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Unreleased scores
19 September 2011:
Despite all the recent releases there are a surprising number of John Barry film scores that have still to be issued on CD.
I'll divide these films into sections.
Of the following there is little or no chance of a release either due to the paucity of music in the film or the non-existence of the original recording:
- Never Let Go (1960)
- The Amorous Prawn (1962)
- The Party's Over (1963)
- Séance On A Wet Afternoon (1964)
- A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964)
- Mister Moses (1965)
- The Glass Menagerie (1973)
- Love Among The Ruins (1973)
- The Corn Is Green (1978)
Rejected scores known to have been recorded:
- Sinful Davey (1969) – though score said to have been lost during a flood.
- First Love (1977)
- The Year of the Comet (1992)
- Goodbye Lover (1999)
Those that have had LP releases but appear difficult or impossible to license:
- Man In The Middle (1964)
- The Wrong Box (1966)
- Boom! (1968)
- Follow Me (1971)
- The Dove (1974)
- Legend Of The Lone Ranger (1981)
- Howard The Duck (1986)
Those that have had an LP release but with none, not all or little of JB's score included:
- Inside Moves (1980)
- The Cotton Club (1984)
- Hearts Of Fire (1987) - released film has only a few minutes of music by JB.
Scores that have been re-recorded because the original appears unavailable:
- Walkabout (1970) - only mono master exists, in poor condition
- Raise The Titanic (1980) - no trace of master.
Scores not in any other category but with a reasonable chance of a release, one day:
- The Tamarind Seed - master missing
- My Sister's Keeper
Finally, a list of scores that might see a release *if* they contain sufficient music, the masters still exist, and are licensable:
- Bells
- They Might Be Giants
- Touched By Love
- The Betsy
- Eleanor & Franklin
- The White House Years
- The War Between The Tates
- The Gathering
- Young Joe, The Forgotten Kennedy
- Willa
- Svengali
Note that some of the above TV movies have only 20 minutes or so of original music.
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