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Filmnotgraphy
Titles
of films John Barry was alleged to be scoring in the past, but that
did not happen or scores were replaced. Several titles may have
been be mere speculation at the time and hold no truth whatsoever.
1965
What's New Pussycat |
1968
Sinful Davy |
| considered but unavailable |
a 19th century contemporary score which Barry says he wrote
and recorded for John Huston but the producers rejected
the score and subsequently wouldn't return it to Barry.
Lukas Kendall of 'Film
Score Monthly' has checked the studio vaults for 'Sinful
Davey' and sadly, but not surprisingly, it's not there.
It must be 99.999% certain that the studio executives who
hated the score destroyed the masters thus depriving us
of what may well have been a classic Barry score.
The themes from Sinful Davey may have been recycled into
other scores but we'll never know for certain unless Barry
can remember and is willing to discuss it.
John Middleton wrote in our discussion forum: Score recorded
at CTS. Masters held across the road in a basement which
was flooded during a cloudburst. No-one realised about the
flood for some time. |
| Burt Bacharach |
Ken Thorne |
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1969
Anne of The Thousand Days |
1969
Battle Of Britain |
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Apparently, John Barry turned down the assignment before Goodwin
was asked.
When they asked Goodwin the first time, he declined. After
they found no other (Barry and apparently others) willing to replace
Walton, they asked Goodwin the second time. Goodwin doubled
his fee, and to his surprise Saltzman said OK. |
| Georges Delerue |
Ron Goodwin, William Walton |
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1970
Love Story |
1971
Get Carter |
| Anthony Harvey was to direct, but Barry left when
Arthur Hiller signed on. |
considered but unavailable |
| Francis Lai |
Roy Budd |
1973
Live and Let Die |
1973
Don't Look Now |
| unavailable: fell out with Harry Saltzman, and working
on Billy |
"Frances" DVD has interesting tidbits apparently reveals
by interviews and commentary that Barry was offered this Nic Roeg's
film. Apparently, it isn't revealed why Barry didn't do them. |
| George Martin / titlesong: Paul McCartney
and Wings |
Pino Donaggio |
1976
The Man Who Fell To Earth |
1977
The Spy Who Loved Me |
| "Frances" DVD has interesting tidbits
apparently reveals by interviews and commentary that Barry was offered
this Nic Roeg's film. Apparently, it isn't revealed why Barry didn't
do them. |
unavailable due to tax-related problems |
| John Phillips, Stomu Yamashta |
Marvin Hamlisch |
1977
Gulliver's Travels (1972) |
1977
First Love |
| Peter Hunt mentioned in an interview that Barry
and Black had written a substantial amount but when the film went
into financial hiatus, and was effectively locked up, the whole
project got shelved. When the finance came back, Hunt contacted
Barry and Black, but Barry had withdrawn his music by then. |
Began as a song score, wasn't working. Barry hired to write a
complete score, parts of which were rejected as "too mature,"
resulting in a hybrid song score/ Barry score. At this point,
Barry asked his name be removed, but his name was seen as composer
on the theatrical posters and (b) there were unmistakable Barryisms
in the snippets of score that (still) remain. The director just
couldn't make up her mind. |
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1981
For Your Eyes Only |
1981
Clash of the Titans |
| unavailable due to tax-related problems |
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| Bill Conti |
Laurence Rosenthal |
1983
The Right Stuff |
1985
Once Bitten |
| did not get on with director and left |
Barry wrote two demo themes, didn't get the job. Recycled them
into Best Man In The World for Golden Child |
| Bill Conti (Academy Award) |
John Du Prez |
1988
Farm of the Year |
1989
Licence To Kill |
| Because of his ilness - ruptured oesophagus, JB
had to leave the music for Farm of the Year, retitled 'Miles from
Home' |
illness - ruptured oesophagus |
| Robert Folk |
Michael Kamen |
1990
Stella |
1990
The Russia House |
| Pulled out of it because he thought the film was
going to be a disaster. |
can anyone confirm? |
| John Morris |
Jerry Goldsmith |
1991
The Prince of Tides |
1992
CrissCross |
| fell out with director and left |
Saw film and decided he wasn't interested. As told to Geoff by
him. |
| James Newton Howard |
Trevor Jones |
1992
The Bodyguard |
1992
Year of the Comet |
| new director, Barry left |
Main theme is used in the film's trailer towards the end. |
| Alan Silvestri and pop songs |
Hummie Mann |
1992
Of Mice and Men |
1992
1492 |
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JB told Geoff that the director once offered to show him the
film but that was as far as it went. He never heard from him again
on the subject. |
| Mark Isham |
Vangelis |
1993
Sleepless in Seattle |
1994
It Could Happen To You |
| didn't want to go through the whole song score/Barry
score thing again? |
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| Marc Shaiman |
Carter Burwell |
1995
The Grass Harp |
1995
Goldeneye |
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wanted proper fee, full creative control (the song), both of
which he was apparently refused |
| Patrick Williams |
Eric Serra |
1996
The Juror |
1996
The English Patient |
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was approached but refused |
| James Newton Howard |
Gabriel Yared |
1998
Bliss |
1998
Seven Years in Tibet |
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had conversations with director but never signed |
| Jan A.P. Kaczmarek |
John Williams |
1998
Ever After |
1998
The Horse Whisperer |
| wrote a theme as a demo, which was rejected |
wrote and recorded full score which was rejected when refusing
to re-score parts |
| George Fenton |
Thomas Newman |
1999
The End Of The Affair |
1999
Goodbye Lover |
| Wrote demo theme, presumably rejected. It's now
a track on Eternal Echoes. |
wrote and recorded full score which was rejected |
| Michael Nyman |
John Ottman |
1999
Tom's Midnight Garden |
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| Director Willard Carroll wanted Barry (him being
a big fan), made one phone call just to check out availability but
there was never any discussion beyond that. |
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| Debbie Wiseman |
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2000
Thomas and the Magic Railroad |
2004
The Incredibles |
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| Hummie Mann |
Michael Giacchino |
Projects which never saw the day of light.
| The Jam |
Travels with Charlie |
| Barry bought the rights and planned to act as
composer/producer |
Barry bought the rights and planned to act as composer/producer
with segments to be directed by people like Kevin C. I seem
to recall that Jim Wilson might have been a co-producer? Not
sure! Barry publicised this quite a lot in the sweep of post-Dances
popularity but (obviously) it never arrived. |
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Thanks
to: Stephen Woolston, Pete Greenhill, James Southall, David N.
Butterworth, Michael Storck, Matt Manning, Ron van Overveldt,
Guenther Koegebehn, Mike Copping, John Middleton.
Other sources: "John Barry - A Life In Music", "Score"
(Dutch film music magazine, which also mentioned: Property of
a Lady (a Bond title rumour), Lonesome Dove, and called The Horse
Whisperer the new Bond ! in 1996. |
