---
name: "John Barry"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-barry-2289"
fi1m_id: "john-barry-2289"
imdb_id: "nm0000290"
tmdb_id: 2289
wikidata_id: "Q111074"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "3 November 1933"
died: "30 January 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 23
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_over: 23
updated: "2026-10-04T23:39:24.594851+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John Barry

## Identity

John Barry

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-barry-2289
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-barry-2289
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000290
- **TMDB ID:** 2289
- **Wikidata ID:** Q111074
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barry_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111074, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000290/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2289

Composer. Born 3 November 1933 in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 30 January 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 3 November 1933, York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 30 January 2011
- **Active:** 1962–1994
- **Frequently works with:** [Albert R. Broccoli](https://film.one/person/albert-r-broccoli.md), [Richard Maibaum](https://film.one/person/richard-maibaum.md), [Harry Saltzman](https://film.one/person/harry-saltzman.md), [Sean Connery](https://film.one/person/sean-connery.md), [Roger Moore](https://film.one/person/roger-moore.md), [Guy Hamilton](https://film.one/person/guy-hamilton.md), [John Glen](https://film.one/person/john-glen.md), [Michael G. Wilson](https://film.one/person/michael-g-wilson.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 5 Oscars (5 won · 2 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 78 (8), 1970s 64 (4), 1980s 60 (8), 1990s 58 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 63 across 23 titles
- **Score spread:** 8 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 9 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 15, Thriller 15, Action 14, Drama 8, Comedy 2, History 2
- **Screen time:** 47 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,819m across 22 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barry_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111074, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000290/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2289

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Midnight Cowboy*](https://film.one/film/midnight-cowboy.md) (85), [*Raise the Titanic*](https://film.one/film/raise-the-titanic.md) (36)
- **HBO Max:** [*Walkabout*](https://film.one/film/walkabout.md) (85)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Lion in Winter*](https://film.one/film/the-lion-in-winter.md) (81)
- **AMC+:** [*Dances with Wolves*](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md) (80)
- **Tubi:** [*Peggy Sue Got Married*](https://film.one/film/peggy-sue-got-married.md) (79)
- **Netflix:** [*Out of Africa*](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md) (54)
- **Hulu:** [*Indecent Proposal*](https://film.one/film/indecent-proposal.md) (50)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John Barry was an English composer and conductor of film music. He composed the scores for eleven James Bond films between 1963 and 1987, as well as arranging and performing the "James Bond Theme" for *Dr. No* (1962). He is also known for his work on *Dances with Wolves* (1990), *Out of Africa* (1985), *The Cotton Club* (1984) and *Chaplin* (1992).

Born in York, Barry spent his early years working in cinemas owned by his father. He formed the John Barry Seven in 1957 and made his television début in 1958. Barry received five Academy Awards, including one for *Dances with Wolves*, and was appointed OBE in 1999 for services to music.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (23)

- *The Specialist* (1994), Fi1m 45, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-specialist.md)
- *Indecent Proposal* (1993), Fi1m 50, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/indecent-proposal.md)
- *Dances with Wolves* (1990), Fi1m 80, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md)
- *The Living Daylights* (1987), Fi1m 74, as Orchestra Conductor (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-living-daylights.md)
- *Howard the Duck* (1986), Fi1m 43, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/howard-the-duck.md)
- *Peggy Sue Got Married* (1986), Fi1m 79, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/peggy-sue-got-married.md)
- *A View to a Kill* (1985), Fi1m 46, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-view-to-a-kill.md)
- *Out of Africa* (1985), Fi1m 54, Music, Conductor, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)
- *Octopussy* (1983), Fi1m 64, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/octopussy.md)
- *Body Heat* (1981), Fi1m 83, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/body-heat.md)
- *Raise the Titanic* (1980), Fi1m 36, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-titanic.md)
- *Moonraker* (1979), Fi1m 58, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/moonraker.md)
- *The Man with the Golden Gun* (1974), Fi1m 56, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-with-the-golden-gun.md)
- *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), Fi1m 58, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/diamonds-are-forever.md)
- *Walkabout* (1971), Fi1m 85, Music, Original Music Composer, Conductor — [page](https://film.one/film/walkabout.md)
- *Midnight Cowboy* (1969), Fi1m 85, Music, Music Supervisor, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-cowboy.md)
- *On Her Majesty's Secret Service* (1969), Fi1m 83, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/on-her-majestys-secret-service.md)
- *The Lion in Winter* (1968), Fi1m 81, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-in-winter.md)
- *You Only Live Twice* (1967), Fi1m 62, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/you-only-live-twice.md)
- *Thunderball* (1965), Fi1m 66, Original Music Composer, Music, Conductor — [page](https://film.one/film/thunderball.md)
- *Goldfinger* (1964), Fi1m 82, Conductor, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/goldfinger.md)
- *From Russia with Love* (1963), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer, Conductor — [page](https://film.one/film/from-russia-with-love.md)
- *Dr. No* (1962), Fi1m 77, Music Arranger — [page](https://film.one/film/dr-no.md)

## Complete filmography (125)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Final Game of Death* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Game of Death Redux* (2019), Music
- *La Grande Tueuse* (2006), Actor
- *After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later* (2004), Actor
- *Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic* (2003), Music
- *Enigma* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Back To "Somewhere In Time"* (2000), Music
- *Playing by Heart* (1998), Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator
- *Mercury Rising* (1998), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Swept from the Sea* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Cry, the Beloved Country* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Across the Sea of Time* (1995), Music
- *The Scarlet Letter* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *The Specialist* (1994), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/the-specialist.md)
- *My Life* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Indecent Proposal* (1993), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/indecent-proposal.md)
- *Chaplin* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Ruby Cairo* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'* (1990), Music
- *Dances with Wolves* (1990), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md)
- *Masquerade* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Hearts of Fire* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *The Living Daylights* (1987), as Orchestra Conductor (uncredited) · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-living-daylights.md)
- *Peggy Sue Got Married* (1986), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/peggy-sue-got-married.md)
- *Howard the Duck* (1986), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/howard-the-duck.md)
- *Out of Africa* (1985), Original Music Composer, Conductor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)
- *A Killing Affair* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Jagged Edge* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *A View to a Kill* (1985), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/a-view-to-a-kill.md)
- *The Cotton Club* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Until September* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Mike's Murder* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *The Golden Seal* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Octopussy* (1983), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/octopussy.md)
- *High Road to China* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Svengali* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Frances* (1982), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Murder by Phone* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *The Man Who Saved the World* (1982), Music
- *Hammett* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Body Heat* (1981), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/body-heat.md)
- *The Legend of the Lone Ranger* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Inside Moves* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Touched by Love* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Somewhere in Time* (1980), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Raise the Titanic* (1980), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-titanic.md)
- *Night Games* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *The Black Hole* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Moonraker* (1979), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/moonraker.md)
- *Hanover Street* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Willa* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *The Corn Is Green* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Starcrash* (1978), Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *Game of Death* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *The Betsy* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *The Gathering* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *First Love* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *The Deep* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *The War Between the Tates* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *The White Buffalo* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *King Kong* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Love Among the Ruins* (1976), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Robin and Marian* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Eleanor and Franklin* (1976), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Day of the Locust* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *The Man with the Golden Gun* (1974), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-with-the-golden-gun.md)
- *Born Free* (1974), series, Music
- *The Tamarind Seed* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *The Dove* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Mission: Monte Carlo* (1974), as Theme Song Performance
- *The Glass Menagerie* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *A Doll's House* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* (1972), as Songs · Original Music Composer
- *Follow Me!* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *UFO: Annihilate SHADO... Kill Straker...* (1972), Music
- *Mary, Queen of Scots* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/diamonds-are-forever.md)
- *UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!* (1971), Music
- *Walkabout* (1971), Music, Conductor, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/walkabout.md)
- *UFO: Destroy Luna Base!* (1971), Music
- *They Might Be Giants* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Valley* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Murphy's War* (1971), Music Supervisor
- *Monte Walsh* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *On Her Majesty's Secret Service* (1969), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/on-her-majestys-secret-service.md)
- *Midnight Cowboy* (1969), Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-cowboy.md)
- *The Appointment* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Deadfall* (1968), as Orchestra Conductor · Original Music Composer
- *The Lion in Winter* (1968), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-in-winter.md)
- *Petulia* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Boom!* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Omnibus* (1967), series, Actor
- *The Whisperers* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *You Only Live Twice* (1967), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/you-only-live-twice.md)
- *Dutchman* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *The Quiller Memorandum* (1966), as Songs · Original Music Composer
- *The Wrong Box* (1966), Music Arranger, Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *Born Free* (1966), as Songs · Original Music Composer
- *The Chase* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Four in the Morning* (1965), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Thunderball* (1965), Original Music Composer, Conductor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/thunderball.md)
- *King Rat* (1965), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *The Newcomers* (1965), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Knack... and How to Get It* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *Mister Moses* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *The Party's Over* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *The Ipcress File* (1965), Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator
- *Boy and Bicycle* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *Sophia Loren in Rome* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Goldfinger* (1964), Original Music Composer, Conductor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/goldfinger.md)
- *Seance on a Wet Afternoon* (1964), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *A Jolly Bad Fellow* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Man in the Middle* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Zulu* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *From Russia with Love* (1963), Original Music Composer, Conductor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/from-russia-with-love.md)
- *Elizabeth Taylor in London* (1963), Music
- *The Cool Mikado* (1963), Music Arranger
- *The Amorous Prawn* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *The L-Shaped Room* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Dr. No* (1962), Music Arranger — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/dr-no.md)
- *Mix Me a Person* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Beat Girl* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Never Let Go* (1960), Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 5 won, 2 nominated

- 1993: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Chaplin*
- 1991: Best Original Score (won), for *Dances with Wolves*
- 1986: Best Original Score (won), for *Out of Africa*
- 1972: Best Original Dramatic Score (nominated), for *Mary, Queen of Scots*
- 1969: Best Original Score, no Musical (won), for *The Lion in Winter*
- 1967: Best Original Score (won), for *Born Free*
- 1967: Best Original Song (won), for *Born Free*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 2 won

- 2005: BAFTA Fellowship (won)
- 1969: Best Original Music (won), for *The Lion in Winter*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 1985: Best Original Score (won), for *Out of Africa*

### Other awards — 6 won, 1 nominated

- Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media 1991: Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (won), for *Dances with Wolves*
- Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition 1986: Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition (won), for *Out of Africa*
- Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album 1985: Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album (won)
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score 1982: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score (won), for *The Legend of the Lone Ranger*
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song 1982: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song (nominated), for *The Man in the Mask*
- Saturn Awards 1981: Saturn Awards (won)
- Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition 1969: Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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