Compilation Albums

Listed Alphabetically. These are albums that (usually) anthologize Barry's music. Most of them are made up entirely or substantially of Barry's original music (there are a few that may have only one or two songs). Due to the number of duplications in Barry's popular works, I have added track listings to help determine whether a CD has music one may not have on another disc.

007 and Other Great Soundtrack Themes (1995)
CD: TKO Records CDCD 1225

This is a rather small anthology of various Barry work from the mid-1960's. All of the titles available on other collections—check the track listing carefully before you buy.

1. 007
2. From Russia with Love
3. Kinky
4. Fancy Dance
5. Zulu - Main Title
6. Zulu Stamp
7. Monkey Feathers
8. Ngenzeni
9. Aliki
10. Tetha Leyanto
11. Troubadour
12. Elizabeth's Theme
13. The London Theme
14. Four in the Morning
15. The Loneliness of Autumn

This EMI release came out as one and two-disc sets. Disc 1 is just the title themes from the Bond movies. Disc 2, however, is gold. A few of the pieces are from the British issue of strong>Goldfinger that didn't make it on the US version, and there are three radio commercials. But then there's the great Thunderball Suite, which includes cues that didn't make it onto the soundtrack album, two versions of what was supposed to be Thunderball's title song, Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (which makes the rest of the soundtrack more understandable), a lounge-lizard version of Goldfinger by Anthony Newley, and an alternate version of You Only Live Twice, with a completely different lyric and a vocal by Julie Rogers. It's an absolute must for Bond-music fans, and good fun.

The Best of John Barry
1991
CD: Polydor 849 095-2

Back when John Barry was scoring more commercial movies, he would often release a pop "single" version of his songs. This disc is a good collection of these hard to find Barry singles. [This CD appears to have been rereleased as The Very Best of John Barry, Polydor POCP-2828.]

1. Goldfinger
2. Sail the Summer Winds
3. Love Among the Ruins
4. Lolita
5. A Doll's House
6. Follow Follow
7. Diamonds Are Forever
8. Boom!
9. Midnight Cowboy
10. This Way Mary
11. The Glass Menagerie
12. Thunderball
13. 007
14. Play It Again
15. Orson Welles's Great Mysteries
16. We Have All the Time in the World
17. The Whisperers
18. Curiouser and Curiouser
19. Billy
20. The Good Times are Coming
21. Walkabout
22. The Adventurer

This album collects a number of pieces from Barry's early years as a pop-rock artist. Just about all of it is available on CD under other collections.

1. Hit & Miss
2. Big Guitar
3. Rodeo
4. Big Fella
5. Walk Don't Run
6. Bee's Knees
7. Ev'ry Which Way
8. Main Title - Beat Girl
9. The Human Jungle
10. I'm Moving On
11. Zapata
12. Like Waltz
13. Black Stockings
14. James Bond Theme
15. Lost Patrol
16. The Magnificent Seven
17. Hideaway
18. The Menace
19. Never Let Go
20. The Sharks

Another anthology of common found Barry themes.

1. Thunderball
2. Born Free
3. The Persuaders
4. Midnight Cowboy
5. The Ipcress File
6. We Have All the Time in the World
7. The Lion in Winter
8. Goldfinger
9. You Only Live Twice
10. The Danny Scipio Theme
11. The Girl with the Sun in Her Hair
12. The More Things Change
13. Fun City
14. James Bond Theme

This British pop album includes a song by The John Barry Seven.

6. Twelth Street Rag

Actually there are only two Bond pieces here, the rest is an anthology of stuff, all from the 60's and available elsewhere on numerous discs and records.

1. Zulu
2. From Russia with Love
3. Fancy Dance
4. Kinky
5. Elizabeth Theme
6. The London Theme
7. 007
8. Yesterday's Gone
9. No Tears for Johnny
10. Aliki
11. Monkey Feathers
12. Judy Comes Back>
13. The Loneliness of Autumn

A 4-CD boxed set of anything FAT records was able to license: The OST to Zulu, Four in the Morning, The John Barry Collection, and John Barry & Guests. This is stuff you can get elsewhere. (Not to be confused with the 4-CD boxed set from Silva: John Barry: The Collection.)

Credits: On Disc 4, The first three cuts are Chad and Jeremy accompanied by John Barry & His Orchestra. Cuts 4 and 5 are Steve Cassidy & John Barry & His Orchestra. Cuts 6 and 7 are Philip Lowrie & John Barry & His Orchestra. Cuts 8 through 19 are Annie Ross with Johnny Spence & His Orchestra, the recordings produced by John Barry.

1. From Russia with Love
2. 007
3. Elizabeth in London
4. London Theme
5. The Loneliness of Autumn
6. Yesterday's Gone
7. Like I Love You Today
8. Fancy Dance
9. Lovers
10. Fire of London
11. Elizabeth Theme
12. Troubadour

1. Yesterday's Gone
2. Lemon Tree
3. Like I Love You Today
4. Ecstasy
5. I'm a Worrying
6. I Might have Known (Before)
7. I Might Have Known (After)
8. A Lot of Livin' to Do
9. Let Me Love You
10. All the Things You Are
11. I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
12. Like Someone in Love
13. Limehouse Blues
14. A Handful of Songs
15. All of You
16. Fly Me to the Moon
17. Nature Boy
18. What's New
19. Love for Sale

This album features a concert-style recording of Barry conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Erich Gruenberg led the orchestra and was soloist on Mary Queen of Scots. Similar to Moviola, this LP gives a taste of what it must have been like to see Barry conducting in 1972 and 1973. It contains a version of James Bond Theme that sounds like the versions Barry used in the 1980's—an arrangement which was later used by Erich Kunzel on his Bond and Beyond CD (but without the annoying sound effects that was added to Kunzel's version).

1. James Bond Suite
• Goldfinger
• James Bond Theme
• From Russia With Love
• Thunderball
• 007
• You Only Live Twice
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service
• Diamonds Are Forever
2. Born Free
3. Ballad Suite from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland:
• Curiouser And Curiouser
• I've Never Been This Way Before
• The Me I Never Knew
4. Midnight Cowboy
5. Mary, Queen of Scots
6. The Adventurer

A television soundtrack, comprised of early British pop.

1. Bees Knees (The John Barry Seven and Bob Miller and the Miller-Men)
7. Little John (The John Barry Seven)
18. Rebel Rouser (The John Barry Seven)
24. Mab Mab (The John Barry Seven)
26. Good Rockin' Tonight (The John Barry Seven and Bob Miller and the Miller-Men)

An anthology of various Barry title scores and popular themes.

1. James Bond Theme
2. Born Free
3. Fun City
4. The Lion in Winter
5. We Have All the Time in the World
6. Wednesday's Child
7. From Russia with Love
8. Space March
9. The Wrong Box
10. The Ipcress File
11. Thunderball
12. The Chase (different arrangement)
13. The Knack and How to Get It
14. The Whisperers
15. King Rat
16. Next Time (from The Appointment)
17. Goldfinger

Mostly title themes from various Barry scores. All are available on CD on other compilations.

1. Thunderball
2. 007
3. Goldfinger
4. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
5. From Russia with Love
6. James Bond Theme
7. The Chase
8. King Rat
9. The Knack
10. Seance on a Wet Afternoon
11. The Ipcress File
12. Born Free

I believe this one is actually still in print—I see it listed here and there. All these tracks are from Barry's pop-rock period of the early 1960's, and available on CD on other collections (particularly The EMI Years series.)

1. Hit & Miss
2. Big Guitar
3. Rodeo
4. Big Fella
5. Walk Don't Run
6. Bee's Knees
7. Ev'ry Which Way
8. Beat Girl
9. The Human Jungle
10. I'm Moving On
11. Zapata
12. Like Waltz
13. Black Stockings
14. James Bond Theme
15. Lost Patrol
16. The Magnificent Seven
17. Hideaway
18. The Menace
19. Never Let Go
20. The Sharks

Back in the late 50's and the early 60's, Barry was still into the pop music era of his career, and was an arranger/ conductor/accompaniest for EMI. This is a generous 2-CD collection of 50 songs that Barry arranged, conducted, or otherwise had his hand in during that time. There are only a few of Barry's own songs on this set, but the rest make quite a Who's Who of pop music at the time, including songs by Lionel Bart, Trevor Peacock, Nino Rota, Burt Bacharach, Mancini & Mercer, Rodgers & Hart, Irving Berlin, and Bricusse & Newley. Not the same old stuff.

Disc One:
1. What do you want? [Adam Faith]
2. Can't Forget [Johnny Gavotte]
3. Hit and Miss [John Barry]
4. Boston Tea Party [The Dallas Boys]
5. Big Time [Adam Faith]
6. Carve Up [Adam Faith]
7. It Doesn't Matter [Danny Williams]
8. Walk Don't Run [John Barry]
9. Greenfinger [Adam Faith]
10. Pepe [Russ Conway]
11. Matador from Trinidad [Russ Conway]
12. Not Guilty [Johnny De Little]
13. Big Wheel [Gerry Dorsey]
14. Where You Are [Edward Kassner]
15. Django's Castle [Diz Disley & the Downbeats]
16. My Last Wish [Adam Faith]
17. Mr. One and Only [Anita Harris]
18. I Haven't Got You [Anita Harris]
19. Rocco's Theme [Michael Angelo]
20. Little Yellow Roses [Adam Faith]
21. Over and Over [Bobby Shafto]
22. You Know what I Mean [Johnny Worth]
23. All These Things [Johnny Worth]
24. Cutty Sark [John Barry]
25. Stalemate [Tony Rocco]

Disc Two:
1. You're Following Me [Peter Gordeno]
2. I've Just Fallen for Someone [Darren Young]
3. My Tears will Turn to Laughter [Darren Young]
4. Uptown [Peter Gordeno]
5. Coffee Grinder [Van Doren]
6. Caravan of Lonely Men [Mark Tracey]
7. Someone Nice Like You [Billy Cotton & Kathie Kay]
8. James Bond Theme [John Barry]
9. No Love but Your Love [Marion Ryan]
10. Down by the Riverside [Peter Gordeno]
11. Lover [Johnny De Little]
12. Away in a Manger [Nina & Frederik]
13. Lonely Avenue [Marty Wilde]
14. Marn'selle [Dick Kallman]
15. My Romance [Dick Kallman]
16. Glory of Love [Dick Kallman]
17. Deed I Do [Dick Kallman]
18. Say it Isn't So [Dick Kallman]
19. You Can Do It if You Try [Peter Gordeno]
20. Ride On [Johnny De Little]
21. Days of Wine & Roses [Johnny De Little]
22. Unchained Melody [Johnny De Little]
23. The Wind ∧ the Rain [Johnny De Little]
24. Dream Maker [Tommy Steele]
25. Goldfinger [Shirley Bassey]

Another anthology of early British pop. Barry wrote the arrangements.

John Barry Cinema Gold
1996
CD: Hallmark 304192
Another exercise in rereleasing the same dozen songs on an unsuspecting public. Track listing:

1. 007
2. From Russia With Love
3. Kinky
4. Fancy Dance
5. Zulu - Main Theme
6. Zulu Stamp
7. Monkey Feathers
8. Ngenzini
9. Aliki
10. Tetha Leyanto
11. Troubador
12. Elizabeth's Theme
13. The London Theme
14. Four In The Morning
15. The Loneliness of Autumn

My copy of this was made in the Republic of China—I don't know if it's a bootleg or a legit import. A couple of rare pieces and the use of orange vinyl for the album make it noteworthy, but I believe all the tracks can be found elsewhere.

1. You Only Live Twice
2. Born Free
3. Goldfinger
4. The Whisperers
5. From Russia with Love
6. Wednesday's Child
7. Space March
8. Thunderball
9. Dutchman
10. The Wrong Box
11. The Girl with the Sun in her Hair
12. James Bond Theme

This disc contains two original soundtracks, Elizabeth Taylor in London and Four in the Morning.

This CD is two albums in one. The first part (cuts 1 through 12) is a collection of Annie Ross songs that John Barry produced for the Ember label. The second part, cuts 13 through 28, are a variety of Barry pieces, mostly taken from the soundtrack to Zulu.

1. A Lot of Livin' to Do
2. Let Me Love You
3. All the Things You Are
4. I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
5. Like Someone in Love
6. Limehouse Blues
7. A Handful of Songs
8. All of You
9. Fly Me to the Moon
10. Nature Boy
11. What's New
12. Love for Sale
13. Zulu - Main Title
14. Monkey Feathers (Alternate version)
15. From Russia with Love
16. High Grass
17. Kinky
18. Monkey Feathers
19. Loneliness of Autumn
20. Ngenzeni
21. Fancy Dance
22. Big Shield
23. Zulu Stamp (Alternate version)
24. Aliki
25. Tetha Leyanto
26. Troubadour
27. Zulu Stamp
28. 007

This is a collection of pop singles from the days of John Barry & The Seven. It bears little resemblance to the music more commonly associated with Barry. Many are written by Barry, some are covers of rock standards (such as Blueberry Hill).

1. Let's Have a Wonderful Time
2. Rock-a-Billy Boogie
3. Zip Zip
4. Three Little Fishes (US version)
5. Every Which Way
6. You've Gotta Way
7. Big Guitar
8. Rodeo
9. Pancho
10. Hideaway
11. Farrago
12. Bees Knees
13. When the Saints Go Marching In
14. Pancho
15. Long John
16. Snap 'n Whistle
17. Little John
18. For Pete's Sake
19. Bees Knees
20. Little John
21. Rebel Rouser
22. Mab Mab
23. Good Rockin' Tonight
24. Twelfth Street Rag
25. Christella
26. Beat Girl - Main Title
27. Hit & Miss
28. Rockin Already
29. Beat for Beatniks
30. Big Fella
31. Blueberry Hill
32. Never Let Go
33. Walk Don't Run
34. I'm Movin' On
35. Saturday's Child
36. Black Stockings
37. Get Lost Jack Frost

Pull on your boots and head to the Go-Go, John Barry & The Seven are rockin' the house down with more from his pop-musician era.

1. The Magnificent Seven
2. Skid Row
3. Dark Rider
4. Iron Horse
5. The Menace
6. A Matter of Who
7. Rocco's Theme
8. Spinnerree
9. It Doesn't Matter Any More
10. Sweet Talk
11. Moody River
12. There's Life in the Old Boy Yet
13. A Handful of Songs
14. Like Waltz
15. Rodeo
16. Donna's Theme
17. Starfire
18. Baubles, Bangles & Beads
19. Zapata
20. Rum-Dee-Dum-Dee-Dah
21. Spanish Harlem
22. Man from Madrid
23. The Challenge
24. Watch Your Step
25. Twist It
26. Watch Your Step
27. Satin Smooth
28. The Agressor

The last of the EMI Years series concludes Barry's pop work and includes some of his early, esoteric film music. David Toop's liner notes are well worth reading, and contain one of Barry's rare comments about the controversial James Bond Theme. The final track, That Fatal Kiss, is Barry's contribution to what became the title to A View to a Kill, cowritten with Duran Duran.

1. James Bond Theme
2. The Blacksmith Blues
3. Cutty Sark
4. Lost Patrol
5. Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
6. Tears
7. Blueberry Hill
8. Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White
9. Smokey Joe
10. Unchained Melody
11. The Party's Over
12. The Lolly Theme
13. March of the Mandarins
14. The Human Jungle (Alternate Version)
15. The Big Safari
16. Mouse on the Moon
17. Twangin' Cheek
18. I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time
19. Volare
20. The Human Jungle
21. Onward Christian Spacemen
22. Seven Faces
23. Twenty Four Hours Ago
24. A Jolly Bad Fellow
25. Oublie Ca
26. Seance on a Wet Afternoon
27. That Fatal Kiss

Who says you can't get enough of a good thing? It's the standard Barry Top-40.

1. James Bond Theme
2. Goldfinger
3. Thunderball
4. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
5. You Only Live Twice
6. Space March
7. Ipcress File
8. The Chase
9. Wednesday's Child
10. Midnight Cowboy
11. From Russia with Love
12. 007
13. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
14. We Have All the Time in the World
15. Try
16. The Persuaders
17. The Appointment
18. Lion in Winter
19. The Knack
20. Born Free

A bunch of music by Barry and pop stars Chad & Jeremy from the mid-1960's, back when they were both on the EMI label. This album is available on various compilations.

1. From Russia with Love
2. 007 Theme
3. Yesterday's Gone (Chad & Jeremy)
4. Lemon Tree (Chad & Jeremy)
5. Elizabeth Theme
6. The London Theme
7. The Loneliness of Autumn
8. Aliki
9. Like I Love You Today (Chad & Jeremy)
10. No Tears for Johnnie (Chad & Jeremy)
11. Fancy Dance
12. Kinky

It's all the usual stuff from the mid-1960's film work, mostly Zulu.

1. From Russia with Love
2. 007
3. The Elizabeth Theme
4. The London Theme
5. The Loneliness of Autumn
6. Aliki
7. Fancy Dance
8. Kinky
9. Ngenzeni
10. Tetha Leyanto
11. Monkey Feathers
12. Big Shield

More of the same.

1. From Russia with Love
2. The Elizabeth Theme
3. Aliki
4. The London Theme
5. Fancy Dance
6. The Loneliness of Autumn
7. 007
8. Lovers
9. Kinky
10. Fire of London
11. London Waltz

A real popourri of stuff here—a mix of film and pop music.

1. Goldfinger
2. From Russia with Love
3. Baubles, Bangles & Beads
4. Blueberry Hill
5. Zulu Stamp
6. Volare
7. James Bond Theme
8. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
9. Spanish Harlem
10. Moody River
11. Sweet Talk
12. March of the Mandarins

All the usual stuff.

1. Zulu-Main Title Theme Isandhlwana, 1879
2. From Russia with Love
3. Fancy Dance
4. Kinky
5. Four in the Morning
6. Elizabeth Theme
7. London Theme
8. 007
9. Yesterday's Gone (Chad & Jeremy)
10. No Tears for Johnny (Chad & Jeremy)
11. Aliki
12. Monkey Feathers
13. Judi Comes Back
14. The Loneliness of Autumn (Non Sapevo)

The More Things Change (2022)

Moviola (1993)

Moviola II (1995)

Oh Boy!
1958
LP: Parlophone PMC 1072

A television soundtrack, comprised of early British pop.

4. When the Saints Go Marching In (John Barry Seven)
12. Pancho (John Barry Seven)

An anthology of Barry pieces, some movie standards mixed with some rare television music. This is currently available on CD as under its original title and as a French import called Amicalement Votre.

1. The Persuaders
2. Midnight Cowboy
3. Goldfinger
4. The Danny Scipio Theme
5. 007
6. The Girl with the Sun in her Hair
7. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
8. Vendetta
9. Thunderball
10. The Chase
11. From Russia with Love
12. James Bond Theme

A collection of Barry's single versions of film scores. Just about all of it is available on CD elsewhere.

1. Sail the Summer Winds
2. Walkabout
3. Play it Again
4. Billy
5. The Good Times Are Coming
6. Lolita
7. Orson Welles's Great Mysteries
8. Love Among the Ruins
9. We Have All the Time in the World
10. This Way Mary
11. Boom
12. The Glass Menagerie

Barry interpretations of his own music, some very similar to the originals, some different. Most of this has been collected on subsequent CD's.

1. Midnight Cowboy
2. We Have All the Time in the World
3. Romance for Guitar and Orchestra
4. Who Will Buy my Yesterdays
5. Fun City
6. Lion in Winter
7. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
8. The Appointment
9. Try
10. The More Things Change
11. Afternoon
12. Born Free

This very rare British pop album includes an instrumental by John Barry and the Seven.

12. Saturday's Child (The John Barry Seven)

This pop anthology includes three songs by John Barry and The Seven.

2. Let's Have a Wonderful Time (The John Barry Seven)
7. Rock-a-Billy Boogie (The John Barry Seven
11. Every Which Way (The John Barry Seven)

Somewhere in Time: the Film Music of John Barry Vol. 1

At first glance it looks like a reasonable collection of later movie themes, but they threw in two Howard the Duck tracks. The performer listing is likewise a bit surprising: Tracks 1, 5, and 15 are piano; track 12 is the White Star Chamber Orchestra, Track 16 is the BSX Orchestra, Track 8 (High Road to China) is John Barry Orchestra, and the rest are the Meridian Studio Ensemble. It's a serious anthology.

1. Somewhere In Time (Main Theme)
2. Out of Africa (Main Theme)
3. The Ipcress File (Main Theme)
4. The John Dunbar Theme (from Dances with Wolves)
5. Midnight Cowboy (Main Theme)
6. Inside Moves (Love Theme)
7. Inside Moves (Main Theme)
8. High Road to China (Main Theme)
9. Jagged Edge (Part VIII)
10. Did You Call Me? (from The Specialist)
11. Body Heat (Main Theme)
12. Raise the Titanic (Main Theme)
13. Howard the Duck (Lullaby of Duckland)
14. Howard the Duck (You're the Duckiest)
15. The Deep (Main Theme)
16. King Kong (Main Theme)

Rhino's Cocktail Mix series, a collection of "bachelor pad" music for middle aged guys who like to wear lots of gold chains and dress like Tom Jones. This is Volume 4 of the series, collecting songs from various movies, including the theme from (appropriately) The Knack.

One of The John Barry Seven albums from the pop-rock era. This is availble on CD as half of the Beat Girl soundtrack.

1. It Doesn't Matter Any More
2. Sweet Talk
3. Moody River
4. There's Life in the Old Boy Yet
5. A Handful of Songs
6. Like Waltz
7. Rodeo
8. Donna's Theme
9. Starfire
10. Baubles, Bangles & Beads
11. Zapata
12. Rum-Dee-Dum-Dee-Dah
13. Spanish Harlem
14. Man from Madrid
15. The Challenge

This is one of the more varied and interesting of the vinyl anthologies.

1. Thunderball
2. 007
3. Curiouser and Curiouser
4. Strip Drive (from Americans)
5. We Have All the Time in the World
6. Diamonds Are Forever
7. A Doll's House
8. Goldfinger
9. Love Among the Ruins
10. The Adventurer
11. Excerpt from Yesternight Suite (from Americans )
12. Midnight Cowboy

Yet another compilation of the same old stuff.

1. From Russia with Love
2. Zulu
3. The Loneliness of Autumn
4. Fancy Dance
5. Troubadour
6. Zulu Stamp
7. 007
8. Kinky
9. Elizabeth in London
10. Elizabeth Waltz
11. English Garden
12. London Theme
13. Lovers
14. Fire of London
15. Elizabeth Theme
16. Four in the Morning
17. River Walk
18. Lover's Clasp
19. Norman Leaves
20. River Ride
21. Lover's Tension
22. First Reconciliation
23. Norman Returns
24. London Waltz

The soundtrack from Zulu and the usual mixture of other things. At least there is a lot of it.

1. Zulu
2. News of the Massacre
3. Wagons Over
4. First Zulu Appearance and Assault
5. Durnford's Horses Arrive and Depart
6. Zulu's Final Appearance and Salute
7. The VC Roll and "Men of Harlech"
8. Elizabeth Theme
9. From Russia with Love
10. Four in the Morning
11. 007
12. Monkey Feathers
13. Fancy Dance
14. Judi Comes Back
15. London Theme
16. Tetha Leyanto
17. High Grass
18. Zulu Stamp
19. Big Shield
20. Ngenzini
21. Kinky
22. Yesterday's Gone
23. No Tears for Johnny
24. Aliki
25. The Loneliness of Autumn