
Biography
John Barry Prendergast (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.
Filmography
All 133
Movies 128
Self 19
TV Shows 5

The Sound of 007 (2022)

Game of Death Redux (2019)

Jane Birkin: Simple Icon (2019)

Everything or Nothing (2012)

L'Âge d'or de la musique de films (1965-1975) (2009)

Lights, Action, Music (2007)

Legends (2006)

Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic (2003)

Best Ever Bond (2002)

Enigma (2001)

A Hollywood Life: Remembering Frances (2001)

Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration (2000)

Inside 'Dr. No' (2000)

A Song of Africa (2000)

Inside 'From Russia with Love' (2000)

Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' (2000)

Harry Saltzman: Showman (2000)

The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 (2000)

The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (1999)

Playing by Heart (1998)

Mercury Rising (1998)

Swept from the Sea (1998)

Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)

The World of James Bond (1995)

Across the Sea of Time (1995)

The Scarlet Letter (1995)

Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' (1995)

The Specialist (1994)

My Life (1993)

Indecent Proposal (1993)

Chaplin (1992)

Ruby Cairo (1992)

The Witness (1992)

Dances with Wolves (1990)

Masquerade (1988)

Hearts of Fire (1987)

The Living Daylights (1987)

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

Howard the Duck (1986)

A Killing Affair (1986)

Out of Africa (1985)

Jagged Edge (1985)

A View to a Kill (1985)

The Cotton Club (1984)

Until September (1984)

Mike's Murder (1984)

The Golden Seal (1983)

Octopussy (1983)

High Road to China (1983)

Svengali (1983)

Frances (1982)

Murder by Phone (1982)

Hammett (1982)

Body Heat (1981)

The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)

Inside Moves (1980)

Touched by Love (1980)

Somewhere in Time (1980)

Raise the Titanic (1980)

Night Games (1980)

The Black Hole (1979)

Moonraker (1979)

Hanover Street (1979)

Willa (1979)

The Corn Is Green (1979)

Starcrash (1978)

Game of Death (1978)

The Betsy (1978)

The Gathering (1977)

Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (1977)

First Love (1977)

The Deep (1977)

The War Between the Tates (1977)

The White Buffalo (1977)

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)

King Kong (1976)

Robin and Marian (1976)

Eleanor and Franklin (1976)

The Day of the Locust (1975)

Love Among the Ruins (1975)

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Born Free (1974)

The Tamarind Seed (1974)

The Dove (1974)

The Glass Menagerie (1973)

A Doll's House (1973)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)

Follow Me! (1972)

Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)

Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Walkabout (1971)

UFO - Distruggete base Luna! (1971)

They Might Be Giants (1971)

Great Performances (1971)

The Last Valley (1971)

Monte Walsh (1970)

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

The Appointment (1969)

The Lion in Winter (1968)

Deadfall (1968)

Petulia (1968)

Boom! (1968)

The Whisperers (1967)

You Only Live Twice (1967)

Dutchman (1967)

The Quiller Memorandum (1966)

The Wrong Box (1966)

Born Free (1966)

The Chase (1966)

Four in the Morning (1965)

Thunderball (1965)

King Rat (1965)

Mister Moses (1965)

The Knack... and How to Get It (1965)

The Party's Over (1965)

The Ipcress File (1965)

Boy and Bicycle (1965)

Sophia Loren in Rome (1964)

Goldfinger (1964)

Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)

Man in the Middle (1964)

Zulu (1964)

A Jolly Bad Fellow (1963)

From Russia with Love (1963)

Elizabeth Taylor in London (1963)

Tonight in Person (1963)

The Amorous Prawn (1962)

The L-Shaped Room (1962)

Dr. No (1962)

Beat Girl (1960)

Never Let Go (1960)

James Bond's Greatest Hits
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Known forSound
GenderMale
Birthday1933-11-03
Deathday2011-01-30 (77 years old)
Birth nameJohn Barry Prendergast
Place of birthYork, United Kingdom
RelationshipsLaurie Barry (1978-01-01 - 2011-01-01), Jane Birkin (1965-10-16 - 1968-01-01)
SpouseBarbara Pickard
ChildrenJonpatrick Barry, Suzy Prendergast, Kate Barry
FatherJack Xavier Prendergast
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, United States of America
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Original Score, no Musical, Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Academy Fellowship Award, BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Academy Award for Best Original Song
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