Decomposing

Thwarting evil geniuses will be a lot less entertaining with the death of John Barry, 77. Barry helped imprint the cool on the James Bond franchise composing and the distinctive Bond theme and producing the scores to 11 films, including From Russia With Love and Goldfinger. Barry also won 5 Academy Awards as composer of Born Free, Dances With Wolves, Out of Africa and The Lion in Winter and a Razzie for The Legend of the Lone Ranger. Non award-winning films on his resume include Chaplin, The Ipcress File, The Quiller Memorandum, Body Heat, Midnight Cowboy and Howard the Duck.