I realize of course that everyone has a favorite composer who's no longer living, and who's musical voice has been silenced. This morning I was playing a non-soundtrack of John Barry's, his 'ETERNAL ECHOES'. The soft melancholy and bluesy sounds just 'got to me' and made me realize how empty the world's been since his death. Sad that there will never be another like him, he was incredibly..unique.
I'm not really sure, but, I think his two most memorable themes were from Midnight Cowboy and Born Free. Both of which provoke feelings of sadness and reflection.
This scene from "My Life" with Michael Keaton revisiting his old childhood home and finding the hidden soldier is pure John Barry magic. The film and Barry's score remain a personal favorite.
I realize of course that everyone has a favorite composer who's no longer living, and who's musical voice has been silenced. This morning I was playing a non-soundtrack of John Barry's, his 'ETERNAL ECHOES'. The soft melancholy and bluesy sounds just 'got to me' and made me realize how empty the world's been since his death. Sad that there will never be another like him, he was incredibly..unique.
This scene from "My Life" with Michael Keaton revisiting his old childhood home and finding the hidden soldier is pure John Barry magic. The film and Barry's score remain a personal favorite.
Great Barry score on a much underrated movie.
That said, I always found it odd that Maurice Jarre delivered, IMHO, one of the truly great electronic scores for Lyne and Rubin's Jacob's Ladder, but neither retained him, both going for the kinda similar John Barry on their next films (Indecent Proposal and My Life).
This scene from "My Life" with Michael Keaton revisiting his old childhood home and finding the hidden soldier is pure John Barry magic. The film and Barry's score remain a personal favorite.
My mom was dying of cancer in her mid 50's when this and The Specialist came out. She was living with my wife and me in those last few months, and those were the two score albums I remember returning to in the tough times (we weren't going to see movies in those months, but I do recall a few trips to Media Play to pick up the odd new release).
Kind of a little too on-the-nose really, to listen to a score about a man memorializing his life before he dies of cancer as I'm sitting in a hospital room with my mom, but it was a comfort. Still sometimes tough to listen to (and I've not yet been able to bring myself to see the film), but this video was a lovely reminder of what Barry's music did for me at that time. Thanks for posting.
