JOHN BARRY "The Man With The Midas Touch" Geoff Leonard HARDCOVER Bond 007 RARE

Description: REDCLIFF PRESS John BarryThe Man With The Midas Touchby Geoff Leonard / Pete Walker / Gareth Bramley "Film Music, Orchestral and John Barry collectors!" NEW / UNREAD CONDITION "In this text, this astonishing 50-year career is at last celebrated in all its musical facets.The authors draw on their own experience and on conversations with those who'veknown John Barry since his formative years." GALLERY PHOTOS ARE THE ACTUAL ITEM For rock 'n roll fans, The John Barry Seven were pioneers of the emerging British music scene in the 1950s, while his distinctive pizzicato string arrangements for Adam Faith's pre-Beatles successes like "What Do You Want?" are part of pop music history. Chart aficionados point to commercial successes like "Hit and Miss" for TV's "Juke Box Jury" and "The Persuaders". But, for millions of film-goers, Barry's greatest achievements, apart from the memorable James Bond film themes and scores, have been the Oscar-winning scores for "Born Free", "The Lion in Winter", "Out of Africa" and "Dances with Wolves". In "John Barry - The Man With The Midas Touch", this astonishing 50-year career is celebrated in all its musical facets. The authors, each one an authority as well as a fan, draw not only on their own experience, but also on conversations with Barry himself and people who have known him since his formative years as performer, producer, arranger and writer. Essential for John Barry fans or anyone interested in the story of a great career in music and the movies. In 1998, Geoff Leonard, Pete Walker and Gareth Bramley wrote `John Barry, A Life in Music'. That sold out long ago. Ten years later they have published the follow up `John Barry, The Man With The Midas Touch'. The new book is not just a second edition of the first, with a few corrections. It is a major rewrite with a significant amount of new material including photographs. John Barry has had a career in music spanning more than 50 years. Born in York in 1933 his father ran a chain of cinemas across the north of England and his mother was a classically trained pianist. From his time in the army as part of a music regiment during the early 50s, through to forming one of the leading pre Beatles pop groups, The John Barry Seven, and on to scoring numerous films both in the UK and US including eleven of the James Bond series, `The Black Hole', `Out Of Africa', `Somewhere In Time' and `The Lion In Winter'. Barry has composed some of the most outstanding music of the last half century. On the way he picked up four Oscars for best score and one for best song. Further, he has written five stage musicals and a number of TV themes including `The Persuaders', conducted concerts of his work at the Royal Albert Hall in London and released albums of non soundtrack work He also composed for many TV commercials particularly in the 1960s including one for `Sunsilk' shampoo that would later be released as the B side to `The Persuaders' and become the encore to his concerts. In 1988 he nearly died when he suffered an allergic reaction to a health food drink which ruptured his oesophagus. However he triumphantly returned in 1990 to compose one of his greatest scores `Dances With Wolves' and pick up his fifth Oscar. There is a Barry sound that gives much of his work a unity but each theme, score and album is unique. A man with the Midas touch, indeed. This book is the detailed story of John Barry's career in the music business. It is divided into thirty chapters plus a forward by his frequent lyricist, Don Black. There are also fascinating sections relating to the various awards he has had bestowed and a discography listing all his record releases over six separate decades. Each chapter focuses on a particular aspect of John Barry's career: Oscars, musicals, James Bond, concerts, his work with Adam Faith and so on. Each chapter also begins with an appropriate quote, many by Barry himself. For instance, the chapter on the Swinging Sixties begins with the following from Barry:"The life I was living was fifty times more fun than anything in The Knack" What is immediately striking is that the 300 page book fully captures the variety and richness of Barry's career. Each chapter is full of information but also highly readable making this a book that will appeal to both hard core Barry fans and newcomers. Even people who have never heard of Barry could read and enjoy it and marvel at a musical career that has produced so much of quality for so long. John Barry is one of the greats of modern music; this book is a worthy tribute to the man and his career. Redcliffe Press | ISBN 9781904537779, 304 pages "What caught our eye first were the 300 or so photos, posters and images that decorate the book, many unpublished until now. Once we’d stopped looking at all these and enjoying Barry’s taste in spectacles over the years, we realised that the book chronologically sets out the main developments and turning points in Barry’s spectacular career – the JB7, Ember recordings, film scoring, etc, and keeps it all concise and waffle-free. This means that the book can be easily read as a very well researched history of the man and can also be picked up at any time as a reference tool too." James Bond composer John Barry dies aged 77Legendary British composer John Barry has died at the age of 77. Barry won five Oscars during his career and is probably best known for writing the music for many of the iconic James Bond films.Five-time Oscar-winning composer John Barry, who wrote music for a dozen James Bond films, including “You Only Live Twice” and “Goldfinger” but couldn’t persuade a jury that he composed the suave spy’s theme music, has died. He was 77. Though his work on the Bond films is among his most famous, the English-born composer wrote a long list of scores, including for “Midnight Cowboy,” “Dances with Wolves” and “Body Heat.” He was proud of writing both for big action blockbusters and smaller films. He won two Oscars for “Born Free” in 1966, for best score and best song. He also earned statuettes for the scores to “The Lion in Winter” (1968), “Out of Africa” (1985) and “Dances with Wolves” (1990). His association with Agent 007 began with “Dr. No” in 1962, although his contribution to that film was not credited and is in dispute. Monty Norman, who was credited as the composer for “Dr. No,” sued The Sunday Times in 2001 for reporting that Barry had composed the theme, working from scraps of Norman’s work. Norman won the case, collecting 30,000 pounds ($48,000). Barry testified that he was paid 250 pounds to work on the theme music, developing the guitar line from part of Norman’s song “Bad Sign, Good Sign,” but agreed that Norman would get the credit. He was asked whether Norman wrote the theme and responded “absolutely not.” In later years, Barry limited his comment on the case to saying, “If I didn’t write it, why did they ask me to do the other ones?” He subsequently wrote music for “Goldfinger,” “From Russia with Love,” “Thunderball,” “You Only Live Twice,” “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” “Diamonds are Forever,” “The Man with the Golden Gun,” “Moonraker,” “Octopussy,” “A View to a Kill” and “The Living Daylights.” Born John Barry Prendergast, he recalled growing up “exposed to the fantasy life of Hollywood” at the eight theaters his father owned in Northern England. “Rather than talkie-talkie movies, I liked films with excitement and adventure, because they were the ones that had the music,” Barry said in an interview with The Guardian newspaper in 1999. “It was nice to have the very commercial Bondian thing ... and then at the same time have these smaller movies which were artistically more interesting to do,” he said. Other films included “Robin and Marian,” “Somewhere in Time,” “The Cotton Club,” “Peggy Sue Got Married” and “Howard the Duck.” He was also nominated for Oscars for his scores of “Mary, Queen of Scots” in 1971 and “Chaplin” in 1992. Barry trained as a pianist, studied counterpoint with York cathedral organist Francis Jackson, and later took up the trumpet. He founded a jazz group, the John Barry Seven, in 1957. The group teamed with singer Adam Faith, scoring hits with “What Do You Want?” and “Poor Me,” and Barry moved into film work when Faith was tapped to star in “Beat Girl” (titled “Living for Kicks” in the United States). “The James Bond movies came because we were successful in the pop music world, with a couple of big instrumental hits. They thought I knew how to write instrumental hit music,” Barry said in an interview with The Associated Press in 1991. In an interview in 2008 with The Irish Times, Barry said his success “was not that difficult.” “If you hit the right formula, if you have an instinct for music, if you apply it, if you have the good fortune to meet with certain people who teach you well ... I didn’t find it all that difficult,” he said. Barry was divorced three times. He is survived by his wife Laurie, his four children and five grandchildren. A private funeral was planned, the family said. Reader comments: "Those who bought the first book, but haven't bothered with The Man With The Midas Touch, that the second book is so much more comprehensive, containing such detailed information that I really don't know how the authors came across these facts. Their research is so informative. "It's a great read of over 300 pages...and the design is much improved." "As far as I am concerned, Midas Touch is the definitive history of John Barry. A very enjoyable read which takes a prominent pride of place in the bookcase." "It's great for turning the conversation round to JB whenever friends pop round and (perhaps) making a few converts to the Barry's musical genius. If you don't already have this book in your collection, then shame on you. Your CD, Vinyl and whatever collection is not complete without it. "Whenever a new Barry CD hits the market, we all scramble to be the first in line to buy it. But that (unfortunately) does not happen every day. So, if you're getting withdrawal symptoms waiting for that new CD, this book is the perfect cure. An excellent investment (remember, there are only a limited number printed) and thoroughly recommended." "A must for: John Barry Fans, Film Music Fans, James Bond Fans. In fact highly recommended for any Music or Film buff!"

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