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John Barry

Titles: 135movies7TV shows

Career: Active from 1960 to 2023, with a break from 2002 to 2022, busiest in 1965 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles: 0
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: King Rat
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 92 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Barry Catalog average

Historical
4.5average 2.6
Nostalgia
5.2average 3.7
Romance
5.0average 3.8
Politics
3.6average 2.6
Class & Capitalism
4.0average 3.3
Wit & Wordplay
4.3average 3.7
Wonder
3.9average 3.4
Mystery
4.6average 4.1

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.3, average 5.4
Coming of Age
2.2, average 3.0
Scare
1.8, average 2.6
Family Dynamics
4.2, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Drama 68
Thriller 32
Adventure 25
Romance 23
Action 20
Crime 11
Comedy 10
TV Movie 8

Recurring tags

Character-Driven 13
Political Intrigue 9
Character Study 8
Historical Drama 8
Social Commentary 8
Cold War Espionage 6
Exotic Locations 6
Moral Ambiguity 6
Melancholy 6
Nostalgic 5
Psychological Thriller 5
Complex Characters 5

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

120

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

2020s

1 title

The Final Game of Death

Original Music Composer

2010s

1 title

Game of Death Redux

Music

2000s

3 titles · average score 63

Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic

Music

Enigma

Original Music Composer

Back To "Somewhere In Time"

Music

1990s

13 titles · average score 52

Mercury Rising

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Playing by Heart

Original Music Composer, Orchestrator

Swept from the Sea

Original Music Composer

The Scarlet Letter

Original Music Composer

Cry, the Beloved Country

Original Music Composer

Across the Sea of Time

Music

The Specialist

Original Music Composer

Indecent Proposal

Original Music Composer

My Life

Original Music Composer

Chaplin

Original Music Composer

Ruby Cairo

Original Music Composer

Dances with Wolves

Original Music Composer

All 13 titles from the 1990s

1980s

27 titles · average score 55

The Living Daylights

as Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)

Howard the Duck

Original Music Composer

Peggy Sue Got Married

Original Music Composer

A View to a Kill

Original Music Composer

Out of Africa

Conductor, Original Music Composer

Jagged Edge

Original Music Composer

The Cotton Club

Original Music Composer

Octopussy

Original Music Composer

High Road to China

Original Music Composer

Body Heat

Original Music Composer

Somewhere in Time

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Raise the Titanic

Original Music Composer

All 27 titles from the 1980s

1970s

37 titles · average score 59

Moonraker

Original Music Composer

The Black Hole

Original Music Composer

Hanover Street

Original Music Composer

Game of Death

Original Music Composer

Starcrash

Conductor, Original Music Composer

The Deep

Original Music Composer

King Kong

Original Music Composer

Robin and Marian

Original Music Composer

The Day of the Locust

Original Music Composer

The Man with the Golden Gun

Original Music Composer

Diamonds Are Forever

Original Music Composer

Walkabout

Music, Conductor

All 37 titles from the 1970s

1960s

38 titles · average score 69

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Original Music Composer

Midnight Cowboy

Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor

The Lion in Winter

Original Music Composer

You Only Live Twice

Original Music Composer

The Chase

Original Music Composer

Born Free

Songs, Original Music Composer

Thunderball

Conductor, Original Music Composer

The Ipcress File

Conductor, Orchestrator

King Rat

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Goldfinger

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Zulu

Original Music Composer

From Russia with Love

Original Music Composer, Conductor

All 38 titles from the 1960s