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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.

Most Popular John Barry Trailers

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Dances with Wolves Trailer (1990)

09 November 1990

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.

Dr. No Trailer (1962)

07 October 1962

Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.

Game of Death Trailer (1978)

23 March 1978

A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.

Indecent Proposal Trailer (1993)

07 April 1993

John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.

The Living Daylights Trailer (1987)

29 June 1987

After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.

Thunderball Trailer (1965)

11 December 1965

A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons.

A View to a Kill Trailer (1985)

24 May 1985

A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB.

Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' Trailer (1995)

16 May 1995

A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Thunderball".

Goldfinger Trailer (1964)

20 September 1964

Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.

You Only Live Twice Trailer (1967)

13 June 1967

A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war.

The Man with the Golden Gun Trailer (1974)

04 December 1974

Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon.

From Russia with Love Trailer (1963)

10 October 1963

Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE.

Moonraker Trailer (1979)

26 June 1979

After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax.

Octopussy Trailer (1983)

05 June 1983

James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Fabergé egg.

Diamonds Are Forever Trailer (1971)

14 December 1971

Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service Trailer (1969)

18 December 1969

With the help of Marc-Ange Draco, head of the Unione Corse crime syndicate, and Draco's troubled daughter Tracy, James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Stravro Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss Alps, where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women.

The Betsy Trailer (1978)

02 February 1978

Ruthless patriarch Loren hires racecar driver Angelo to build a more efficient vehicle against the wishes of his grandson.

The Specialist Trailer (1994)

07 October 1994

May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl.

Body Heat Trailer (1981)

28 August 1981

During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.

Midnight Cowboy Trailer (1969)

25 May 1969

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.

King Kong Trailer (1976)

08 September 1976

An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.

Out of Africa Trailer (1985)

20 December 1985

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself.

The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' Trailer (1990)

15 November 1990

A documentary about the making of director Kevin Costner's Academy Award-winning directorial debut, Dances With Wolves.

Mercury Rising Trailer (1998)

03 April 1998

Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.

The Lion in Winter Trailer (1968)

20 August 1968

Christmas 1183, Angevin Empire: King Henry II plans to announce his successor to the throne. Jockeying for the crown, though, is complex.

Howard the Duck Trailer (1986)

01 August 1986

A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam.

The Chase Trailer (1966)

18 February 1966

The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

First Love Trailer (1977)

04 November 1977

A college soccer player falls hard for a campus beauty, who is the mistress of an older married attorney.

The Cotton Club Trailer (1984)

14 December 1984

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

The Scarlet Letter Trailer (1995)

13 October 1995

Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend.

Chaplin Trailer (1992)

17 December 1992

An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI.

Somewhere in Time Trailer (1980)

02 October 1980

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me".

The Black Hole Trailer (1979)

19 December 1979

The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole.

Jagged Edge Trailer (1985)

04 October 1985

After a wealthy heiress is murdered in her beach house, her devastated husband becomes the prime suspect.

The Deep Trailer (1977)

17 June 1977

A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters.

Deadfall Trailer (1968)

11 September 1968

Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices the Moreaus attempt to steal diamonds from the chateau of millionaire Salinas.

Zulu Trailer (1964)

22 January 1964

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.

Peggy Sue Got Married Trailer (1986)

10 October 1986

At her 25th high school reunion, Peggy Sue faints and awakens in 1960—back in her senior year, before her marriage and all her regrets.

The Cool Mikado Trailer (1963)

07 January 1963

In this musical, the Gilbert and Sullivan classic is updated and set in post-war Japan. This time, the trouble begins when a soldier, the son of a Yankee judge, falls in love with a Japanese girl.

Robin and Marian Trailer (1976)

11 March 1976

Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.

Nobody Does It Better: The Music of James Bond Trailer (1997)

28 December 1997

TV documentary exploring the musical world of James Bond through interviews with key figures and discussion of work of David Arnold.

Walkabout Trailer (1971)

01 July 1971

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them.

Raise the Titanic Trailer (1980)

01 August 1980

To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.

Born Free Trailer (1966)

14 March 1966

At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs.

Playing by Heart Trailer (1998)

30 December 1998

In a vibrant tapestry of love and longing, nine interconnected souls navigate romance and heartbreak in L.

6.5 Special Trailer (1958)

01 March 1958

A spin-off from the BBC television show. At the suggestion of her girlfriend, a young singer decides to try and make her name in London.

The Party's Over Trailer (1965)

22 April 1965

A group of close friends spend their time drinking and partying. When the American fiancé one of them shows up, the clique protects her by hiding her from him.

Murphy's War Trailer (1971)

13 January 1971

Murphy is the sole survivor of his crew, that has been massacred by a German U-Boat in the closing days of World War II.

Willa Trailer (1979)

17 March 1979

A truck-stop waitress, determined to make a better life for her young children after being abandoned by her husband, leaves hash-slinging behind her to embark on a new career as a trucker in the rig her late father used to drive.

Enigma Trailer (2001)

22 January 2001

The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.

The Ipcress File Trailer (1965)

18 March 1965

Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of double-dealing, kidnap and murder when he finds a traitor operating at the heart of the secret service.

My Life Trailer (1993)

12 November 1993

It seems that Bob Jones has everything a man could want, namely a fulfilling job and a beautiful, pregnant wife, Gail.

The White Buffalo Trailer (1977)

01 May 1977

In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream.

They Might Be Giants Trailer (1971)

09 June 1971

After the death of his wife, retired judge Justin Playfair creates a fantasy world for himself in which he is the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, even dressing like the character.

Lights, Action, Music Trailer (2007)

06 August 2007

A wonderful journey through the meaning and relevance of film music composition. Featuring great, albeit brief, insights from some of the modern greats.

The Quiller Memorandum Trailer (1966)

10 November 1966

After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.

Hanover Street Trailer (1979)

18 May 1979

Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.

King Rat Trailer (1965)

27 October 1965

When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison.

The Day of the Locust Trailer (1975)

07 May 1975

Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.

High Road to China Trailer (1983)

18 March 1983

A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.