<body><![CDATA[Famous in the late 1950s as part of the John Barry Seven ΓÇô he wrote What Do You Want? for Adam Faith ΓÇô Barry has since reached legendary status as a film composer, known for his often lush orchestrations. Apart from the 11 Bond films that he has scored and themed ΓÇô from 1962ΓÇÖs Dr No through to The Living Daylights in 1987 ΓÇô BarryΓÇÖs musical imprint can be found on the popular classics of each successive decade. He has won five Oscars, for the song and score of Born Free (1966), The Lion in Winter (1968), Out of Africa (1985) and Dances with Wolves (1990), and was nominated Academy Awards for Mary Queen of Scots (1971) and Chaplin (1992). Among the other highlights of his 40-year film career are Zulu (1964), Midnight Cowboy (1969) and his jazzy soundtrack for the remake of Body Heat (1981). Work for the small-screen includes the kitsch theme to the 1970s glam detective series The Persuaders (starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis), as well as The Girl with the Sun in Her Hair for an immortal shampoo commercial.<b>Above: the John Barry Seven, pictured on the BBC television show Drum Beat in the late 1950s</b>Picture: Redferns<b>Right: Barry had a long association with the James Bond films, providing 11 scores, including that for Dr No, starring Ursula Andress and Sean Connery</b>Picture: 20th Century Fox]]></body>
