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John Barry--Music Conductor for 'Raise the Titanic'

posted 14 years ago by mrslinarcos
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I don't know if any of you caught it, he has passed away. I was looking at his IMBD resume, he made and conducted alot of good music. He was defintely on par with John Williams. Here is the link: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000290/ I know I would hum to his music, especially when I would watch "Raise the Titanic", he knew how to write it and give it heart.

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[–] rarema 13 years ago

Barry, bless him, had some trademarks to his film scores and this one has them, too. The music playing as the camera is panning the newly-raised ship (Cameron was probably inspired by that shot - see his Titanic (1997) for a similar shot) reminds me a bit of Barry's score for the Black Hole.

[–] Ambak 12 years ago

Ther score for this is so good that Barry used it again for Out of Africa, and then Dances with Wolves. Well, almost.

[–] Antiquercus 10 years ago

Yes, at first I thought it was someone ripping off Barry's Dances with Wolves score. I even heard scraps of Zulu in there too.

[–] concorde76 10 years ago

Some other great John Barry scores are LIVING DAYLIGHTS, KING KONG and my all time favourite SOMEWHERE IN TIME

[–] StuOz 9 years ago

Raise The Titanic would not of been half as good without that John Barry music playing over it.

[–] sjculb3 8 years ago

It was truly a sad day for Movies when John Barry passed. Despite his collection of Oscars most of the general public only know Williams. Barry, it could be argued, saved this movie.

[–] ccalderon3 8 years ago

Anybody can fall in love with "Main Title" song at the beginning in the prelude and when Titanic raises from the ocean. A fantasy shared by millions.
Glad the CD is available on amazon.