John Barry ( composer ) - wikipedia John Barry ( composer ) John Barry OBE John Barry at the Royal Albert Hall, London, September 2006 Background information Birth name John Barry Prendergast ( 1933 - 11 - 03 ) 3 November 1933 York, Yorkshire, England 30 January 2011 ( 2011 - 01 - 30 ) ( aged 77 ) Oyster Bay, New York, United States Genres Film score Occupation ( s ) Composer, conductor Instruments Keyboards, Drums, Harmonica Years active 1959 -- 2006 John Barry Prendergast, OBE ( / ˈbæri / ; 3 November 1933 -- 30 January 2011 ) was an English composer and conductor of film music. He composed the scores for 11 of the James Bond films between 1963 and 1987, and also arranged and performed the `` James Bond Theme '' to the first film in the series, 1962 's Dr. No. He wrote the Grammy - and Academy Award - winning scores to the films Dances with Wolves and Out of Africa, as well as the theme for the British television cult series The Persuaders !, in a career spanning over 50 years. In 1999, he was appointed OBE at Buckingham Palace for services to music. Born in York, Barry spent his early years working in cinemas owned by his father. During his national service with the British Army in Cyprus, Barry began performing as a musician after learning to play the trumpet. Upon completing his national service, he formed his own band in 1957, The John Barry Seven. He later developed an interest in composing and arranging music, making his début for television in 1958. He came to the notice of the makers of the first James Bond film Dr. No, who were dissatisfied with a theme for James Bond given to them by Monty Norman. This started a successful association between Barry and Eon Productions which lasted for 25 years. He received many awards for his work, including five Academy Awards ; two for Born Free, and one each for The Lion in Winter ( for which he also won the first BAFTA Award for Best Film Music ), Dances with Wolves and Out of Africa ( both of which also won him Grammy Awards ). He also received ten Golden Globe Award nominations, winning once for Best Original Score for Out of Africa in 1986. Barry completed his last film score, Enigma, in 2001 and recorded the successful album Eternal Echoes the same year. He then concentrated chiefly on live performances and co-wrote the music to the musical Brighton Rock in 2004 alongside Don Black. He was made a Fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2005. Barry was married four times and had four children. He moved to the United States in 1975 and lived there for the remainder of his life until his death in 2011. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life and education 1.2 Career 1.3 James Bond series 1.4 Personal life and death 2 Awards and nominations 2.1 Accolades 3 Discography 3.1 Bond films 3.2 Other film scores 3.3 Television themes 3.4 Musicals 3.5 Other works 3.6 Singles 3.7 Sampled by other artists 4 Influences 5 Influenced 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Biography Early life and education Barry was born John Barry Prendergast, in York, England, and was the son of an English mother and an Irish father. His mother was a classical pianist. His father, John Xavier `` Jack '' Prendergast, from Cork, was a projectionist during the silent film era, who later owned a chain of cinemas across northern England. As a result of his father 's work, Barry was raised in and around cinemas in northern England and he later stated that this childhood background influenced his musical tastes and interests. Barry was educated at St Peter 's School, York, and also received composition lessons from Francis Jackson, Organist of York Minster. Career Serving in the British Army, Barry spent his national service playing the trumpet. After his army service, he took a correspondence course ( with jazz composer Bill Russo ) ; he also worked as an arranger for the Jack Parnell and Ted Heath 's Orchestra, and formed his own band in 1957, the John Barry Seven, with whom he had some hit records on EMI 's Columbia label. These included `` Hit and Miss '', the theme tune he composed for the BBC 's Juke Box Jury programme, a cover of the Johnny Smith song `` Walk Do n't Run '', and a cover of the theme for the United Artists western The Magnificent Seven. By 1959 Barry was gaining commissions to arrange music for other acts, starting with a young trio on Decca, coincidentally called the Three Barry Sisters, though unrelated both to Barry and the more famous Barry Sisters duo in America. The career breakthrough for Barry was the BBC television series Drumbeat, when he appeared with the John Barry Seven. He was employed by EMI from 1959 until 1962 arranging orchestral accompaniment for the company 's singers, including Adam Faith ; he also composed songs ( along with Les Vandyke ) and scores for films in which Faith was featured. When Faith made his first film, Beat Girl ( 1960 ), Barry composed, arranged and conducted the score, his first. His music was later released as the UK 's first soundtrack album. Barry also composed the music for another Faith film, Never Let Go ( also 1960 ), orchestrated the score for Mix Me a Person ( 1962 ), and composed, arranged and conducted the score for The Amorous Prawn ( also 1962 ). In 1962, Barry transferred to Ember Records, where he produced albums as well as arranging them. These achievements caught the attention of the producers of a new film called Dr. No ( 1962 ) who were dissatisfied with a theme for James Bond given to them by Monty Norman. Barry was hired and the result was one of the most famous signature tunes in film history, the `` James Bond Theme ''. ( Credit goes to Monty Norman, see here. ) When the producers of the Bond series engaged Lionel Bart to score the next James Bond film From Russia with Love ( 1963 ), they discovered that Bart could neither read nor write music. Though Bart wrote a title song for the film, the producers remembered Barry 's arrangement of the James Bond Theme and his composing and arranging for several films with Adam Faith. Lionel Bart also recommended Barry to producer Stanley Baker for his film Zulu ( 1964 ). Bart and Barry worked together in the film Man in the Middle. This was the turning point for Barry, and he subsequently won five Academy Awards and four Grammy Awards, with scores for, among others, Born Free ( 1966 ), The Lion in Winter ( 1968 ), Midnight Cowboy ( 1969 ) for which he did not receive an on - screen credit. and Somewhere in Time ( 1980 ). Barry was often cited as having had a distinct style which concentrated on lush strings and extensive use of brass. However he was also an innovator, being one of the first to employ synthesizers in a film score ( On Her Majesty 's Secret Service, also 1969 ), and to make wide use of pop artists and songs in Midnight Cowboy. Because Barry provided not just the main title theme but the complete soundtrack score, his music often enhanced the critical reception of a film, notably in Midnight Cowboy, the first remake of King Kong ( 1976 ), Out of Africa ( 1985 ), and Dances with Wolves ( 1990 ). Barry would often watch films and would note down with pen and paper what worked or what did not. Barry composed the theme for the TV series The Persuaders ! ( 1971 ), also known as The Unlucky Heroes, in which Tony Curtis and Roger Moore were paired as rich playboys solving crimes. The instrumental recording features the Cimbalom ( which Barry also used for The Ipcress File ( 1965 ) and other themes ) and Moog synthesizers. The theme was a hit single in many European countries ( including France, Germany, and the Benelux states ), contributing to the cult status of the series in Europe, and the record featured Barry 's The Girl with the Sun in Her Hair on the B side, an instrumental piece featured in a long running TV advert for Sunsilk shampoo. Barry also wrote the scores to a number of musicals, including the 1965 Passion Flower Hotel ( lyrics by Trevor Peacock ), the successful 1974 West End show Billy ( lyrics by Don Black ), and two major Broadway flops, Lolita, My Love ( 1971 ), with Alan Jay Lerner as lyricist, and The Little Prince and the Aviator ( 1981 ), again with lyricist Don Black. In 2001, the University of York conferred an honorary degree on Barry, and in 2002 he was named an Honorary Freeman of the City of York. During 2006, Barry was the executive producer on an album entitled Here 's to the Heroes by the Australian ensemble The Ten Tenors. The album features a number of songs Barry wrote in collaboration with his lyricist friend, Don Black. Barry and Black also composed one of the songs on Shirley Bassey 's 2009 album, The Performance. The song, entitled `` Our Time Is Now '', is the first written by the duo for Bassey since `` Diamonds Are Forever ''. James Bond series After the success of Dr. No, Barry was hired to compose and perform eleven of the next fourteen James Bond films ( Monty Norman is legally recognised as the composer of the `` James Bond Theme '' ). In his tenure with the film series, Barry 's music, variously brassy and moody, achieved very wide appeal. For From Russia with Love he composed `` 007 '', an alternative James Bond signature theme, which is featured in four other Bond films ( Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker ). The theme `` Stalking '', for the teaser sequence of From Russia with Love, was covered by colleague Marvin Hamlisch for The Spy Who Loved Me ( 1977 ). ( The music and lyrics for From Russia with Love 's title song were written by Lionel Bart, whose musical theatre credits included Oliver ! ) Barry also contributed indirectly to the soundtrack of the spoof version of Casino Royale ( 1967 ) : his Born Free theme appears briefly in the opening sequence. In Goldfinger ( 1964 ), he perfected the `` Bond sound '', a heady mixture of brass, jazz elements and sensuous melodies. There is even an element of Barry 's jazz roots in the big - band track `` Into Miami '', which follows the title credits and accompanies the film 's iconic image of the camera lens zooming toward the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. A side note is that Jimmy Page, working as a session guitarist at the time, played on the recording of Goldfinger. Barry 's love for the Russian romantic composers is often reflected in his music ; in his Bond scores he unites this with brass - heavy jazz writing. His use of strings, lyricism, half - diminished chords, and complex key shifting provides melancholy contrast - often heard in variations of the title songs as integrally infused with the plot development. As Barry matured, the Bond scores became more lushly melodic ( along with other scores of his such as Out of Africa ), as in Moonraker ( 1979 ) and Octopussy ( 1983 ). Barry 's score for A View to a Kill was traditional, but his collaboration with Duran Duran for the title song was contemporary and reached number one in the United States and number two in the UK Singles Chart. Both A View to a Kill and The Living Daylights theme by a-ha blended the pop music style of the bands with Barry 's orchestration. In 2006, a-ha's Pal Waaktaar complimented Barry 's contributions : `` I loved the stuff he added to the track, I mean it gave it this really cool string arrangement. That 's when for me it started to sound like a Bond thing. '' Barry 's last score for the Bond series was The Living Daylights ( 1987 ), Timothy Dalton 's first film in the series with Barry making a cameo appearance as a conductor in the film. Barry was intended to score Licence to Kill ( 1989 ) but was recovering from throat surgery at the time and it was considered unsafe to fly him to London to complete the score. The score was completed by Michael Kamen. David Arnold, a British composer, saw the result of two years ' work in 1997 with the release of Shaken and Stirred : The David Arnold James Bond Project, an album of new versions of the themes from various James Bond films. Arnold thanks Barry in the sleeve notes, referring to him as `` the Guvnor ''. Almost all of the tracks were John Barry compositions, and the revision of his work met with his approval -- he contacted Barbara Broccoli, producer of the then upcoming Tomorrow Never Dies, to recommend Arnold as the film 's composer. Arnold also went on to score the subsequent Bond films : The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. Sole compositional credit for the `` James Bond Theme '' is attributed to Monty Norman, who was contracted as composer for Dr. No. Some 30 years later, in 2001, the disputed authorship of the theme was examined legally in the High Court in London after Norman sued The Sunday Times for publishing an article in 1997 in which Barry was named as the true composer ; Barry testified for the defence. In court, Barry testified that he had been handed a musical manuscript of a work by Norman ( meant to become the theme ) and that he was to arrange it musically, and that he composed additional music and arranged the `` James Bond Theme ''. The court was also told that Norman received sole credit because of his prior contract with the producers. Barry said that a deal was struck whereby he would receive a flat fee of £ 250 and Norman would receive the songwriting credit. Barry said that he had accepted the deal with United Artists Head of Music Noel Rogers because it would help his career. Despite these claims the jury ruled unanimously in favour of Norman. On 7 September 2006, John Barry publicly defended his authorship of the theme on the Steve Wright show on BBC Radio 2. Personal life and death Barry was married four times. His first three marriages, to Barbara Pickard ( 1959 -- 63 ), Jane Birkin ( 1965 -- 68 ), and Jane Sidey ( 1969 -- 78 ) all ended in divorce. He was married to his fourth wife, Laurie, from January 1978 until his death. The couple had a son, Jonpatrick. Barry had three daughters, Suzanne ( Susie ) with his first wife, Barbara, Kate with his second wife, Jane, and Sian from a relationship with Ulla Larson between the first two marriages. Suzy Barry, who is married to BBC business journalist Simon Jack, is the mother of his two granddaughters, Phoebe and Florence Ingleby. In 1975 Barry moved to California. A British judge later accused him of emigrating to avoid paying £ 134,000 due the Inland Revenue. The matter was resolved in the late 1980s and Barry was able to return to the UK. He subsequently lived for many years in the United States, mainly in Oyster Bay, New York, in Centre Island on Long Island, from 1980. Barry suffered a rupture of the oesophagus in 1988, following a toxic reaction to a health tonic he had consumed. The incident rendered him unable to work for two years and left him vulnerable to pneumonia. Barry died of a heart attack on 30 January 2011 at his Oyster Bay home, aged 77. He was survived by Laurie Barry, his wife of 33 years, and by his four children and five grandchildren. A memorial concert took place on 20 June 2011 at the Royal Albert Hall in London where the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Shirley Bassey, Rumer, David Arnold, Wynne Evans and others performed Barry 's music. Sir George Martin, Sir Michael Parkinson, Don Black, Timothy Dalton and others also contributed to the celebration of his life and work. The event was sponsored by the Royal College of Music through a grant by the Broccoli Foundation. Awards and Nominations In 1999 Barry was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) at Buckingham Palace for services to music, and received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award in 2005. In 2005, the American Film Institute ranked Barry 's score for Out of Africa No. 15 on their list of the greatest film scores. His scores for the following films were also nominated : Goldfinger ( 1964 ) Born Free ( 1966 ) The Lion in Winter ( 1968 ) Somewhere in Time ( 1980 ) Body Heat ( 1981 ) Dances with Wolves ( 1990 ) Accolades Award Year Project Outcome Academy Awards 1966 Born Free Best Original Score Won `` Born Free '' ( from Born Free ) Best Original Song Won 1968 The Lion in Winter Best Original Score for a Motion Picture ( not a Musical ) Won 1971 Mary, Queen of Scots Best Original Dramatic Score Nominated 1985 Out of Africa Best Original Score Won 1990 Dances with Wolves Best Original Score Won 1992 Chaplin Best Original Score Nominated BAFTA Awards 1968 The Lion in Winter Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music Won 1986 Out of Africa Best Score Nominated 1991 Dances with Wolves Best Original Film Score Nominated 2005 BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award Won Golden Globe Awards 1966 `` Born Free '' ( from Born Free ) Best Original Song Nominated 1968 The Lion in Winter Best Original Score Nominated 1971 Mary, Queen of Scots Best Original Score Nominated `` Sail the Summer Winds '' ( from The Dove ) Best Original Song Nominated 1977 `` Down Deep Inside '' ( from The Deep ) Best Original Song Nominated 1981 Somewhere in Time Best Original Score Nominated 1985 Out of Africa Best Original Score Won `` A View to a Kill '' ( from A View to a Kill ) Best Original Song Nominated 1990 Dances with Wolves Best Original Score Nominated 1992 Chaplin Best Original Score Nominated Grammy Award 1969 Best Instrumental Theme for Midnight Cowboy 1985 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band for The Cotton Club 1985 Best Instrumental Composition for Out of Africa 1991 Best Instrumental Composition for Dances with Wolves Emmy Award nominations 1964 Outstanding Achievement in Composing Original Music for Television for Elizabeth Taylor in London ( a 1963 television special ) 1977 Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Special ( Dramatic Underscore ) for Eleanor and Franklin : The White House Years Golden Raspberry Award 1981 Worst Musical Score for The Legend of the Lone Ranger Max Steiner Lifetime Achievement Award ( presented by the City of Vienna ) 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from World Soundtrack Academy ( presented at the Ghent Film Festival ) Barry was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1998. Discography Bond films Barry worked on the soundtracks for the following James Bond films ( title song collaborators in brackets ) : Dr. No ( 1962 ) -- James Bond Theme ( composed by Monty Norman ) as arranged by Barry used on main and end titles, and key points such as Bond 's arrival in Jamaica From Russia with Love ( lyrics by Lionel Bart ) ( 1963 ) Goldfinger ( lyrics by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse ), ( 1964 ) Thunderball ( lyrics by Don Black ) ( 1965 ) You Only Live Twice ( lyrics by Leslie Bricusse ) ( 1967 ) On Her Majesty 's Secret Service ( 1969 ) Diamonds Are Forever ( lyrics by Don Black ) ( 1971 ) The Man with the Golden Gun ( lyrics by Don Black ) ( 1974 ) Moonraker ( lyrics by Hal David ) ( 1979 ) Octopussy ( lyrics by Tim Rice ) ( 1983 ) A View to a Kill ( music and lyrics by Duran Duran ) ( 1985 ) The Living Daylights ( music and lyrics by Paul Waaktaar - Savoy ) ( 1987 ) Other film scores Beat Girl ( 1960 ) Never Let Go ( 1960 ) The Cool Mikado ( 1962 ) The Amorous Prawn ( 1962 ) The L - Shaped Room ( 1962 ) Man in the Middle ( 1963 ) A Jolly Bad Fellow ( 1964 ) Séance on a Wet Afternoon ( 1964 ) Zulu ( 1964 ) Boy and Bicycle ( 1965 ) Mister Moses ( 1965 ) US Four in the Morning ( 1965 ) The Party 's Over ( 1965 ) The Knack... and How to Get It ( 1965 ) King Rat ( 1965 ) US The Ipcress File ( 1965 ) Born Free ( 1966 ) The Chase ( 1966 ) US The Wrong Box ( 1966 ) The Quiller Memorandum ( 1966 ) The Whisperers ( 1967 ) Dutchman ( 1967 ) Boom ! ( 1968 ) Petulia ( 1968 ) US Deadfall ( 1968 ) The Lion in Winter ( 1968 ) The Appointment ( 1969 ) US Midnight Cowboy ( 1969 ) US Monte Walsh ( 1970 ) US The Last Valley ( 1970 ) They Might Be Giants ( 1971 ) US Murphy 's War ( 1971 ) Walkabout ( 1971 ) Mary, Queen of Scots ( 1971 ) Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland ( 1972 ) Follow Me ! ( 1972 ) A Doll 's House ( 1973 ) The Tamarind Seed ( 1974 ) The Dove ( 1974 ) US The Day of the Locust ( 1975 ) US King Kong ( 1976 ) US Italy Robin and Marian ( 1976 ) US The Deep ( 1977 ) First Love ( 1977 ) US The White Buffalo ( 1977 ) US Game of Death ( 1978 ) The Betsy ( 1978 ) Starcrash ( 1978 ) US Hanover Street ( 1979 ) The Black Hole ( 1979 ) US Somewhere in Time ( 1980 ) US Touched by Love ( 1980 ) US Canada Inside Moves ( 1980 ) US Night Games ( 1980 ) US Raise the Titanic ( 1980 ) The Legend of the Lone Ranger ( 1981 ) US Body Heat ( 1981 ) US Frances ( 1982 ) US Murder by Phone ( 1982 ) Hammett ( 1982 ) US The Golden Seal ( 1983 ) High Road to China ( 1983 ) The Cotton Club ( 1984 ) US Until September ( 1984 ) US Mike 's Murder ( 1984 ) US Jagged Edge ( 1985 ) US Out of Africa ( 1985 ) US Howard the Duck ( 1986 ) US A Killing Affair ( 1986 ) US Peggy Sue Got Married ( 1986 ) US The Golden Child ( 1986 ) ( only partially used in final cut ) US Hearts of Fire ( 1987 ) US Masquerade ( 1988 ) US Dances with Wolves ( 1990 ) US Chaplin ( 1992 ) The Bodyguard ( 1992 ) ( Rejected score ) Year of the Comet ( 1992 ) ( rejected score ) Ruby Cairo ( 1993 ) US My Life ( 1993 ) US Indecent Proposal ( 1993 ) US The Specialist ( 1994 ) US Cry, The Beloved Country ( 1995 ) Across the Sea of Time ( 1995 ) US The Scarlet Letter ( 1995 ) US Swept from the Sea ( 1997 ) US Mercury Rising ( 1998 ) US Playing by Heart ( 1998 ) US The Horse Whisperer ( 1998 ) ( rejected score ) Goodbye Lover ( 1999 ) ( rejected score ) Enigma ( 2001 ) The Incredibles ( 2004 ) ( rejected score ) Television themes Juke Box Jury ( 1959 -- 1967 ) Dateline London ( 1962 ) Elizabeth Taylor in London ( Grammy award nomination ) ( 1963 ) Impromptu ( 1964 ) Sophia Loren in Rome ( 1964 ) The Newcomers ( 1965 -- 1969 ) Vendetta ( 1966 ) The Persuaders ! ( 1971 -- 1972 ) The Adventurer ( 1972 -- 1973 ) Orson Welles ' Great Mysteries ( 1973 ) The Glass Menagerie ( 1973 ) Born Free ( 1974 ) Love Among the Ruins ( 1975 ) Eleanor and Franklin ( 1976 ) Eleanor and Franklin : The White House Years ( 1977 ) The War Between the Tates ( 1977 ) Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy ( 1977 ) The Gathering ( 1977 ) The Corn is Green ( 1979 ) Willa ( 1979 ) Svengali ( 1983 ) USA Today : The Television Show ( 1988 ) Musicals Passion Flower Hotel ( 1965 ) Lolita, My Love ( 1971 ), a musical comedy ( text by Alan Jay Lerner ) based on Vladimir Nabokov 's novel Lolita Billy ( 1974 ) The Little Prince and the Aviator ( 1981 ) Brighton Rock ( 2004 ) Other works Stringbeat ( 1961 ) Americans ( 1975 ) The Beyondness of Things ( 1999 ) Eternal Echoes ( 2001 ) The Seasons ( no release date set ) Singles ( Excludes co-composed hits, e.g. Duran Duran 's A View to a Kill ) `` Hit and Miss '' as The John Barry Seven plus Four, UK # 10 ( first charted 1960 ) `` Beat for Beatniks '' as The John Barry Orchestra, UK # 40 ( 1960 ) `` Never Let Go '' as The John Barry Orchestra, UK # 49 ( 1960 ) `` Blueberry Hill '' as The John Barry Orchestra, UK # 34 ( 1960 ) `` Walk Do n't Run '' as The John Barry Seven, UK # 11 ( 1960 ) `` Black Stockings '' as The John Barry Seven, UK # 27 ( 1960 ) `` The Magnificent Seven '' as The John Barry Seven, UK # 45 ( 1961 ) `` Cutty Sark '' as The John Barry Seven, UK # 35 ( 1962 ) `` The James Bond Theme '' as The John Barry Orchestra, UK # 13 ( 1962 ) `` From Russia with Love '' as The John Barry Orchestra, UK # 39 ( 1963 ) `` Theme from ' The Persuaders ' '' as John Barry, UK # 13 ( 1971 ) His four highest - charting hits all spent more than 10 weeks in the UK top 50. Sampled by other artists Barry 's work began to be sampled in the 1990s by artists such as Dr. Dre and Wu - Tang Clan, with his `` James Bond Theme '' being sampled by performers as diverse as Bonobo, Gang Starr and Junior Reid. Fatboy Slim used the opening guitars from `` Beat Girl ( Main Title ) '' for `` Rockafeller Skank '' from his album, You 've Come a Long Way, Baby ( 1998 ). The Sneaker Pimps also sampled `` Golden Girl '' on their single `` 6 Underground '' ( 1996 ). Additionally, `` You Only Live Twice '' was heavily sampled on `` Millennium '' from Robbie Williams ' second album, I 've Been Expecting You. Barry was set to compose Thomas and the Magic Railroad but left due to scheduling conflicts. Influences Alfred Newman, Dimitri Tiomkin, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Gil Evans, Stan Kenton, Chet Baker, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Franz Waxman, Max Steiner, Elmer Bernstein, Bernard Herrmann, Nino Rota, Henry Mancini Influenced Alan Silvestri, Georges Delerue, James Horner, Craig Armstrong, Howard Shore, Trevor Jones, Carter Burwell, David Arnold, Hans Zimmer, Orbital References Jump up ^ The Sunday Times Magazine ( London ). 18 December 2011. p. 64. ^ Jump up to : `` ' James Bond Theme ' composer John Barry dies of heart attack ''. One India. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010. ^ Jump up to : `` Film composer Barry dies aged 77 ''. The Irish Times. Dublin. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011. ^ Jump up to : Sweeting, Adam ( 31 January 2011 ). `` John Barry Obituary ''. The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 February 2011. WebCitation archive. ^ Jump up to : Hastings, Sheena ( 31 January 2011 ). `` John Barry Obituary ''. Yorkshire Post. Leeds. Retrieved 3 February 2011. 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Emmy. Retrieved 1 February 2011. Jump up ^ `` John Barry ''. whosampled.com. Retrieved 31 January 2011. Further reading Fiegel, Eddi. John Barry : A Sixties Theme : From James Bond to Midnight Cowboy ( Faber & Faber : London, UK, 2012 ) Leonard, Geoff, Pete Walker and Gareth Bramley. John Barry -- The Man with the Midas Touch ( Redcliffe Press : Bristol, UK, 2008 ) External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Barry ( composer ). John Barry Website John Barry at the Songwriters Hall of Fame John Barry on IMDb John Barry at Find a Grave Appearance on Desert Island Discs 13 June 1999 John Barry discography at MusicBrainz John Barry Memorial Concert -- Remembering Chet on YouTube John Barry Memorial Concert -- The James Bond Theme on YouTube John Barry Memorial Concert -- Goldfinger on YouTube John Barry Memorial Concert -- We Have All The Time in the World on YouTube John Barry Memorial Concert -- Complete Radio Broadcast on YouTube Preceded by Nancy Sinatra You Only Live Twice, 1967 James Bond title artist On Her Majesty 's Secret Service, 1969 Succeeded by Shirley Bassey Diamonds Are Forever, 1971 Preceded by Monty Norman 1962 James Bond film score composer 1963 -- 1971 Succeeded by George Martin 1973 Preceded by George Martin 1973 James Bond film score composer Succeeded by Marvin Hamlisch 1977 Preceded by Marvin Hamlisch 1977 James Bond film score composer 1979 Succeeded by Bill Conti 1981 Preceded by Bill Conti 1981 James Bond film score composer 1983 -- 1987 Succeeded by Michael Kamen Academy Award for Best Original Score 1930s Louis Silvers ( 1934 ) Max Steiner ( 1935 ) Leo F. Forbstein ( 1936 ) Charles Previn ( 1937 ) Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Alfred Newman ( 1938 ) Herbert Stothart / Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken ( 1939 ) 1940s Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington / Alfred Newman ( 1940 ) Bernard Herrmann / Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace ( 1941 ) Max Steiner / Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld ( 1942 ) Alfred Newman / Ray Heindorf ( 1943 ) Max Steiner / Morris Stoloff and Carmen Dragon ( 1944 ) Miklós Rózsa / Georgie Stoll ( 1945 ) Hugo Friedhofer / Morris Stoloff ( 1946 ) Miklós Rózsa / Alfred Newman ( 1947 ) Brian Easdale / Johnny Green and Roger Edens ( 1948 ) Aaron Copland / Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton ( 1949 ) 1950s Franz Waxman / Adolph Deutsch and Roger Edens ( 1950 ) Franz Waxman / Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin ( 1951 ) Dimitri Tiomkin / Alfred Newman ( 1952 ) Bronisław Kaper / Alfred Newman ( 1953 ) Dimitri Tiomkin / Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin ( 1954 ) Alfred Newman / Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch ( 1955 ) Victor Young / Alfred Newman and Ken Darby ( 1956 ) Malcolm Arnold ( 1957 ) Dimitri Tiomkin / Andre Previn ( 1958 ) Miklós Rózsa / Andre Previn and Ken Darby ( 1959 ) 1960s Ernest Gold / Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman ( 1960 ) Henry Mancini / Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal ( 1961 ) Maurice Jarre / Ray Heindorf ( 1962 ) John Addison / Andre Previn ( 1963 ) Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman / Andre Previn ( 1964 ) Maurice Jarre / Irwin Kostal ( 1965 ) John Barry / Ken Thorne ( 1966 ) Elmer Bernstein / Alfred Newman and Ken Darby ( 1967 ) John Barry / Johnny Green ( 1968 ) Burt Bacharach / Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman ( 1969 ) 1970s Francis Lai / The Beatles ( John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr ) ( 1970 ) Michel Legrand / John Williams ( 1971 ) Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell / Ralph Burns ( 1972 ) Marvin Hamlisch / Marvin Hamlisch ( 1973 ) Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola / Nelson Riddle ( 1974 ) John Williams / Leonard Rosenman ( 1975 ) Jerry Goldsmith / Leonard Rosenman ( 1976 ) John Williams / Jonathan Tunick ( 1977 ) Giorgio Moroder / Joe Renzetti ( 1978 ) Georges Delerue / Ralph Burns ( 1979 ) 1980s Michael Gore ( 1980 ) Vangelis ( 1981 ) John Williams / Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse ( 1982 ) Bill Conti / Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman ( 1983 ) Maurice Jarre / Prince ( 1984 ) John Barry ( 1985 ) Herbie Hancock ( 1986 ) Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su ( 1987 ) Dave Grusin ( 1988 ) Alan Menken ( 1989 ) 1990s John Barry ( 1990 ) Alan Menken ( 1991 ) Alan Menken ( 1992 ) John Williams ( 1993 ) Hans Zimmer ( 1994 ) Luis Enríquez Bacalov / Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz ( 1995 ) Gabriel Yared / Rachel Portman ( 1996 ) James Horner / Anne Dudley ( 1997 ) Nicola Piovani / Stephen Warbeck ( 1998 ) John Corigliano ( 1999 ) 2000s Tan Dun ( 2000 ) Howard Shore ( 2001 ) Elliot Goldenthal ( 2002 ) Howard Shore ( 2003 ) Jan A.P. Kaczmarek ( 2004 ) Gustavo Santaolalla ( 2005 ) Gustavo Santaolalla ( 2006 ) Dario Marianelli ( 2007 ) A.R. Rahman ( 2008 ) Michael Giacchino ( 2009 ) 2010s Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross ( 2010 ) Ludovic Bource ( 2011 ) Mychael Danna ( 2012 ) Steven Price ( 2013 ) Alexandre Desplat ( 2014 ) Ennio Morricone ( 2015 ) Justin Hurwitz ( 2016 ) Academy Award for Best Original Song 1934 -- 1940 `` The Continental '' Music : Con Conrad Lyrics : Herb Magidson ( 1934 ) `` Lullaby of Broadway '' Music : Harry Warren Lyrics : Al Dubin ( 1935 ) `` The Way You Look Tonight '' Music : Jerome Kern Lyrics : Dorothy Fields ( 1936 ) `` Sweet Leilani '' Music and lyrics : Harry Owens ( 1937 ) `` Thanks for the Memory '' Music : Ralph Rainger Lyrics : Leo Robin ( 1938 ) `` Over the Rainbow '' Music : Harold Arlen Lyrics : E.Y. Harburg ( 1939 ) `` When You Wish upon a Star '' Music : Leigh Harline Lyrics : Ned Washington ( 1940 ) 1941 -- 1950 `` The Last Time I Saw Paris '' Music : Jerome Kern Lyrics : Oscar Hammerstein II ( 1941 ) `` White Christmas '' Music and Lyrics : Irving Berlin ( 1942 ) `` You 'll Never Know '' Music : Harry Warren Lyrics : Mack Gordon ( 1943 ) `` Swinging on a Star '' Music : Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics : Johnny Burke ( 1944 ) `` It Might as Well Be Spring '' Music : Richard Rodgers Lyrics : Oscar Hammerstein II ( 1945 ) `` On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe '' Music : Harry Warren Lyrics : Johnny Mercer ( 1946 ) `` Zip - a-Dee - Doo - Dah '' Music : Allie Wrubel Lyrics : Ray Gilbert ( 1947 ) `` Buttons and Bows '' Music : Jay Livingston Lyrics : Ray Evans ( 1948 ) `` Baby, It 's Cold Outside '' Music and Lyrics : Frank Loesser ( 1949 ) `` Mona Lisa '' Music and Lyrics : Ray Evans and Jay Livingston ( 1950 ) 1951 -- 1960 `` In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening '' Music : Hoagy Carmichael Lyrics : Johnny Mercer ( 1951 ) `` High Noon ( Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin ' ) '' Music : Dimitri Tiomkin Lyrics : Ned Washington ( 1952 ) `` Secret Love '' Music : Sammy Fain Lyrics : Paul Francis Webster ( 1953 ) `` Three Coins in the Fountain '' Music : Jule Styne Lyrics : Sammy Cahn ( 1954 ) `` Love Is a Many Splendored Thing '' Music : Sammy Fain Lyrics : Paul Francis Webster ( 1955 ) `` Que Sera, Sera ( Whatever Will Be, Will Be ) '' Music and lyrics : Jay Livingston and Ray Evans ( 1956 ) `` All the Way '' Music : Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics : Sammy Cahn ( 1957 ) `` Gigi '' Music : Frederick Loewe Lyrics : Alan Jay Lerner ( 1958 ) `` High Hopes '' Music : Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics : Sammy Cahn ( 1959 ) `` Never on Sunday '' Music and lyrics : Manos Hatzidakis ( 1960 ) 1961 -- 1970 `` Moon River '' Music : Henry Mancini Lyrics : Johnny Mercer ( 1961 ) `` Days of Wine and Roses '' Music : Henry Mancini Lyrics : Johnny Mercer ( 1962 ) `` Call Me Irresponsible '' Music : Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics : Sammy Cahn ( 1963 ) `` Chim Chim Cher - ee '' Music and lyrics : Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman ( 1964 ) `` The Shadow of Your Smile '' Music : Johnny Mandel Lyrics : Paul Francis Webster ( 1965 ) `` Born Free '' Music : John Barry Lyrics : Don Black ( 1966 ) `` Talk to the Animals '' Music and lyrics : Leslie Bricusse ( 1967 ) `` The Windmills of Your Mind '' Music : Michel Legrand Lyrics : Alan and Marilyn Bergman ( 1968 ) `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' Music : Burt Bacharach Lyrics : Hal David ( 1969 ) `` For All We Know '' Music : Fred Karlin Lyrics : Robb Royer and Jimmy Griffin ( 1970 ) 1971 -- 1980 `` Theme from Shaft '' Music and lyrics : Isaac Hayes ( 1971 ) `` The Morning After '' Music and lyrics : Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn ( 1972 ) `` The Way We Were '' Music : Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics : Alan and Marilyn Bergman ( 1973 ) `` We May Never Love Like This Again '' Music and lyrics : Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn ( 1974 ) `` I 'm Easy '' Music and lyrics : Keith Carradine ( 1975 ) `` Evergreen ( Love Theme from A Star Is Born ) '' Music : Barbra Streisand Lyrics : Paul Williams ( 1976 ) `` You Light Up My Life '' Music and lyrics : Joseph Brooks ( 1977 ) `` Last Dance '' Music and lyrics : Paul Jabara ( 1978 ) `` It Goes Like It Goes '' Music : David Shire Lyrics : Norman Gimbel ( 1979 ) `` Fame '' Music : Michael Gore Lyrics : Dean Pitchford ( 1980 ) 1981 -- 1990 `` Arthur 's Theme ( Best That You Can Do ) '' Music and lyrics : Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen ( 1981 ) `` Up Where We Belong '' Music : Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte - Marie Lyrics : Will Jennings ( 1982 ) `` Flashdance... What a Feeling '' Music : Giorgio Moroder Lyrics : Keith Forsey and Irene Cara ( 1983 ) `` I Just Called to Say I Love You '' Music and lyrics : Stevie Wonder ( 1984 ) `` Say You, Say Me '' Music and lyrics : Lionel Richie ( 1985 ) `` Take My Breath Away '' Music : Giorgio Moroder Lyrics : Tom Whitlock ( 1986 ) `` ( I 've Had ) The Time of My Life '' Music : Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz Lyrics : Franke Previte ( 1987 ) `` Let the River Run '' Music and lyrics : Carly Simon ( 1988 ) `` Under the Sea '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Howard Ashman ( 1989 ) `` Sooner or Later ( I Always Get My Man ) '' Music and Lyrics : Stephen Sondheim ( 1990 ) 1991 -- 2000 `` Beauty and the Beast '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Howard Ashman ( 1991 ) `` A Whole New World '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Tim Rice ( 1992 ) `` Streets of Philadelphia '' Music and lyrics : Bruce Springsteen ( 1993 ) `` Can You Feel the Love Tonight '' Music : Elton John Lyrics : Tim Rice ( 1994 ) `` Colors of the Wind '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Stephen Schwartz ( 1995 ) `` You Must Love Me '' Music : Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics : Tim Rice ( 1996 ) `` My Heart Will Go On '' Music : James Horner Lyrics : Will Jennings ( 1997 ) `` When You Believe '' Music and lyrics : Stephen Schwartz ( 1998 ) `` You 'll Be in My Heart '' Music and lyrics : Phil Collins ( 1999 ) `` Things Have Changed '' Music and lyrics : Bob Dylan ( 2000 ) 2001 -- 2010 `` If I Did n't Have You '' Music and lyrics : Randy Newman ( 2001 ) `` Lose Yourself '' Music : Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto Lyrics : Eminem ( 2002 ) `` Into the West '' Music and lyrics : Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox ( 2003 ) `` Al otro lado del río '' Music and lyrics : Jorge Drexler ( 2004 ) `` It 's Hard out Here for a Pimp '' Music and lyrics : Juicy J, Frayser Boy and DJ Paul ( 2005 ) `` I Need to Wake Up '' Music and lyrics : Melissa Etheridge ( 2006 ) `` Falling Slowly '' Music and lyrics : Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová ( 2007 ) `` Jai Ho '' Music : A.R. Rahman Lyrics : Gulzar ( 2008 ) `` The Weary Kind '' Music and lyrics : Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett ( 2009 ) `` We Belong Together '' Music and lyrics : Randy Newman ( 2010 ) 2011 -- present `` Man or Muppet '' Music and lyrics : Bret McKenzie ( 2011 ) `` Skyfall '' Music and lyrics : Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth ( 2012 ) `` Let It Go '' Music and lyrics : Kristen Anderson - Lopez and Robert Lopez ( 2013 ) `` Glory '' Music and lyrics : John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn ( 2014 ) `` Writing 's on the Wall '' Music and lyrics : James Napier and Sam Smith ( 2015 ) `` City of Stars '' Music : Justin Hurwitz Lyrics : Benj Pasek and Justin Paul ( 2016 ) BAFTA Award for Best Film Music John Barry ( 1968 ) Mikis Theodorakis ( 1969 ) Burt Bacharach ( 1970 ) Michel Legrand ( 1971 ) Nino Rota ( 1972 ) Alan Price ( 1973 ) Richard Rodney Bennett ( 1974 ) John Williams ( 1975 ) Bernard Herrmann ( 1976 ) John Addison ( 1977 ) John Williams ( 1978 ) Ennio Morricone ( 1979 ) John Williams ( 1980 ) Carl Davis ( 1981 ) John Williams ( 1982 ) Ryuichi Sakamoto ( 1983 ) Ennio Morricone ( 1984 ) Maurice Jarre ( 1985 ) Ennio Morricone ( 1986 ) Ennio Morricone ( 1987 ) John Williams ( 1988 ) Maurice Jarre ( 1989 ) Andrea and Ennio Morricone ( 1990 ) Jean - Claude Petit ( 1991 ) David Hirschfelder ( 1992 ) John Williams ( 1993 ) Don Was ( 1994 ) Luis Bacalov ( 1995 ) Gabriel Yared ( 1996 ) Nellee Hooper ( 1997 ) David Hirschfelder ( 1998 ) Thomas Newman ( 1999 ) Tan Dun ( 2000 ) Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries ( 2001 ) Philip Glass ( 2002 ) T Bone Burnett and Gabriel Yared ( 2003 ) Gustavo Santaolalla ( 2004 ) John Williams ( 2005 ) Gustavo Santaolalla ( 2006 ) Christopher Gunning ( 2007 ) A.R. Rahman ( 2008 ) Michael Giacchino ( 2009 ) Alexandre Desplat ( 2010 ) Ludovic Bource ( 2011 ) Thomas Newman ( 2012 ) Steven Price ( 2013 ) Alexandre Desplat ( 2014 ) Ennio Morricone ( 2015 ) Justin Hurwitz ( 2016 ) BAFTA Fellowship recipients 1971 -- 2000 Alfred Hitchcock ( 1971 ) Freddie Young ( 1972 ) Grace Wyndham Goldie ( 1973 ) David Lean ( 1974 ) Jacques Cousteau ( 1975 ) Charlie Chaplin ( 1976 ) Laurence Olivier ( 1976 ) Denis Forman ( 1977 ) Fred Zinnemann ( 1978 ) Lew Grade ( 1979 ) Huw Wheldon ( 1979 ) David Attenborough ( 1980 ) John Huston ( 1980 ) Abel Gance ( 1981 ) Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger ( 1981 ) Andrzej Wajda ( 1982 ) Richard Attenborough ( 1983 ) Hugh Greene ( 1984 ) Sam Spiegel ( 1984 ) Jeremy Isaacs ( 1985 ) Steven Spielberg ( 1986 ) Federico Fellini ( 1987 ) Ingmar Bergman ( 1988 ) Alec Guinness ( 1989 ) Paul Fox ( 1990 ) Louis Malle ( 1991 ) John Gielgud ( 1992 ) David Plowright ( 1992 ) Sydney Samuelson ( 1993 ) Colin Young ( 1993 ) Michael Grade ( 1994 ) Billy Wilder ( 1995 ) Jeanne Moreau ( 1996 ) Ronald Neame ( 1996 ) John Schlesinger ( 1996 ) Maggie Smith ( 1996 ) Woody Allen ( 1997 ) Steven Bochco ( 1997 ) Julie Christie ( 1997 ) Oswald Morris ( 1997 ) Harold Pinter ( 1997 ) David Rose ( 1997 ) Sean Connery ( 1998 ) Bill Cotton ( 1998 ) Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise ( 1999 ) Elizabeth Taylor ( 1999 ) Michael Caine ( 2000 ) Stanley Kubrick ( 2000 ) Peter Bazalgette ( 2000 ) 2001 -- present Albert Finney ( 2001 ) John Thaw ( 2001 ) Judi Dench ( 2001 ) Warren Beatty ( 2002 ) Merchant Ivory Productions ( 2002 ) Andrew Davies ( 2002 ) John Mills ( 2002 ) Saul Zaentz ( 2003 ) David Jason ( 2003 ) John Boorman ( 2004 ) Roger Graef ( 2004 ) John Barry ( 2005 ) David Frost ( 2005 ) David Puttnam ( 2006 ) Ken Loach ( 2006 ) Anne V. Coates ( 2007 ) Richard Curtis ( 2007 ) Will Wright ( 2007 ) Anthony Hopkins ( 2008 ) Bruce Forsyth ( 2008 ) Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders ( 2009 ) Terry Gilliam ( 2009 ) Nolan Bushnell ( 2009 ) Vanessa Redgrave ( 2010 ) Shigeru Miyamoto ( 2010 ) Melvyn Bragg ( 2010 ) Christopher Lee ( 2011 ) Peter Molyneux ( 2011 ) Trevor McDonald ( 2011 ) Martin Scorsese ( 2012 ) Rolf Harris ( 2012 ) Alan Parker ( 2013 ) Gabe Newell ( 2013 ) Michael Palin ( 2013 ) Helen Mirren ( 2014 ) Rockstar Games ( 2014 ) Julie Walters ( 2014 ) Mike Leigh ( 2015 ) David Braben ( 2015 ) Jon Snow ( 2015 ) Sidney Poitier ( 2016 ) John Carmack ( 2016 ) Ray Galton & Alan Simpson ( 2016 ) Mel Brooks ( 2017 ) Joanna Lumley ( 2017 ) Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score 1940s Life with Father -- Max Steiner ( 1947 ) The Red Shoes -- Brian Easdale ( 1948 ) The Inspector General -- Johnny Green ( 1949 ) 1950s Sunset Boulevard -- Franz Waxman ( 1950 ) September Affair -- Victor Young ( 1951 ) High Noon -- Dimitri Tiomkin ( 1952 ) On the Beach -- Ernest Gold ( 1959 ) 1960s The Alamo -- Dimitri Tiomkin ( 1960 ) The Guns of Navarone -- Dimitri Tiomkin ( 1961 ) To Kill a Mockingbird -- Elmer Bernstein ( 1962 ) ( 1963 ) The Fall of the Roman Empire -- Dimitri Tiomkin ( 1964 ) Doctor Zhivago -- Maurice Jarre ( 1965 ) Hawaii -- Elmer Bernstein ( 1966 ) Camelot -- Frederick Loewe ( 1967 ) The Shoes of the Fisherman -- Alex North ( 1968 ) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -- Burt Bacharach ( 1969 ) 1970s Love Story -- Francis Lai ( 1970 ) Shaft -- Isaac Hayes ( 1971 ) The Godfather -- Nino Rota ( 1972 ) Jonathan Livingston Seagull -- Neil Diamond ( 1973 ) The Little Prince -- Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe ( 1974 ) Jaws -- John Williams ( 1975 ) A Star is Born -- Kenneth Ascher, Paul Williams ( 1976 ) Star Wars -- John Williams ( 1977 ) Midnight Express -- Giorgio Moroder ( 1978 ) Apocalypse Now -- Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola ( 1979 ) 1980s The Stunt Man -- Dominic Frontiere ( 1980 ) ( 1981 ) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial -- John Williams ( 1982 ) Flashdance -- Giorgio Moroder ( 1983 ) A Passage to India -- Maurice Jarre ( 1984 ) Out of Africa -- John Barry ( 1985 ) The Mission -- Ennio Morricone ( 1986 ) The Last Emperor -- David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Cong Su ( 1987 ) Gorillas in the Mist -- Maurice Jarre ( 1988 ) The Little Mermaid -- Alan Menken ( 1989 ) 1990s The Sheltering Sky -- Richard Horowitz, Ryuichi Sakamoto ( 1990 ) Beauty and the Beast -- Alan Menken ( 1991 ) Aladdin -- Alan Menken ( 1992 ) Heaven & Earth -- Kitarō ( 1993 ) The Lion King -- Hans Zimmer ( 1994 ) A Walk in the Clouds -- Maurice Jarre ( 1995 ) The English Patient -- Gabriel Yared ( 1996 ) Titanic -- James Horner ( 1997 ) The Truman Show -- Burkhard Dallwitz, Philip Glass ( 1998 ) 1900 -- Ennio Morricone ( 1999 ) 2000s Gladiator -- Lisa Gerrard, Hans Zimmer ( 2000 ) Moulin Rouge ! -- Craig Armstrong ( 2001 ) Frida -- Elliot Goldenthal ( 2002 ) The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King -- Howard Shore ( 2003 ) The Aviator -- Howard Shore ( 2004 ) Memoirs of a Geisha -- John Williams ( 2005 ) The Painted Veil -- Alexandre Desplat ( 2006 ) Atonement -- Dario Marianelli ( 2007 ) Slumdog Millionaire -- A.R. Rahman ( 2008 ) Up -- Michael Giacchino ( 2009 ) 2010s The Social Network -- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross ( 2010 ) The Artist -- Ludovic Bource ( 2011 ) Life of Pi -- Mychael Danna ( 2012 ) All Is Lost -- Alex Ebert ( 2013 ) The Theory of Everything -- Jóhann Jóhannsson ( 2014 ) The Hateful Eight -- Ennio Morricone ( 2015 ) La La Land -- Justin Hurwitz ( 2016 ) Saturn Award for Best Music Bernard Herrmann ( 1973 ) Miklós Rózsa ( 1974 / 75 ) David Raksin ( 1976 ) John Williams / John Williams ( 1977 ) John Williams ( 1978 ) Miklós Rózsa ( 1979 ) John Barry ( 1980 ) John Williams ( 1981 ) John Williams ( 1982 ) James Horner ( 1983 ) Jerry Goldsmith ( 1984 ) Bruce Broughton ( 1985 ) Alan Menken ( 1986 ) Alan Silvestri ( 1987 ) Christopher Young ( 1988 ) Alan Silvestri ( 1989 / 90 ) Loek Dikker ( 1991 ) Angelo Badalamenti ( 1992 ) Danny Elfman ( 1993 ) Howard Shore ( 1994 ) John Ottman ( 1995 ) Danny Elfman ( 1996 ) Danny Elfman ( 1997 ) John Carpenter ( 1998 ) Danny Elfman ( 1999 ) James Horner ( 2000 ) John Williams ( 2001 ) Danny Elfman ( 2002 ) Howard Shore ( 2003 ) Alan Silvestri ( 2004 ) John Williams ( 2005 ) John Ottman ( 2006 ) Alan Menken ( 2007 ) James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer ( 2008 ) James Horner ( 2009 ) Hans Zimmer ( 2010 ) Michael Giacchino ( 2011 ) Danny Elfman ( 2012 ) Frank Ilfman ( 2013 ) Hans Zimmer ( 2014 ) John Williams ( 2015 ) Justin Hurwitz ( 2016 ) Note : The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release ; the ceremonies are usually held the next year. James Bond music Themes `` James Bond Theme '' ( Monty Norman ) `` James Bond Is Back '' ( John Barry ) `` 007 Theme '' ( John Barry ) `` On Her Majesty 's Secret Service '' ( John Barry ) `` Bond 77 '' ( Marvin Hamlisch ) `` James Bond Theme '' ( Moby ) Soundtracks Dr. No From Russia with Love Goldfinger Thunderball You Only Live Twice On Her Majesty 's Secret Service Diamonds Are Forever Live and Let Die The Man with the Golden Gun The Spy Who Loved Me Moonraker For Your Eyes Only Octopussy A View to a Kill The Living Daylights Licence to Kill GoldenEye Tomorrow Never Dies The World Is Not Enough Die Another Day Casino Royale Quantum of Solace Skyfall Spectre Composers Monty Norman John Barry George Martin Marvin Hamlisch Bill Conti Michael Kamen Éric Serra David Arnold Thomas Newman Eon themes `` Kingston Calypso '' `` From Russia with Love '' `` Goldfinger '' `` Thunderball '' `` You Only Live Twice '' `` We Have All the Time in the World '' `` Diamonds Are Forever '' `` Live and Let Die '' `` The Man with the Golden Gun '' `` Nobody Does It Better '' `` Moonraker '' `` For Your Eyes Only '' `` All Time High '' `` A View to a Kill '' `` The Living Daylights '' `` Where Has Everybody Gone ? 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Question: who wrote the theme song for out of africa
Answer: John Barry Prendergast