Composer with the midas touch - Entertainment News, Billion-Dollar Composer: John Barry, Media - Variety

Composer with the midas touch - Entertainment News, Billion-Dollar Composer: John Barry, Media - Variety: "John Barry turns 75 today. The composer of 'Out of Africa,' 'Dances With Wolves,' 'Born Free,' 'Midnight Cowboy' and 'The Lion in Winter' -- as well as such iconic James Bond themes as 'Goldfinger,' 'You Only Live Twice' and 'Diamonds Are Forever' -- is believed to be the sole Brit to have won as many as five Academy Awards.
True, he's scored only three movies in the last 10 years (the last was 'Enigma' in 2001), but he's still waiting for another great one to come along.

And in the meantime, he's writing a piece for orchestra that says something about where he is in his life. 'It's about how the seasons of the year affect us,' he says. 'It's not really about nature, it's more of a personal thing,' he adds, sitting in his comfortable living room in Oyster Bay, N.Y., where he has lived since 1980."