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John Barry (1933 – 2011) was an English composer, who had written music for many of the James Bond films. He is commonly considered to have created the classic Bond sound, although Monty Norman claimed to write the theme tune.

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Discography[]

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Year Film Notes
1962 Dr. No composed theme song with Monty Norman
1963 From Russia with Love lyrics by Lionel Bart
1964 Goldfinger lyrics by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse
1965 Thunderball lyrics by Don Black
1967 You Only Live Twice lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1971 Diamonds Are Forever lyrics by Don Black
1974 The Man with the Golden Gun
1979 Moonraker lyrics by Hai David
1983 Octopussy lyrics by Tim Rice
1987 The Living Daylights music and lyrics by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

Other work[]

Year Film Notes
1976 King Kong
1979 The Black Hole
1983 High Road to China
1984 The Cotton Club
1986 Howard the Duck
1990 Dances with Wolves
1994 The Specialist
1998 Playing by Heart