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I don't doubt Barry's willingness to compose for films. But he has to do it on his terms, and the modern Hollywood machine does not permit that. It's the way of working, as I understand it, that he's turned his back on, not his love for writing cinematic music.
Morricone works in a completely different industry.
I've sometimes thought Barry could do what John Scott did and go and work in French films, or something like that, where the machine works differently.
I also wondered whether he'd enjoy concept albums based on classic narrative novels. Y'know just as Jeff Wayne did his musical interpretation of War Of The Worlds, Barry does his interpretation of Jane Eyre or Frankenstein. (Barry has spoken of a fondness fo gothic fiction such as Frankenstein.)
Or do that thing of providing scores to old silent films.
Anyway, of Seasons.... Well, quite frankly if it hasn't appeared yet, why would it. Barry's saleability as an independent composer is only going to decline as his last works increasingly become history. And he's not a good self publicist. (This is one aspect which David Arnold does very well. He's much better at keeping himself and his work in the news. Even if it's not like 'headline' news.)
Of course I hope it comes out, but I've kind-of given up on it really.
Cheers
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After being a fan and getting used to listening to his wonderful music for over 30 years, I really miss the experience of opening and listening to his new CDs. I have not been able to find another composer who makes music that touches the heart more deeply than Barry. He is truly a musical genius, and hope that he will come back. Come back, Barry!!!!!!!!
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yah, but he won't sign my Chaplin CD which I have a bounty of $400 out for...
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Some Barry fans have given up on 'The Seasons' and it's not hard to understand why.Barry mentioned it in the interview he did for Irish radio in June 2007 and again in an article with 'The Irish Times' a year later. However, Jon Burlingham, in an article in Variety on Barry's 75th birthday, in November 2008, said that Barry was in no hurry to complete the project. Earlier this year one of the London free evening papers commented that Paul O'Duffy who produced 'The Living Daylights' and 'Chaplin' had been attached to a Barry project.
Of course, the main thing is his health and the health of his wife, Laurie. However, I stay optimistic and continue to believe that maybe, just maybe ,we'll get a new Barry album in the not too distant future.
If there are to be no new Barry albums then there is a great back catalogue to listen to. We Barry fans are, indeed, blessed to have that.
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Another six months have passed and still no news on John Barry's 'The Seasons' album. Even I'm starting to suspect that it isn't going to happen.
Sad.
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Family before us score-fans - Always.
Of course Barry deserves to retire and spend time with his family. However, as he mentioned it in a couple of interviews and was working on it, I assume there was a time when he wanted it recorded and released. Things appear to have changed.
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I don't think "family" or "write music" have to be mutually exclusive choices.
Look, we can all hallucinate that we know what's going on with Barry but ultimately we don't. My best guess - and it's only a best guess - is that if he had an album deal, he'd be writing The Seasons. Or maybe he has written it and is waiting for one.
Who knows.
Sure, as a Barry fan, I'm sad nothing new has been coming. I mean, Jerry Goldsmith has been dead several years and he's still had new albums (note - plural) released more recently than Barry.
But hey ho, we don't control the universe and John Barry has no obligation to us.
Cheers
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But hey ho, we don't control the universe and John Barry has no obligation to us.
Cheers
Absolutely, Steve but it appears that the labels don't have any obligation to John Barry either, particularly if they don't believe that they'll sell many of his albums.
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Nice thread of the past, i assume then MR Barry never did finish or do THE SEASONS?
No one knows for sure I guess except Laurie Barry and perhaps a few other close friends and family. Nic Raine isn't aware of the project and Barry's sister June was uncertain how far he'd got with it when some fans met her in York last October.
We'll just have to wait and see and hope for the best.
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), but apart from his strict health regimen, it's also due to the fact that unlike Barry he was – as far as I know – lucky to escape any severe drag on his health (John Barry almost died of a toxic "health drink" at the end of the 1980s). 
