Yesterday (November 3rd) would've been the 85th Birthday of the great composer John Barry who passed away on January 30, 2011 at the age of 77. Barry is best known for his work in the James Bond franchise helping the arrange the James Bond theme for the first Bond film 1962's Dr. No and then composing 11 of the first 15 Bond films up to 1987's The Living Daylights.

Outside of Bond, Barry also composed big movies like Midnight Cowboy, The Lion In Winter, the posthumous Bruce Lee film Game of Death, The Cotton Club, Out of Africa, Dances With Wolves, & Chaplin.

Barry won five Academy Awards out of 7 nominations, one Golden Globe out of 11 nominations, and one Grammy out of 3 nominations..