Goldsmith never did a song score until... he was slated to do one with Paul Williams for "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". He died before doing it, I think. Or did he do one I don't know about?
Korngold, if you don't count operas, didn't do one (I don't think) until he had 3 songs in GIVE US THIS NIGHT (with O. Hammerstein). Or were they created after-the-fact?
Yes, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was Barry's first. His second--that he completed--was Svengali, a TV movie where JB and Black wrote several songs for Jodie Foster to sing.
In between were a couple of projects with strange histories that didn't materialize: Ruggles of Red Gap--mid seventies, Barry and Black with Peter Sellers to star. Wonderful anecdote about this in the book about Don Black--Wrestling with Elephants.
Gulliver's Travels--same era, also Barry/Black. Financing ran out, production shut down, Barry withdrew his music. When the production resumed, Barry had moved on. Michel Legrand scored.
Yes, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was Barry's first. His second--that he completed--was Svengali, a TV movie where JB and Black wrote several songs for Jodie Foster to sing.
"Svengali, Jodie Foster, John Barry" - so disparate it sounds like a dragon53 post.
