John Barry

While John Barry’s name is most widely associated with the James Bond films (to which he wrote most of the soundtracks) he is also well known for his work on other award-winning films like Midnight Cowboy, Dances With Wolves, Out Of Africa, and the 1960 cult flick Beat Girl, starring Gillian Hills and singer Adam Faith (in his film debut). While Barry focused much of his attention on his soundtracks (winning five Oscars over the course of his career), he also released a few LPs as well, including 1961’s Stringbeat. Here Barry serves up a cool slice of instrumental lounge music (think James Bond’s bachelor pad), featuring tunes by the top songwriters of his day, as well as his own compositions.

• 01 it does not matter anymore
• 02 sweet talk
• 03 moody river
• 04 there is life in the old boy yet
• 05 a handful of songs
• 06 like waltz
• 07 rodeo
• 08 donnas theme
• 09 starfire
• 10 baubles, bangles and beads
• 11 zapata
• 12 rum dee dum dee dah
• 13 spanish harlem
• 14 man from madrid
• 15 the challenge