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Hal David dies at 91
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Monte Walsh on TCM
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Monte Walsh shown in UK on TCM, 31st August at 6.55pm
Film Score Monthly releases Body Heat 2CD
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Here's To The Heroes extinguishes Olympic flame
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Dances With Wolves (Here's To The Heroes)while Olympic flame was extinguished at the closing ceremony.
The final notes of Dances With Wolves (Farewell And End Titles (a.k.a Here's To The Heroes) were played as the Olympic cauldron was extinguished at the closing ceremony.
Here is a clip on Youtube (courtesy: 111cazza)
Possible Skyfall trailer spoiler!
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John Barry's London apartment exterior at 82 Cadogan Square features in the USA SKYFALL trailer for two seconds (0.36 - 0.37).
It is indeed M's apartment as we suggested in our news entry below when we saw photos online of filiming.
Though the interior does not look to be the Cadogan Square interior, so possibly studio?
The Quiller Memorandum Intrada CD released
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The Quiller Memorandum Intrada CD released
Intrada have released The Quiller Memorandum on CD. The CD "features album program in stereo from Columbia master tapes, courtesy Sony. For album fans, original artwork features on one side of booklet, all new artwork features on other side...." More
The James Bond Theme at 50
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Exactly 50 years ago, on Thursday 21st June 1962, John Barry assembled an orchestra at CTS Studios, Bayswater, to record the theme for a new modestly-budgeted film called Doctor No. Bet neither he nor Victor Flick, the guitarist on that session, thought that recording would still be around in 2012! I believe Vic received £7 or £8 for his work that day, and I imagine he's long since spent it ....
"John Barry - The Lost Tapes", BBC radio programme, June 26
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From the BBC website
"Eddi Fiegel explores the music of John Barry, drawing on a previously lost interview which gives a revealing insight into the British composer’s early film career and songwriting processes.
John Barry, who passed away last year, was best known for his scores for the early James Bond films, as well as Midnight Cowboy, Out of Africa and Dances With Wolves.
The winner of five Oscars, Barry was a private man - but in John Barry: The Lost Tapes Eddi Fiegal provides a revealing insight into his working life.
Presenter/Eddi Fiegel, Producer/John Sugar for Sugar productions"
Tuesday 26 June
11.30-12.00pm
BBC RADIO 4
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
Dryburn Theatrical Workshop brings "Billy"
Donna Summer dies
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We are very sad to hear that singer Donna Summer has died of cancer. She was 63. She recorded "Down, Deep Inside with John for "The Deep".
Photo by Sian Barry, who commented on Facebook:
"This is a photo I took of her 1977 in connection with the recording of The Deep. Will never forget her wonderful personality!"
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