Anyway, tell us about any you can think of. Dont include Spielberg tributes to Williams, or tributes by Director's as these are pretty commonplace.

Gae
NP Conan the Barbarian

The only other one I can think of comes from Goldsmith's Detroit concert in 2000. Jerry at one point (probably before The Russia House, but I'm not certain) said of his relationships with actors, "There's still one star who, every time we run into each other, says, 'Hello, Jerry.' And that's Sean Connery." And, of course, we all know the Medicine Man story...

Others have told slightly different versions, but I'll convey it as closely as I can remember Jerry himself did at the concert...

After finishing The Russia House, Jerry attended one of those (post-premiere?) parties for the cast and crew. At one point he approached Connery to compliment him on his performance, and Connery responded with a double-take, exclaiming, "I want your hair!"

The next movie they worked together on was Medicine Man, in which Connery got Jerry's hair. Goldsmith is even credited as a hair designer on the film.

George Lazenby went to the scoring session of OHMSS (another story...ask someone else ), it would be hard to imagine that Connery didn't go to a single Bond scoring session?!

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Originally posted by Gae:
Dont include Spielberg tributes to Williams, or tributes by Director's as these are pretty commonplace.

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Caine stays at Barry's pad....Barry keeps Caine awake while composing Goldfinger...etc etc...now you do know the rest dontcha?

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Originally posted by Timmer:
now you do know the rest dontcha?

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Now even I'm really wondering what the heck you're talking about, Timmer!!

This long time lurker (and very rare poster!) thought he'd add something on this topic. I'll start by explaining the whole Connery/Barry thing.

*Sean Connery/Barry*
I've read (on http://www.egroups.com/messages/johnbarry and a few other places) that on some occasions, Barry, Connery, and the whole crew would stay together in the same hotel when shooting occurred in other countries, so yes, I assume Barry and Connery knew each other well. If Barry ever has another concert, it would be nice to have Connery introduce the concert (and even better if I can make it to the concert!)

*George Lazenby/Barry*
Geoff Leonard's book JOHN BARRY: A LIFE IN MUSIC states that Barry did not get along very well with Lazenby- I think the implication by Barry is that he thinks Lazenby is an idiot when it comes to commenting on the role of music in film.

*Michael Caine/Barry*
At one of Barry's RAH concerts, Caine introduced the concert. He first explained that when he was evicted from his appartment, he went to see if he could find a place to stay for the night. So, where did he go? John Barry's house. The very first night he was there, he was kept awake by music.... the music of GOLDFINGER was being created that very night! Barry is also good friends with Terrence Stamp and George Martin.

In addition, if you check out Leonard's book- which is now out-of-print I believe- you can find pictures of Barry with: Christopher Lee, Louis Armstrong, Nancy Sinatra, Basil Poledouris, some dude from ORBITAL, the Queen (although I'm not sure if he's friends with *her*!), Brian Forbes, and the list is endless....

Hope that was helpful. For more Barry goss, humour, and discussion, check out http://www.egroups.com/messages/johnbarry -- a lot of Barry insiders post here, so if any news comes around, then you'll be the first to know!!

Best,

Black looked on with a strange mixture of embarrassment and incredulity.

Daniel

To stay on topic: one of the most obvious examples of a close actor/composer relationship is obviously the one between James Dean and Leonard Rosenman.