Tag: John Barry

John Barry – Frances (Original Motion Picture Score) [1983]
[2005, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 855 MB (DSF) + 692 MB (FLAC) + 1.50 GB (ISO)
Label: Label X | UK | Cat#: LXSACD 1001 | Genre: Soundtrack, Score

John Barry’s sensitive score to the 1982 biopic Frances harkens back to the Hollywood golden era that launched the film’s subject, doomed actress Frances Farmer (played onscreen by Jessica Lange). Its simple yet sumptuous melodies evoke the classic melodramas of decades past, albeit informed with an emotional depth rarely achieved in the infancy of the sound era. Continue reading “John Barry – Frances (Original Motion Picture Score) [1983] [2005, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

John Barry – Dances With Wolves (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [1990]
[2002, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.46 GB (DSF) + 994 MB (FLAC) + 2.53 GB (ISO)
Label: Epic | US | Cat#: ES 46982 | Genre: Soundtrack

John Barry’s fifth Oscar-winning score is a profoundly moving body of music, generally (though not entirely) elegiac in tone, very much like the movie for which it was written. It’s also a bit of a mixed bag, occasionally falling back on material that will be familiar to fans of the James Bond movies that Barry scored during the early- to mid-’60s. Continue reading “John Barry – Dances With Wolves (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [1990] [2002, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”