a heart attack at his home
in Oyster Bay, New York, U.S.
on the 30th of January 2011. He
was 77 years old.

John began composing the Bond movies starting with "Dr. No". He has scored every Bond movie (except for "Live and Let Die", "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "For Your Eyes Only"), right up to his last Bond score on "The Living Daylights", which is Timothy Dalton's first Bond movie in the series. He also composed film scores for "Midnight Cowboy", "Out of Africa", and "Dances with Wolves".


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