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Barry Gray(1908-1984)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Writer
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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.
BornJuly 18, 1908
DiedApril 26, 1984(75)
BornJuly 18, 1908
DiedApril 26, 1984(75)
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Jason Momoa and Amber Heard in Aquaman (2018)
Aquaman
6.8
  • Soundtrack("Stingray")
  • 2018
Stingray (1964)
Stingray
7.3
TV Series
  • Music Department
Ed Bishop in UFO (1970)
UFO
7.9
TV Series
  • Music Department(uncredited)
Four Feather Falls (1960)
Four Feather Falls
7.4
TV Series
  • Music Department

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Music Department

  • Nebula-75 (2020)
    Nebula-75
    • music by
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Captain Scarlet Deconstructed (2018)
    Captain Scarlet Deconstructed
    • original music by
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Century 21 Slough (2018)
    Century 21 Slough
    • Music Department
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Samuel Grant, Tom Hall, Harry Jones, Owen Turner, Brendan Simpson, Abigail Armstrong, Zeda Falcor, Adam Wilkin, Mavis Grant, Bellator, James Thomas, Sophie Grant, Barry Lightfoot, Matt Moore, and Shannon House in International Rescue: A Minecraft Movie (2017)
    International Rescue: A Minecraft Movie
    • stock music
    • Short
    • 2017
  • This Is Supermarionation
    • archival music
    • 2014
  • Turbocharged Thunderbirds (1994)
    Turbocharged Thunderbirds
    • composer: original "Tuderbirds" music
    • TV Series
    • 1995
  • The Complete Thunderbirds
    • Music Department
    • Video
    • 1985
  • Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars (1981)
    Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
    • musical director
    • TV Movie
    • 1981
  • Invaders from the Deep (1981)
    Invaders from the Deep
    • music supervisor
    • 1981
  • Ed Bishop in UFO (1970)
    UFO
    • musical director
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 1970–1971
  • Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969)
    Journey to the Far Side of the Sun
    • conductor
    • 1969
  • Thunderbird 6 (1968)
    Thunderbird 6
    • conductor
    • music arranger
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1968
  • Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967)
    Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
    • musical director
    • TV Series
    • 1967–1968
  • Thunderbirds Are GO (1966)
    Thunderbirds Are GO
    • music arranger
    • musical director
    • 1966
  • Ray Barrett, David Graham, David Holliday, Shane Rimmer, Jeremy Wilkin, and Matt Zimmerman in Thunderbirds (1965)
    Thunderbirds
    • music directed by
    • TV Series
    • 1965–1966

Composer

  • Nebula-75 (2020)
    Nebula-75
    • Composer (music composed and directed by)
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Thunderbirds Are Minecraft: The Movie (2016)
    Thunderbirds Are Minecraft: The Movie
    • Composer
    • Video
    • 2016
  • Zienia Merton in Message from Moonbase Alpha (1999)
    Message from Moonbase Alpha
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 1999
  • Journey Through the Black Sun (1982)
    Journey Through the Black Sun
    • Composer
    • TV Movie
    • 1982
  • Cosmic Princess (1982)
    Cosmic Princess
    • Composer
    • TV Movie
    • 1982
  • Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars (1981)
    Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
    • Composer
    • TV Movie
    • 1981
  • Invaders from the Deep (1981)
    Invaders from the Deep
    • Composer
    • 1981
  • The Incredible Voyage of Stingray (1980)
    The Incredible Voyage of Stingray
    • Composer
    • Video
    • 1980
  • Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons (1980)
    Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons
    • Composer
    • TV Movie
    • 1980
  • Jif Dessert Toppings: Alien Attack (1977)
    Jif Dessert Toppings: Alien Attack
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 1977
  • Alien Attack (1976)
    Alien Attack
    • Composer
    • TV Movie
    • 1976
  • Space: 1999 (1975)
    Space: 1999
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 1975–1976
  • UFO: Contatto radar - Stanno atterrando (1974)
    UFO: Contatto radar - Stanno atterrando
    • Composer
    • 1974
  • Michael Billington, Ed Bishop, and Wanda Ventham in UFO: Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra! (1973)
    UFO: Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra!
    • Composer
    • 1973
  • Ed Bishop in UFO (1970)
    UFO
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 1970–1971

Writer

  • Four Feather Falls (1960)
    Four Feather Falls
    • original idea
    • TV Series
    • 1960

Personal details

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  • Official site
    • Official Site
  • Height
    • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
  • Born
    • July 18, 1908
    • Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
  • Died
    • April 26, 1984
    • Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK(ruptured aneurysm, atheroma and obstructive airways disease)
  • Spouse
    • Ivy Joan Isobel Gray? - April 26, 1984 (his death, 1 child)
  • Children
      Amanda Wilcock
  • Other works
    Made many recordings of his music from various TV shows.

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    Gray's favorite compositions were the themes for "Secret Service" and "Doppleganger".

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