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- Posthumous award for John Barry
[posted 27 April 2011]Next month the Classic Brit Award will be presented to John Barry posthumously. Barry, who died earlier this year, will be honoured for his outstanding contribution to music. He scored more than 100 films during his career, which lasted five decades.
[Source: www.yorkpress.co.uk]
- John Barry — “Bond” composer — dies
[posted 1 February 2011]Film music composer John Barry, who wrote the music for eleven James Bond films, including the famous Bond theme, died on Sunday in New York of a heart attack. He was 77.
Barry also wrote the music for many other well-known films. He won five Academy Awards as a composer, among others for “Born Free”, and “Dances With Wolves”.
[Source: www.nytimes.com]
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This English composer was born as John Barry Prendergast. He is particularly known as a film and TV composer. He won the Golden Globe as well as five times the Academy Award.