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John Barry -
The Lion In Winter
(new digital recording of the complete score)
Reviews:
The Lion in Winter Impeccable reading of classic score
The Lion in Winter is a highly literate, intelligent movie set in
France in 1138: starring Peter O'Toole and Katherine Hepburn, it
tells the story of how Eleanor, wife of King Henry II, seeks revenge
on her husband as he releases her temporarily from prison in order
to name his heir to the throne from his three sons; meanwhile, they
are busy plotting against each other. John Barry was already well-known
by the time, having scored many Bond movies and Born Free, but must
still have seemed like a strange choice to score the movie: a highly
classical and refined score was required for the movie, something
Barry hadn't really written up to that point. He blew away any misconceptions
with his brilliant work on the movie, and deservedly won an Oscar
for his troubles.
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John Barry -
The Last Valley
(new digital recording of the complete score)
Reviews:
One of John Barry's very finest scores brought to
stirring, vivid life in this new digital recording. It could be
said that in some ways this is a companion piece to his Oscar winning
The Lion in Winter (1968), but for me this work is even stronger
in stylistic and melodic terms, but whatever your own opinion, it
is undoubtedly a bold and striking soundtrack that cries out for
attention and appreciation.
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- In 1965 John Barry composed the music for Bryan
Forbes screen version of James Clavell's novel, King Rat, while
between 1964 and 1968 Barry scored four Michael Caine films Zulu
(1964), The Ipcress File (1965), The Wrong Box (1966) and Deadfall
(1968). In 1970 Clavell wrote and directed The Last Valley , which
was not only to be the filmmaker's last work as a director before
devoting himself to his much more successful literary career, but
the final Michael Caine film which Barry has scored to date.
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John Barry -
Robin and Marian
(new digital recording of the complete score)
Reviews:
The troubled musical history of this film is famous.
And understandable. The movie is an enjoyable affair but a narrative
mess.
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Deeply personal account of Robin Hood legend Robin
Hood has appeared in cinemas many times: his most prominent appearances
were in cinema's earlier days, when Erich Wolfgang Korngold applied
his unmistakable style to Errol Flynn's swashbuckling antics; and
then in more modern times, when Michael Kamen's thematically-strong
but obviously-rushed action score accompanied Kevin Costner, supping
with his father in 'Notting-HAM'.
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Robin and Marion (1976) is one of three simultaneously
issued re- recordings of scores by John Barry on the Silva Screen
label, the other two being The Lion in Winter (1968) and The Last
Valley (1970).
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After a score written by Michel Legrand was rejected
by the film's producers, Oscar winning composer John Barry was brought
in to save the day. Of course, without having the opportunity to
listen to Legrand's original music, it's impossible to say whether
Barry's contribution was an improvement. But whatever the case,
to be frank this is not one of his more notable compositions, allowing
for the fact that the music is never anything less than agreeable.
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John Barry - The Man With The Midas Touch
Our up-dated book "John Barry - The Man With the Midas Touch" - will be
published in the autumn of 2007. Details of how to order in advance (and
so take advantage of a discount) will appear here in the near future. |
