The original John Barry Yahoo discussion group was originally formed by men and women who admire and recognize the works of noted composer, John Barry.

We are varied with regard to geographical location, age, gender, background and ethnic heritage. We are interested in the study and collection of an informed library of Mr. Barry's compositions, as well as commentary on his film scores; where films may be screened; and of course, notations on his life as a great composer. The group welcomes all who inquire, with the idea that our primary purpose is to highlight the works and genius of John Barry.

Our directory is based on current and voluntary information from persons who regularly visit us through the website or e-mail. It has been developed to build friendship and to increase dialogue among those who hold Mr. Barry's music in high esteem.

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Geoff, Alan and Ruud for their ideas and efforts in designing this directory. If you would like to add your own information, please feel free to do so by completing as much of the following information as possible in the form below.

Please note, in ALL cases we mean John Barry music.

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1967
Name	Anders Ahlerup
Age	49
Gender	M
Nationality	Swedish
Place of residence	Solna, Sweden / Portugal
"Hooked" since	1967
Music hook	You Only Live Twice
1st introduced	You Only Live Twice, the movie, and buying album
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl LP (1959)
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Black Hole
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	The Last Valley
Most unusual theme/ST	Dutchman
Other favourites	Star Crash; Legend of the Lone Ranger; The Knack; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; From Russia With Love; The Deep; King Kong; Ruby Cairo; The Specialist; Moonraker, and more
Additional comments	Barry was in his top creative mode in the 60s and 70s. I especially like the period between 1976-79, when he did his most impressive "heavy" scores. I almost gave up my interest in Barry after "Playing by Heart"…went downhill from there. But for Barry admirers, we can always look back at fantastic music but might have little (or nothing) to look forward to.

19
Name	Alexander
Year of birth	1989
Gender	M
Nationality	Colombia
Place of residence	Bogota, Colombia
"Hooked" since	James Bond Theme
Music hook	James Bond Theme
1st introduced	James Bond Theme
Oldest original recording owned	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	Moonraker/You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST	King Rat
Other favourites	Until September; Indecent Proposal (Suite); Goldfinger and many more!
Additional comments	John Barry should definitely come back to score the Bond movies. David Arnold is decent, but nothing like John Barry.

1990
Name	Alexandre, Joao
Year of birth	1981
Gender	M
Nationality	Portuguese
Place of residence	Coimbra
"Hooked" since	1990
Music hook	Until September
1st introduced	Goldfinger
Oldest original recording owned	Zulu (the first one)
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Living Daylights
Fav. love theme	"I'm Weak"
Fav. Bond theme/score	The Living Daylights/ Moonraker
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST	Eternal Echoes
Other favourites	I'm afraid I can't decide that because I love them all.
Additional comments	Since my youth, I LOVE, I really do, JB's music. Every day I listen to his music. The Living Daylights is my favorite, (thank you, Rykodisc!) but I also adore Moonraker; Body Heat; A View to a Kill; Raise the Titanic; and all the 007 albums. John Barry, you are the best!

 

1964
Name	Alpan, Merih
Year of birth	1951
Gender	M
Nationality	Turkish/American
Place of residence	U.S.
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	Tamarind Seed
1st introduced	From Russia With Love
Oldest original recording owned	Americans (unfortunately never released on CD)
Fav. movie soundtrack	ZULU
Fav. love theme	Somewhere In Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	From Russia w. Love & Living Daylights
Most challenging S/T	The Whisperers
Most unusual theme/ST	The Whisperers
Other favourites	Americans is an excellent Jazzy John Barry composition yet like most of Mr. Barry's music it's not released on CD. Perhaps the music copyright laws were not what are today, in the '60s or 70's. It is a shame
Additional comments	I can not wait till I read: "John Barry has been commissioned to score for new Bond movie Casino Royale!" (Wishful Thinking??)

 

1969
Name	Álvares Cabral, Ney
Year of birth	1951
Gender	M
Nationality	Brazilian
Place of residence	Florianópolis - Santa Catarina - Brazil
"Hooked" since	1969
Music hook	Body Heat
1st introduced	James Bond theme
Oldest original recording owned	James Bond Theme
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere In Time
Fav. love theme	Out Of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	Dr. No
Most challenging S/T	Body Heat
Most unusual theme/ST	Body Heat
Other favourites	Born Free; Everybody's Talking; You Only Live Twice"...
Additional comments	I'd like this message reach John Barry, because it's very interesting: I love watching films. So I see movies very frequently, since I was a boy. The musics always touched me more than the others. And everybody ever know I was the expert in movie music. One day I saw King Kong and one of the songs, played by piano, atracted me. I got it in a cassete tape and listened hundreds of times. I couldn't know the reason. Then I watch Somewhere in time. I was puzzled. The song sent me to infinite. The same strange and strong thing happened again when I watched Body Heat and Somewhere in Time. My wife already knows how I loved that songs. So, intending to give me a birthday gift, she went to the internet and looks for them. When I arrive home she told me a strange thing. The 4 songs I like most was of the same author: John Barry. I almost fainted. That day on I am a John Barry fan. And now I know that a lot of songs I love, were from the same source. One day I intend to meet him and hug him. I'll say thanks for putting his heart in the songs. This way we can know the deeper feelings inside our hearts and everybody can be a better person.

 

1946
Name	Alistair
Year of birth	1946
Gender	M
Nationality	Scottish
Place of residence	South Queensferry
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	Bond soundtracks, firstly
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned	Picture sleeve, Ember single of the John Barry (James Bond?) theme
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Knack
Fav. love theme	Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	Last Valley
Most unusual theme/ST	The Whisperers
Other favourites	The Wrong Box (would love a CD); Raise the Titanic; Passion Flower Hotel; Chaplin
Additional comments	Making a vocation out of trying to collect all of John Barry's soundtrack recordings!

 

1962
Name	brian alward
Year of birth	1949
Gender	M
Nationality	usa
Place of residence	acton , massachusettes
"Hooked" since	1962
Music hook
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned	Born Free
Fav. movie soundtrack
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments

1990
Name	Angelos
Age	19
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Plymouth, England
"Hooked" since	1990
Music hook	You Only Live Twice
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Thunderball; You Only Live Twice
Fav. love theme	If There Was a Man
Fav. Bond theme/score	Thunderball; You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Zulu; The Living Daylights; Raise the Titanic; Dances with Wolves
Additional comments	John Barry should replace David Arnold. DA started off well with "TND" but then went all electronic. Bring back John Barry!

 

2002
Name	Antonio, Juan
Year of birth	1989
Gender	M
Nationality	Mexican
Place of residence	Monterrey,Mexico
"Hooked" since	2002
Music hook	James Bond Theme
1st introduced	The Best of Bond...James Bond(a song compilation)
Oldest original recording owned	From Russia With Love
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Living Daylights,Dances with wolves
Fav. love theme	Indecental Proposal
Fav. Bond theme/score	Two Socks-The Wolf Theme (?)
Most challenging S/T	Midnight Cowboy
Most unusual theme/ST	Howard The Duck
Other favourites	Moonraker,You Only Live Twice,Frances,Raise the titanic, the lion in winter,Goldfinger,Indecental Proposal and OHMSS
Additional comments	Thank you so much mr Barry, thank you for his compositions because his music inspired me from too much ways (excuse my poor english).

 

1985
Name	Archer, Vincent
Year of birth	1962
Gender	M
Nationality	Mixed
Place of residence	Los Angeles
"Hooked" since	1985
Music hook	"Bond Lured to Pyramid"
1st introduced	"Thunderball"
Oldest original recording owned	"The Lion in Winter"
Fav. movie soundtrack	"Dances With Wolves"
Fav. love theme	"Candle Light" "I'm Weak" "Out of Africa"
Fav. Bond theme/score	"Playing by Heart" & "Indecent Proposal" (ed. that's not Bond)
Most challenging S/T	"The Deep" "Zulu" "The Dove"
Most unusual theme/ST	"Star Crash"
Other favourites	"My Life", "Game of Death", "Diamonds Are Forever","Frances", "High Road to China", "Body Heat", "Jagged Edge", "Cotton Club", "Beyondness of Things", "Night Games", "Scarlet Letter", "Living Daylights", "Black Hole", "The Specialist", "Born Free", "Peggy Sue Got Married", "From Russia With Love, " "View to a Kill", Octopussy"
Additional comments	I would love to attend a concert where Barry's music is performed! Could someone please add me to a list? I love film music and JB is at the top of the list! Thank you Mr. Barry for music that fits so many moods in my daily life!! Your music is pleasant, it teaches me how good music is written, and you are a big part of my personal aspirations of composition and recording. Here's to you and to the beauty of music!!!

 

1970
Name	Arlander, Lance
Year of birth	1947
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Danvers, Massachusetts
"Hooked" since
Music hook	Somewhere in Time, Out of Africa,Chaplin
1st introduced	Bond Movies
Oldest original recording owned	Born Free
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere in Time
Fav. love theme	The Old Woman
Fav. Bond theme/score	Out of Africa (that's not Bond, ed.)
Most challenging S/T	Indecent Proposal
Most unusual theme/ST	Flying(Out of Africa)
Other favourites	Dances with Wolves
Additional comments	Where can I find the sheet music for The Old Woman? Would love to have all the songs for Somewhere in Time published like they did with OUt of Africa and Dances with Wolves.

 

1959
Name	Luc Arys
Age	58
Gender	M
Nationality	Belgian
Place of residence	Belgium
"Hooked" since	1959
Music hook	JB instrumental music
1st introduced	Beat Girl movie in 1960
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl LP
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	Until September
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Sservice "Capsule in Space" from You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	The Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	Jagged Edge
Other favourites	Moviola; Somewhere in Time; Mary Queen of Scots; Out of Africa
Additional comments

 

1999
Name	Baker, Darren
Age	25
Gender	M
Nationality	Canadian
Place of residence	Ontario, Canada
"Hooked" since	1999
Music hook	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1st introduced	The Black Hole
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	You Only Live Twice
Fav. love theme	You Only Live Twice
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	Dances with Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	Body Heat
Other favourites	All of them
Additional comments

 

19
Name	Baldock, Andrew
Year of birth	1969
Gender	M
Nationality	USA (irish descent)
Place of residence	Berkeley, CA
"Hooked" since	5? 6? First James Bond movie
Music hook	I had a compass from Denys (Out of Africa)
1st introduced	HBO marathon of James Bond movies when I was little
Oldest original recording owned	Goldfinger - stupidly sold it
Fav. movie soundtrack	Out of Africa
Fav. love theme	Robin and Marrian - John bursts in
Fav. Bond theme/score	Goldfinger
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Out of Africa, Dances with Wolves, and Robin and Marrian - those three movies would not be what they are wihout the jaw-droppingly beautiful scores by Mr Barry
Additional comments	Thank you Mr Barry

 

1962
Name	Anthony Barratt
Year of birth	1933
Gender	Male
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Abingdon Oxfordshire, G.B.
"Hooked" since	c 1962
Music hook	String beat
1st introduced	Walk Don't Run. Hit and Miss
Oldest original recording owned	Walk Don't Run
Fav. movie soundtrack	All the Bond Movies, Dancing with Wolves, A Matter of who
Fav. love theme	Any
Fav. Bond theme/score	Doctor No
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST	The Ipcress File/ The Persuaders
Other favourites	Every thing that John ever wrote. His music carried his signature. He was, to me, the greatest modern composer because he touched me with his compositions
Additional comments	As a musician, I never found the sort of music that I could relate to until I heard Hit and Miss, Walk dont Run and other hits of his in the 60's. This was the sound that I really wanted to hear and from that start, I became an avid follower of his music, right up to the present day. He is to me the definitive artist filling my world with his music. I am really pissed off with his passing.

 

1964
Name	Barry
Age	47
Gender	M
Nationality
Place of residence	England
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	Goldfinger, Bond film music
1st introduced	Goldfinger, the movie
Oldest original recording owned	From Russia With Love soundtrack
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Lion in Winter
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	The Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	The Scarlet Letter
Other favourites	Dances with Wolves Frances; Chaplin, Out of Africa; Living Daylights; Tamarind Seed; Across the Sea of Time and more
Additional comments

 

19
Name	Barry Fan
Age	"Old enuf"
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	USA
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	James Bond theme- Goldfinger score
1st introduced	Goldfinger
Oldest original recording owned	Too numerous to mention-mostly singles
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service; You Only Live Twice; Thunderball
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time; Until September; We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice; On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Mr. Kiss-Kiss, Bang Bang as Death of Fiona - excellent bit of film scoring
Most unusual theme/ST	Lolita, My Love and the score for Jolly Bad Fellow
Other favourites	The Lion in Winter; Persuaders theme; Man With the Golden Gun (piano jazz version); Walkabout; Midnight Cowboy theme; A View to a Kill (New Orleans jazz version); Where Has Every Body Gone?; Curiouser and Curiouser, and many more
Additional comments	Nobody does it better

 

1964
Name	batchelor, c.r.
Year of birth	1953
Gender	M
Nationality	english
Place of residence	london
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	somewhere in time
1st introduced	zulu
Oldest original recording owned	wrong box [u.s.]
Fav. movie soundtrack	dances with wolves
Fav. love theme	day of the locust
Fav. Bond theme/score	o.h.m.s.s.
Most challenging S/T	last valley
Most unusual theme/ST	jagged edge
Other favourites	wrong box,deadfall,lion in winter,midnight cowboy,mary queen of scots,robin&marian,body heat,frances&many many more!
Additional comments	as a boy i used to long to see john in concert & thanks to a few years ago my dreams came true! now my wish is for john to come out of retirement so i can hear just one more time a magical score. (N.B. we have never heard that JB has retired, gl and rr)

 

1987
Name	Marcus, Becker
Year of birth	1973
Gender	M
Nationality	Australian
Place of residence	Mawson Lakes, Australia
"Hooked" since	1987
Music hook	The Living Daylights
1st introduced	Somewhere In Time
Oldest original recording owned	The Living Daylights Cassette
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere In Time
Fav. love theme	If There Was A Man from The Living Daylights
Fav. Bond theme/score	Born Free
Most challenging S/T	Mercury Rising
Most unusual theme/ST	The Specialist
Other favourites	Raise the Titanic, The Specialist, Indecent Proposal (Suite of Themes), Playing By Heart, You Only Live Twice, Moviola, The Beyondness Of Things, Eternal Echoes
Additional comments	Raise the Titanic was probably one of the first movies I ever watched as a child and I couldn't stop thinking about the score, I now have it on CD. I also like every James Bond soundtrack by John Barry. Body Heat is excellent as well. I am looking forward to obtaining more John Barry soundtracks in the future.

 

1969
Name	Ray Bennett
Age	48
Gender	M
Nationality	Australian
Place of residence	Miners Rest (near Ballarat, Victoria)
"Hooked" since	1969
Music hook	Bond movies
1st introduced	Goldfinger
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl (vinyl)
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Last Valley
Fav. love theme	Who Will Buy My Yesterdays (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
Fav. Bond theme/score	Oh Her Majesty's Secret Service (main theme)
Most challenging S/T	The Last Valley
Most unusual theme/ST	Eternal Echoes
Other favourites	The Lion in Winter; The Knack; Monte Walsh; The Gathering; Billy; The Beyondness of Things
Additional comments

 

1974
Name	Benneworth, David
Year of birth	1964
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Portsmouth
"Hooked" since	1974
Music hook	1st time I saw 'Diamonds are forever'
1st introduced	See above
Oldest original recording owned	No original releases- plenty of re-release cd's.
Fav. movie soundtrack	Zulu
Fav. love theme	You only live twice
Fav. Bond theme/score	Diamonds are forever
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	The persuaders, the Ipcress file, Space march & James Bond- astronaut (from You only live twice), 007 and counting (Diamonds are forever), Night walk in Berlin (Quiller memorandum), Into Miami & Dawn raid on Fort Knox (Goldfinger), un untitled and unreleased short piece from 'You only live twice' where Bond's body is buried at sea, and rescued by divers from the seabed.
Additional comments	The finest 'Big picture' composer ever. Never has music added so much to a films' atmosphere and mood. And of course, Bond has never been the same since John Barry bowed out...

 

1965
Name	Binns, Edward Hussey
Year of birth	1951
Gender	M
Nationality	USA
Place of residence	Richmond, Virginia
"Hooked" since	1965
Music hook	Introduction to Goldfinger
1st introduced	April, 1965
Oldest original recording owned	Ready When You Are, JB
Fav. movie soundtrack	You Only Live Twice
Fav. love theme	"Im Weak" from Body Heat
Fav. Bond theme/score	"Mountains and Sunsets" from You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	Walkabout
Most unusual theme/ST	Guitar Concerto from Deadfall
Other favourites	Virtually every cut in From Russia with Love; Dances With Wolves closing credits; Somewhere in Time; Chaplin closing credits; "Cotton Club" melancholy remake in Moviola; "Born Free" remake in Moviola; "Alpine Drive" from Goldfinger; "James Bond Theme" as played in Ready When You Are JB and re-released with "Film Music of John Barry; "Chapeau Gratis" and "Better Get Him" from Body Heat; Howard the Duck has one or two good cuts (1); "Did You Call Me?" from The Specialist.
Additional comments	Rachmaninoff, Gershwin and Rodrigo were the best 20th century composers. Barry composed tributes to all of them: Somewhere in Time (Rachmaninoff; The Cotton Club (Gershwin); and the Deadfall guitar concerto (Rodrigo). JB's exposition on themes of danger (upside-down, boogie-woogie for the full orchestra!), sexuality & dignity are the defining pieces for those qualities. "The James Bond Theme" was the most influential instrumental composition of the 20th century, an influence on everything that followed -- perhaps the salvation of orchestral composition for 4 decades? As a composer, JB's weakest area simply has to be the composition of melody (this is no Harry Warren, no Hoagy Carmichael). But his intensity as a conductor and brilliance as an arranger more than compensate -- his own baton is required to carry his messages' trademark imagery.

 

 

1967
Name	Blount, Howard
Year of birth	1962
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Merseyside
"Hooked" since	YOLT
Music hook	Goldfinger
1st introduced	25th Anniversary of James Bond 2Lp
Oldest original recording owned	None
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Ipcress File / The Specialist
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	Mr Wint & Mr Kidd & Diamonds OST
Most challenging S/T	None
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	The Extended Bond theme on the 'Best of' CDs, The Girl with the Sun in her hair, Thunderball (Instrumental) 007, The Persuaders Theme, Lion in Winter, the list is endless
Additional comments	I love the deep boom sound with all John Barrys music, two of my favourite recent tracks are: 2. Bogota 1984 & 11. - Bomb for Tomas from the Specialist! I also love the Violins in the Mr Wint & Kidd track, I can see the Helicopter in my mind! Thank You! John Barry, for these bonus tracks!

 

1970
Name	Boivin, Daniel
Year of birth	1955
Gender	M
Nationality	Canadian
Place of residence	Quebec City
"Hooked" since	1970
Music hook	You Only Live Twice
1st introduced	James Bond
Oldest original recording owned	Born Free
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	Masquerade
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST	Black Hole
Other favourites	Hammet, Chaplin, Until September, The Specialist, Across the Sea of Time, Scarlet Letter
Additional comments	He is the master and there is very few who can match his genius. Yes he should be a natural to any James Bond's movie. David Arnold is good but use Barry's genius to upgrade his work

 

1977
Name	Bradley, Desmond
Year of birth	1963
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	St. Albans, England
"Hooked" since	1977
Music hook
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned	King Kong
Fav. movie soundtrack	Deadfall
Fav. love theme	Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Most unusual theme/ST	"My Love Has Two Faces" from Deadfall
Other favourites	Moonraker; Raise the Titanic
Additional comments	What can I say? The man is a genius. When will we see him perform live in the UK?

 

1972
Name	Gareth Bramley
Age	43
Gender	M
Nationality	English/Welsh
Place of residence	England
"Hooked" since	1972
Music hook	The Persuaders instrumentation
1st introduced	The Persuaders on t.v.
Oldest original recording owned	Zip Zip single
Fav. movie soundtrack	High Road to China
Fav. love theme	Barbra's Theme
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Petulia
Most unusual theme/ST	Boom!
Other favourites	Barry's entire output
Additional comments

 

19
Name	Bramsen, Amy D.
Year of birth	1973
Gender	F
Nationality	Caucasian
Place of residence	Montana
"Hooked" since	recently
Music hook	legend of the lone ranger
1st introduced	music search
Oldest original recording owned	star wars (non Barry)
Fav. movie soundtrack	legend of the lone ranger
Fav. love theme	somewhere in time
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1978
Name	Sebastian Bremer
Age	37
Gender	M
Nationality	German
Place of residence	Wolfenbuttel (near Hanover)
"Hooked" since	1978
Music hook	Sountrack from Goldfinger
1st introduced	Saw old Bond films in 1978 bought Soundtracks same yr.
Oldest original recording owned	10th Bond Anniversary
Fav. movie soundtrack	Moonraker
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	007; Snow Job; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Theme from Living Daylights The Whisperers
Most challenging S/T	Dances with Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	The Whisperers
Other favourites	The Specialist; Tamarind Seed; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Cry the Beloved Country; Living Daylights
Additional comments	A return of Barry to James Bond, I will never give up hope.

 

1969
Name	Gary Bricklebank
Year of birth	1959
Gender	Male
Nationality	British
Place of residence	London
"Hooked" since	1969
Music hook	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1st introduced	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Oldest original recording owned	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	The Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	Game of Death
Other favourites	The IPCRESS File, The Quiller Memorandum, Deadfall, Walkabout, Dances with Wolves, Peggy Sue Got Married, The Chase, Beat Girl, The Knack, Hammett, Thunderball, Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice, Moonraker, Diamonds are Forever, The Living Daylights, Raise the Titanic, & many more.
Additional comments	I've had the great pleasure of attending 3 JB concerts and was lucky enough to chat with him briefly.

 

1960s
Name	Buik, Iain
Year of birth	1957
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Dundee Scotland
"Hooked" since	Very early '60's
Music hook	Film & TV
1st introduced	Radio,and TV shows of childhood
Oldest original recording owned	45rpm The Human Jungle/Onward Christian Spacemen
Fav. movie soundtrack	Alice in Wonderland but many others as well
Fav. love theme	We have all the time in the world
Fav. Bond theme/score	You only live twice
Most challenging S/T	The Whispers
Most unusual theme/ST	Seance on a Wednesday Afternoon
Other favourites	Americans, Zulu. Dances with Wolves. The Wrong Box. Ipcress File. Walkabout. Mary Queen of Scots, Romance for guitar and orchestra and many others
Additional comments	I visited York last October, and had a look at the old Cinemas that he was intimate with. Perhaps a JB Trail with appropriate info for the uninitiated into his works.

 

1973
Name	Burroughs, Brian
Year of birth	1962
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Reno, Nevada-USA
"Hooked" since	1973
Music hook	The James Bond 10th Anniversary album
1st introduced	1973, whilst seeing "Goldfinger" re-released on a double-bill with The Blue Max - Kent, UK
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl
Fav. movie soundtrack	Until September/Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	Until September
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Deadfall (composing only from script to a certain time-frame & seeing no "footage" to compose from!
Most unusual theme/ST	Boom!
Other favourites	All of JB's albums are excellent, even "Howard the Duck," which is far superior to the film itself. His early "pre-film" stuff is just as brilliant as his cinematic classics and it's easier for me to say that I enjoy his "lest-than-best" stuff as well, which would be something like "The Whisperers" or "The Legend of the Lone Ranger."
Additional comments	I'm just grateful that I have most of his albums which have been released and have been honored to meet him for a fleeting few seconds to say "Thank You" for the pleasure his music has given me. The Royal Albert Hall "gig" in 1998 was just the best and a bonus to see him again in 1999 was the "icing on the cake!"

 

19
Name	Burgess, Haylee
Age	38
Gender	F
Nationality	Cuban
Place of residence	Morland, Georgia, USA
"Hooked" since	Somewhere in Time; Dances with Wolves
Music hook	Violin Solo from Somewhere in Time; also Dances with Wolves
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	"TIE"/Somewhere in Time; Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	All of them!!
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1972
Name	Butterworth, David N.
Year of birth	1961
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Merchantville, New Jersey, USA
"Hooked" since	1972
Music hook	Theme from "The Persuaders"
1st introduced	"The Girl With the Sun in Her Hair" (without realizing it!)
Oldest original recording owned	"Zip Zip" 7" 45rpm.
Fav. movie soundtrack	"The Lion in Winter," "Walkabout," "Boom!"
Fav. love theme	"The Scarlet Letter"
Fav. Bond theme/score	"Lolita" (from "Play it Again")
Most challenging S/T	"The White Buffalo"
Most unusual theme/ST	"Bells" aka "Murder By Phone"
Other favourites	Too many to mention.
Additional comments	Makes me cry!

 

19
Name	Cabot, Eric
Year of birth	1961
Gender	M
Nationality	French
Place of residence	Brioude, France
"Hooked" since	When I was young!
Music hook	The Persuaders
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	The Persuaders
Fav. Bond theme/score	From Russia With Love
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	I have two soundtrack albums, the last I bought is the 40th anniversary, 4cds in a nice blue box!

 

1964
Name	Caffrey, Norm
Year of birth	1954
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Syracuse, N.Y.
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	Soundtrack from Goldfinger
1st introduced	Local movie theater
Oldest original recording owned	Goldfinger soundtrack
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	How do you make this kind of choice?
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Body Heat; Out of Africa; Somewhere in Time; Dances with Wolves; virtually all James Bond scores performed by John Barry (would Connery have done as well as Bond w/o JB? I think not)
Additional comments	John Barry's music touches your heart like no other. His movie soundtracks breathe life and real emotion into whatever you're watching. His music alone can make an average movie excellent. It is no wonder that this gifted man has won the numerous awards that he has. JB's music will forever be my favorite (don't you just love this guy?) Thank you, John Barry!!!!

 

1986
Name	Luigi Caldarone
Age	55
Gender	M
Nationality
Place of residence	Italy
"Hooked" since	1986
Music hook	Out of Africa
1st introduced	Out of Africa, the movie
Oldest original recording owned	Out of Africa
Fav. movie soundtrack	Out of Africa
Fav. love theme	Frances
Fav. Bond theme/score	We Have All the Time in the World If There Was a Man
Most challenging S/T	Jagged Edge
Most unusual theme/ST	Billy; Robin and Marian; Dances with Wolves; Living Daylights; Somewhere in Time, and more
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1959
Name	Calnan, Keith
Year of birth	1946
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Greenwich, London
"Hooked" since	1959
Music hook	Hit and Miss
1st introduced	JB backing Adam Faith
Oldest original recording owned	Long John
Fav. movie soundtrack	Chaplin
Fav. love theme	Frances
Fav. Bond theme/score	Living Daylights
Most challenging S/T	White Buffalo
Most unusual theme/ST	Dutchman
Other favourites	All are favourites, except perhaps The White Buffalo and My Sister's Keeper
Additional comments	As many live performances as he can manage and perhaps one more album,'The Seasons'

 

1960
Name	Alan Carey
Year of birth	1947
Gender	Male
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Ickenham Uxbridge
"Hooked" since	1960
Music hook	Born Free
1st introduced	James Bond Theme
Oldest original recording owned	Goldfinger
Fav. movie soundtrack	O.H.M.S.S
Fav. love theme	We have all the time in the world
Fav. Bond theme/score	O.H.M.S.S
Most challenging S/T	Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	King Rat
Other favourites	Hanover Street, Raise the Titanic, The Deep
Additional comments	I think he is the best film composer ever.

 

1980s
Name	Carter, Doug
Year of birth	1973
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Tennessee
"Hooked" since	Mid-1980's
Music hook	Somewhere in Time
1st introduced	Octopussy
Oldest original recording owned	Not sure
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere in Time
Fav. love theme	So hard to decide
Fav. Bond theme/score	Octopussy
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	I love The Beyondness of Things
Additional comments	I first heard JB's brilliance in Octopussy. I had no idea who he was, nor did I know why I connected to that music in such a way. I actually made a trip to a record store just to buy the Rita Coolidge 45 of "All Time High." Years later, I became interested in film scoring. At the time, the score to Somewhere in Time had my full attention. It wasn't until a little later that I realized JB's touch was what had me drawn to the Octopussy music so many years before. I can honestly say that John Barry single-handedly birthed an interest in film scoring for me. It is what I hope to ultimately do. Thanks for this website.

 

1985
Name	Catlin, Adam
Age	26
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Wichita, Kansas
"Hooked" since	1985
Music hook	A View to a Kill
1st introduced	James Bond films
Oldest original recording owned	Dr. No
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	Dances with Wolves
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	The Chase
Most unusual theme/ST	The Ipcress File
Other favourites	Across the Sea of Time
Additional comments

 

1964
Name	Robin Caulderwood
Age	52
Gender	M
Nationality	Canadian
Place of residence	Canada
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	Goldfinger, "007 Steal the Lecktor" from From Russsia with Love
1st introduced	Goldfinger
Oldest original recording owned	Zulu; Beat Girl; Dr. No
Fav. movie soundtrack	Robin and Marian; Dances with Wolves; Living Daylights
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	Goldfinger "007 Steal the Lecktor"
Most challenging S/T	Black Hole; Last Vallely
Most unusual theme/ST	Jagged Edge
Other favourites	Too many to mention…
Additional comments

 

1979
Name	paul challoner
Year of birth	1964
Gender	M
Nationality	uk
Place of residence	somerset
"Hooked" since	1979
Music hook	flight into space/ moonraker
1st introduced	moonraker
Oldest original recording owned	beat girl
Fav. movie soundtrack	the deep
Fav. love theme	scarlet letter
Fav. Bond theme/score	ohmss
Most challenging S/T	hearts of fire
Most unusual theme/ST	party's over
Other favourites	howard the duck, living daylights, king kong , body heat,day of locust, playing by heart, svengali, lion in winter, deadfall
Additional comments	went to watch moonraker when i was a kid and barrys score blew me away.i then made it a mission to collect his back catalogue of scores. barrys music has touched my soul and still does. barry rocks...

 

1987
Name	Channell, Shawn
Year of birth	1970
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Minnesota, United States
"Hooked" since	1987
Music hook	The Living Daylights
1st introduced	The Living Daylights
Oldest original recording owned	Born Free
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Living Daylights
Fav. love theme	To Love and Be Loved
Fav. Bond theme/score	The Living Daylights
Most challenging S/T	The Whisperers
Most unusual theme/ST	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Other favourites	Swept From the Sea, The Beyondness of Things, Eternal Echoes, The Scarlet Letter, King Kong, Somewhere in Time, Dances With Wolves, View to a Kill
Additional comments

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1970
Name	Danny Cheveaux
Age	42
Gender	M
Nationality
Place of residence	United Kingdom
"Hooked" since	1970
Music hook	Down Deep Inside - 1977
1st introduced	The Persuaders
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl (album); Snap n Whistle (single)
Fav. movie soundtrack	King Kong
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	The Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	Jagged Edge
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1966
Name	childs, john
Year of birth	1947
Gender	M
Nationality	british
Place of residence	stockport
"Hooked" since	1966
Music hook	born free
1st introduced	hit and miss
Oldest original recording owned	born free
Fav. movie soundtrack	dances with wolves
Fav. love theme	somewhere in time
Fav. Bond theme/score	on her majesty's secret service
Most challenging S/T	night games
Most unusual theme/ST	game of death
Other favourites	out of africa, high road to china, the wrong box,the lion in winter, robin and marian,chaplin, the beyondness of things octopussy the knack the chase the ipcress file the quiller memorandum
Additional comments

 

1997
Name	Choi, Mark
Year of birth	1977
Gender	M
Nationality	United States
Place of residence	San Diego, CA
"Hooked" since	1997
Music hook	Journey to Fort Sedgewick
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances With Wolves
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1983
Name	Christian
Year of birth	1970
Gender	M
Nationality	Swiss
Place of residence	Liebefeld
"Hooked" since	1983
Music hook	The Man With The Golden Gun
1st introduced	The Man With The Golden Gun
Oldest original recording owned	Dr. No (LP, Germany)
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	The Lion In Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	Diamonds Are Forever
Other favourites	Monte Walsh, Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice, Deadfall, The Ipcress File, The Knack...And How To Get It, Playing By Heart
Additional comments	I'm a Barry completist, but my collection is far from complete.

 

1965
Name	Churton, Tobias
Age	43
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Lichfield, England
"Hooked" since	1965
Music hook	Born Free
1st introduced	By my mother
Oldest original recording owned	Dr. No (1962); From Russia With Love (1963)
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Lion in Winter
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Petulia
Most unusual theme/ST	Petulia
Other favourites	The Last Valley; The Appointment; Midnight Cowboy; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Americans; The Glass Menagerie; Ready When You Are, JB; Mary, Queen of Scots
Additional comments	To me, John Barry is a kind of musical "gnostic," whose sensibility to the theme of loss encompasses a profound spirituality that is universal; a unique fusion of spirit and emotion. His music is simply astonishing--one of the greatest composers of all time.

 

19
Name	C., Anthony
Year of birth	1960
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Norway
"Hooked" since	1966
Music hook	Goldfinger OST
1st introduced	1966 (aged 6)
Oldest original recording owned	From Russia with Love (OST) - mono
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Ipcress File
Fav. love theme	Death of Alki (You Only Live Twice); The Girl With the Sun in Her Hair
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service; The Living Daylights
Most challenging S/T	The Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	The Whisperers
Other favourites	Where does one begin? Can't think of any tracks that were not favorites at one time or another (including Man With the Golden Gun)
Additional comments	Looking forward to Brighton Rock Let's hope the project comes to fruition.

 

19
Name	Harry kerr Chamberlain
Year of birth	1944
Gender	Male
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Livingston, West Lothian
"Hooked" since	Dot
Music hook	Juke Box Jury
1st introduced	Can't Remember
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances With Wolves
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1998
Name	Clare, Richard
Year of birth	1964
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Delph, England
"Hooked" since	1998
Music hook
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	I am a landscape painter who paints semi-abstract landscapes from sketches and memory while listening to music. I listen to a lot of John Barry's music while painting. I am trying to make contact with John, who might be interested in seeing how his music compositions effect my painting compositions. Does anyone know if he has an agent where I can send some images?

 

1966
Name	Clark, Anthony
Year of birth	1960
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Norway
"Hooked" since	1966
Music hook	Goldfinger Soundtrack
1st introduced	Film
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl
Fav. movie soundtrack	OHMSS
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T	The Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	The Ipcress File
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

19
Name	Clarke, Lee
Year of birth	1966
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Rotherham, Yorkshire
"Hooked" since	As far back as I can remember
Music hook	Anything Barry
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned	Best of John Barry LP
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Lion in Winter
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	Goldfinger
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST	The Adventurer
Other favourites	If it's John Barry, I like it!
Additional comments	There should be more sites like this one that recognize true talent. I hope to see Barry in concert one day!

 

1965
Name	Clement, Thomas
Age	47
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	West Hills, California
"Hooked" since	1965
Music hook	Those John Barry melodies
1st introduced	Zulu on T.V; Thunderball in theater
Oldest original recording owned	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Lion in Winter
Fav. love theme	The More Things Change
Fav. Bond theme/score	Diamonds Are Forever
Most challenging S/T	The Whisperers (I cry everytime!)
Most unusual theme/ST	Dutchman; The Chase theme
Other favourites	Last Valley; Swept from the Sea; Petulia; King Kong; Mary, Queen of Scots; Walkabout; Body Heat; themes from The Glass Menagerie; Cry, the Beloved Country
Additional comments	I had the good fortune of working on the USA James Bond Tenth Anniversary album and was able to speak with JB (our names appear on the same line on the back cover!) I was just a kid and it was a great experience-- I'll never forget it. Also, I don't feel badly now to find that my suggestion to "play around" with the track to "Journey to Blofeld's Hideway" was not unique (c.f., latest OHMSS recording).

 

1974
Name	Comiskey, Mark
Year of birth	1968
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Thornton Cleveleys
"Hooked" since	1974
Music hook	classic/big
1st introduced	Bond
Oldest original recording owned	Dr No
Fav. movie soundtrack	Bond/Out of africa/Meet joe black
Fav. love theme	We have all the time in the world.
Fav. Bond theme/score	Out of africa
Most challenging S/T	Ipcress?
Most unusual theme/ST	?
Other favourites	all
Additional comments	I have been through a lot in my life but who hasn't. His music & genious has lifted me & i am sure millions more through dark times. In general he has made the masses of followers whos hearts are in the right place feel better about themselves. No one can replace the legend that is JOHN BARRY.

 

19
Name	Compton, Christopher
Age	58
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	United Kingdom
"Hooked" since	"What Do You Want?" A. Faith
Music hook	Beat Girl
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl; Stringbeat
Fav. movie soundtrack	Body Heat
Fav. love theme	Frances
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST	Boom!
Other favourites	All of them, really
Additional comments	Hooked from the very start!

 

1970
Name	Connolly, Ray
Year of birth	1970
Gender	M
Nationality	Irish
Place of residence	Ireland
"Hooked" since	About 1981
Music hook	Any of those distinctly Barry musical twists
1st introduced	When Irish TV played all of the Bond films in sequence
Oldest original recording owned	The Knack (American release)
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Lion in Winter or Last Valley
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	Diamonds are Forever (extended CD)
Most challenging S/T	Jagged Edge
Most unusual theme/ST	The Black Hole
Other favourites	Born Free; Mary, Queen of Scots; Raise the Titanic; Walkabout; Monte Walsh; Midnight Cowboy; Chaplin; Across the Sea of Time; Out of Africa; Cry, the Beloved Country; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; You Only Live Twice; Moonraker; Thunderball; Goldfinger; The Living Daylights -- I could go on all day!
Additional comments	Had the pleasure of meeting JB at the Albert Hall, personal dream fulfilled! The man and his music seem to touch people in a certain way, draw them in and make them life-long advocates. Here's to many more years of musical bliss and best of luck with "Brighton Rock."

 

1980
Name	Cousins, Adam
Age	30
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Reading, England
"Hooked" since	1980
Music hook	Bond! The Black Hole
1st introduced	Moonraker at the cinema
Oldest original recording owned	Thunderball
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Last Valley
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST	007 Theme -- it works, but why?
Other favourites	The Lion in Winter; Raise the Titanic; Chaplin; You Only Live Twice; Until September; Body Heat, etc.
Additional comments	The most recognizable and easily the most influential film composer of any time.

 

1980
Name	Cousins, Adam
Age	30
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Reading, England
"Hooked" since	1980
Music hook	Bond! The Black Hole
1st introduced	Moonraker at the cinema
Oldest original recording owned	Thunderball
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Last Valley
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST	007 Theme -- it works, but why?
Other favourites	The Lion in Winter; Raise the Titanic; Chaplin; You Only Live Twice; Until September; Body Heat, etc.
Additional comments	The most recognizable and easily the most influential film composer of any time.

 

1975
Name	Cowell, Jeremy
Year of birth	1965
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Lincoln
"Hooked" since	1975
Music hook	All of it. Especially: the deep, chaplin, midnight cowboy
1st introduced	James Bond
Oldest original recording owned	Zulu
Fav. movie soundtrack	The deep
Fav. love theme	The deep
Fav. Bond theme/score	Moonraker
Most challenging S/T	Bruce Lee Movie
Most unusual theme/ST	The mirror has two faces
Other favourites
Additional comments	Simply My Hero - any news of concerts new releases etc I would be sooo happy!

 

1976
Name	Cowdry, Adrian
Year of birth	1964
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	England
"Hooked" since	1976
Music hook	James Bond
1st introduced	James Bond 10th Anniversary double album
Oldest original recording owned	Dr.No and The Bees Knees
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service special edition
Fav. love theme	We Have all the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	The Living Daylights
Most unusual theme/ST	Persuaders
Other favourites	All Bond, Deep, Dances with Wolves,Midnight Cowboy, Out of Africa and on and on and on.
Additional comments	Living Daylights was wrong in my opinion as it needed a tough guitar based Bond theme as opposed to the light strings of Roger Moore's Bond theme assigned with The Man with the Golden Gun.

 

1985
Name	cowie, stephen
Year of birth	1974
Gender	M
Nationality	scottish
Place of residence	alloa
"Hooked" since	1985ish
Music hook	the early james bond movies
1st introduced	moonraker/the black hole
Oldest original recording owned	you only live twice
Fav. movie soundtrack	dances with wolves/you only live twice(expanded)
Fav. love theme	love theme from dances with wolves
Fav. Bond theme/score	you only live twice/little nellie 007 theme
Most challenging S/T	the black hole
Most unusual theme/ST	the black hole
Other favourites	zulu,out of africa,the beyondness of things,the living daylights,the specialist,raise the titanic.
Additional comments	john barry has the most distinctive and recognisable sound in film composing,with brash action cues and tender love themes his music is always a joy to listen to.

 

1979
Name	James Culbertson
Age	35
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Osaka, Japan
"Hooked" since	1979
Music hook	Moonraker soundtrack
1st introduced	Saw Moonraker, bought soundtrack
Oldest original recording owned	Born Free, perhaps
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere in Time
Fav. love theme	Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	Parts of From Russia with Love
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST	Black Hole
Other favourites	Raise the Titanic; Body Heat; Dances with Wolves; Across the Sea of Time
Additional comments	Was glad to find a group that liked him as much as I.

 

1990
Name	Dana
Year of birth	1971
Gender	F
Nationality	English
Place of residence	London
"Hooked" since	1990
Music hook	Somewhere in Time theme tune
1st introduced	Somewhere in Time theme tune
Oldest original recording owned	Somewhere in Time theme tune + Out of Africa
Fav. movie soundtrack
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	I'd really like to see John Barry in concert in London or find out if any orchestras (Royal Philharmonic for example) are performing any of his music in London this year [2005]. I would be very grateful if you could let me know. Thanks. [I have - webmaster]

 

1972
Name	darby, john
Year of birth	1964
Gender	M
Nationality	british
Place of residence	caste acre
"Hooked" since	1972
Music hook	deadfall
1st introduced	ember and cbs stuff
Oldest original recording owned	jb7 78 zip zip
Fav. movie soundtrack	body heat
Fav. love theme	somewhere in time
Fav. Bond theme/score	living daylights
Most challenging S/T	golden seal
Most unusual theme/ST	game of death
Other favourites	you only live twice, ohmss, lion in winter, ipcress file, tamarind seed, mister moses, the specialist
Additional comments

 

1971
Name	Dave
Year of birth	1955
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Nottinghamshire
"Hooked" since	1971
Music hook	Diamonds are Forever
1st introduced	Born Free, Zulu, You Only Live Twice (at school)
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl
Fav. movie soundtrack	Walkabout; Lion in Winter; Knack; Midnight Cowboy
Fav. love theme	The good times are comin' - Monte Walsh
Fav. Bond theme/score	Diamonds are Forever & OHMSS
Most challenging S/T	Jagged Edge
Most unusual theme/ST	Bells
Other favourites	All of them! Favourites change on a daily basis!
Additional comments	Absence of something new is painful

 

1996
Name	David
Year of birth	1967
Gender	M
Nationality	French
Place of residence	Milano, Italy
"Hooked" since	1996 when I bought "Music From The Films Of Audrey Hepburn"
Music hook	Robin And Marian
1st introduced	Watching Richard Lester's Robin And Marian
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Robin And Marian
Fav. love theme	We Have All The Time In The World
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Body Heat
Most unusual theme/ST	Last Valley
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1967
Name	Dawson, Bob
Year of birth	1953
Gender	M
Nationality	USA
Place of residence	New York
"Hooked" since	1967
Music hook	Fun City -- Midnight
1st introduced	Approx. 1968
Oldest original recording owned	See "Additional Comments"
Fav. movie soundtrack
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	Could you tell me who the quartet was on the "Fun City" cut? Who played bass, drums, piano and trumpet. Was Mr. Barry playing trumpet? Thanks.

 

1979
Name	Deage, Nicolas
Year of birth	1969
Gender	M
Nationality	Swiss
Place of residence	Geneva
"Hooked" since	1979
Music hook	The Black Hole
1st introduced	The Black Hole
Oldest original recording owned	From Russia With Love
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Black Hole
Fav. love theme	Unitl September
Fav. Bond theme/score	Goldfinger
Most challenging S/T	Night Game
Most unusual theme/ST	Golden Child
Other favourites	Dance with the Wolves, The Specialist, Starcrash, king Kong, Robin and Marian.
Additional comments

 

1989
Name	DeSentis, John
Year of birth	1984
Gender	M
Nationality	United States
Place of residence	Long Island (Not far from the man himself).
"Hooked" since	Since I saw King Kong, probably around 1989.
Music hook	You Only Live Twice
1st introduced	King Kong
Oldest original recording owned	The Last Valley
Fav. movie soundtrack	King Kong, please lord give me the day when this is released in full.
Fav. love theme	Maybe My Luck Has Changed
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	Dutchman or Last Valley
Most unusual theme/ST	Not sure yet...
Other favourites	My all time favorite piece of John Barry music is definitely from King Kong when they are going through the fog to the island. What a shame that it didn't make it on the soundtrack as I feel his island theme is so massive and grand.
Additional comments	He is a strong influence on me as a composer myself and definitely fuels my pursuit of film scoring. Sometimes I feel like I catch some musical vibes living in Long Island...

 

19
Name	Dhaussy, Jean-Michel
Year of birth	1971
Gender	M
Nationality	French
Place of residence	Strasbourg, France
"Hooked" since	1988
Music hook	The Persuaders
1st introduced	James Bond films
Oldest original recording owned	Thunderball
Fav. movie soundtrack	Octopussy
Fav. love theme	Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	Octopussy
Most challenging S/T	King Kong
Most unusual theme/ST	Jagged Edge
Other favourites	A View to a Kill; OHMSS
Additional comments	One million thanks Mr. Barry and praise your vituosity that introduced me to what became my passion since the 90's : film soundtracks

 

1972
Name	Drake, Andy
Year of birth	1958
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Rugeley, Staffs
"Hooked" since	1972
Music hook
1st introduced	The Persuaders
Oldest original recording owned	Stringbeat
Fav. movie soundtrack	Midnight Cowboy
Fav. love theme	We Have All THe Time In The World
Fav. Bond theme/score	Chaplin [?? ed.]
Most challenging S/T	Dances With Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Mary, Queen Of Scots.
Additional comments	The man and his music have dominated my musical life since I was 13, proudest moment was to meet him at HVM in London after the first Albert Hall concert.

 

1970
Name	Doc Dougherty
Year of birth	1952
Gender	M
Nationality	USA
Place of residence	Palm Beach, FL, USA
"Hooked" since	1970
Music hook	"On Her Magesties Secret Service" Sound Track
1st introduced	Bond films
Oldest original recording owned	Soundtrack album to "Thunderball"
Fav. movie soundtrack	See above
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Dances With Wolves
Additional comments	Can't express the debt I owe to John Barry for his work.

 

1972
Name	Drake, Andy
Year of birth	1958
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Rugeley, Staffs
"Hooked" since	1972
Music hook
1st introduced	The Persuaders
Oldest original recording owned	Stringbeat
Fav. movie soundtrack	Midnight Cowboy
Fav. love theme	We Have All THe Time In The World
Fav. Bond theme/score	Chaplin [?? ed.]
Most challenging S/T	Dances With Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Mary, Queen Of Scots.
Additional comments	The man and his music have dominated my musical life since I was 13, proudest moment was to meet him at HVM in London after the first Albert Hall concert.

 

2003
Name	Dronfield, Matthew
Year of birth	1968
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Sheffield
"Hooked" since	2003
Music hook	dances with wolves
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned	non - car boot claimed lps in hard times
Fav. movie soundtrack	Gails theme
Fav. love theme	Specialist theme - smooth mood
Fav. Bond theme/score	Bond - pinched by the Incredibles
Most challenging S/T	Dances
Most unusual theme/ST	Somewhere in time
Other favourites	I want more!
Additional comments	Tender yet sweet smooth yet to the point Music to mood too or sooth too!

 

19
Name	Jason Drury
Year of birth	1969
Gender	Male
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Ramsgate, Kent
"Hooked" since	1980
Music hook	James Bond Scores
1st introduced	The Persuaders Theme
Oldest original recording owned	Thunderball
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances With Wolves
Fav. love theme	Dances With Wolves
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	The Deep
Most unusual theme/ST	Body Heat
Other favourites	The Black Hole, High Road To China, Thunderball, The Specialist, Somewhere In Time, Moonraker
Additional comments	Nobody will ever beat John Barry's writing for strings.

 

1979
Name	dtuba555
Year of birth	1967
Gender	M
Nationality	USA
Place of residence	Shoreline, WA
"Hooked" since	1979
Music hook	Moonraker soundtrack
1st introduced	Goldfinger soundtrack
Oldest original recording owned	From Russia With Love
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	Title theme, OHMSS
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST	The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Other favourites	Dances With Wolves, The Black Hole, Midnight Cowboy
Additional comments

 

1964
Name	Elkin, Steve
Age	48
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Brighton, England
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	"Zulu" soundtrack
1st introduced	Seeing the film "Zulu"
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl LP
Fav. movie soundtrack	Zulu
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	Goldfinger
Most challenging S/T	The Last Valley
Most unusual theme/ST	Dutchman
Other favourites	The Lion in Winter; The Iprcress File; Thunderball
Additional comments

 

1994
Name	Endacott, Adam
Year of birth	1982
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Chingford, London
"Hooked" since	1994
Music hook	Zulu
1st introduced	A View to a Kill
Oldest original recording owned	The Girl With the Sun in Her Hair 7" vinyl single
Fav. movie soundtrack	Moviola
Fav. love theme	Moonraker
Fav. Bond theme/score	The Last Valley [?]
Most challenging S/T	The Whisperers
Most unusual theme/ST	Howard the Duck
Other favourites	Alice Adventures in Wonderland, Cry the Beloved Country, Across the Sea of Time, The Tamarind Seed, Sophia Loren in Rome, Born Free, King Kong, The Lion in Winter, Monte Walsh, Deadfall, The Appointment, Love Among the Ruins, The Deep
Additional comments	All John Barry's music is superb - the man is a genius and a true legend in the field of music, He deserves a knighthood

 

1995
Name	Erik
Year of birth	1984
Gender	Male
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Bardstown,Kentucky
"Hooked" since	1995
Music hook	The Lion in Winter
1st introduced	The Lion in Winter
Oldest original recording owned	From Russia With Love
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Lion in Winter
Fav. love theme	"Dances With Wolves" love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score	Thunderball
Most challenging S/T	The Black Hole
Most unusual theme/ST	Jagged Edge
Other favourites	Mary Queen of Scots, Frances, Indecent Proposal, Out of Africa, James Bond scores, Dances With Wolves. Many others.
Additional comments	John Barry is definitely one of the best film composers of all time. All of his scores are unique is someway. I listen to him almost everyday. One thing I would love is someday an album is released with the complete score to "Mary Queen of Scots". Keep up the great work John Barry!

 

1971
Name	Evans, Paul
Year of birth	1965
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	England
"Hooked" since	1971
Music hook	The Persuaders
1st introduced	The Persuaders
Oldest original recording owned	none (unfortunately)
Fav. movie soundtrack	Born Free
Fav. love theme	We Have All The Time In The World
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST	The girl with the sun in her hair ( a classic)
Other favourites	Midnight Cowboy, Space March, The Living Daylights, The Ipcress File, the list is endless...
Additional comments	He's forgotten more about writing for Bond films than David Arnold will ever know!! Bring back John Barry PLEASE!

 

1966
Name	Finn, William
Year of birth	1946
Gender	M
Nationality	USA
Place of residence	Florida
"Hooked" since	1966
Music hook	The horn part in "Born Free"
1st introduced	The Ipcress File
Oldest original recording owned	Born Free
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Lion in Winter
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	Goldfinger
Most challenging S/T	The Chase
Most unusual theme/ST	Dutchman
Other favourites	Almost all of them. Robin and Marian; Raise the Titanic; Out of Africa; Body Heat; Dances with Wolves; Mary, Queen of Scots, etc.
Additional comments	My wife and I share a special day with John Barry. Our wedding anniversary is 3 Nov. This year will be our 30th, while Mr. Barry celebrates his 70th birthday. Happy Birthday, John Barry!

 

1979
Name	ben finney
Year of birth	1968
Gender	M
Nationality	british
Place of residence	lancashire england
"Hooked" since	1979
Music hook	everything
1st introduced	persuaders when i was a boy about 1974
Oldest original recording owned	moonraker lp 1979
Fav. movie soundtrack	ohmss
Fav. love theme	flying over africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	journey to blofelds hideaway/ohmss
Most challenging S/T	walkabout
Most unusual theme/ST	wednesday's child
Other favourites	walkabout,the deep,enigma,most bonds,midnight cowboy,ipcriss file, girl with the sun in her hair,mary queen of scotts,body heat etc,etc,etc
Additional comments	love any barry music really, something clicks when i hear one of his pieces, certanly goes as far back as the persuaders when i was only 5 or 6, adore journey to blofelds hide away and full soundtrack of walkabout. would love to meet him to say how much i apreciate his work and thank him for the hours of pleasure he's given me over the years.

 

1988
Name	Fletcher, Gary
Year of birth	1971
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Liverpool
"Hooked" since	1988
Music hook	James Bond
1st introduced	James Bond
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	You only live twice
Most challenging S/T	Midnight Cowboy
Most unusual theme/ST	Raise the titanic
Other favourites	All of his music!! I love!!!
Additional comments	Young (ish) guy new to JB, but he is amazing and I escape into another tranquil world listening to the great man's music! Not just his movie pieces, but his works as well.

 

1962
Name	Fontanetta, Joe
Year of birth	1949
Gender	M
Nationality	Italian American
Place of residence	Joliet, Illinois
"Hooked" since	1962
Music hook	Goldfinger
1st introduced	Dr. No
Oldest original recording owned	Robin and Marian
Fav. movie soundtrack	That's a tough one
Fav. love theme	If There Was A Man
Fav. Bond theme/score	Sean Connery/Roger Moore
Most challenging S/T	Man With The Golden Gun
Most unusual theme/ST	A View To A Kill
Other favourites	Theme from the Lone Ranger (terrible movie, only saved by the music); Midnight Cowboy, any Bond movie with A J. Barry sountrack.
Additional comments	I just discovered this site, and I was always troubled, wondering if Mr. Barry received the recognition he so assuredly deserves. I have been a devoted fan since 1962. His music has seen me through both good and difficult times, with some of the most romantic and emotional music, that, to me, is unsurpassed in symphonic and orchestral composition. Thank you, Mr. Barry for a lifetime of musical wonder and magic.

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1964
Name	freeman, philip
Year of birth	1950
Gender	M
Nationality	Canandian (british born)
Place of residence	Cambridge (Ontario)
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	shirley bassey singing "goldfinger" and seeing the movie
1st introduced	"ready when you are JB" lp (still have it!)
Oldest original recording owned	"hit and miss" original 45
Fav. movie soundtrack	"Somewhere in time"
Fav. love theme	"Frances"
Fav. Bond theme/score	"OHMSS"
Most challenging S/T	"The Chase"
Most unusual theme/ST	"The whisperers"
Other favourites	"swept from the sea", "body heat", "frances", "dances with wolves", "all his JB themes", "high road to china", "indecent proposal", "string beat", "my life", "playing by heart", "eternal echoes"
Additional comments	I still have several JB vinyl albums "Frances" (can't afford the cd!), "King Kong", "High road to China" (one of his most under appreciated), "Until September" (another beauty!) John Barry's music has been part of my life for over 25 years, and he never disappoints, well of course there was 1/2 of "enigma"

 

1971
Name	Friberg, Hakan
Year of birth	1960
Gender	M
Nationality	Swedish
Place of residence	Stockholm, Sweden
"Hooked" since	1971
Music hook	Bond music
1st introduced	"The Persuaders" theme
Oldest original recording owned	Goldfinger LP
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	Born Free
Fav. Bond theme/score	007 Theme; From Russia With Love; Diamonds are Forever
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	My tribute to John Barry and his music--from my Swedish home page: http://members.chello. se/born-free/index-04.htm

 

1991
Name	Frohnauer, Oliver
Year of birth	1977
Gender	M
Nationality	German
Place of residence	Berlin
"Hooked" since	1991
Music hook	Dances With Wolves: ride to buffulo hunt. Best score for all eternity.
1st introduced	King Kong
Oldest original recording owned	Dances With Wolves
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances With Wolves
Fav. love theme	Chaplin
Fav. Bond theme/score	Dances With Wolves (?)
Most challenging S/T	Raise the Titanic
Most unusual theme/ST	The Persuaders
Other favourites	Chaplin, King Kong, Robin and Marian, The Scarlet Letter, Indecent Proposal, The Chase, Zulu
Additional comments	John Barry is next to John Williams the super god of film music. There is no comparison to a John Barry soundtrack in terms of emotional precision and impact. And he has the most personal and individual style of music I know. Yet his musical themes are always new and surprisingly original. The soundtrack of Dances With Wolves still has such a great effect on me. Sometimes I just need to listen to it in order to fill up my batteries. So, thanks John Barry for your great

 

19
Name	Frith, Sarah
Age	29
Gender	F
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Warwick, England
"Hooked" since	1988
Music hook
1st introduced	The Persuaders
Oldest original recording owned	The Lion in Winter
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Lion in Winter
Fav. love theme	Who Will Buy My Yesterdays
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	It's wonderful to find other people who love John Barry's music.

 

19
Name	Gale, Dan
Age	28
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Somerset, England
"Hooked" since	1987
Music hook	The Living Daylights LP after seeing the movie
1st introduced	Same as "music hook"
Oldest original recording owned	"The Deep" on tape but CD releases back to 1957
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Living Daylights; The Specialist; Dances with Wolves (no specific order)
Fav. love theme	Kara Meets Bond
Fav. Bond theme/score	The Living Daylights; but The Man with the Golden Gun has an energy I can't ignore--just try driving a car while it plays- you'll be arrested within minutes!
Most challenging S/T	Hardest to listen to? I'd say "Night Games," although it's still very competent
Most unusual theme/ST	Orson Welles' "Great Mysteries" what a belter! It's so cool….
Other favourites	"Florida Fantasy" from Midnight Cowboy (used as a t.v. theme for a childrens' wildlife program on BBC in 1980s-I never forgot it. Also, seeing Dances with Wolves (3 times) just blew me away--haven't been the same since. The score was 50% of the film's success.
Additional comments	My fantasy is to be placed in a flotation sensuary deprivation tank (or, better still, to float in space) whilst being "force fed" the sound tracks to the more moody works of John Barry. I'd be ONE with the music…bliss!!

 

1976
Name	gainford, michael
Year of birth	1968
Gender	M
Nationality	irish
Place of residence	ireland
"Hooked" since	1976
Music hook
1st introduced	goldfinger : tv premier
Oldest original recording owned	bond 10th anniversary UA double vinyl
Fav. movie soundtrack	O.H.M.S.S.
Fav. love theme	We have all the time in the world
Fav. Bond theme/score	007 and counting : diamonds are forever
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST	florida fantasy; midnight cowboy
Other favourites	too many to mention
Additional comments	bond and beyond!

 

19
Name	Gearhart, Ron
Age	54
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Houston, Texas
"Hooked" since	1978
Music hook	King Kong
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned	Goldfinger
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Out of Africa; Body Heat; Raise the Titanic; and on and on and on
Additional comments

 

1965
Name	Gentile, Eric
Year of birth	1950
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	California
"Hooked" since	1965
Music hook	Goldfinger
1st introduced	Goldfinger
Oldest original recording owned	From Russia with Love
Fav. movie soundtrack	Deadfall
Fav. love theme	My Love Has Two Faces
Fav. Bond theme/score	Goldfinger
Most challenging S/T	Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Most unusual theme/ST	Petulia
Other favourites	King Rat; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; The Lion in Winter; The Game of Death
Additional comments	John Barry is my favorite film composer. His music has it all, from jazz to rock to sublime orchestral music. Thank you, Mr. Barry, for all the wonderful music you have given us!

 

1970
Name	gillian
Year of birth	1950
Gender	F
Nationality	british
Place of residence	south africa
"Hooked" since	1970
Music hook	bond themes
1st introduced	james bond
Oldest original recording owned	have no idea
Fav. movie soundtrack	the dove and dances with wolves
Fav. love theme	you only live twice and we have all the time in the world
Fav. Bond theme/score	the dove and out of africa
Most challenging S/T	zulu
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	the combination of his great music and the ten tenors
Additional comments	Dont ever stop composing Barry!!!

 

19
Name	Gogg, Christoph
Year of birth	1975
Gender	M
Nationality	German
Place of residence	Munich
"Hooked" since	1985
Music hook	Goldfinger
1st introduced	The Black Hole;Disney Album with film dialogue and music.
Oldest original recording owned	The Knack
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Last Valley
Fav. love theme	We have all the time in the world
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty´s Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Petulia
Most unusual theme/ST	Romance for Guitar and Orchestra
Other favourites	Most of the James Bond Films,especially Moonraker.
Additional comments	But I love most of the sixties and mid-seventies compositions like Boom, The Ipcress File, The Quiller Memorandum, Deadfall or The Tamarind Seed. In the 80ies John Barry composed such beautiful scores like Body Heat, Frances or Out of Africa.Great! Additional: John Barry is the best! Unfortunately he has never composed for a movie since Enigma in 2000. For me John Barry remains the best composer with unforgettable themes and melodies. Thank you Mr. Barry for wonderful years with your wonderful music

 

1985
Name	Goodall, Paul
Year of birth	1971
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Leeds
"Hooked" since	1985, A View To A Kill
Music hook	James Bond
1st introduced	A View To A Kill
Oldest original recording owned	A View To A Kill LP
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesties Secret Service
Fav. love theme	Body Heat
Fav. Bond theme/score	John Dunbar Theme (?)
Most challenging S/T	King Kong
Most unusual theme/ST	A Lion In Winter
Other favourites	All the connery Bonds, The Wrong Box (please release this), The Black Hole, Ipcress File
Additional comments	The world of 007 hasn't been the same since JB quit scoring the films.

 

1966
Name	goodman, derek
Year of birth	1945
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Leicester, England
"Hooked" since	1966
Music hook	Born Free
1st introduced	James Bond Themes
Oldest original recording owned	Born Free
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances With Wolves
Fav. love theme	Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	The Scarlet Letter
Most unusual theme/ST	Zulu
Other favourites	Somewhere In Time, Indecent Proposal, Cry Beloved Country, Playing by Heart, Beyondness of Things, Various James Bond Soundtracks, Moviola
Additional comments	To me, John Barry's music is sublime. I will risk buying anything he records as I know it will be good. He never disappoints.

 

19
Name	Green, Garry
Year of birth	1952
Gender	Male
Nationality
Place of residence
"Hooked" since
Music hook
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	i think that i may be related to john does he have an australian connection? thank you

 

1963
Name	Greenhill, Peter
Age	53
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	London, England
"Hooked" since	1963
Music hook	Guitar version of 007 theme on "Ember"
1st introduced	"Hit and Miss" on Juke Box Jury (BBC)
Oldest original recording owned	Stringbeat LP
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances With Wolves
Fav. love theme	Robin and Marian
Fav. Bond theme/score	Thunderball
Most challenging S/T	The Quiller Memorandum
Most unusual theme/ST	The Deep
Other favourites	Playing by Heart; Dances with Wolves; The Knack; Goldfinger; The Chase; Lion in Winter; From Russia with Love; You Only Live Twice; Beyondness of Things; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, etc.
Additional comments	Favourite "non-Bond" song - "The Me I Never Knew" from Alices Adventures in Wonderland

 

1969
Name	Grey, Elisabeth K
Year of birth	1956
Gender	F
Nationality	USA
Place of residence	Arizona
"Hooked" since	1969
Music hook	Opening Strings on You only Live Twice
1st introduced	You only live twice
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	OHMSS
Fav. love theme	We have all the time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	OHMSS
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	The music of Goodbye sung by Al Jarreau
Additional comments	listening to his music transforms the state of my mind. A piece of his music almost becomes a living thing that recognizes me and singles me out in a crowd. Does that make any sense? Truly extraordinary music

 

1978
Name	griffiths, martin
Year of birth
Gender	M
Nationality	british
Place of residence	u.k
"Hooked" since	1978
Music hook	zulu
1st introduced	persuaders theme
Oldest original recording owned	1963 ember zulu
Fav. movie soundtrack	diamonds are forever
Fav. love theme	chaplin/charlie proposes
Fav. Bond theme/score	diamonds are forever/wint and kidd theme
Most challenging S/T	murphys war
Most unusual theme/ST	white buffalo
Other favourites	on her majestys secret service,chaplin,raise the titanic,the last valley,moonraker,lion in winter,zulu,you only live twice,the black hole.
Additional comments	Although zulu is the first soundtrack,i already knew tv stuff like the persuaders,sunsilk and black magic chocolates.

 

1985
Name	Guimil, Alejandra
Year of birth	1969
Gender	F
Nationality	Born in US, parents from Argentina
Place of residence	Oceanside, California
"Hooked" since	1985
Music hook
1st introduced	Out of Africa
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Born Free, Out of Africa, Chaplin, Body Heat, Dances With Wolves, etc.
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time, Indecent Proposal
Fav. Bond theme/score	how to decide?
Most challenging S/T	I think only he could answer that.
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	I'm a huge fan of movie soundtrack music and JB is one my all time favorites. I listen daily and never tire of hearing them over and over again.

 

19
Name	Gutierrez, Mauricio
Age	30
Gender	M
Nationality	Colombian
Place of residence	Bogota, Colombia
"Hooked" since	1989
Music hook	Somewhere in Time
1st introduced	King Kong cinema
Oldest original recording owned	Four in the Morning
Fav. movie soundtrack	Robin and Marian
Fav. love theme	Robin and Marian
Fav. Bond theme/score	We Have All the Time in the World
Most challenging S/T	The White Buffalo
Most unusual theme/ST	The Black Hole
Other favourites	Somewhere in Time; Hammett; My Life; Chaplin; Born Free; Out of Africa; Frances; I could go on and on…am waiting for the release of They Might Be Giants, another great score
Additional comments	My favorite composer without a doubt. His melodies are unforgettable and lovable. They can touch you deeply and remain in your heart because of their very romantic spirit.

 

1980
Name	Hainsworth, Tim
Year of birth	1974
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	York, England
"Hooked" since	1980
Music hook
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances With Wolves
Fav. love theme	Any of them
Fav. Bond theme/score	Goldfinger
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	I was fortunate enough to meet JB and was looked after by his wife Laurie whilst I sat in on his rehearsal with the English Chamber Orchestra in London. I was studying composition at the London College of Music at the time. I was so inspired that I went on to compose a whole series of pieces which pay homage to JB and his music. I'm hoping to have them per- formed in York sometime next year.

 

1995
Name	Hamilton, Sam
Age	23
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Minnesota, USA
"Hooked" since	1995
Music hook	Moviola (later Flight Over New York from from Across the Sea of Time)
1st introduced	Moviola Album - 1995
Oldest original recording owned	Somewhere in Time
Fav. movie soundtrack	Playing By Heart
Fav. love theme	Midnight Cowboy
Fav. Bond theme/score	Goldfinger
Most challenging S/T	The Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	Walkabout; Cotton Club
Other favourites	Almost everything: Beyondness of Things; both Moviola albums; Robin and Marian; Across the Sea of Time; all of the compilation albums; The Deep; The Dove; Dances With Wolves; etc.
Additional comments

 

1958
Name	Handley, Carolyn
Year of birth	1958
Gender	F
Nationality	Australian
Place of residence	Pearcedale, Victoria, Australia
"Hooked" since	1968
Music hook	Mary Queen of Scots
1st introduced	Can't remember! (I was only 10)
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Mary Queen of Scots
Fav. love theme	Mary Queen of Scots
Fav. Bond theme/score	All of them
Most challenging S/T	?
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	The Beyondness of Things, any music by JB!
Additional comments	I wish he had composed scores for some of the really big ones that John Williams did scores for, I find JW's music boring & repetitive in comparison

 

1980
Name	Hansen, Baard Overgaard
Age	38
Gender	M
Nationality	Norwegian
Place of residence	Germany
"Hooked" since	1980
Music hook	From Russia With Love
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Diamonds Are Forever; From Russia with Love; The Lion in Winter; The Ipcress File; Octopussy; Raise the Titanic; Goldfinger; Zulu
Additional comments	His music is just perfect; it gives me goose-bumps--everytime!! Listen to any Bond soundtrack and you'll hear what I mean!

 

1987
Name	Hardasmal Barrera, Sergio
Year of birth	1971
Gender	M
Nationality	Spanish
Place of residence	Malaga
"Hooked" since	1987
Music hook	The Living Daylights
1st introduced	A View To A Kill
Oldest original recording owned	A View to a Kill
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most unusual theme/ST	The Dove
Other favourites	Star Crash; The Lion in Winter; The Last Valley; nearly all except The Jagged Edge; all Barry/ Bonds
Additional comments	I also love Under Fire (Jerry Goldsmith), Mancini, Morricone, Shaiman; and (Spanish) Banos, Illarramendi, Bardem.

 

1979
Name	Hardy, Gary
Year of birth	1971
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Kent, England
"Hooked" since	1979
Music hook	Moonraker
1st introduced	Moonraker (the film)
Oldest original recording owned	Out of Africa
Fav. movie soundtrack	Too difficult to decide, I love them all.
Fav. love theme	Smile [this is not a John Barry composition, but a Charles Chaplin song]
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	Mercury Rising
Most unusual theme/ST	Game of Death
Other favourites	Chaplin; Indecent Proposal; The Beyondness of Things; Cry, the Beloved Country; Raise the Titanic; Moviola (1 and 2); The Black Hole; Playing by Heart; Across the Sea of Time
Additional comments	I appreciate all of John Barry's music. He is a genius, from his very first work and beyond. There is not a week that goes by that I don't listen to a piece of music by JB. His music has been with me through the best and worst times of my life. John has touched us all with his music! May he continue to do so for years to come.

 

1970
Name	Hardy, Graeme
Age	49
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Coulsdon, Surrey
"Hooked" since	1970
Music hook	Somewhere in Time
1st introduced	Hanover Street
Oldest original recording owned	Persuaders LP
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere in Time
Fav. love theme	Hanover Street
Fav. Bond theme/score	Octopussy
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST	Howard the Duck
Other favourites	Across the Sea of Time; Dances with Wolves; Enigma; Moviola; Cry the Beloved Country
Additional comments	When you've had a bad day at the office, don't take a headache tablet, take a JB film score. It's so much better for you. JB is so innovative and always led the way. Long may it be so.

 

1964
Name	Harrod, Paul
Year of birth	1958
Gender	M
Nationality	USA
Place of residence	Portland, Oregon
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	Goldfinger
1st introduced	From Russia With Love
Oldest original recording owned	Zulu
Fav. movie soundtrack	Deadfall
Fav. love theme	My Love Has Two Faces
Fav. Bond theme/score	Diamonds are Forever
Most challenging S/T	Midnight Cowboy
Most unusual theme/ST	The Deep
Other favourites	Walkabout; The Last Valley; Body Heat; The Ipcress File
Additional comments	In the 1970s, I wrote a few articles on the Bond series for "The Composer;" a publication of The John Barry Appreciation Society; and for "Bondage," a Bond "fanzine." They were the work of an enthusiastic, though musically naïve, 18-year-old, but I did get some good responses at the time. He remains my favorite film composer.

 

1967
Name	Havoc, Neal
Age	49
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Los Angeles, California
"Hooked" since	1967
Music hook	Goldfinger
1st introduced	Listening to Goldfinger LP in public library
Oldest original recording owned	The Ipcress File
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time; Who Will Buy My Yesterdays
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	The Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	Dutchman
Other favourites	You Only Live Twice; Thunderball; View to a Kill; The Legend of the Lone Ranger; King Kong; Day of the Locust
Additional comments	It's probably just me, but I've always thought that Barry was at his best when he exercised full control over the arrangement of his composition, especially action pieces.

 

1980s
Name	Haynes, Dawn
Year of birth	1968
Gender	F
Nationality	British
Place of residence	England
"Hooked" since	Early eighties
Music hook	Somewhere in Time
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned	Dances with wolves
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere in Time
Fav. love theme	Indecent Proposal
Fav. Bond theme/score	Moonraker
Most challenging S/T	The Beyondess of Things
Most unusual theme/ST	Cry the beloved Country
Other favourites	My Life, Across the sea of time, swept from the sea, Scarlett Letter, Out of Africa, A View to a kill, Eternal Echoes, Peggy Sue got married, Playing by Heart, I like too man of them.
Additional comments	I would like to see him conduct the Engish Chamber Orc, playing his work.

 

1971
Name	Hays, John
Age	44
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Scotland
"Hooked" since	1971
Music hook	Zulu
1st introduced	Zulu
Oldest original recording owned	Elizabeth Taylor in London
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	King Rat
Most unusual theme/ST	Florida Fantasy
Other favourites	The Last Valley; Walkabout; Diamonds are Forever; You Only Live Twice; many others
Additional comments	A multitude of wonderful themes and scores from this great composer over the years.

 

1965
Name	david heath
Year of birth	1942
Gender	M
Nationality	uk
Place of residence	cape town
"Hooked" since	1965
Music hook	everything
1st introduced	take five
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	was the original lp record that contained seance on a wet afternoon and the icpress file, ever made into cd format?

 

1964
Name	Hernandez, Luis Fernando
Age	49
Gender	M
Nationality	Mexican
Place of residence	Mexico
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	007 theme; Girl Trouble
1st introduced	From Russia With Love
Oldest original recording owned	From Russia With Love
Fav. movie soundtrack	Playing by Heart; The Ipcress File; You Only Live Twice
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	Boom!; The Quiller Memorandum
Most unusual theme/ST	Boom!
Other favourites	Night Games; Dances with Wolves
Additional comments	Hooked on the barry group since the beginning; great experience at Royal Albert Hall - 1999 - I got a Barry autograph

 

1973
Name	Brian Hiebert
Age	40
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Colorado, USA
"Hooked" since	1973
Music hook	James Bond films
1st introduced	Found cut-outs of You Only Live Twice, Goldfinger, and Thunderball after buying Live and Let Die LP
Oldest original recording owned	From Russia With Love
Fav. movie soundtrack	Lion in Winter; Last Valley; On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	Robin and Marian
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service (main title) "Ski Chase" from On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Romance for Guitar and Orchestra from Deadfall
Most unusual theme/ST	Whisperers; Zulu
Other favourites	The Living Daylights; From Russia with Love; Goldfinger; Ruby Cairo; Dances with Wolves
Additional comments	During the period 1964-72, I don't think there was a better composer on the planet. The rich and varied output of Barry during this period was unmatched. I enjoy his current work, but that was his golden age. Barry's detractors who only know him from his current work need to understand how incredible he was during that period.

 

1987
Name	Fernando Higa
Age	39
Gender	M
Nationality
Place of residence	Peru, South America
"Hooked" since	1987
Music hook	Thunderball
1st introduced	Born Free album bought by my brother
Oldest original recording owned	Zulu (Fatboy Records Collection
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World (instrumental)
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	The Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	Jagged Edge
Other favourites	Born Free; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Chaplin; Out of Africa; Dances with Wolves; Somewhere in
Additional comments

 

1971
Name	higgins, aidan
Year of birth	1957
Gender	M
Nationality	irish
Place of residence	northern ireland
"Hooked" since	1971
Music hook	the persuaders!
1st introduced	the persuaders!
Oldest original recording owned	on her majesty`s secret service
Fav. movie soundtrack	cry the beloved country
Fav. love theme	the letter
Fav. Bond theme/score	o.h.m.s.s/the living daylights
Most challenging S/T	mike`s murder
Most unusual theme/ST	mike`s murder
Other favourites	Born Free, Chaplin,Starcrash,Ruby Cairo,Starcrash,Across the Sea of Time,Monte Walsh,Indecent Proposal,Monte Walsh,Midnight Cowboy,Game of Death,The Ipcress File & The 2 Bond Scores as Above
Additional comments	No modern day composer comes near john barry music it will take awhile for some one to come close.

 

1969
Name	Hoare, Simon
Year of birth	1961
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	London
"Hooked" since	1969
Music hook	OHMSS/The Persuaders
1st introduced	OHMSS/Goldfinger
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Last Valley
Fav. love theme	Somewhere In Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	Diamonds Are Forever
Most challenging S/T	Lion In Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	Walkabout
Other favourites	Lion In Winter,Goldfinger, Thunderball, Body Heat, Orson Welles Great Mysteries, Out of Africa, Moviola, Fred and Cyd, The Adventurer, You Only Live Twice, Fun City, Midnight Cowboy, Deadfall, Ipcress File ...where do you stop?
Additional comments	I think that John Barry is quite simply the greatest ever film music composer. His music is so touching, entertaining and influential and yet though he's well known he is still so underrated. He must rank as one of the most important musical figures of the past 50 years and has profoundly influenced his own and several other genres. Long may he continue... Oh and he should receive a knighthood!

 

19
Name	Garry Holtom
Age	32
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Bletchley, England
"Hooked" since
Music hook	Watching On Her Majesty's Secret Service with father
1st introduced	Through my father; grew up listening to Barry
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Dances with Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Other favourites	Until September; Body Heat; Dances with Wolves; Living Daylights; The Specialist; Last Valley
Additional comments	Most treasured moment was taking my father to meet John Barry at HMV in London before he died, fulfilling a 30-year ambition.

 

1998
Name	Horn, Matt
Age	17
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Bucks, England
"Hooked" since	Early teens - 1998
Music hook
1st introduced	My Dad playing the music when I was upstairs playing (about 7 years old)
Oldest original recording owned	On Her Majesty's Secret Service (CD -2001)
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	?? Can't say for sure
Most unusual theme/ST	The Man With the Golden Gun
Other favourites	Midnight Cowboy
Additional comments	Although I like James Horner and swore I'd never give in, I did.

 

1990
Name	Huber, Stefan
Age	18
Gender	M
Nationality	Austrian
Place of residence	Bischofstetten, Austria
"Hooked" since	1990
Music hook	The Bond movies
1st introduced	Watched "From Russia With Love"
Oldest original recording owned	Thunderball (1965)
Fav. movie soundtrack	Too many to mention!
Fav. love theme	You Only Live Twice (Helga)
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	Dances With Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	The Whisperers
Other favourites	Out of Africa (one of the most sophisticated JB scores; The Whisperers (most melodramatic); You Only Live Twice (most theme variations); Thunderball (great rhythm instruments)
Additional comments	Unlike many other composers, JB is able to do so many different works. If you listen to "The Whisperers," you wouldn't think that it had been written in the 1960s, while some of his other works deal with popular music of the day. While music in movies has lost much of its style since the advent of talkies, JB hasn't! His contemporary works sound as good as those he wrote decades ago.

 

1998
Name	Hudson, Brian
Year of birth	1983
Gender	M
Nationality	Irish
Place of residence	Ireland
"Hooked" since	1998
Music hook	Raise the Titanic
1st introduced	Brother bought Moviola c.d.
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Raise the Titanic,Somewhere in time,Dances with wolves.
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in time from the Moviola c.d.
Fav. Bond theme/score	You only live twice/We have all the time in the World
Most challenging S/T	Dances with wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	Monty Walsh
Other favourites	The Beyondness of Things c.d.,Eternal Echoes,Out of Africa main theme.
Additional comments	I have been a fan for as long as I, can remember.As for a long time I, didn't know who was creating the lovely music I, was hearing.Up until 1998 when everything fell into place when I, found out that one man had created this wonderful music.Since then I, have been a dedicated fan and always will be.....

 

1964
Name	Kevin Hughes
Year of birth	1954
Gender	M
Nationality	US
Place of residence	US
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	Heard reel-to-reel tape of the Goldfinger soundtrack at a friend's house
1st introduced	Goldfinger
Oldest original recording owned	Dr. No (his reworking and arrangement of the James Bond theme of course)
Fav. movie soundtrack	Toss-up between Goldfinger and The Lion in Winter
Fav. love theme	The Wedding from You Only Live Twice
Fav. Bond theme/score	Best Theme Song: Thunderball. Best Bond score: Goldfinger or You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	Mary, Queen of Scotts
Most unusual theme/ST	The Deep
Other favourites	The Lion in Winter main title sequence. Absolutely chilling marriage of music and visuals. That horn section! The choir! The Latin text! Plus the Arrival of the Queen (Kate Hepburn arriving on the boat) is one of the mostly glorious moments in film music history.
Additional comments	Barry's other scores to the Bond films are great, but the movies became cartoons after On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Born Free, Black Hole, Quiller Memorandum, Out of Africa all top-notch scores. Barry's musical palette is like no one else's. His voicing is wide open and his chord changes are sweet. Who else would have thought to put a major 7th chord in the music of the Middle Ages?

 

1964
Name	Hung, William
Age	49
Gender	M
Nationality	Chinese
Place of residence	Hong Kong
"Hooked" since	Circa 1964 after seeing From Russia With Love
Music hook	You Only Live Twice
1st introduced	Thunderball
Oldest original recording owned	Four in the Morning
Fav. movie soundtrack	Walkabout; You Only Live Twice; On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice; On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	The Last Valley
Most unusual theme/ST	Dutchman
Other favourites	Too many of them.
Additional comments	JB's scores from the 1960s and early 1970s are my favorites. No matter what period, he is still my all-time favorite film composer.

 

1959
Name	hunt, tony
Year of birth	1943
Gender	M
Nationality	english
Place of residence	nantwich
"Hooked" since	1959
Music hook	"what do you want" - adam faith
1st introduced	hit and miss
Oldest original recording owned	beat girl album
Fav. movie soundtrack	born free
Fav. love theme	born free instrumental
Fav. Bond theme/score	we have all the time in the world
Most challenging S/T	seance on a wet afternoon
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	all of his pizzicato influenced tracks as well as his monumental output of soaring, melodic film themes. Stringbeat is my favourite album from the early years. "the beyondness of things" from his recent catalogue.
Additional comments	his music has always been the background to my life since the late 50`s so appropriately "born free" will be playing as the curtains close on my coffin.

 

1970
Name	Daniel Hurd
Year of birth	1962
Gender	M
Nationality	United States of America
Place of residence	Bridgeport, Connecticut
"Hooked" since	1970
Music hook	James Bond and eventually all
1st introduced	Goldfinger Soundtrack album
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl
Fav. movie soundtrack	You Only Live Twice
Fav. love theme	Moonraker
Fav. Bond theme/score	007
Most challenging S/T	The Black Hole
Most unusual theme/ST	Playing by Heart
Other favourites	The automobile, the telephone, the skyscraper. From Across The Sea Of Time.
Additional comments	Great website... Thank you

 

1967
Name	David Ilott
Year of birth	1960
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Burnley, Lancashire
"Hooked" since	1967
Music hook	You Only Live Twice
1st introduced	You Only Live Twice
Oldest original recording owned	1967 compilation from CBS
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	We Have All The Time In The World
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Dutchman
Most unusual theme/ST	The Whisperers
Other favourites	You Only Live Twice, The Ipcress File, The Living Daylights, Jagged Edge, The Specialist, The Deep. So many...
Additional comments	John Barry's music has been part of my life since 1967 and as an impressionable 7 year old, venturing into what seemed like classical music was a challenge. I started (like so many) with 007 and then found the goldmine of so many other great scores. His legacy is awesome.

 

2005
Name	Susan Jackson
Year of birth	1967
Gender	F
Nationality	English
Place of residence	London
"Hooked" since	2005
Music hook	Dances with wolves
1st introduced	OHMSS
Oldest original recording owned	The Best of J B Themeology
Fav. movie soundtrack	View to a kill
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in time
Fav. Bond theme/score	Dances with wolves (duh, that's not Bond, ed.)
Most challenging S/T	Last Valley
Most unusual theme/ST	The Ipcress File
Other favourites	Day of the Locust, Midnight Cowboy, The Wrong Box, You Only Live Twice, Chaplin, Francis, and many more ....
Additional comments	My partner witnessed one of his finest musical moments when he saw John Barry three times at the Royal Albert Hall and I wish one day that I could have the same experience

 

1999
Name	Jakub
Year of birth	1986
Gender	M
Nationality	Polish
Place of residence	Bielsko-Biala
"Hooked" since	1999
Music hook	Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, The Living Daylights
1st introduced	from James Bond films
Oldest original recording owned	Out Of Africa, Midnight Cowboy
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	"Love Theme" from Dances with Wolves
Fav. Bond theme/score	Moonraker, On Her Majesty`s Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	The Lion In Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	Chaplin
Other favourites	Chaplin, Out Of Africa, Somewhere In Time, The Last Valley, Mary, Queen Of Scots, Born Free, from Bond films
Additional comments	John Barry is the best (fim)music composer nowadays. This Music is a big part of my life and very important for me. Thank You John Barry!

 

1966
Name	John
Year of birth	1954
Gender	M
Nationality	Anglo/German
Place of residence	London
"Hooked" since	1966
Music hook	Thunderball
1st introduced	Zulu
Oldest original recording owned	Zulu
Fav. movie soundtrack	Swept from the Sea
Fav. love theme	We have all the time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	Swept from the Sea (?)
Most challenging S/T	Bodyheat
Most unusual theme/ST	The Beyondness of Things
Other favourites	Dances with Wolves, Living Daylights, OHMSS
Additional comments	Thanks for all the hard work on a very full and fascinating site.

 

1969
Name	Johnson, Bob
Year of birth	1956
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, UK
"Hooked" since	1969
Music hook	Ready when you are JB
1st introduced	Best of Bond compilation (1967 edition)
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl
Fav. movie soundtrack	I love them all but one (see below)
Fav. love theme	Secrets of my heart (Ruby Cairo)
Fav. Bond theme/score	I love them all but one (see below)
Most challenging S/T	Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	Cry the beloved country - great reuse of Zulu
Other favourites	I love the action scores especially, so Bond scores esp OHMSS and the Living Daylights, Howard the Duck (yes really!), the legend of the lone ranger, zulu, and game of death I love
Additional comments	I have 71 of his scores and I can say the only one I am not keen on is my life.

 

1964
Name	Johnson, David Alan
Year of birth	1954
Gender	M
Nationality	USA
Place of residence	Vienna, VA
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	Goldfinger
1st introduced	From Russia With Love
Oldest original recording owned	Goldfinger
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Living Daylights
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	Dances With Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	Night Games
Other favourites	Moonraker, Somewhere In Time, Until September, Game of Death, Diamonds Are Forever, Chaplin...
Additional comments	No other composer has created music that stirred my soul, inspired such profound personal reflection, or moved me to the emotional depths John Barry's music has these past forty plus years. Memorable excerpts from his film scores, far more than the popular songs on radio, have become the soundtrack of my life.

 

1993
Name	Johnson, Michael
Age	35
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	London
"Hooked" since	1993
Music hook	Bond music
1st introduced	Bond music
Oldest original recording owned	Moonraker
Fav. movie soundtrack	Diamonds are Forever
Fav. love theme	Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	Diamonds are Forever
Most challenging S/T	Dances with Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	Robin and Marian
Other favourites	Goldfinger, Moonraker, You Only Live Twice, A View to a Kill
Additional comments	David Arnold is no John Barry.... by no measure. The sheer complexity and lavish composition is hard to match. Bring him back for the next Bond EON!

 

1966
Name	Jones, Bob
Year of birth	1944
Gender	M
Nationality	U.S.
Place of residence	Indianapolis, IN USA
"Hooked" since	1966
Music hook	Early Bond films
1st introduced	From Russia with Love
Oldest original recording owned	First Columbia Anthology
Fav. movie soundtrack	Out of Africa
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	Boom
Most unusual theme/ST	King Rat
Other favourites	Dances With Wolves, Frances, The Living Daylights, Ready When You Are J.B., Body Heat, The Lion in Winter
Additional comments

 

2010
Name	Jones, Kevin
Year of birth	1959
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Crewe Cheshire UK
"Hooked" since	2010
Music hook	The Beyondness of Things
1st introduced	The Persuaders Theme
Oldest original recording owned	Walkabout
Fav. movie soundtrack	Across The Sea of Time
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	Moonraker
Most challenging S/T	Raise The Titanic
Most unusual theme/ST	Americans
Other favourites	Chaplin, Walkabout, Frances, Out of Africa
Additional comments

 

1969
Name	Jones, Paul
Year of birth	1965
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Stourbridge
"Hooked" since	1969
Music hook	OHMSS
1st introduced	Persuaders,Orson Welles and The Protector
Oldest original recording owned	Oh Boy
Fav. movie soundtrack	Raise the Titanic
Fav. love theme	King Kong
Fav. Bond theme/score	OHMSS
Most challenging S/T	Jagged Edge
Most unusual theme/ST	Jagged Edge
Other favourites	Lion in Winter,The Girl With the Sun In Her Hair,Deadfall,Who Will Buy My Yesterdays.
Additional comments	I have to admit that I prefer JB's earlier '60s material. Some of his later compositions can leave me perplexed, re: what he is actually "getting at."

 

1966
Name	Jones, Robert
Age	59
Gender	M
Nationality	USA
Place of residence	Indianapolis, Indiana
"Hooked" since	1966
Music hook
1st introduced	1966
Oldest original recording owned	Great Movie Sounds of John Barry
Fav. movie soundtrack	Out of Africa
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score	Goldfinger
Most challenging S/T	Dances With Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	Jagged Edge
Other favourites	King Rat; Frances; High Road to China; Dances With Wolves; Body Heat
Additional comments	[I own] aprox. 65 in LP collection; in recent years, I have bought 48 of collection on CD. I recommend "A Life in Music" (Leonard, et al.) as a "must" for Barry fans.

 

1966
Name	Steve Jordan
Year of birth	1952
Gender	M
Nationality	United States
Place of residence	Vancouver, Wa
"Hooked" since	1966
Music hook	I love it all
1st introduced	Thunderball soundtrack
Oldest original recording owned	The Knack or Ipcress File
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances With Wolves
Fav. love theme	Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	Moonraker or OHMSS
Most challenging S/T	The Knack
Most unusual theme/ST	Cotton Club
Other favourites	Midnight Cowboy, Chaplin, Indecent Proposal, Lion in Winter
Additional comments	I first heard Barry at age 12. I Didn't know what I was listening to at the time, just knew it was pretty. The tune was in my head for YEARS, coming in and going out. I bouight my first album at age 13, Thunderball, and have been buying them ever since. I finally heard Quiller Memorandum, and recognized what I had heard so many years ago. Proof positive that my love for his music was instinctive, not learned. He writes music that makes one feel like being a better person, or creating something very beautiful, ones self. I have never heard a Barry piece that was not enjoyable

 

19
Name	Joseph
Year of birth	1953
Gender	M
Nationality
Place of residence
"Hooked" since	forever! 'Born Free'
Music hook	'Out Of Africa'
1st introduced	born free
Oldest original recording owned	Moviola
Fav. movie soundtrack
Fav. love theme	Somewhere In Time
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	I must have the PBS special 'Moviola'. Where can I get it?

 

1995
Name	Kaneteg, Håkan
Year of birth	1984
Gender	M
Nationality	Sweden
Place of residence	Stockholm
"Hooked" since	1995
Music hook	Bond Music
1st introduced	Bond-sore Octopussy
Oldest original recording owned	From Russia with love
Fav. movie soundtrack
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score	OHMSS
Most challenging S/T	The living daylights
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	All Bond-scores is my favourites!
Additional comments

 

19
Name	dharmesh kapadia
Year of birth	1971
Gender	Male
Nationality	british
Place of residence	london
"Hooked" since	10 years
Music hook	space march
1st introduced	james bond
Oldest original recording owned	dr. no vinyl lp
Fav. movie soundtrack	OHMSS
Fav. love theme	You only live twice title song
Fav. Bond theme/score	You only live twice
Most challenging S/T	dr. no
Most unusual theme/ST	the public eye
Other favourites	All the bond scores
Additional comments	John barrys arrangements are sublimely beautiful big yet very suttle and extremely magestic. Everytime one heard a john barry score notably moonraker or you only live twice it was as if you've just opened the gates of heaven and are now flying through its corridors towards the creator on eagles towards the creator. Beauty on another level that is from another world

 

1980
Name	Karl
Year of birth	1964
Gender	Male
Nationality	German
Place of residence	Japan
"Hooked" since	1980
Music hook	Born Free
1st introduced	James Bond
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Lion in Winter
Fav. love theme	Frances
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Mercury Rising (Mediocre)
Most unusual theme/ST	Cry, The Beloved Country
Other favourites	Love so many!
Additional comments	So sad he passed away! R.I.P.! Only Morricone, Legrand, Williams, Hamlish, Grusin and Shire are left now... miss the good music....!

 

1964
Name	Karppinen, Lauri
Age	53
Gender	M
Nationality	Finnish
Place of residence	Helsinki, Finland
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	Goldfinger
1st introduced	Saw "Goldfinger"-- that was it!
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl
Fav. movie soundtrack	Goldfinger
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	Goldfinger
Most challenging S/T	Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	The Deep/Jagged Edge
Other favourites	The Knack; The Ipcress File; The Whisperers; Thunderball; Petulia; Boom! Deadfall; Follow Me; Body Heat; Hammett Raise the Titanic
Additional comments	It's absolutely amazing how JB could do so much superb music of the 60s.

 

1998
Name	kesselring, luiz antonio
Year of birth	1937
Gender	M
Nationality	brazilian
Place of residence	santa maria madalena-rj-brasil
"Hooked" since	1998
Music hook	somewhere in time
1st introduced	somewhere in time
Oldest original recording owned	somewhere in time
Fav. movie soundtrack	somewhere in time
Fav. love theme	somewhere in time
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T	somewhere in time
Most unusual theme/ST	somewhere in time
Other favourites
Additional comments	i am retired, and i play every morning in my piano; somewhere in time(john barry, romeo and juliet(nino rota), limelight(chaplin), i love them all...saludos from brasil

 

19
Name	Kitching, Paul
Year of birth	1962
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Yorkshire
"Hooked" since	Early 1970's
Music hook	Bond films
1st introduced	1960s
Oldest original recording owned	From Russia With Love
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Ruby Cairo
Most unusual theme/ST	King Kong
Other favourites	All of Mr. Barry's work
Additional comments	The man is a god!

 

19
Name	Kim
Year of birth	1990
Gender	F
Nationality	Scottish
Place of residence	Scotland, UK
"Hooked" since	1994
Music hook	Somewhere in time
1st introduced	Somewhere in time & James Bond
Oldest original recording owned	Somewhere in time
Fav. movie soundtrack	Chaplin
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in time
Fav. Bond theme/score	On her majesty's secret service
Most challenging S/T	Enigma
Most unusual theme/ST	Body heat
Other favourites	Out of Africa, dances with wolves, all James Bond themes, Hanover street, raise the titanic, Scarlett letter, indecent proposal
Additional comments	I am heartbroken I will never watch a new movie and hearing John Barry's music creating the story!! I am looking for piano sheet music on Chaplin and Enigma could you help me with this Thanks

 

2002
Name	Klein, Thomas
Year of birth	1983
Gender	M
Nationality	Austrian
Place of residence	Salzburg
"Hooked" since	2002
Music hook	On Her Majesty's Secret Service theme
1st introduced	1997
Oldest original recording owned	Moonraker (I think)
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	The Living Daylights
Most unusual theme/ST	"Smile" (Robert Downey, Jr.) [this is not a John Barry composition or arrangement, webmaster]
Other favourites	All Bond soundtracks and Chaplin
Additional comments	I want JB for the next Bond soundtrack!

 

1962
Name	Knowles, Mark
Year of birth	1953
Gender	M
Nationality	New Zealand
Place of residence	Auckland
"Hooked" since	1962
Music hook	The Ipcress File
1st introduced	James Bond
Oldest original recording owned	Stringbeat
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere In Time
Fav. love theme	High Road To China
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	The Lion In Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	Body Heat
Other favourites	Peggy Sue Got Married, The Betsy, Chaplin, The Dove, Thunderball
Additional comments	Put simply, John Barry is a genius of both craft and art, truly the stuff that dreams are made of.

 

1963
Name	Krajenke, Rick
Year of birth	1950
Gender	M
Nationality	polish/german/irish
Place of residence	st claire shores ,mich usa
"Hooked" since	1963
Music hook	jb theme
1st introduced	seeing frwl at the theatre
Oldest original recording owned	mono goldfinger- persuaders 45 rpm,stereo/mono
Fav. movie soundtrack	ohmss - body heat - raise titanic
Fav. love theme	cafe martinique,try,... you know, all that loungy stuff
Fav. Bond theme/score	frwl - ohmss
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	the deep - persuaders theme - raise the titanic - body heat
Additional comments	had to appropriate my cousins goldfinger soundtrack back in 1965. i haven't stopped listening to john barry since ! AMEN !!!

 

1993
Name	Krysiñski, Adam
Age	20
Gender	M
Nationality	Polish
Place of residence	Cracov, Poland
"Hooked" since	1993
Music hook
1st introduced	James Bond - The Living Daylights - bought album
Oldest original recording owned	Out of Africa (MCA Records ed.)
Fav. movie soundtrack	"always :)"
Fav. love theme	"I Had a Farm in Africa," but I don't know…I like many more
Fav. Bond theme/score	The Living Daylights (full album)
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Out of Africa; Dances with Wolves; My Life: Somewhere in Time; all Bond soundtracks ("Re- mastered Editions") and many more.
Additional comments	John Barry must come back to James Bond music!

 

1960
Name	lambert, geoffrey
Year of birth	1946
Gender	M
Nationality	british
Place of residence	romford essex
"Hooked" since	1960
Music hook	hit and miss
1st introduced	hit and miss
Oldest original recording owned	drumbeat
Fav. movie soundtrack	out of africa
Fav. love theme	somewhere in time
Fav. Bond theme/score	thunderball
Most challenging S/T	the lion in winter
Most unusual theme/ST	boom
Other favourites	the chase, king rat, the knack, the ipcress file
Additional comments	been a fan since the first time I heard those pizzicato strings.

 

1985
Name	Benjamin Lanlard
Age	30
Gender	M
Nationality	French
Place of residence	France
"Hooked" since	1985
Music hook	James Bond music
1st introduced	James Bond films; also The Persuaders
Oldest original recording owned	Man in the Middle
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Lion in Winter; Mary Queen of Scots; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Alice in Wonderland; The Last Valley; Out of Africa; A View to a Kill; Chaplin; Indecent Proposal; Beyondness of Things
Fav. love theme	Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service A View to a Kill
Most challenging S/T	Out of Africa; The Tamarind Seed
Most unusual theme/ST	The Quiller Memorandum
Other favourites	Somewhere in Time; Frances; The Living Daylights
Additional comments

 

1987
Name	Daniel Lantz
Year of birth	1976
Gender	M
Nationality	Swedish
Place of residence	Uppsala, Sweden
"Hooked" since	1987
Music hook	Game Of Death
1st introduced	Game Of Death, the early Bonds
Oldest original recording owned	Moviola
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere In Time
Fav. love theme	Frances
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	The Deep
Most unusual theme/ST	Seance On A Wet Afternoon
Other favourites	You Only Live Twice, King Kong, Moonraker, The Living Daylights, Chaplin, Somewhere In Time, Zulu
Additional comments

 

1977
Name	"Lazenbyland"
Age	38
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	SE England
"Hooked" since	1977
Music hook	The World of James Bond Adventure album (Roland Shaw) said someone named "Barry" wrote most of the music
1st introduced	Zulu
Oldest original recording owned	The Deep; John Barry Seven Hits
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service-title theme
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Raise the Titanic
Additional comments

 

1968
Name	Lazzarini, Hugo
Year of birth	1948
Gender	M
Nationality	Argentina
Place of residence	Santa Fe
"Hooked" since	1968
Music hook	Thunderball
1st introduced	Goldfinger
Oldest original recording owned	Thunderball (1969)
Fav. movie soundtrack	The last Valley / The lion in winter / On her Majesty's SS
Fav. love theme	We have all the time in the world / Moviola
Fav. Bond theme/score	You only live twice / On her Majesty's SS
Most challenging S/T	Deadfall (Romance for guitar and orchestra)
Most unusual theme/ST	Boom!
Other favourites	Out of Africa; Somewhere in Time; Dances with Wolves; Persuaders theme; Midnight Cowboy ; The Last Valley and all....
Additional comments

 

1999
Name	Will Learmont
Year of birth	1994
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Surrey, England
"Hooked" since	1999
Music hook	James Bond Theme
1st introduced	The Beyondness Of Things
Oldest original recording owned	The Ipcress File
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	From Russia With Love
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Walkabout
Most unusual theme/ST	Boom!
Other favourites	Midnight Cowboy, The Quiller Memorandum, A Doll's House, Game Of Death and all the Bond Scores.
Additional comments

 

1968
Name	Legue
Year of birth	1955
Gender	F
Nationality	French
Place of residence	Paris
"Hooked" since	1968
Music hook
1st introduced	Goldfinger
Oldest original recording owned	The Best of Bond, 1969
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	We Have All the Time in the World
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1960
Name	Geoff Leonard
Age	54
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	England
"Hooked" since	1960
Music hook	Opening drums and guitar sound on Walk, Don't Run
1st introduced	Radio Luxembourg
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl, original LP
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Knack
Fav. love theme	Robin and Marian
Fav. Bond theme/score	Goldfinger Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Most challenging S/T	Jagged Edge
Most unusual theme/ST	Boom!
Other favourites	The Lion in Winter; Last Valley; Goldfinger; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Somewhere in Time, and more
Additional comments

 

1972
Name	Leonardo, Ricardo
Year of birth	1953
Gender	M
Nationality	Brazilian
Place of residence	Rio de Janeiro
"Hooked" since	1972
Music hook	The Persuaders
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned	Themeology CD 4885822 Columbia, 1997
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Knack
Fav. love theme	Born Free
Fav. Bond theme/score	Thunderball
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	All!
Additional comments

 

1979
Name	Lett, Simon
Age	33
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Garstang, Lancashire
"Hooked" since	1979
Music hook	My parents took me to see "Moonraker" when I was 9-yrs-old. Thought the "free-fall" opening sequence looked astonishing on big screen--version of Bond theme used was so exciting!
1st introduced	I borrowed the 10th anniversary James Bond album from my cousin in 1979--still haven't returned it!
Oldest original recording owned	Man in the Middle
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Ipcress File
Fav. love theme	Follow Me Instrumental version
Fav. Bond theme/score	Diamonds Are Forever--both song and score. It has so many stand-out moments (the pre-titles; journey to Holland; mountaineering outside the White House, etc.
Most challenging S/T	Night Games
Most unusual theme/ST	The Party's Over
Other favourites	Zulu, The Knack, The Wrong Box, You Only Live Twice; Petulia, On Her Majesty's Secret Service ('60s); Tamarind Seed, Robin and Marian, King Kong ('70s) Raise the Titanic, Hammett, Out of Africa (80's); Ruby Cairo, Across the Sea of Time ('90's)
Additional comments

 

1981
Name	level
Year of birth	1981
Gender	M
Nationality	French
Place of residence	Paris
"Hooked" since	1997
Music hook	Bond soundtrack
1st introduced	James bond theme
Oldest original recording owned	Octopussy
Fav. movie soundtrack	OHMSS
Fav. love theme	We have all the time in the world
Fav. Bond theme/score	Thunderball
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Accross the sea Of time, Out of Africa, Somewhere in Time, all the bond soundtrack
Additional comments	my dreams is to see him in live concert, but it may be too late. And what about a collaboration between Arnold and Barry for Casino Royale. Barry for the Main Theme and Arnold for the Action!

 

1980
Name	Lewis, Brian
Year of birth	1957
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Oxford
"Hooked" since	1980
Music hook	The wrong Box
1st introduced	The wrong Box
Oldest original recording owned	Not sure; I own quite a few
Fav. movie soundtrack	Born Free
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	Born Free [?ed.]
Most challenging S/T	Dances with Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	Elsa at Play
Other favourites	Mary Queen of Scots and Out of Africa
Additional comments	I've collected JB's music for years mainly trying to get hold of a copy of The wrong box (now got 2) so ended up with lots of other JB albums, Singles and CD's. His music has a unique signature and deserves the highest recognition. A truly magnificent composer who will always be a delight to listen to. Thanks J.B

 

1969
Name	leyland, phil
Year of birth	1954
Gender	M
Nationality	english
Place of residence	manchester
"Hooked" since	1969
Music hook	o.h.m.s.s score
1st introduced	'the best of bond' compilation
Oldest original recording owned	'zulu' - 1st vinyl release
Fav. movie soundtrack	the lion in winter
Fav. love theme	we have all the time in the world
Fav. Bond theme/score	o.h.m.s.s
Most challenging S/T	?
Most unusual theme/ST	jagged edge
Other favourites	deadfall, quiller memorandum, dances with wolves
Additional comments	my unforgetable moment- watching him conduct the english chamber orchestra in birmingham in 1998, and i can't believe it took over 30 years for the beautiful track 'dusk at piz gloria' to reach the light of day!

 

19
Name	Liddell, Alan
Year of birth	1959
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Fife, Scotland
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	Golfinger
1st introduced	Goldfinger
Oldest original recording owned	The EMI years Vol 1
Fav. movie soundtrack	Midnight Cowboy
Fav. love theme	The More Things Change
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	The Girl With The Sun In Her Hair, The Ipcress File, The Persuaders Theme, The Knack
Additional comments

 

1997
Name	Lind, Benjamin
Year of birth	1981
Gender	M
Nationality	German
Place of residence	Braunschweig, Lower-Saxony
"Hooked" since	1997
Music hook	"Out of Africa"
1st introduced	Through the Bond scores
Oldest original recording owned	In my case, The 4-CD 40years Collection
Fav. movie soundtrack	All Bonds & "Out of Africa"
Fav. love theme	"We have all the Time in the World"
Fav. Bond theme/score	Hard question! I love ´em all :)
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST	Petulia
Other favourites	"Maybe Someday", "Zulu", "Raise the Titanic"...can´t name them all :)
Additional comments	Keep the legacy alive! JB is the best!

 

1963
Name	Lucas, Clyde
Year of birth	1951
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	California
"Hooked" since	1963
Music hook
1st introduced	From Russia With Love
Oldest original recording owned	From Russia With Love
Fav. movie soundtrack
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1982
Name	Luker, Sarah
Year of birth	1974
Gender	Female
Nationality	English
Place of residence	England
"Hooked" since	1982
Music hook	Bond
1st introduced	Bond themes
Oldest original recording owned	You only live twice
Fav. movie soundtrack	Octopussy
Fav. love theme	Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	All of them
Most challenging S/T	Mary, Queen of Scots
Most unusual theme/ST	The Persuaders
Other favourites	All of them - they all have such a distinctive sound. You can tell instinctively that it's a Barry track
Additional comments	The man's a legend

 

19
Name	MacArthur, Joshua
Year of birth	1967
Gender	M
Nationality	Negro American
Place of residence	Philippines
"Hooked" since	Don't remember
Music hook
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere in Time
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	I just love his music; his style of composition just does something to me

 

1958
Name	Ian Macdonald
Year of birth	1947
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Redruth, Cornwall, UK
"Hooked" since	1958
Music hook	'Rodeo' by the JB7
1st introduced	JB7 on 6-5 Special & Drumbeat
Oldest original recording owned	Zip Zip
Fav. movie soundtrack	None - Love 'em all!!
Fav. love theme	Too many to mention
Fav. Bond theme/score	Like them all
Most challenging S/T	White Buffalo
Most unusual theme/ST	Bells (aka Murder by Phone)
Other favourites	I do not have any Barry score that I don't enjoy listening to
Additional comments	I remember JB being interviewed on BBC R2 by John Dunn, who 'threatened' to play one of his JB7 vocals. To Dunn's amazement JB said if he did that he'd walk out!! I understand the embarassment - I too get a slight cringe when playing them! Other than that 53 years of constant musical pleasure following the career of a total musical genius. Rest in Peace John, you will be greatly missed.

 

19
Name	Madden, Karl
Year of birth	1958
Gender	M
Nationality	USA
Place of residence	New York City
"Hooked" since	2003
Music hook	You only live twice
1st introduced	007 flicks
Oldest original recording owned	JB Collection
Fav. movie soundtrack	You only live twice
Fav. love theme	You only live twice
Fav. Bond theme/score	You only live twice
Most challenging S/T	To be discovered
Most unusual theme/ST	To be discovered
Other favourites	To be discovered
Additional comments	I have visited Hong Kong twice and am strangely compelled by the score of 'You only live twice' - - I am a songwriter and I'm looking forward to studying his music much more in the near future.

 

2000
Name	M, Lesley
Year of birth	1978
Gender	Female
Nationality	Irish
Place of residence	South East Ireland
"Hooked" since	2000
Music hook	Somewhere in Time
1st introduced	Somewhere in Time the Movie
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere in Time
Fav. love theme	"A Day together" from SIT
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Raise the Titanic, Dances with Wolves
Additional comments	John Barry's compositions are beautiful beyond words and I play them constantly.

 

19
Name	Marc, Jean
Year of birth	1970
Gender	M
Nationality	French
Place of residence	Marseilles, France
"Hooked" since
Music hook
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	all but Game Of Death
Fav. love theme	The Specialist
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1980
Name	Marlene
Year of birth	1948
Gender	F
Nationality
Place of residence	Ohio
"Hooked" since	1980
Music hook	Somewhere In Time
1st introduced	Somewhere In Time
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere In Time
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	I've wanted to tell Mr Barry how much his music has touched me. The "Somewhere In Time" soundtrack has meant so much throughout the years. Does anyone know where I could send him a letter? {Unfortunately, we cannot give an address - webmaster]

 

1988
Name	Maroillat
Year of birth	1973
Gender	F
Nationality	French
Place of residence	Grenoble, France
"Hooked" since	1988
Music hook	Somewhere in Time
1st introduced	First time I saw Somewhere in Time on TV
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl LP (1959)
Fav. movie soundtrack	Raise the Titanic
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time, Robin and Marian
Fav. Bond theme/score	We Have All the Time in the World
Most challenging S/T	The Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	Jagged Edge
Other favourites	Mary Queen of Scots;Across the Sea of Time;Frances;Chaplin;Dance with Wolves; Moviola; Eternal Echoes...
Additional comments	John Barry is my favorite composer. His music is still a big part of my life. I have yet to hear music from another composer that affects me as deeply, emotionally, as John Barry's. Listening JB 's music is like being in heaven. My dream is to meet him. I would like to tell Mr Barry how much his music had helped me after my boyfriend’s death.

 

1966
Name	Martin
Year of birth	1958
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Vancouver, BC, Canada
"Hooked" since	Born Free
Music hook	007
1st introduced	Born free
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Out of africa
Fav. love theme	We have all the time in the world
Fav. Bond theme/score	007
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Somewhere in time; High road to china; Dances with wolves; Living daylights;
Additional comments	Barry is best for Bond

 

1968
Name	Mason, Ian
Year of birth	1955
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Coventry, UK
"Hooked" since	1968
Music hook	Goldfinger
1st introduced	1968
Oldest original recording owned	goldfinger
Fav. movie soundtrack	ohmss
Fav. love theme	we have all the time in the world
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Not sure
Most unusual theme/ST	The Whisperers
Other favourites	lion in winter, born free, body heat, all the bond soundtracks, king kong, raise the titanic, somewhere in time, frances, boom.
Additional comments	What can I say? Mr. Barry is a musical genius as far as I'm concerned.

 

1980
Name	Matt Manning
Age	28
Gender	M
Nationality
Place of residence	United Kingdom
"Hooked" since	1980
Music hook	The Black Hole
1st introduced	The Black Hole in the cinema and rented on video many times; also earlier Bond movies on t.v. and discovering my parent's copy of The James Bond 10th Anniversary Collection among their LPs
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Whisperers; You Only Live Twice; Deadfall; The Lion in Winter; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; The Last Valley; Walkabout; Game of Death; The Black Hole; Raise the Titanic; The Living Daylights
Fav. love theme	Frances; The Scarlet Letter; The Tickle of Original Feeling from Follow Me; Bond Meets Stacy from A View to a Kill; Kara Meets Bond from The Living Daylights; Oona Arrives, from Chaplin;
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice We Have All the Time in the World The Moonraker Track "Where Are You?" Mr. Kiss, Bang, Bang This Never Happened to the Other Fella; Safecracker; Battle at Piz Gloria; Death at the Whyte House; Live and Let Die title theme; Flight into Space from Moonraker; The Living Daylights (almost all)
Most challenging S/T	Romance for Guitar and Orchestra. Having to sit through Amy Foster; Beyondness of Things; Enigma; and Eternal Echoes, one after the next without an interval--THAT would be challenging
Most unusual theme/ST	Dutchman
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1965
Name	Marshall, Greg
Year of birth	1954
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	St. Louis
"Hooked" since	1965
Music hook	From Russia With Love
1st introduced	Movie - From Russia with Love
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl original LP
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Last Valley
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice; On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Deadfall
Most unusual theme/ST	The Ipcress File; The Knack
Other favourites	Body Heat; Thunderball; space music-Moonraker; The Lion in Winter; Petulia; Goldfinger; The Whisperers; The Living Daylights; Mid- night Cowboy; Walkabout; too many others to mention.
Additional comments	I got hooked in the mid-60s, bit by bit. First it was the Bond scores, then other spy scores, then came Great Movie Sounds of JB, so I got those soundtracks and so on. Deadfall, Midnight Cowboy and the Lion in Winter had a huge impact, as did OHMSS and The Last Valley. The Dove is very underrated. I love the very "British" chase music in The Wrong Box and the late night jazz of Petulia. At the time, I thought the mid-to-late 70s were a dry spell, but in looking back I really enjoy Night Games, Raise the Titanic, Somewhere in Time. Body Heat is a major score. I'm very fond of all the musicals and musical films. It will never happen, but I'd love to hear orchestral suites from Billy, Alice's Adventures (more than just the 3 ballads), Lolita & Passion Flower Hotel. I wish Americans would come out on CD--the "Yesternight Suite" is one of my favorites. I always wondered why JB, in all of his movie theme compilation recordings, never recorded any of his themes from The Lion in Winter and The Last Valley. I'm obviously not counting the two pop-jazz recordings from The Lion in Winter. Finally, my initial attraction to JB's music had a lot to do with those three CBS compilations in the sixties. The photographs were shadowy, the packaging dark, and many of the themes, like The Dutchman, King Rat, The Whisperers, The Ipcress File, and Seance on a Wet Afternoon were stark, mysterious, and intimate, very much the opposite of the Bond scores. An attitude, a personality really came through in this music, and I knew I was listening to a musical voice who had something to say beyond providing a backdrop to a film.

 

1989
Name	Richard May
Age	31
Gender	M
Nationality
Place of residence	United Kingdom
"Hooked" since	1989
Music hook	The Living Daylights
1st introduced	The Living Daylights
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl
Fav. movie soundtrack	Raise the Titanic
Fav. love theme	Robin and Marian
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice Meeting in St. Sophia (From Russia with Love)
Most challenging S/T	Jagged Edge, perhaps
Most unusual theme/ST	Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Other favourites	Monte Walsh; Playing by Heart; Somewhere in Time
Additional comments	For me, From Russia With Love is just about the only "gimmick free" Bond film..no daft villain, no gadgets, just an excellent movie.

 

1966
Name	stephen matthews
Year of birth	1957
Gender	M
Nationality	UK
Place of residence	croydon uk
"Hooked" since	1966
Music hook	zulu main theme
1st introduced	vendetta theme
Oldest original recording owned	vendetta single
Fav. movie soundtrack	mary queen of scots
Fav. love theme	somewhere in time
Fav. Bond theme/score	ohmss
Most challenging S/T	the last valley
Most unusual theme/ST	dutchman
Other favourites	ll of them too many to choose
Additional comments	able to bring a tear and a rush of blood all in 35mins of music

 

1992
Name	McAdam, Angela
Year of birth	1968
Gender	F
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Croydon,Surrey
"Hooked" since	1992
Music hook
1st introduced	Somewhere in Time
Oldest original recording owned	Don't know. I'ts old. My mum gave it to me.
Fav. movie soundtrack	What a Question! Mercury Rising.
Fav. love theme	Theme to Indecent Proposal
Fav. Bond theme/score	Moonraker
Most challenging S/T	Don't know
Most unusual theme/ST	Don't think there is one
Other favourites	Somewhere in time,Hanover Street,The Specialist, Dances with Wolves and most of the Bond themes. My husband loves the theme to Zulu!
Additional comments	Would love to receive more info on John Barry and also if it is possible to get sheet music covers.

 

1983
Name	McAllister, Rory
Year of birth	1978
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Ascot, Berkshire
"Hooked" since	1983 (5 years old)
Music hook	Out of Africa, Dances With Wolves, Somewhere In Time
1st introduced	Bond Stuff
Oldest original recording owned	From Russia With Love
Fav. movie soundtrack	Moonraker
Fav. love theme	Main Title (I Had A Farm In Africa) Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	Moonraker
Most challenging S/T	Dances With Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	Ipcress File
Other favourites	Born Free! Octopussy! A View To A Kill!
Additional comments	Saw John Barry at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 28th September 2006! What a legend! Shame it was for the promotion of the new Ten Tenors Album as they 'sang' lyrics to Out of Africa and the John Dunbar Theme from Dances With Wolves which spoiled them slighty. Still, what a legend. Love the bloke! His music is so emotional and my girlfriend and I are big fans!

 

1996
Name	McCann, Chad
Year of birth	1985
Gender	M
Nationality	USA
Place of residence	Oklahoma City, OK
"Hooked" since	1996
Music hook	Somewhere in Time
1st introduced	Dances with Wolves
Oldest original recording owned	Don't know at the moment
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere in Time
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	Not a big "Bond" fan
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	[Aside from John Barry] some of my other favorites are John Williams and James Horner
Additional comments

 

1969
Name	peter mcgowan
Year of birth	1964
Gender	M
Nationality	usa
Place of residence	texas
"Hooked" since	1969
Music hook	born free
1st introduced	born free
Oldest original recording owned	out of africa
Fav. movie soundtrack	dances with wolves
Fav. love theme	buffalo hunt (theatrical version)
Fav. Bond theme/score	moonraker theme
Most challenging S/T	the specialist
Most unusual theme/ST	king rat
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1964
Name	meredith
Year of birth	1946
Gender	F
Nationality	scottish-american
Place of residence	usa
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	goldfinger
1st introduced	goldfinger
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	dances with wolves
Fav. love theme	somewhere in time
Fav. Bond theme/score	robin and Marion
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	lion in winter, moonraker,Bond themes, dances with wolves
Additional comments	as my grandson would say...he's de bomb!!! We really admire his gentle genius!! mailtitle: Information for JB website

 

1963
Name	Michael
Year of birth	1952
Gender	M
Nationality	German
Place of residence	NRW
"Hooked" since	early sixties
Music hook	All
1st introduced	James Bond Theme
Oldest original recording owned	1962
Fav. movie soundtrack	Follow Me / Tamarind Seed
Fav. love theme	We have all the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	OHMSS
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	Additional: Hello, please inform me, if new Barry CD's are available. I'm also interesting to find contact with other Barry - fans. Your Bootleg - Side is very interisting, but a good bootleg is better than a soundtrack which is never official realized. I hope, John Barry will realize in future many soundtracks from the 60's. His fans are waiting. (THE WRONG BOX) and others.

 

1964
Name	Milk, Tim
Year of birth
Gender	M
Nationality	American (Sicilian; English; German)
Place of residence	New York City
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook
1st introduced	Zulu; Goldfinger
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	I've lately been quite fascinated with the way Mr. Barry's score for Zulu combines with the sound effects, the action, the whole unity of the film and its inertia in movement towards the climax. I am curious, too, about whether the indigenous music is actually so (the Zulu marriage song, the war chants and hymns) and if it is authentically tribal or if he found himself influenced musically in this or another score. The tribal performances work so well in the film's overall texture and give his score, which seems to portray the plight of the British garrison, a poignancy that so well evokes the clash of cultures and the destruction, chaos and waste that results.

 

1977
Name	milne, gordon
Year of birth	1961
Gender	M
Nationality	scottish
Place of residence	glasgow
"Hooked" since	1977
Music hook	the james bond collection (double lp)
1st introduced	the james bond collection (double lp)
Oldest original recording owned	cutty sark 45
Fav. movie soundtrack	the last valley
Fav. love theme	indecent proposal
Fav. Bond theme/score	o.h.m.s.s.
Most challenging S/T	the lion in winter
Most unusual theme/ST	jagged edge
Other favourites	alice adventures, you only live twice, body heat, the knack
Additional comments

 

1963
Name	L. Rodolfo Molina
Age	55
Gender	M
Nationality	Guatamalan
Place of residence	Guatemala, C.A.
"Hooked" since	1963
Music hook	james Bond films
1st introduced	From Russia with Love soundtrack
Oldest original recording owned	Compilation of first 3 Bond themes
Fav. movie soundtrack	Last Valley; Legend of the Lone Ranger
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service We Have All the Time in the World
Most challenging S/T	Deadfall
Most unusual theme/ST	Legend OF The Lone Ranger
Other favourites	Moviola; Somewhere in Time, Robin and Marian
Additional comments	On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Moviola; Somewhere in Time; Goldfinger; Robin and Marian, and more

 

1998
Name	Moloney, David
Year of birth	1987
Gender	M
Nationality	Irish
Place of residence	Dublin, Ireland
"Hooked" since	1998
Music hook	A View to a Kill
1st introduced	James Bond Theme
Oldest original recording owned	From Russia With Love
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Last Valley
Fav. love theme	Wine with Stacey (A View to a Kill)
Fav. Bond theme/score	A View to a Kill" - John Barry/Duran Duran
Most challenging S/T	The Cotton Club
Most unusual theme/ST	King Rat
Other favourites	Playing By Heart, Dances With Wolves,Body Heat,Deadfall,The Lion in Winter to name a few!
Additional comments	John Barry is one of the greatest composers ever, can't wait for the new book! John Barry should be given a Knighthood!

 

1963
Name	Thom Moore († Nov. 2010)
Age	59
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	USA
"Hooked" since	1963
Music hook	Born Free
1st introduced	From Russia with Love, the movie
Oldest original recording owned	Dr. No
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere in Time
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	We Have All the Time in the World Ski Chase (from On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
Most challenging S/T	The Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	Four in the Morning
Other favourites	The Lion in Winter; Mary, Queen of Scots; The Dove; Robin and Marian; Body Heat; Out of Africa
Additional comments

 

1972
Name	carl morris
Year of birth	1961
Gender	Male
Nationality	english
Place of residence	colchester
"Hooked" since	1972
Music hook	goldfinger
1st introduced	bond themes
Oldest original recording owned	beat girl ost
Fav. movie soundtrack	quiller memorandum
Fav. love theme	dances with wolves
Fav. Bond theme/score	on her majestys secret service
Most challenging S/T	any involving awkward directors & producers ,i suppose
Most unusual theme/ST	why the duck {howard}?
Other favourites	romance for guitar and orchestra.and frankly his entire output.
Additional comments	farewell john, and thankyou for all the glorious music, that has both elevated many a film seen over the years and been a pleasure to listen to apart from their visuals.

 

1965
Name	Morris, Keith
Year of birth	1945
Gender	M
Nationality	Australian
Place of residence	Sydney, Australia
"Hooked" since	1965
Music hook	The Movie Sounds of John Barry
1st introduced	Elizabeth Taylor in London
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Mary, Queen of Scots
Fav. love theme	Indecent Proposal
Fav. Bond theme/score	Diamonds are Forever
Most challenging S/T	Jagged Edge
Most unusual theme/ST	Wednesday's Child
Other favourites	I reallly love all of JB's work; I can honestly say I have eagerly awaited to hear his latest offering and have never been disap- pointed. He has written some amazing themes with those special melodies and fantastic arrangements. A true master!
Additional comments	I can say that in my life I was fortunate in that I "discovered" John Barry early in the piece for me to enjoy his music forever after!

 

1980s
Name	Moreno, Fernando Gimenez
Year of birth	1978
Gender	M
Nationality	Spanish
Place of residence	Palma de Mallorca
"Hooked" since	Mid 1980s
Music hook	On Her Majesty's Secret Service theme on the 10th anniver- sary tape
1st introduced	Bond films
Oldest original recording owned	James Bond 10th Anniversary tape
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	Street Chase (Thunderball); The Living Daylights
Most challenging S/T	Four in the Morning
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	I love everything Barry, but for me the Bond scores are in a league of their own!
Additional comments	If I had been living during the time when JB lived on my island of Mallorca, that would have been wonderful!!!!

 

1965
Name	Morris, Keith
Year of birth	1945
Gender	M
Nationality	Australian
Place of residence	Sydney, Australia
"Hooked" since	1965
Music hook	The Movie Sounds of John Barry
1st introduced	Elizabeth Taylor in London
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Mary, Queen of Scots
Fav. love theme	Indecent Proposal
Fav. Bond theme/score	Diamonds are Forever
Most challenging S/T	Jagged Edge
Most unusual theme/ST	Wednesday's Child
Other favourites	I reallly love all of JB's work; I can honestly say I have eagerly awaited to hear his latest offering and have never been disap- pointed. He has written some amazing themes with those special melodies and fantastic arrangements. A true master!
Additional comments	I can say that in my life I was fortunate in that I "discovered" John Barry early in the piece for me to enjoy his music forever after!

 

1984
Name	Marcus (a.k.a. Mosimann)
Year of birth	1973
Gender	M
Nationality	German
Place of residence	Hanover (the city, not the street)
"Hooked" since	1984
Music hook	From Russia With Love
1st introduced	From Russia With Love (Movie)
Oldest original recording owned	7" A View To A Kill (1985)
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Specialist
Fav. love theme	If There Was A Man
Fav. Bond theme/score	Diamonds Are Forever
Most challenging S/T	Alice In Wonderland
Most unusual theme/ST	The Lion In The Winter
Other favourites	The Ipcress File, Petulia, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, King Kong, Frances, Until September
Additional comments

 

1977
Name	Moyer, Michael
Age	36
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Indianapolis, Indiana
"Hooked" since	1977
Music hook	James Bond films
1st introduced	Parents bought me several Bond sound- tracks in 1977
Oldest original recording owned	Elizabeth Taylor in London
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Mary, Queen of Scots; Follow Me; The Living Daylights
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service or Diamonds Are Forever
Most challenging S/T	Dances with Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	Jagged Edge
Other favourites	Raise the Titanic; Enigma; They Might Be Giants; Robin and Marian; Body Heat; Tamarind Seed; all Bond scores, etc.
Additional comments	I like quite a few composers, but no one can move me so much with so little effort as JB. He is simply the best, in my opinion.

 

1973
Name	Khalid Naseem
Age	41
Gender	M
Nationality	British, via N.Z.
Place of residence	Scotland
"Hooked" since	early to mid 1970s
Music hook	Alice's Adventures; The Adventurer; Persuaders; Great Mysteries, and more
1st introduced	Friend of mine introduced me; didn't realize we were listening to same music; He introduced me to other things-- by Barry and that was that!
Oldest original recording owned	Gatefold Barry collection, The Adventurer (vinyl), Bond 10 Year Collection gatefold
Fav. movie soundtrack	Monte Norman's theme; Lion in Winter; Dances With Wolves, and more
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World; If There Was a Man
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service; View to a Kill; Moonraker (track) perhaps "Ski Chase" from On Her Majesty's Secret Service or "Murder at the Fair" from The Living Daylights
Most challenging S/T	Born Free
Most unusual theme/ST	Jagged Edge
Other favourites	Midnight Cowboy; Somewhere in Time; Until September; Frances; Hammett; Last Valley; Across the Sea of Time, and more
Additional comments

 

1990
Name	nick
Year of birth	1974
Gender	M
Nationality	united kingdom
Place of residence	llangollen
"Hooked" since	1990
Music hook	midnight cowdoy
1st introduced	buy friend
Oldest original recording owned	walk donte run.7 inch columbia recordings.1960
Fav. movie soundtrack	dances with wolves, walkbout
Fav. love theme	the dove, the appointment, out of africa, indecent proposal
Fav. Bond theme/score	the man with the golden gun
Most challenging S/T	dances with wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	christine (??webmaster??)
Other favourites	mister moses, hanover street, monte walsh, the lion in winter, born free. i would say all of his music is special. and very beautiful and warm.
Additional comments	thank you very much for the music that u have written. the amount of times that people come up and ask, what's this piece of music, and i say it's john barry and they go, how. if they don't know how he is now then there's no point in explaining, well just say bond and they go oh yeah, i do hope that he puts together a new album of his own. the beyondness of things was a lovely warm feeling album, and eternal echos was sweet. calming to the point of frozen. thank u very much john, i do hope to get to one of your concerts, one day i hope. just waiting for your book now, a life in music. the website is good. it's nice to see that someone has put the time and care to a good website. thank you very much. i will be in touch to find out any new info.

 

19
Name	Neusa, Maria Gentil Jorge
Year of birth	1949
Gender	F
Nationality	Brazilian
Place of residence	Florianopolis - Santa Catarina
"Hooked" since	1982
Music hook	Somewhere in Time
1st introduced	Somewhere in Time
Oldest original recording owned	Somewhere in Time
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere in Time
Fav. love theme	Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	Goldfinger
Most challenging S/T	Indecent Proposal
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Dances with Wolves, James Bond Themes, Born Free
Additional comments	I love John Barry and I have many CDs. I'd like to get an album with all his songs. Does it exist?

 

1960's
Name	O'Connor, Peter
Year of birth	1948
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	West Midlands
"Hooked" since	1960's
Music hook	Backing Adam Faith
1st introduced	As above
Oldest original recording owned	Ready When You Are: JB
Fav. movie soundtrack	Ipcress File
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score	From Russia With Love
Most challenging S/T	Dances With Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	Lion in Winter
Other favourites	Anything he writes!
Additional comments	I'd love to see him conduct a concert.

 

1990
Name	olivares nuñez, alejandra
Year of birth	1969
Gender	F
Nationality	chilean
Place of residence	valparaiso
"Hooked" since	the year of dance with wolves
Music hook	somewhere in time
1st introduced	somewhere in time
Oldest original recording owned	raise the titanic
Fav. movie soundtrack	frances
Fav. love theme	two socks at play ,but this is also a love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score	moonraker
Most challenging S/T	frances because its dark
Most unusual theme/ST	king kong
Other favourites	all john barry do likes me, he read my mind and listen to
Additional comments

 

1975
Name	Oliver
Year of birth	1969
Gender	M
Nationality	German / French
Place of residence	France
"Hooked" since	mid 70's
Music hook	the persuaders / the adventurer
1st introduced	the persuaders
Oldest original recording owned	the ipcress file (decca vinyl) + the whisperers (united artists vinyl)
Fav. movie soundtrack	walkabout
Fav. love theme	everything by Barry is love...
Fav. Bond theme/score	moonraker
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Orson Welles great mysteries, this way Mary, Boom !, Lolita, the tamarind seed, 007 and counting, fancy dance, the lion in winter.
Additional comments

 

1971
Name	Olson, Mike
Year of birth	1963
Gender	M
Nationality	white
Place of residence	santa rosa calif near san francisco
"Hooked" since	1971
Music hook	diamonds are forever title song the power of Shirley's voice really hit a nerve with me even at age 8
1st introduced	james bond music
Oldest original recording owned	some john barry 7 recordings
Fav. movie soundtrack	he used a lot of varieties and styles in Chaplin his chaplinesque cues were fun to listen too
Fav. love theme	out of africa main theme
Fav. Bond theme/score	the brass sax mix with orhestra really gave this a noir saultry sound
Most challenging S/T	mercury rising had some key moments but it really fell flat at some points
Most unusual theme/ST	barry always seemed to come up with an innovative and evokative theme especially in his earlier years he seemed to experiment more. his more recent work has been has been less inspiring yet evokes that Barry touch that no other composer can offer . he really evokes a mood that comes from the heart and soul.
Other favourites	lion in winter was a classic score from Barry. I love early Bond scores my favorite themes from Bond are you only live twice and on her majesty secret service. Shirley sings goldfinger like nobody else can
Additional comments	As I mentioned John Barry is a master of the soul and evoking a mood unlike any other composer working in film. His mastery of melody and lyrism is what made his scores so powerful. the low brass and strings with string harmonies and a counter melody that flowed with the main thematic material so well it drove the drama and flavour of the movie.

 

1965
Name	ord, ivan
Year of birth	1961
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	blyth. north-d
"Hooked" since	'65
Music hook	you only live twice
1st introduced	from russia with love
Oldest original recording owned	the bond collection
Fav. movie soundtrack	somewhere in time
Fav. love theme	the old lady / elise's theme and all the right places.
Fav. Bond theme/score	somewhere in time (is not a Bond theme, ed.)
Most challenging S/T	zulu
Most unusual theme/ST	the persuaders.
Other favourites	raise the titanic. the black hole. zulu. dances with wolves. out of africa. indecent proposal. goldfinger. on her majesty's secret service. king kong. the deep. the living daylights. chaplin.
Additional comments	from beginning to present, john barry was and still is a genious, with a great knack and an ear for producing splendid music, not just film scores. "the beyondness of things" is a prime example. it has heart and character of its own. He's been an insperation to many other composers that came after. john barry can turn his hand to any genre; an action film can have plenty of pace, while a sad film is full of sorrow. his score give any film the heart to take it along. The story may be the brain to a film, but his scores are the soul. the thing that has interested me about his music is that he's put his gift to any media, films,advertisements and tv. i particularly love the themes that have more than one to the title or end title, like chaplin for instance, or raise the titanic. it manages to add to the film's greatness. i can honestly say that i love his music with a passion, and probably will until the day i die.

 

19
Name	Overveldt, Ron van
Age	36
Gender	M
Nationality	Dutch
Place of residence	Utrecht, Netherlands
"Hooked" since	1978/79
Music hook	Saw re-run of From Russia with Love-found opening titles very special
1st introduced	Listenting to Bond scores my brother was playing
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl (re-issue); From Russia with Love (mono); Zulu; Goldfinger (mono)
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Lion in Winter
Fav. love theme	Love theme from Dances With Wolves
Fav. Bond theme/score	Goldfinger
Most challenging S/T	The Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	Jagged Edge; Bells
Other favourites	Deadfall; Last Valley; Mary Queen of Scots; Frances; all Barry-Bond music; The Knack; Body Heat; Boom!; Hammet; Chaplin, and more.
Additional comments

 

1976
Name	Paige, Enos
Year of birth	1958
Gender	M
Nationality	black
Place of residence	rochester ny
"Hooked" since	1976
Music hook	the deep with donna summer singing
1st introduced	76
Oldest original recording owned	none
Fav. movie soundtrack	the deep
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	the last time i heard the deep it was on 8track is it on cd if so where can i get at i been looking for a long time thanks

 

1960
Name	Parker Mace, Raymond
Year of birth	1946
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	UK/USA
"Hooked" since	1960
Music hook	Walkabout
1st introduced	Walk Don't Run
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl
Fav. movie soundtrack	Out of Africa
Fav. love theme	We have all the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	Playing by Heart [?? ed.]
Most challenging S/T	Chaplin
Most unusual theme/ST	Wrong Box
Other favourites	Somewhere in Time, Playing by Heart, Deadfall, Born Free
Additional comments	Having the good fortune to see, hear and meet Barry twice at the Albert Hall, I can confirm that he is without question a man in a class of his own.

 

1960
Name	Parker Mace, Raymond
Year of birth	1946
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	UK/USA
"Hooked" since	1960
Music hook	Walkabout
1st introduced	Walk Don't Run
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl
Fav. movie soundtrack	Out of Africa
Fav. love theme	We have all the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	Playing by Heart [?? ed.]
Most challenging S/T	Chaplin
Most unusual theme/ST	Wrong Box
Other favourites	Somewhere in Time, Playing by Heart, Deadfall, Born Free
Additional comments	Having the good fortune to see, hear and meet Barry twice at the Albert Hall, I can confirm that he is without question a man in a class of his own.

 

1983
Name	Patrick, Christopher
Year of birth	1962
Gender	M
Nationality	Australian
Place of residence	Queensland
"Hooked" since	1983
Music hook	the signature cello and harp arpeggios
1st introduced	The Last Valley
Oldest original recording owned	Born Free
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Lion In Winter, Frances
Fav. love theme	Jagged Edge
Fav. Bond theme/score	Moonraker
Most challenging S/T	King Kong
Most unusual theme/ST	The White Buffalo
Other favourites	The Last Valley, The Ipcress File, Somewhere In Time, King Kong, The Living Daylights, Cry The Beloved Country, Enigma
Additional comments	The valley theme from The Last Valley first awakened my deep and lasting appreciation of John Barry's music. My mother was a big movie buff, introducing me as a young child to that & other Barry films like Zulu & The Lion In Winter. Years later I studied cello and sought out these soundtracks while at college. That was when the floodgates well and truly opened. I love Barry's signature style of giving the cellos and harp broken chords or arpeggios, adding a rich extra layer to the main melodic themes and countermelodies (Frances and Out Of Africa both good examples). I miss JB's gift of melody in the scores of today ... I'd love him to score one more Bond to show the others how it's done.

 

1992
Name	Patrick
Year of birth	1975
Gender	M
Nationality	Dutch
Place of residence	Etten-Leur, Brabant
"Hooked" since	1992
Music hook	Started with Bond Soundtracks
1st introduced	A View To A Kill
Oldest original recording owned	Goldfinger
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances With Wolves
Fav. love theme	Robin & Marian Love Theme
Fav. Bond theme/score	The Living Daylights
Most challenging S/T	The Chase
Most unusual theme/ST	Jagged Edge
Other favourites	The Ipcres File; Ruby Cairo; King Kong; The Chase; Body Heat; Hammett; The Lion In Winter and many many more!
Additional comments	John Barry should definitely replace David Arnold, cause David doesn't got the Bond charm at all! and I also hope that Mr Barry comes back soon to compose the music for a new film.

 

1978
Name	Patrik
Year of birth	1952
Gender	M
Nationality	Francaise
Place of residence	Menton - France
"Hooked" since	1978
Music hook	James Bond Theme
1st introduced	You only live twice
Oldest original recording owned	You only live twice
Fav. movie soundtrack	Body Heat
Fav. love theme	Out Of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T	Last Valley
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	All
Additional comments	For me, music is John Barry!

 

1990
Name	Paul
Year of birth	1934
Gender	M
Nationality	Canadian
Place of residence	Burlington, Ontario
"Hooked" since	1990
Music hook	Soft -ie The Beyondness of Things
1st introduced	James Bond
Oldest original recording owned	Moviola
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	If There was a man
Fav. Bond theme/score	Diamonds are Forever
Most challenging S/T	Enigma
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Collecting as many JB CD's as I can find.
Additional comments

 

1998
Name	Peckham, Levi
Year of birth	1976
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Minneapolis, MN, USA
"Hooked" since	1998
Music hook	From Russia with Love
1st introduced	Berklee College of Music; Film Music History
Oldest original recording owned	Mono vinyl versions of 007 soundtracks, beginning with From Russia with Love
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World; You Only Live Twice
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Moviola, because I love the originals (and the original tempos) so much more.
Most unusual theme/ST	Howard the Duck - Yuck!
Other favourites	All 007 scores, particularly From Russia with Love and On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Additional comments	Looking forward to the updated version of "A Life in Music" -- awesome, informative site.

 

2002
Name	Pekka
Year of birth	1989
Gender	M
Nationality	Finland
Place of residence	Helsinki
"Hooked" since	2002
Music hook	A View To A Kill Soundtrack
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	A View To A Kill
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score	A View To A Kill, Golden Gate Fight, Airship To Silicon Valley
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1972
Name	Penberthy, Noel
Year of birth	1960
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Hartlepool UK
"Hooked" since	1972
Music hook	Goldfinger
1st introduced	TV Commercials sunsilk Persuaders etc Cinema trips
Oldest original recording owned	Goldfinger original uk LP
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances With Wolves
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score	007
Most challenging S/T	White buffalo
Most unusual theme/ST	Starcrash
Other favourites	Zulu Ipcriss File, Follow Me, The Chase, You Oly Live Twice, Everything really
Additional comments	Ive been a fan for a long time now, i had the pleasure to meet the great man in London years ago, with Robert Wood. A true gentleman and a master of the art sadly i missed the last concert and hopefully there will be another one soon. Got the new Bonds on dvd for Christmas superb in 5.1

 

1972
Name	Pepper, David
Year of birth	1962
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Exeter
"Hooked" since	1972
Music hook	Diamonds are Forever
1st introduced	Diamonds are Forever
Oldest original recording owned	Best of Bond
Fav. movie soundtrack	OHMSS
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	The Last Valley (that's not Bond! rr)
Most challenging S/T	Walkabout
Most unusual theme/ST	Monkey Feathers
Other favourites	Raise the Titanic, Dances with Wolves, Goldfinger, Playing By Heart
Additional comments

 

1967
Name	Phillips, James
Year of birth	1958
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	New York
"Hooked" since	1967
Music hook	You Only Live Twice
1st introduced	Goldfinger
Oldest original recording owned	Thunderball lp
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Lion in Winter
Fav. love theme	Love Among the Ruins
Fav. Bond theme/score	OHMSS
Most challenging S/T	Dances with Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	The Black Hole
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1985
Name	Piedad, Jorge de la
Age	32
Gender	M
Nationality	Spanish
Place of residence	Bilbao, Spain
"Hooked" since	1985
Music hook	A View to a Kill
1st introduced	Bond films on TV
Oldest original recording owned	Goldfinger
Fav. movie soundtrack	Chaplin
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World - Sail the Summer Winds
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Hammett
Most unusual theme/ST	The Deep
Other favourites	All Bond scores; The Me I Never Knew; Dances with Wolves; The Persuaders; The Tamarind Seed; Robin and Marian; The Specialist; The Corn is Green (theme); Until September (the difficult task is choosing none!)
Additional comments	Barry back on a Bond film? Who knows? Ms. Broccoli, WAKE UP!

 

1989
Name	Pietrzkowski, Janusz
Age	24
Gender	M
Nationality	Polish
Place of residence	Lódz, Poland
"Hooked" since	1989
Music hook	Bond films
1st introduced	One of the classic Bond films
Oldest original recording owned	Goldfinger (not remastered - '88)
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	Indecent Proposal
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	The Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	The Jagged Edge
Other favourites	Chaplin; Midnight Cowboy; Raise the Titanic; The Persuaders; You Only Live Twice; The Last Valley; Somewhere in Time; Body Heat; A View to a Kill; The Living Daylights; The Specialist; The Beyondness of Things; Eternal Echoes; Playing by Heart; The Cotton Club; Ruby Cairo; Out of Africa; High Road to China; King Kong, and many more….
Additional comments	What can I say? John Barry is the greatest composer on the planet!

 

1957
Name	Pitwell, Iain
Year of birth	1944
Gender	M
Nationality	british
Place of residence	Woking, surrey
"Hooked" since	1957
Music hook	rodeo
1st introduced	rodeo
Oldest original recording owned	The big beat ep
Fav. movie soundtrack	From russia with love
Fav. love theme	the girl with the sun in her hair
Fav. Bond theme/score	the chase
Most challenging S/T	the chase
Most unusual theme/ST	the whisperers
Other favourites	The ipcress file, dances with wolves, All Bond tracks, I also have a great fondness for Stringbeat.
Additional comments	Truly the greatest film music composer of all time, I Am fortunate to know Les Reed and almost met JB at his daughter Donnas wedding, but JB was sick and did not attend, I was gutted at the time !!!

 

1960
Name	povey, roy
Year of birth	1944
Gender	M
Nationality	british
Place of residence	sittingbourne
"Hooked" since	1960
Music hook	hit and miss
1st introduced	bees knees
Oldest original recording owned	hit and miss
Fav. movie soundtrack	the man with the golden gun
Fav. love theme	out of africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	moonraker
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1990
Name	prabhakar p
Year of birth	1977
Gender	M
Nationality	Indian
Place of residence	Bangalore, India
"Hooked" since	1990
Music hook	James Bond Theme
1st introduced	Born Free
Oldest original recording owned	James Bond Theme
Fav. movie soundtrack	Midnight Cowboy
Fav. love theme	Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	You only live twice
Most challenging S/T	King Rat
Most unusual theme/ST	The Deep
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

19Late seventies
Name	Nigel Preece
Year of birth	1965
Gender	Male
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Aldridge, West Midlands
"Hooked" since	Late seventies
Music hook	Space March
1st introduced	The Persuaders
Oldest original recording owned	Zulu
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dead heat between Deadfall, and bonds frm Thunderball to On her Majestys ...
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score	Thunderball to On her Majestys . . .
Most challenging S/T	Dances with Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	The Cool Mikado
Other favourites	King Rat, The Knack, Zulu, Seance on a wet Afternoon, Mary Queen of Scots, The Deep, Lion in Winter, Lone Ranger, The Chase, The Living Daylights, Moonraker, A View to a Kill, The Specialist, (need I go on).
Additional comments	His music spoke to you. It knocked me cold, and made both cry and smile, it made my hairs stand on back of my neck, and my nerves jingle with excitement.

 

2004
Name	Price, Peter
Year of birth	1971
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Birmingham
"Hooked" since	2004
Music hook
1st introduced	James Bond theme
Oldest original recording owned	Only own CDs
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	Chinese Wedding theme
Fav. Bond theme/score	Ipcress File main theme.
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	I also like the 60s John Barry Seven music.
Additional comments	My appreciation grows with every new soundtrack I buy.

 

1971
Name	pursey, james
Year of birth	1962
Gender	M
Nationality	british
Place of residence	london
"Hooked" since	1971
Music hook	diamonds are forever
1st introduced	diamonds are forever
Oldest original recording owned	goldfinger motion picture score
Fav. movie soundtrack	king kong
Fav. love theme	out of africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	you only live twice
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	somewhere in time
Additional comments	Will 'King Kong' ever come out on CD?

 

1982
Name	Pyne, Amanda
Year of birth	1967
Gender	F
Nationality	English
Place of residence	London
"Hooked" since	1982
Music hook	The Persuaders
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned	Moonraker
Fav. movie soundtrack	Midnight Cowboy
Fav. love theme	Fun City - Midnight Cowboy
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	The Lion In Winter
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Early Bonds, Dances With Wolves, Out Of Africa
Additional comments	I love his distinctive use of brass and strings. Very happy to hear his influences in other composer's work e.g David Arnold

 

1981
Name	Pyne, Danny
Year of birth	1967
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	London
"Hooked" since	1981
Music hook	Theme from The Persuaders
1st introduced	Old '45s
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl LP (signed)
Fav. movie soundtrack	Deadfall; The Lion in Winter; and Playing by Heart
Fav. love theme	"Fun City" from Midnight Cowboy
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	The Last Valley
Most unusual theme/ST	The Deep; The Knack; This Way Mary; The Beyondness of Things; Wednesday's Child; Walkabout (the mandolin version)
Other favourites
Additional comments	A new live album, please, JB!

 

1991
Name	Leo R.
Age	22
Gender	M
Nationality
Place of residence	Netherlands
"Hooked" since	1991
Music hook	James Bond 007
1st introduced	007 movies on television
Oldest original recording owned	LP- The Persuaders CD - The Living Daylights From Russia With Love (CD re-release)
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	We Have all the Time in the World; Robin and Marian
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service Gumbold's safe break; flight into space
Most challenging S/T	Keeping a straight face while scoring Game of Death, Starcrash, Moonraker, Howard the Duck, etc.
Most unusual theme/ST	Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Other favourites	Walkabout; Robin and Marian; The Last Valley; Ruby Cairo; Chaplin; Indecent Proposal
Additional comments

 

1959
Name	Raggett, Stephen
Year of birth	1954
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Wokingham
"Hooked" since	1959
Music hook	Dances with Wolves
1st introduced	Goldfinger
Oldest original recording owned	Zulu
Fav. movie soundtrack	Goldfinger
Fav. love theme	Dances with Wolves
Fav. Bond theme/score	A View To a Kill
Most challenging S/T	Out Of Africa
Most unusual theme/ST	Body Heat
Other favourites	Thunderball, You only live Twice, The Lion in Winter, Born Free, Zulu, Rraise the Titanic, On her Majest's Secret services
Additional comments	You are the best composer of all time and you are my fav

 

1969
Name	Ragheb, Mohamed
Year of birth	1960
Gender	M
Nationality	Canadian
Place of residence	Toronto, Ontario
"Hooked" since	1969
Music hook	Bond soundtracks
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere in Time
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1977
Name	Jose Ramirez
Age	39
Gender	M
Nationality
Place of residence	Spain
"Hooked" since	1977
Music hook	Robin and Marian; Goldfinger; Diamonds are Forever
1st introduced	Seeing Bond movies
Oldest original recording owned	LPs- Dr. No and From Russia with Love
Fav. movie soundtrack	Robin and Marian; Body Heat
Fav. love theme	Robin and Marian
Fav. Bond theme/score	Diamonds Are Forever; All Time High; Goldfinger; We Have All the Time in the World That's My Little Octopussy; Into Vienna
Most challenging S/T	Dances with Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	Bells
Other favourites	All of his scores, less "Boom!"
Additional comments

 

1973
Name	Raul
Year of birth	1957
Gender	M
Nationality	argentine
Place of residence	Buenos Aires
"Hooked" since	1973
Music hook	The persuaders theme
1st introduced	Born free
Oldest original recording owned	Man in the middle
Fav. movie soundtrack	Out of africa
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in time
Fav. Bond theme/score	on her majestic secret service
Most challenging S/T	the last valley
Most unusual theme/ST	inside moves
Other favourites	Follow me, Tamarind seed, Wrong box, Quiller memorandum, Cry of the beloved country
Additional comments	He is a master and I hope he composes a new score soon.

 

1975
Name	Steve Rawdon
Age	51
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	New Zealand
"Hooked" since	1975
Music hook	The Dove soundtrack
1st introduced	Seeing The Dove on British Airways
Oldest original recording owned	Born Free LP
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	Love theme from Dances with Wolves
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service We Have All lthe Time in the World
Most challenging S/T	Dances with Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	Howard the Duck
Other favourites	Raise the Titanic; Somewhere in Time; Born Free; Across the Sea of Time and more.
Additional comments	There are just so many pieces, it's hard to be specific. I love the John Dunbar theme and Two Socks at Play from Dances with Wolves

 

1967
Name	Reeve, Nicolas
Year of birth	1959
Gender	M
Nationality	british
Place of residence	Matawan, NJ, USA
"Hooked" since	1967
Music hook	goldfinger
1st introduced	zulu
Oldest original recording owned	not shure
Fav. movie soundtrack	ipcress file
Fav. love theme	somewhere in time
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1965
Name	Reeves, Gordon
Age	40+
Gender	M
Nationality
Place of residence	Buffalo, New York
"Hooked" since	1965
Music hook	The Chateau Fight
1st introduced	Thunderball
Oldest original recording owned	Unable to verify
Fav. movie soundtrack	You Only Live Twice; The Lion in Winter; Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Too many to mention, but eventually I'll share more…
Additional comments	As a writer for The Hollywood Reporter in the late '70s, I had the paramount pleasure(s) of meeting John, attending the premier of "Moonraker, catching up with him the next day at his home for an in-depth interview; attending the scoring sessions for "Night Games" and "Somewhere in Time" and found out, first-hand, that John's not only a world-class talent but a world-class human being.

 

1979
Name	Reid, James
Age	32
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Nottingham
"Hooked" since	1979
Music hook	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1st introduced	OHMSS on television
Oldest original recording owned	Dr. No
Fav. movie soundtrack	Any of the Bond scores done by Barry; The Deep; Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	The Last Valley
Most unusual theme/ST	The Deep
Other favourites	Anything Barry has done turns to excitement--TV and movies just unreal
Additional comments	The man is a god when it comes to scores. May he carry on for years to come and bring us much musical joy.

 

1980s
Name	Richards, Leigh
Age	37
Gender	M
Nationality	Welsh/British
Place of residence	Swansea, Wales
"Hooked" since	early 1980s
Music hook	Walkabout
1st introduced	TV Screening of You Only Live Twice -1977
Oldest original recording owned	Moviola
Fav. movie soundtrack	Walkabout
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	Deadfall/ Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	A few--won't mention here
Other favourites	King Kong love theme; Robin & Marian love theme; Out of Africa theme; Persuaders theme; The Deep; Midnight Cowboy theme; They Might Be Giants; The Last Valley
Additional comments	JB's up there with the other greats of film music scoring, Ennio Morricone and Miklos Rosza! Any JB fan will have films for which he composed the music among their favorite movies--a sure sign of a "Barry devotee!"

 

1968
Name	John Rock
Age	55
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Utah, USA
"Hooked" since	1968
Music hook	The Girl with the Sun in Her Hair
1st introduced	Roommate plays John Barry LP at Univ. of Florida
Oldest original recording owned	No original recordings-all recent
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Living Daylights
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	We Have All the Time in the World; Theme when Kara is apprehended during the Living Daylights
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST	Closing theme from Moonraker the fast version by Shirley Bassey
Other favourites	Wolf Theme and Love Theme from Dances with Wolves
Additional comments	My wife is a peach for doing all this work--actually I wrote that (Judy)

 

20..
Name	Judy Rock
Age	won't tell
Gender	American
Nationality	Utah, USA
Place of residence	Not hooked yet but getting there
"Hooked" since
Music hook	Married John Rock
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned	Same as above
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Living Daylights
Fav. love theme	Variation on If There Was a Man when Bond awaits Kara to the symphony hall in the rain--highly romantic and sexually charged, from a woman's point of view
Fav. Bond theme/score	Body Heat -- very provocative
Most challenging S/T	Dances with Wolves
Most unusual theme/ST	Don't know-just a neophyte
Other favourites	We Have All the Time in the World; Midnight Cowboy (one of the first Barry songs I learned to play on piano)
Additional comments	I'm your loyal survey composer--great learning exper. re: Barry, and you may just get me hooked yet.

 

19
Name	Rodrigues, Stewart
Age	56
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Tasmania, Australia
"Hooked" since	1960
Music hook	James Bond theme and as backing for Adam Faith
1st introduced	Event-music at a teenage party
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl
Fav. movie soundtrack	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Fav. love theme	Girl with the Sun in Her Hair
Fav. Bond theme/score	Main Bond theme
Most challenging S/T	Out of Africa, Stringbeat
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1985
Name	Rodriguez, Jose Maria
Year of birth	1977
Gender	M
Nationality	Spain
Place of residence	Madrid
"Hooked" since	somewhere along the mid-eighties?
Music hook	'Out of Africa' + 'You Only Live Twice'
1st introduced	You Only Live Twice
Oldest original recording owned	Out of Africa Vinyl
Fav. movie soundtrack	Out of Africa
Fav. love theme	Can't Decide, It's Impossible!
Fav. Bond theme/score	The Living Daylights
Most challenging S/T	The Beyondness of Things (The Horse Whisperer that should have been)
Most unusual theme/ST	The Whisperers
Other favourites	Everything that started a bit after the 'John Barry Seven' era.
Additional comments	I like a number of film composers (Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Basil Poledouris, Vangelis...even the early James Horner at times), but none of them do to my insides what JB does. It's electricity coursing through the whole body. It's Majestic, sweeping. I just can't get enough.

 

1985
Name	Roosendael, Chris Van
Year of birth	1972
Gender	M
Nationality	Belgian
Place of residence	Antwerp
"Hooked" since	1985
Music hook	A view to a kill
1st introduced	A view to a kill
Oldest original recording owned	A view to a kill, The living Daylights
Fav. movie soundtrack	From Russia With love
Fav. love theme	A view to a kill
Fav. Bond theme/score	A view to a kill , The living daylights, If there... waltz
Most challenging S/T	Out Of Africa
Most unusual theme/ST	Dances with wolves
Other favourites	Everything he has made
Additional comments	All those chords movements in "A view to a kill...", in a superb manner.John Barry fans are also welcome to visit my site. I write also music, songs and symphonic themes! www.freewebs.com/chrisvanroosendael

 

1997
Name	ross, andrew
Year of birth	1978
Gender	M
Nationality	british
Place of residence	southampton
"Hooked" since	1997
Music hook	you only live twice
1st introduced	ipcress file
Oldest original recording owned	goldfinger
Fav. movie soundtrack	a view to a kill
Fav. love theme	all the time in the world
Fav. Bond theme/score	you only live twice
Most challenging S/T	hit and miss
Most unusual theme/ST	hit and miss
Other favourites	the girl with the sun in her hair, moonraker, beat fot the beatniks, the living daylights, the ipcress file, 'bond look alike' from octopussy
Additional comments	nobody does it better than the Barry. David Arnold is the next best thing tho, and long may he continue with future Bond scores. I am amazed that he gets dissed for sounding too much like Barry, and then gets dissed when he does not sound enough like him.

 

19
Name	Roth, Michael
Year of birth	1955
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Cleveland, Ohio
"Hooked" since	1980
Music hook	Somewhere In Time
1st introduced	Body Heat
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere in Time
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	Somewhere in Time (?)
Most challenging S/T	Peggy Sue Got Married
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Peggy Sue Got Married, Body Heat, Dances with Wolves, Swept from the Sea
Additional comments

 

1974
Name	Rozemeyer, Ruud (webmaster)
Year of birth	1959
Gender	M
Nationality	Dutch
Place of residence	Beverwijk, The Netherlands
"Hooked" since	1974
Music hook	Thunderball in cinema (repeat) followed by The Man With the Golden Gun
1st introduced	Thunderball in cinema; but had heard Goldfinger, Midnight Cowboy, Born Free on radio; heard "Florida Fantasy" as a tv theme on Dutch TV; Orson Welles' Great Mysteries; all without realising at first
Oldest original recording owned	Dr. No, From Russia With Love LPs.
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Last Valley
Fav. love theme	The Last Valley Theme, "To Love And Be Loved", sung by Corina Brouder
Fav. Bond theme/score	OHMSS, The Living Daylights
Most challenging S/T	The Lion in Winter; The Last Valley
Most unusual theme/ST	Jagged Edge (very good!); Bells; Dutchman; Mr. Moses (from what I know from Silva collection)
Other favourites	On Her Majesty's Secret Service; The Living Daylights; Body Heat; Americans (non-soundtrack); Playing by Heart; Hammett
Additional comments

 

2002
Name	Russell
Year of birth	1981
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Sheffield, England
"Hooked" since	2002
Music hook	Raise the Titanic
1st introduced	1989 with "Raise the Titanic"
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances with Wolves
Fav. love theme	Love Theme from Dances with Wolves
Fav. Bond theme/score	The Living Daylights
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST	"Elegy" from Eternal Echoes
Other favourites	Moonraker; Raise the Titanic; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Out of Africa; Moviola; A View to a Kill
Additional comments

 

1962
Name	Russell, Roger
Year of birth	1945
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Houston, Texas, USA
"Hooked" since	1962
Music hook	Goldfinger
1st introduced	Goldfinger
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances With Wolves
Fav. love theme	Hanover Street
Fav. Bond theme/score	Out of Africa
Most challenging S/T	Zulu
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites	Somewhere in Time; The Last Valley; Born Free; Eleanor and Franklin; The Lion in Winter; Enigma; Sheesh! All of them.
Additional comments	Lost my first love of 32 years and almost my life when she died. Found a new love and remarried five years ago, a sheltered girl who didn't know John Barry. What a pleasure to introduce her. It was love at first sound for her. We have gone to sleep every night of our five year marriage to the sound track "Out of Africa". I think she loves John Barry more than me.

 

19
Name	Ryan
Year of birth	1987
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Fort Wayne, IN
"Hooked" since	1998
Music hook	You Only Live Twice
1st introduced	The opening to You Only Live Twice
Oldest original recording owned	From Russia with Love
Fav. movie soundtrack	You Only Live Twice
Fav. love theme	We Have All The Time In The World
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice and Diamonds are Forever
Most challenging S/T	Jagged Edge
Most unusual theme/ST	Mr.Wint and Mr.Kidd from Diamonds are Forever
Other favourites	Goldfinger, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Diamonds are Forever, Moonraker, A View to a Kill, and The Living Daylights. And Out of Africa, Somewhere in Time, and The Whisperers.
Additional comments	I really miss John Barry's touch with the Bond films. I hope he comes back to them soon.

 

1999
Name	Saavedra, Fernando
Year of birth	1969
Gender	M
Nationality	Mexicano
Place of residence	Monterrey, México
"Hooked" since	1999
Music hook	The Living Daylights
1st introduced	Out of Africa
Oldest original recording owned	Dr. No
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere in Time; Alternate End Titles from The Living Daylights
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time; End Titles from The Living Daylights
Fav. Bond theme/score	Moonraker; The Living Daylights
Most challenging S/T	The Whisperers
Most unusual theme/ST	Dutchman
Other favourites	Until September; King Kong; Walkabout; Cry, the Beloved Country; Mercury Rising, The Beyondness of Thing
Additional comments	I love especially the music of the period between 1976-today

 

1970
Name	Sadowitz, Jerry
Year of birth	1961
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	London
"Hooked" since	1970
Music hook	The Persuaders; Girl with the Sun in Her Hair
1st introduced
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Mary, Queen of Scots
Fav. love theme	The Appointment
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Diamonds Are Forever
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

1971
Name	Vincent Sandfort
Age	45
Gender	M
Nationality	Dutch
Place of residence	Netherlands
"Hooked" since	1971
Music hook	The Persuaders Girl with the Sun in Her Hair
1st introduced	The Persuaders Goldfinger at the movies
Oldest original recording owned	Dr. No
Fav. movie soundtrack	Body Heat
Fav. love theme	Lolita
Fav. Bond theme/score	Diamonds are Forever 007 and Counting
Most challenging S/T	The Last Valley
Most unusual theme/ST	Moon Buggy Ride from Diamonds Are Forever
Other favourites	Beat Girl; Petulia; Raise the Titanic; The Knack; Walkabout
Additional comments

 

2005
Name	santos, juno
Year of birth	1988
Gender	M
Nationality	Filipino
Place of residence	Manila
"Hooked" since	2005
Music hook	Somewhere In Time, Out Of Africa
1st introduced	Somewhere In Time
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere In Time
Fav. love theme	Somewhere In Time
Fav. Bond theme/score
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	JB Rocks!

 

1988
Name	Sarah
Year of birth	1973
Gender	F
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Warwick
"Hooked" since	1988
Music hook	The Persuaders
1st introduced	The Persuaders
Oldest original recording owned	Dr No Soundtrack
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Lion in Winter
Fav. love theme	Try
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Deadfall
Most unusual theme/ST	Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Other favourites	The Knack, Thunderball, King Rat, Beyondness of Things, Eternal Echoes, The Black Hole, Walk Dont Run.... I could go on... all of them!!
Additional comments

 

1972
Name	Saragossi, Steve
Year of birth	1960
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Australia
"Hooked" since	1972
Music hook	The Persuaders!
1st introduced	The Persuaders! LP
Oldest original recording owned	Stringbeat
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Lion in Winter
Fav. love theme	The More Things Change
Fav. Bond theme/score	OHMSS
Most challenging S/T	The White Buffalo
Most unusual theme/ST	Dutchman
Other favourites	Diamonds Are Forever, The Knack, The Ipcress File, Walkabout, Follow Me, The Last Valley, Mary Queen of Scots
Additional comments	Barry's work in the 60's is still a major part of my listening now. His output then was almost unequalled in it's sheer joy, energy, and Barry's ear for a heartbreaking chord change. His gift for arranging then was superb, and his output in film, theratre and tv commercials constantly surprising and so rewarding on repeat listening.

 

1987
Name	Silva, Luis Miguel
Year of birth	1977
Gender	M
Nationality	Portuguese
Place of residence	Lisbon
"Hooked" since	1987
Music hook	Body Heat
1st introduced	The Living Daylights
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Dances With Wolves
Fav. love theme	Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	The Living Daylights
Most challenging S/T	Last Valley
Most unusual theme/ST	Somewhere in Time
Other favourites	All the Bond scores
Additional comments

 

1970
Name	Simone
Year of birth	1967
Gender	M
Nationality	Italian
Place of residence	Rome
"Hooked" since	1970
Music hook	James Bond Music
1st introduced	James Bond Music
Oldest original recording owned
Fav. movie soundtrack	Diamonds Are Forever
Fav. love theme
Fav. Bond theme/score	Diamonds Are Forever
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments	I cannot find the complete score of "Quiller Memorandum". Please, tell me how can I buy it.

 

1977
Name	Singer, Reinhold
Year of birth	1960
Gender	M
Nationality	Austria
Place of residence	Ternitz, Lower Austria
"Hooked" since	1977
Music hook
1st introduced	The Deep
Oldest original recording owned	The Deep Blue Vinyl
Fav. movie soundtrack	Somewhere In Time
Fav. love theme	We Have All The Time In The World
Fav. Bond theme/score	Moonraker
Most challenging S/T	Boom
Most unusual theme/ST	Boom
Other favourites	The Deep, Body Heat, Frances
Additional comments

 

1985
Name	Kennedy Singleton
Year of birth	1963
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Seattle, Washington
"Hooked" since	1985....after seeing Out Of Africa
Music hook	Out Of Africa.......after that I was a collector for life
1st introduced	Born Free, James Bond
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl, most 60's material
Fav. movie soundtrack	High Road To China.......and many others
Fav. love theme	Indecent Proposal, High Road To China
Fav. Bond theme/score	Too many to choose
Most challenging S/T	Jagged Edge
Most unusual theme/ST	Jagged Edge, The Deep
Other favourites	Peggy Sue Got Married, Out Of Africa, Body Heat, All James Bonds, Born Free, Dances With Wolves, High Road To China, Indecent Proposal, Midnight Cowboy, Playing By Heart, Across The Sea Of Time, Frances, Eternal Echoes, The Beyondness Of Things, Somewhere In Time..........
Additional comments	I have been a serious collector of film scores since the mid 80's. As a child I remember some of my first albums were Airport 75, Rollercoaster, Superman, Star Wars and others. I do wish record labels would raise the numbers on their limited editions......too many sell out in the first day or two. Probably to speculators who don't even collect film music.

 

1958
Name	Peter Smith
Year of birth	1942
Gender	M
Nationality	British
Place of residence	Torquay
"Hooked" since	1958
Music hook	John Barry 7 hits
1st introduced	Blueberry Hill
Oldest original recording owned	Blueberry Hill/Hit & Miss/Walk don't Run etc
Fav. movie soundtrack	Out of Africa
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	Goldfinger
Most challenging S/T	Jagged Edge
Most unusual theme/ST	The Chase
Other favourites	Stringbeat. Ipcress File. Midnight Cowboy. Born Free. The Lion in Winter. Passion Flower Hotel. Enigma. Playing by Heart. Eternal Echoes. The Beyondness of Things. I also loved seeing 'Brighton Rock' at the Almeida Theatre in London.
Additional comments	I've been a fan for over 50 years. I met John in London in the late 60's or early 70's after a concert and was able to say to him how much I admired his music. He was The Greatest Film Music composer ever.

 

1972
Name	robert smyth
Year of birth	1966
Gender	M
Nationality	british
Place of residence	London, UK
"Hooked" since	1972
Music hook
1st introduced	OHMSS
Oldest original recording owned	Dr No
Fav. movie soundtrack	You Only Live Twice/OHMSS
Fav. love theme	We have all the time in the World (used at my wedding)
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice/OHMSS
Most challenging S/T
Most unusual theme/ST
Other favourites
Additional comments

 

2006
Name	Nikhil Ashok Sonje
Year of birth	1989
Gender	M
Nationality	Indian
Place of residence	Dhule, Maharashtra, India
"Hooked" since	2006
Music hook	Bond Score, Lush strings from his other works
1st introduced	Bond (A View To A Kill)
Oldest original recording owned	none
Fav. movie soundtrack	many (Dances With Wolves, Out Of Africa, Chaplin, Midnight Cowboy..)
Fav. love theme	My life, You Only Live Twice
Fav. Bond theme/score	On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, Thunderball, From Russia With Love
Most challenging S/T	Chaplin, Out Of Africa
Most unusual theme/ST	Midnight Cowboy
Other favourites	Born Free, Goldfinger, OO7, The Living Daylights
Additional comments	He is one of my Gods!

 

1967
Name	Rob Snow
Age	46
Gender	M
Nationality
Place of residence	Yorkshire, England
"Hooked" since	1967
Music hook	The Persuaders and The Adventurer
1st introduced	The James Bond series
Oldest original recording owned	The Ipcress File
Fav. movie soundtrack
Fav. love theme	Somewhere in Time
Fav. Bond theme/score	You Only Live Twice Dawn Raid at Fort Knox from Goldfinger
Most challenging S/T	The Last Valley
Most unusual theme/ST	Dutchman; Jagged Edge
Other favourites	Americans; The Lion in Winter; Alice in Wonderland; Body Heat; Out of Africa; Dances with Wolves; Chaplin
Additional comments

 

1958
Name	southall, christopher
Year of birth	1944
Gender	M
Nationality	british
Place of residence	redditch worcs
"Hooked" since	1958
Music hook	hit an miss
1st introduced	what do you want adam faith
Oldest original recording owned	beat girl 1959
Fav. movie soundtrack	walkabout
Fav. love theme	sail the summers winds
Fav. Bond theme/score	ohmss
Most challenging S/T	out of africa
Most unusual theme/ST	end theme beat girl
Other favourites	stringbeat album it has everything about the music of barry and how his brilliant mind works
Additional comments	the greatest composor for me

 

1996
Name	Southall, James
Age	25
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Bristol, England
"Hooked" since	1996
Music hook	Dances with Wolves- listened often while discovering wealth of JB's catalogue
1st introduced	Heard some themes on a compilation album and liked what I heard.
Oldest original recording owned	Beat Girl
Fav. movie soundtrack	Lion in Winter
Fav. love theme	Out of Africa
Fav. Bond theme/score	Diamonds Are Forever; On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Most challenging S/T	Star Crash
Most unusual theme/ST	Boom!
Other favourites	You Only Live Twice; Goldfinger; Chaplin; Playing by Heart; Frances; The Last Valley; The Living Daylights; Across the Sea of Time
Additional comments

 

1979
Name	Laurent Soyer
Age	35
Gender	M
Nationality	French
Place of residence	Lille North, France
"Hooked" since	1971/1979
Music hook	The Persuaders; Black Hole
1st introduced	First time I saw Black Hole in 1979
Oldest original recording owned	Man in the Middle (single); The John Barry Sound (mono-original first recording
Fav. movie soundtrack	Raise the Titanic
Fav. love theme	Robin and Marian
Fav. Bond theme/score	We Have All the Time in the World
Most challenging S/T	Follow Me
Most unusual theme/ST	Jagged Edge
Other favourites	"Ready When You Are, JB" On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Across the Sea of Time; Somewhere in Time; Mary Queen of Scots; Last Valley; Frances
Additional comments	Great composer. Each time I hear "Who Will By My Yesterdays," and "Afternoon, I am knocked down! Powerful, terrific….

 

19
Name	spectrekitty
Year of birth	1958
Gender	F
Nationality	american
Place of residence	dallas, tx, usa
"Hooked" since	when did goldfinger come out - 1964?
Music hook	goldfinger theme (actually, james bond theme)
1st introduced	james bond movies
Oldest original recording owned	goldfinger soundtrack
Fav. movie soundtrack	thunderball
Fav. love theme	does born free count?
Fav. Bond theme/score	james bond theme
Most challenging S/T	don't know
Most unusual theme/ST	king kong
Other favourites	i just love everything john barry does.
Additional comments	i've been known to go see a movie i wouldn't otherwise have seen just because it was scored by john barry.

 

1964
Name	Sprenger, Robert
Year of birth	1964
Gender	M
Nationality	USA
Place of residence	Phoenix, AZ
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	Diamonds Are Forever
1st introduced	Goldfinger
Oldest original recording owned	Dr. No (LP) EMI Years (CD)
Fav. movie soundtrack	Diamonds Are Forever
Fav. love theme	You Only Live Twice
Fav. Bond theme/score	Diamonds Are Forever
Most challenging S/T	?
Most unusual theme/ST	?
Other favourites	All the Bonds, Chaplin, King Kong, Dances with Wolves, Game of Death, High Road to China, Body Heat, Frances...Oh heck I love them all!!!
Additional comments	My Mom owned all the Bond scores, and played them all the time when I was a baby. I also went to see my first Bond film at the age of 4. We lived in a small town and the owner of the drive in loved Bond. He played a double feature almost every weekend. I saw every Bond film at least 5 times before I was in the first grade! I just thought they were cool, and JB music is still a big part of my life. Thanks Mom for Barry and Bond!!!

 

1990
Name	ryan staton
Year of birth	1981
Gender	M
Nationality	USA
Place of residence	richmond, virginia, usa
"Hooked" since	1990
Music hook	you only live twice
1st introduced	a view to a kill rerun on hbo
Oldest original recording owned	thunderball vinyl
Fav. movie soundtrack	on her majesty's secret service
Fav. love theme	miss goodhead meets bond
Fav. Bond theme/score	OHMSS and Moonraker
Most challenging S/T	the lion in winter
Most unusual theme/ST	king rat
Other favourites	i love the arrangement of the love theme in the second part of "bond and draco" walkabout is also excellent with its haunting choral arrangements. the black hole and moonraker are top notch and give us an idea of what star wars or trek would've sounded like had he been chosen to score them.
Additional comments

 

1964
Name	Stevenson, Gardner
Year of birth	1948
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	Seattle, Washington
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	Ipcress File
1st introduced	From Russia With Love
Oldest original recording owned	From Russia With Love
Fav. movie soundtrack	The Last Valley
Fav. love theme	This Way, Mary
Fav. Bond theme/score	Cafe Martinique
Most challenging S/T	The Lion in Winter
Most unusual theme/ST	King Rat
Other favourites	Barry's rearrangement of his theme from "King Rat", on his 1968 Columbia collection is, for me, the most extraordinary non-classical music ever written. The arrangement is the most imaginative that I've heard in modern times. Words can't begin to describe the atmosphere of this piece. 44 years after the fact, "From Russia with Love" is still one of the most impressive soundtracks ever produced - the work that proclaimed JB's genius to the world at large.
Additional comments	John Barry is, for me, the greatest composer outside the classical realm. And, I'm convinced that if he had been born 100 years earlier, he would rank with Dvorak and Tchaikovsky in the magical kingdom where melody and rhythm meet in wonder.

 

1964
Name	Storck, Michael
Age	48
Gender	M
Nationality	American
Place of residence	New York, NY, USA
"Hooked" since	1964
Music hook	From Russia With Love (original theatre release)
1st introduced	From Russia With Love (I remember the Dr. No theme but FRWL really hooked me!)
Oldest original recording owned	John Barry All Time Hits (USA version of Stringbeat)
Fav. movie soundtrack	Like Utah polygamy, you just can't stop at one…
Fav. love theme	We Have All the Time in the World in the World
Fav. Bond theme/score	Goldfinger; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; You Only Live Twice
Most challenging S/T	Romance for Guitar & Orchestra from Deadfall, or Night Games, especially if he had to sit through the film…
Most unusual theme/ST	Séance on a Wet Afternoon; The Knack
Other favourites	Goldfinger; The Ipcress File; You Only Live Twice; Thunderball; Petulia; Midnight Cowboy; The Lion in Winter; Walkabout; Out of Africa and more…
Additional comments

 

1985
Name	Storey, Jon
Year of birth	1971
Gender	M
Nationality	English
Place of residence	Basingstoke, England
"Hooked" since	mid 80s