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John Barry featured in the Neil Brand spot on today's Radio 4 "Film Programme"
- an analasys of JB's music.
Update April 2015: link is gone.
Article on the filming of Guy Hamilton's 'The Party's Over'
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"The amoral ones",
article on the filming of Guy Hamilton's 'The Party's Over'
Peter Cowie, Films & Filming, December 1962
Scanned by Geoff Leonard, June 8, 2010
First ever Zulu film exhibition opens London Film Museum
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The first ever Zulu film exhibition opens on the 24th July at the London Film Museum.
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John Barry Appreciation Society, Leeds - old newsletters & 'memorabilla' 1978 - 1981 online
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The John Barry Appreciation Society, Leeds - old newsletters / 'memorabilla', 1978 - 1981 are now online.
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The definitive cover of The Concert John Barry, using a legendary still from FRWL. Everything should be ok for the May 10th release.
April 1, 2010
The Concert John Barry - liner notes now online
We are very grateful to producer Stéphane Lerouge for the opportunity to publish his thought provoking, insightful booklet notes for the forthcoming CD of The Concert John Barry, due to be released in May. (PDF file).
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Capital Tales: Four in the Morning
The BFI are screening Four in the Morning next month:
Wed 21 Apr 18:20 NFT1
"Anthony Simmons' film, which plays like a L'Avventura of the Docklands."
"Barry to take soundtrack award at Ghent Film Festival"
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"Barry to take soundtrack award - Prize to be delivered at Ghent Film Festival"
Variety.com reports that John Barry "is being honored with a lifetime achievement award from the World Soundtrack Academy. The four-time Oscar winner will receive the award on Oct. 21, during the Ghent Film Festival in Belgium.
Ceremony will be followed by a performance of Barry's work by the Brussels Philharmonic. Program will include selections from "Goldfinger," "Out of Africa," "Dances with Wolves" and "Midnight Cowboy."
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A French Universal Press release can be found here (scroll down the page).
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Courtesy of producer Stéphane Lerouge we are now pleased to be able to confirm the full track listing for this forthcoming CD.
The Concert John Barry
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01 - The James Bond Suite (17' 56") |
04 - The Adventurer (2' 20") Bonus Tracks: |
Music composed and conducted by John Barry.
Details about the liner notes and the artwork will follow as soon as available in English.
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Save Abbey Road Studios from property developers!
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| John Barry and Adam Faith rehearsing at Abbey Road Studios. |
Save Abbey Road Studios from property developers is a group for those that believe it would be tragic to allow Abbey Road Studios to be bought by property developers.
On their Facebook site they say: "Join us in finding a way to save the historic Abbey Road Studios from being sold to property developers.We want to keep the studios operating as a recording facility for future generations.
PLEASE INVITE ALL YOUR FRIENDS!"
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Special Collection Volume 122
Great John Barry album makes world CD premiere at last! Original soundtrack from John Schlesinger 1930s-era drama with Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, William Atherton. In 1974, famed Dot label producer Tom Mack produces two back-to-back classic soundtracks to Paramount movies with similar 1930s Los Angeles settings: CHINATOWN (for ABC label) & THE DAY OF THE LOCUST (for London label).
Mack produces both LPs with emphasis on original scores while weaving in period music important to each respective movie, greatly enhancing mood of final album.
For THE DAY OF THE LOCUST, John Barry anchors with rich, warm main theme, then surrounds with appropriate variants to fit each scene. For climactic sequence, Barry writes what might be his most intense, dramatic cue of a long and famed career! Intrada CD features same classic program as London LP, presented from mint condition stereo album masters vaulted at Universal Music Group.
Notes by Jeff Bond.
John Barry conducts.
Intrada Special Collection CD limited to 2000 copies!
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| "The Day of the Locust " original LP, 1973 (l) and Intrada CD (r) | |
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| "The Concert John Barry" original Polydor LP, 1972 |
Producer Stephane Lerouge (Universal, France) has confirmed "The Concert John Barry" is due for release in April/May.
It has been remastered from the original tapes which were traced, after much searching, to Universal's Tokyo office.
The CD will contain four bonus tracks, as yet unnamed.
The new artwork will be added as soon as we have it.
Original track LP listing:
The James Bond Suite: (Goldfinger / The James Bond Theme / From Russia With Love / Thunderball / 007 / You Only Live Twice / On Her Majesty's Secret Service / Diamonds Are Forever) / Born Free / Alice's Adventures In Wonderland: Suite - (Curiouser & Curiouser / I've Never Been This Far Before / The Me I Never Knew); Midnight Cowboy / Mary, Queen Of Scots / The Adventurer
(The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Barry) ;
Leader of the R.P.O. - Erich Gruenberg, who is also the soloist on Mary, Queen Of Scots.
Great British Rock 'n' Roll Instrumentals Vol. 1
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Of some possible interest is a forthcoming double CD: Great British Rock 'n' Roll Instrumentals Vol. 1, which will contain recordings by The John Barry Seven.
It seems likely this will be a "public domain" release since the sub-title is "The original rock 'n roll recordings 1949-1959".
Track details are not known at this time but we'll update as soon as possible.
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