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Frank Cannon

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5. John Barry did a lot of them.

Reply to clarice (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 02:39 PM

Jun 2015

Including:

A lot of James Bond movies (Goldfinger, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, many more...).

Born Free
Midnight Cowboy
Out of Africa
Somewhere in Time
Dances With Wolves

You can't talk about movie themes without mentioning John Barry.

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