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John Barry has been called the most important popular British composer of the XXth century. Winner of five Oscars and composer of the James Bond films, Born Free, The Ipcress File, The Lion in Winter, Midnight Cowboy, Out of Africa, and Dances with Wolves, as well as classic TV themes such as The Persuaders, he has become a cultural icon and an inspiration to countless musicians. Throughout the 1960s Barry was at the heart of swinging London. His lifestyle included not one but two flats in Chelsea and an E-type Jaguar; Michael Caine, David Balley and Peter Sellers were amongst his friends, and Jane Birkin was his wife. His Goldfinger soundtrack was at the top of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, and in America and achieved the ultimate coup of knocking the Beatles off the number one slot. John Barry’s phenomenal career reflects the evolution of post-war British music from big band jazz via rock ‘n roll to the birth of the early 1960s pop scene. His beginnings in the film world also coincided with the renaissance in British cinema, from which he emerged as one of the most successful film composers of all time. Featuring John Barry’s personal recollections as well as insig

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Author

Fiegel, Eddi

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EN

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work of fiction