Barry Gray
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- July 18, 1908
- Died
- April 26, 1984 (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
Although many reference sources inexplicably give Barry Gray's year of birth as 1925, he was in fact born John Livesey Eccles in Blackburn on 18 July 1908. His father John Haworth Eccles was a stationery traveller by profession, but both parents were said to be musically talented, and John Junior went to study at the Royal Manchester College of Music and at Blackburn Cathedral, learning composition from Matyas Seiber. His professional music career began with London publishers B. Feldman & Co. where he arranged scores for variety theatres, and he also worked for Radio Normandy. After war service with the R.A.F. he became a freelance composer and lyricist for radio, records and film music libraries. He joined the Performing Right Society in 1947 under his real name, but later changed it by deed poll to John Livesey Barry Gray. After several years as musical assistant to Eartha Kitt, Hoagy Carmichael and Vera Lynn, in 1956 he began a long and successful association with producers Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, scoring popular marionation series such as Twizzle, Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray and Thunderbirds. He continued to compose independently, sometimes using the pseudonyms John Livesey, Gene Durant or Martin Jerbourg (a character in Bergerac). Barry Gray himself moved to the Channel Islands in 1970, settling in St Peter-in-the-Wood in Guernsey and with a music studio in St Peter Port, and occasionally guesting as pianist at island venues. He died of heart disease at Guernsey's Princess Elizabeth Hospital on 26 April 1984, age 75. His music continues to find favour with film makers, particularly the ever-popular Thunderbirds March which enjoyed a notable revival in the expensive Thunderbirds remake of 2004.
Known For
Filmography
Target: Captain Black!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds 4K Double Bill - Atlantic Inferno / Attack of the Alligators!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Captain Scarlet Retrometabolised: Captain Scarlet VS The Mysterons
Movie · Music
Captain Scarlet Retrometabolised: Revenge of the Mysterons From Mars
Movie · Music
Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
Movie · Original Music Composer
Century 21 Revisited
Movie · Music
Stand by for Action!: Gerry Anderson in Concert
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds 55/GOGO
Movie · Music
Presented in Supercolorisation
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Fireball XL5: Robots in Distress
Movie · Music
Nebula-75
TV · Music · 12 eps
Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes
TV · Music · 3 eps
Century 21 Slough
Movie · Music
Thunderbirds 1965: Introducing Thunderbirds
Movie · Music
Thunderbirds 1965: The Abominable Snowman
Movie · Music
Thunderbirds 1965: The Stately Homes Robberies
Movie · Music
Filmed in Supermarionation
Movie · Music
This Is Supermarionation
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Return of Victor Bergman
Movie · Music
Stingray: The Reunion Party
Movie · Original Music Composer
Message from Moonbase Alpha
Movie · Music
The Complete Thunderbirds
Movie · Music
Countdown to Disaster
Movie · Music
Thunderbirds in Outer Space
Movie · Music
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
Movie · Music
Invaders from the Deep
Movie · Music
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
Movie · Music
Thunderbirds to the Rescue
Movie · Music
The Incredible Voyage of Stingray
Movie · Music
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
Movie · Music
Invasion: UFO
Movie · Music
Space: 1999
TV · Original Music Composer · 24 eps
UFO: Annihilate SHADO... Kill Straker...
Movie · Music
UFO: Take Them Alive
Movie · Music
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
Movie · Music
UFO
TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps
Doppelgänger
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Secret Service: A Case For The Bishop
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Secret Service: More Haste, Less Speed
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Secret Service
TV · Music · 13 eps
Thunderbird 6
Movie · Original Music Composer
Joe 90
TV · Music · 30 eps
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV · Music · 32 eps
Thunderbirds Are GO
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fahrenheit 451
Movie · Sound Effects
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Movie · Music
Thunderbirds: City of Fire
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Martian Invasion
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Atlantic Inferno
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Path of Destruction
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: The Man from MI.5
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Move - And You're Dead
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: The Imposters
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: The Cham-Cham
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Security Hazard
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Alias Mr. Hackenbacker
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Lord Parker's 'Oliday
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Ricochet
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Give or Take a Million
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dr. Who and the Daleks
Movie · Music
Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Desperate Intruder
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Sun Probe
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: The Uninvited
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: End of The Road
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Vault of Death
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Plant of Doom
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Sea of Oil
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Hostages of the Deep
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Treasure Down Below
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: The Big Gun
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: The Golden Sea
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Count Down
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: The Ghost of the Sea
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: The Invaders
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Secret of the Giant Oyster
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Stand By For Action
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: The Disappearing Ships
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Marineville Traitor
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Tom Thumb Tempest
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Aquanaut of the Year
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Pink Ice
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: The Master Plan
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Star of the East
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Invisible Enemy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Deep Heat
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Rescue from the Skies
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: The Cool Cave Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: A Nut For Marineville
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Trapped In The Depths
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Eastern Eclipse
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: The Lighthouse Dwellers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderbirds
TV · Music · 32 eps
Stingray
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Loch Ness Monster
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: The Ghost Ship
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Emergency Marineville
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Subterranean Sea
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Raptures of the Deep
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: The Man From The Navy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: An Echo of Danger
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: In Search of the Tajmanon
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Titan Goes Pop
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Set Sail for Adventure
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: Tune of Danger
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray: A Christmas to Remember
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stingray
TV · Music · 40 eps
Bunty the Bouncing Bassoon
Movie · Music
Boogie Rag Roll - Thunderclap Jones
Movie · Music
Fireball XL5
TV · Music · 39 eps
Supercar
TV · Original Music Composer · 39 eps
Crossroads to Crime
Movie · Original Music Composer
Four Feather Falls
TV · Music · 39 eps