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Richard E. Grant's Favourite Film Composers Sundays, 2pm

Richard E. Grant's Favourite Film Composers Sundays, 2pm, This Week's Show Sunday July 30 John Barry on ClassicFM.

And yes, we have reported that the photo is of Ennio Morricone. Sigh.

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We are pleased to say that John's wife has confirmed the concert goes ahead and John will be conducting. We don't know precisely *what* he will be conducting, but it looks as though it is certainly well worth attending!!

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Congratulations to actor, producer, writer and director Bryan Forbes O.B.E., who celebrates his 80th birthday today.

Bryan and John collaborated on six films and developed a mutual admiration for each other's work.

Bafflingly, neither gentleman has yet received a deserved knighthood.

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We are very sorry to announce the death of legendary trombonist Don Lusher. In a career spanning more than 60 years, Don was a member of several famous bands, including Ted Heath, The Squadronaires, Jack Parnell and Geraldo.

In addition to this, he played on many recording sessions, including some by John Barry. In 1975 he was a member of the John Barry Orchestra that toured Japan under the management of Sid Margo. He willingly lent us his photo tour memento of this orchestra, which will be reproduced in our updated book.

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We at johnbarry.org.uk want to give you, the John Barry fans, the opportunity to share your spare CDs, vinyl, cassettes and maybe even DVDs with each other.

Don't worry, we are not advocating a great give-away! No, we are giving you the chance to buy or sell John Barry material at a reasonable price without the hassle of an eBay style auction.

So, anything and everything offered will be at a predetermined set price, and, in the event of a "one of a kind", will be sold on a first come first served basis.

Want to learn more? Go to our for sale / wanted page for all the details. You'll find a few items already up for sale. Don't hesitate to add your own, whether buying or selling!!

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Don Black has confirmed the news that he and John have written a number of songs which will be recorded by The Ten Tenors, an Australian ensemble.

The recording will begin on the 20th March as the Tenors take a break in the midst of their US tour.

Don said there would be both new songs and old ones written by the duo.

Apparently recording will be split between Air and Abbey Road Studios - both based in London. This is a tactic John Barry has employed previously.

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The Ipcress File showing at the NFT in London, starting Jan. 13 until Jan 26.

Michael Caine as Len Deighton's working-class spy Harry Palmer, in one of the classics of modern British cinema.
UK 1965
Dir Sidney J Furie

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"I had a good laugh over the comments on Dan Wallin's master of "BH". Who posts this nonsense on the internet? They should get their facts "straight" beforehand.

The "few year's ago" was over 20-years ago, when Dan Wallin, in fact, DID prepare a master tape under Barry's supervision. But, when he wanted way too much money from me for the transfers, I said to him, "thanks, but no thanks!". I then remixed the multi-tracks myself without Barry at hand, and released the Label X LP (and, later on, the CDs) from that. Barry objected most strongly to my mix, and refused to have anything further to do with the album. He has not spoken to me from that day forward.

Some years later I received a call from Keith Zajeck at Warner Bros. He asked me if I knew where the multi-tracks were, as they wanted to re-mix them for their DVD release. I informed him that they had long since been returned to the vaults at The Burbank Studios. Unfortunately, Warners could not find them (surprised?!).

I then suggested to Keith that he contact Dan Wallin, who would most surely have the stereo LP master which he originally prepared for me. Again, Wallin could not find the 2-track stereo master tapes.

So, you have the "true story" of "Body Heat" and the missing masters. "

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Lukas Kendal at FSM reports that stocks of Monte Walsh (and certain other items) are low. So if you don't already have this excellent CD, this might be your last opportunity to get it at a reasonable price.

See his announcement at Filmscoremonthly

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As many of you know, John Barry’s entry into the film music world came courtesy of his relationship with the fledgling pop singer, Adam Faith. It could also be that there are some fans of Adam out there, especially amongst the older ones of us!! In which case you might be interested in a visit to the new web-site currently being created by Barry web-master Ruud Rozemeyer from input by myself and Gareth “hoarder” Bramley.

If I do say it myself I believe this has the potential to be an excellent site. It’s looking rather good already, in fact, so why not have a glance or two at

http://www.adamfaith.org.uk/

and let us know what you think.