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- Born to Dance is a 1936 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Eleanor Powell, James Stewart and Virginia Bruce. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The score was composed by Cole Porter.
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Born to Dance is a 1936 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Eleanor Powell, James Stewart and Virginia Bruce. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The score was composed by Cole Porter.
His scores include those for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Born to Dance (1936), with James Stewart, featuring "You'd Be So Easy to Love" and "I've Got You Under My Skin", and Rosalie (1937), featuring "In the Still of the Night". [67] He wrote the score of the short film Paree, Paree, in 1935, using some of the songs from Fifty Million ...
Born to Dance. (MGM 1936). Although some of his songs had appeared in earlier film musicals, this was songwriter Cole Porter's first screen assignment and he did not disappoint, writing his first Hollywood standard, “I've Got You Under My Skin.”. The rich and varied score also included “Rap Tap on Wood,” “Easy to Love,” “Love Me ...
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Early life and education
Barry was born John Barry Prendergast, in York, and was the son of an English mother and an Irish father. His mother was a classical pianist. His father, John Xavier "Jack" Prendergast, from Cork, was a projectionist during the silent film era, who later owned a chain of cinemas across northern England. As a result of his father's work, Barry was raised in and around cinemas in northern England and he later stated that this childhood background influenced his musical tastes and interests. He...
Career
Serving in the British Army, Barry spent his national service playing the trumpet, taking a correspondence course (with jazz composer Bill Russo). Barry after national service worked as an arranger for Jack Parnell's and Ted Heath's orchestras forming his own band in 1957, the John Barry Seven, The John Barry Seven scored hit records on the EMI's Columbia label. These included "Hit and Miss", the theme tune he composed for the BBC's Juke Box Jury programme, a cover of the Johnny Smith song "W...
James Bond
After the success of Dr. No, Barry was hired to compose and perform eleven of the next fourteen James Bondfilms. In his tenure with the film series, Barry's music, variously brassy and moody, achieved very wide appeal. For From Russia with Love he composed "007", an alternative James Bond signature theme, which is featured in four other Bond films (Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker). The theme "Stalking", for the teaser sequence of From Russia with Love, wa...
In 1999, Barry was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to music. He received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award in 2005. In 2005, the American Film Institute ranked Barry's score for Out of Africa No. 15 on their list of the greatest film scores.His scores and original songs for the following films were nominated: ...
Bond films
Barry worked on the soundtracks for the following James Bond films (title song collaborators in brackets): 1. Dr. No (1962) – "James Bond Theme" (composed by Monty Norman) as arranged by Barry used on main and end titles, key points such as Bond's arrival in Jamaica 2. From Russia with Love (title song music and lyrics by Lionel Bart) (1963) 3. Goldfinger (lyrics by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse) (1964) 4. Thunderball (lyrics by Don Black) (1965) 5. You Only Live Twice(lyrics by Leslie B...
Television film scores
1. Elizabeth Taylor in London (Grammy awardnomination) (1963) 2. Sophia Loren in Rome(1964) 3. The Glass Menagerie(1973) 4. Love Among the Ruins(1975) 5. Eleanor and Franklin(1976) 6. Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years(1977) 7. The War Between the Tates(1977) 8. Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy(1977) 9. The Gathering(1977) 10. The Corn is Green(1979) 11. Willa(1979) 12. Svengali(1983)
Television themes
1. Juke Box Jury(1959–1967) 2. Dateline(1962) 3. Impromptu(1964) 4. The Newcomers(1965–1969) 5. Vendetta(1966) 6. The Persuaders!(1971–1972) 7. The Adventurer(1972–1973) 8. Orson Welles Great Mysteries(1973) 9. Born Free(1974) 10. USA Today: The Television Show(1988)
Fiegel, Eddi. John Barry: A Sixties Theme: From James Bond to Midnight Cowboy(Faber & Faber: London, UK, 2012)Leonard, Geoff, Pete Walker and Gareth Bramley. John Barry – The Man with the Midas Touch(Redcliffe Press: Bristol, UK, 2008)John Barry at the Songwriters Hall of FameJohn Barry at IMDbBorn to Dance is a 1936 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Eleanor Powell, James Stewart and Virginia Bruce. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The score was composed by Cole Porter.
Quick Reference. Eleanor Powell, one of the big screen’s most accomplished tap dancers, was the star of this 1936 MGM release in which two of Cole Porter’s all-time standards, ‘I’ve Got You ... From: Born To Dance in Encyclopedia of Popular Music » Subjects: Music. Related content in Oxford Reference. Reference entries. Born to Dance.
Born to Dance (1936 M-G-M Musical) Music and lyrics by Cole Porter Available On: RHINO RHM2 7778 Running Time: 68:26 This 1936 M-G-M musical was mainly a vehicle for the formidable dancing talents of Eleanor Powell.
