David Drinkell Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 John Barry, one of the world's leading composers of film music, died on Sunday 30th January. He wrote a little piece called 'Pray to the Lord' for the compilation 'Fanfare for Francis'. I played it in a lunch-time concert today. Maybe others might feature it as a tribute to him. He was born in York and was at one time a composition pupil of Francis Jackson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clark Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 John Barry, one of the world's leading composers of film music, died on Sunday 30th January. He wrote a little piece called 'Pray to the Lord' for the compilation 'Fanfare for Francis'. I played it in a lunch-time concert today. Maybe others might feature it as a tribute to him. He was born in York and was at one time a composition pupil of Francis Jackson. A sad loss to the world of film music - he was up there with John Willians and Jerry Goldsmith as a composer of scores for "fantasy" films. I do not know his piece "pray to the Lord". Is this compilation still available? On another thread I recounted how I played his Moonraker theme as a concluding voluntary for my mother-in-law, a huge Bond fan. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Drinkell Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 A sad loss to the world of film music - he was up there with John Willians and Jerry Goldsmith as a composer of scores for "fantasy" films. I do not know his piece "pray to the Lord". Is this compilation still available? On another thread I recounted how I played his Moonraker theme as a concluding voluntary for my mother-in-law, a huge Bond fan. Peter Yes, 'Fanfare for Francis' is published by Banks. There's some interesting stuff there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusingMuso Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 John Barry, one of the world's leading composers of film music, died on Sunday 30th January. He wrote a little piece called 'Pray to the Lord' for the compilation 'Fanfare for Francis'. I played it in a lunch-time concert today. Maybe others might feature it as a tribute to him. He was born in York and was at one time a composition pupil of Francis Jackson. ==================== I love listening to good film-scores, and John Barry was right up there with the best of them, like John Williams. I can't imagine that this discussion board is the place to discuss electronic organs and light-music, but the following performer is so imaginative and clever, (using pre-recorded percussion and effects etc), I thought it would remind us of what John Barry achieved. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1pO4d2fIcw&feature=fvsr I had no idea that Barry had written music for the organ or that he had been born in York, but I was aware of the Francis Jackson connection. MM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clark Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 ==================== I love listening to good film-scores, and John Barry was right up there with the best of them, like John Williams. I can't imagine that this discussion board is the place to discuss electronic organs and light-music, but the following performer is so imaginative and clever, (using pre-recorded percussion and effects etc), I thought it would remind us of what John Barry achieved. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1pO4d2fIcw&feature=fvsr I had no idea that Barry had written music for the organ or that he had been born in York, but I was aware of the Francis Jackson connection. MM Nice performance but of a piece not actually by John Barry! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Humana Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Nice performance but of a piece not actually by John Barry! Peter That seems to be disputable. See para 5 here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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