Very few composers can be said to have created a new style of film music,” says David Arnold. “John Barry single-handedly created the spy genre.” Arnold, who recently completed scoring “Quantum of ...

Which comes first — the music or the lyrics? That question is always asked of songwriters, and their standard answer is that it’s impossible to say because songwriting is such a collaborative effort.

When I heard that John had died Jan. 30 at 77, I instantly recalled his tune for The Quiller Memorandum, which is probably not one of his better-known scores. I can remember where I was when I first ...

John Barry, the unpretentious Midwesterner who made a San Diego product called WD-40 into a national sensation by “breaking all the Harvard Business School rules,” died July 3 at a skilled nursing ...

The man who is credited with turning WD-40 into a household name has died at 84. His widow says John S. Barry died of pulmonary fibrosis on July 3 at a nursing facility in La Jolla (San Diego County).

Even if the producers of James Bond haven’t yet decided (or perhaps just announced) their plans for the future of the film series, there are plenty of reasons to celebrate its past. La-La Land began ...