John Barry
1933 - 2011
American
Summary
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 his own 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. This started a successful association between Barry and Eon Productions that lasted for 25 years.
He received many awards for his work, 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 for the remainder of his life until his death in 2011.
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Performances
28th April 2024
- PERFORMERS
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Jeff Tyzik
- LOCATION
- Orchestra Hall, Detroit, MI, United States of America
29th April 2024
- PERFORMERS
- Lufthansa Orchester
- CONDUCTOR
- Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez
- LOCATION
- Jugendstiltheater, Bad Nauheim, Germany
3rd May 2024
- PERFORMERS
- Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
- CONDUCTOR
- Michael Francis
- LOCATION
- Pfalzbau, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
11th May 2024
- PERFORMERS
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Chris Confessore
- LOCATION
- Alice Stevens Center, Birmingham, AL, United States of America
11th May 2024
- PERFORMERS
- Hallam Sinfonia
- LOCATION
- High Storrs School, Sheffield, United Kingdom