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RIP John Barry (composer, 77)


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#1 thx99

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Posted 31 January 2011 - 11:22 PM

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Composer of The Black Hole and numerous other films scores, several of which are featured in loops around the Disney parks and resorts (Dances With Wolves, Out of Africa, etc.)
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Posted 07 February 2011 - 02:06 PM

View Postthx99, on 31 January 2011 - 11:22 PM, said:

http://www.nytimes.c....html?src=twrhp

Composer of The Black Hole and numerous other films scores, several of which are featured in loops around the Disney parks and resorts (Dances With Wolves, Out of Africa, etc.)

Really felt I should add my RIP to this sad event.
I grew up with the John Barry 7 (and his composition "hit and miss" - the theme to a BBC program called Juke box jury - was a weekly event_.
I always liked his music. He'll be sadly missed.
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Posted 07 February 2011 - 04:47 PM

The first time I can recall knowing of Barry's music was for Somewhere in Time, a film my mom fell in love with and viewed as often as possible in the early days of BetaMax! It's a wonderfully (and tragically) romantic score, which organically melds itself with the story. From that score, it was on to the early-to-mid 80s Bond films, and so on.

Here's a great two-part audio interview with Barry from the radio show "Spinning on Air" (WNYC), around the time that Chaplin was released: LINK.
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