Topic: Curtain Call

[Antares]

Margaret Whiting

[Antares]

George Pickow.

[Antares]

Susannah York

[Antares]

Ricardo Montez.

[Antares]

Ellen Stewart

[hal9g]

Jack LaLanne

[kahless]

Bernd Eichinger

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Hellmut Lange

"Leatherstocking" in the German adaption of James Fenimore Cooper's novels

[Rogmeister]

A few minutes ago, as I was logging into my e-mail, I got a notice that David Frye had passed away.  He was a voice impressionist and specialized in politicians.  I have several of his comedy albums including Richard Nixon, Superstar.  I didn't notice how old he was but the albums I have of his probably came out first in the early 70s...back when Richard Nixon was still in office.

[Rogmeister]

Okay, I looked him up...he passed away Monday at the age of 77.  There is a link to his obit below...and there is a video of him on that page.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/richard-nixon-impressionist-david-frye-94349

[dfmorgan]

John Barry

[Najemikon]

Just heard about John Barry. Damn. That stings. 

I've spoken before about my favourite film being Dances With Wolves. How much of that is down to his score? It was ingrained in the film and story and I've listened to it dozens of times. Regardless of that film, he was always one of my favourites. His Bond arrangements, of course, and On His Majesty's Secret Service in particular was stunning. Absolutely stunning. My dad loved music and his hobby was hi-fi; he regarded the LP of OHMSS as possibly the finest recording he'd heard of such things, and would always use it as a test. The way the bass bites so deep in the first notes, but the horns so high, the range through vinyl was magnificent. Never the same on CD. And of course, the theme, We Have All The Time In The World is a perfect extension. I love that song.

I suppose, if we had to pick composers to do the soundtrack of our own lives, mine would be a duet of Ennio Morricone and John Barry.

[dfmorgan]

I managed to get the VHS extended edition of Dances with Wolves in a box set which included the soundtrack CD, brilliant

As well as the films there were also TV shows. This I think was one of the best, from 1971.

[Rogmeister]

I liked Barry's score to Dances With Wolves but my favorite score by him is probably Out of Africa which I really loved.

I've always wondered...was he related to the other John Barry?  There was a John Barry who was a production designer and who worked on Superman (the 1978 film).

[Antares]

What made his scores work for me was the fact that I didn't hear another composer when I listened to them, ala John Williams.

Barry's scores were completely unique.




@Jon - I'm like your father, I held out for the longest time when CD's came around. Sure they're pristine sounding, but they lack that spatial atmospheric nature of LP records.