Flying over Africa - John Barry

It is a cold windy late afternoon here in the MetroWest area of Greater Boston and I am going to close out today's Music Interludes with a wonderful instrumental song from the Movie "Out of Africa" which starred Meryl Streep and Robert Redford... The song I chose is Flying Over Africa written by Composer, Arranger, & conductor John Barry...

"John Barry (1933-2011), born in York, England, was one of the world's best-known and most popular film score composers. Aside from those who were also well-known classical composers, he is probably the most notable of all British film composers.

His career was inherited from both his mother and father. His mother was a pianist with classical training who saw to it that he got a musical education, playing trumpet and piano. His father owned a movie theater. John's exposure to films increased when he left school at age 15 to work full-time as a projectionist in his father's cinema. By then he was already on the way to deciding definitely to pursue a career in film music."

I wish you all a wonderful Saturday Evening and a great Night...