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Film director Bryan Forbes has died at the age of 86

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John Barry and Don Black's Billy to Receive First London Revival at Union Theatre

Great news for John Barry fans able to travel to London between the end of May and June this year. The John Barry - Don Black musical 'Billy' is set to receive its first London revival since the original run ended in 1976, and it will also be an opportunity for many to hear for the first time the songs not included in the original.

From Playbill.com: "Billy, the 1974 musical with a score by the late John Barry (music) and Don Black (lyrics) that originally starred Michael Crawford at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, is to receive its first London revival at the fringe Union Theatre."

It will begin performances May 29 prior to an official opening May 31, for a run through June 29. More...

Wednesday 29th May to Saturday 29th June 2013
Previews Wednesday 29th/Thursday 30th May
Tuesday - Saturday at 7.30pm
Saturday and Sunday at 2.30pm
Tickets £19.50
Concessions £17.50
(29th May - 2nd June All Tickets £15)
Box Office: 020 7261 9876
Online Bookings: www.ticketsource.co.uk/uniontheatre

Official 'Billy' web page: http://www.billythemusical.co.uk/

ACT 1:

  1. Ambrosia (& Reprise)  – Chorus
  2. And - Alice, Geoffrey, Gran, Billy ***
  3. Some Of Us Belong To The Stars – Billy ***
  4. Happy To Be Ourselves - Billy, Arthur, Company *
  5. The Witch's Song - Barbara, Billy ***
  6. Lies - Barbara, Billy ***
  7. It Were All Green Hills – Duxbury ***
  8. Aren't You Billy Fisher? - Billy, Company

ACT 2:

  1. My Heart Is Ready When You Are - Liz, Billy
  2. Billy - Billy, Liz, Barbara, Rita ***
  3. Remembering - Alice, Geoffrey ***
  4. Any Minute Now - Rita, Barbara ***
  5. The Lady From LA - Billy, Company
  6. I Can Make A Difference - Liz, Billy
  7. Some Of Us Belong To The Stars (Reprise) – Billy, Company
  8. Billy (Reprise) - Liz
  9. I Missed the Last Rainbow - Billy ***
10. Ambrosia (Reprise) – Chorus

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James Bond 60, concert show, conductor Nic Raine, Budapest

19 July 2013, 8pm - Margaret Island Open-air Stage

"As a celebration of the Bond character’s 60th birthday and the fillms series’ 50th anniversary, the Budapest Symphony Orchestra performs a special concert recalling the greatest hits of the Bond films.

The concert’s conductor is Nic Raine, who worked as the orchestrator for John Barry during the recording of A View to a Kill and The Living Daylights, and has worked on several Bond-themed albums with the Prague Philharmonics."

Featuring: the Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Nic Raine
Producer: Szabad Tér Színház

Order tickets here...

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"The Very Best of John Barry", conducted by Nic Raine
Thursday 3 October 2013 7.30pm, Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth
Tickets for the concert in the Royal Albert Hall in London, which will be held on October 4th, go on sale on Thursday 28th March.
The third concert will be at the Hexagon in Reading on 5th October 2013. Tickets will go on sale "from June 17th onwards". check the RPO / Hexagon websites.
Added March 18, 2013 Update March 21, 2013 / updates: May 7, 2013 / June 3, 2013

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Coming up this weekend (Easter): Classic FM's Hall of Fame is the world's largest survey of classical music tastes – and from 9am on Friday through to 9pm Monday they're counting down the top 300 for 2013.
John Barry's film music usually performs very well in the chart, so they'll be playing lots of it over the four days and would really like for all lovers of the idiom to tune in and follow along.

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Rory McAllister will be hosting, on Sunday night 24 February 2013, in Bracknell, Berkshire – Cinema In Symphony. The Reading Symphony Orchestra will be playing some John Barry from Out of Africa, alongside John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore et al. http://www.southhillpark.org.uk/?lid=1018

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'John Barry, A Sixties Theme, From James Bond To Midnight Cowboy' by Eddie Fiegel reissued

'John Barry, A Sixties Theme, From James Bond To Midnight Cowboy' by Eddie Fiegel has been reissued. The new Faber edition includes a brand new foreword from Fiegel in which she brings the story up to date and talks about what it was like working with John on the book, who fully co-oprated with the writing of it and spent many many hours doing interviews with her, and his thoughts on it having read it etc. Other than that, the rest of the book is a reissue.

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Available from 1PM PST
TRACK LISTING:
1. Main Title 4:03
2. Elgin's Room 3:55
3. No Coffee / Enjoy the Book 1:14
4. Dante's Theme 1:15
5. The Big Love Scene 7:26
6. The First Time 1:37
7. The Hallway 5:03
8. Two on a Bike 0:44
9. Soccer Game 2:38
10. Caroline's Note 1:36
11. Model House 1:06
12. Shelley Waits 2:16
13. Wait Till It Happens / I'm Shelley 2:02
14. Interchange / Night Intruder 1:20
15. The Train 1:55
16. End Credits 1:13

Total Time: 39:22

BONUS TRACKS

17. Main Title (revised) 3:59
18. The Big Love Scene (original version) 7:35
19. End Credits (original version) 0:31
20. The Restaurant 3:07
21. Piano Source 1:14
22. String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K. 593 (Mozart) 1:55

Total Time: 18:18

TOTAL ALBUM TIME: 57:45

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" Good afternoon, film score fans!
Coming next Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 1 pm pst are the following titles:
FIRST LOVE
MUSIC BY JOHN BARRY
LLLCD 1243
LIMITED EDTION OF 2000 UNITS
RETAIL PRICE: $19.98
Produced by Neil S. Bulk and Lukas Kendall
Mastered by Mike Matessino
Liner Notes by Jeff Bond
Art Direction by Dan Goldwasser
Paramount Pictures and La-La Land Records are proud to announce the world premiere release of one of John Barry’s lost masterpieces, FIRST LOVE, a 1977 romance starring William Katt and Susan Dey. For the first time ever, fans of Barry will be able to hear the score he wrote for this 1977 heart breaker. Mastering guru Mike Matessino was able to utilize the original 16-track tapes and remix First Love into full stereo, so the score sounds better than it ever has! Jeff bond takes the listener deep inside the film’s history and its “lost score.” The total film score clocks in around 40 minutes, plus there is an additional 18 minutes of bonus material."

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Saturday Night at the Movies: 19 January 2013 - Classic FM

"Ahead of the anniversary of the death of John Barry a little later this month, Howard Goodall pays tribute to this son of a Yorkshireman who went on to become one of Hollywood’s most in-demand film composers."