Music by John Barry
Filmnotgraphy (46)
Titles of films John Barry was alleged to be scoring in the past, but that did not happen or scores were replaced. Several titles may have been be mere speculation at the time and hold no truth whatsoever.
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1995
Goldeneye
Was asked to score but was too busy on other projects and also wanted to spend time with his very young son.
Composer: Eric Serra
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1995
The Grass Harp
Composer: Patrick Williams
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1994
It Could Happen To You
Composer: Carter Burwell
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1993
Sleepless in Seattle
'I was offered Sleepless in Seattle. They sent me the script. They asked me to do it, and I said I would be very interested. But then I heard there was a so-called "musical supervisor," and whenever I hear that I want to run. So then the musical supervisor came into the picture. And then I spoke to a guy who runs Epic Music in Los Angeles. And he said he wanted these songs, and I said "can I have a list? Fax me a list." And there were about 20 songs, and I said, "Well, where am I?" Right then I didn't want to do this movie.'
Composer: Marc Shaiman
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1992
1492
JB told Geoff that the director once offered to show him the film but that was as far as it went. He never heard from him again on the subject.
Composer: Vangelis
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1992
Of Mice and Men
Composer: Mark Isham
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1992
Year of the Comet
Main theme is used in the film's trailer towards the end.
Composer: Hummie Mann
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1992
The Bodyguard
New director, Barry left.
Composer: Alan Silvestri and pop songs
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1992
CrissCross
Saw film and decided he wasn't interested. As told to Geoff by him.
Composer: Trevor Jones
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1991
The Prince of Tides
Fell out with director and left.
Composer: James Newton Howard
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1990
The Russia House
Can anyone confirm?
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
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1990
Stella
In an interview Barry says he had finished composing the score and the "powers that be" decided the film should be a comedy instead of drama and asked him to redo the main theme. Barry refused, and walked off the picture.
Composer: John Morris
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1989
Licence To Kill
The producers wanted him to score this movie but because he was still recovering from serious illness it was considered unsafe for him to fly to London to work on the score. They left it as late as possible before hiring Michael Kamen.
Composer: Michael Kamen
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1988
Farm of the Year
Because of his ilness - ruptured oesophagus, JB had to leave the music for Farm of the Year, retitled 'Miles from Home'
Composer: Robert Folk
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