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Barry Gray (Born: July 18, 1908 in Lancashire, England - Deceased: April 26, 1984 in Guernsey, Channel Islands) was a British musician and composer who is best known for his work for Gerry Anderson. His birth name was Jack Eckles. He studied at the Manchester Royal College of Music and at Blackburn Cathedral.
Gray gained valuable experience in scoring for theatre and variety orchestras. After serving with the RAF during World War II he returned to the music industry to work with such worthies as Vera Lynn and Hoagy Carmichael.
In 1956 he joined Gerry Anderson’s AP Films, where he scored the puppet show, ‘The Adventures of Twizzle’, followed by ‘Torchy The Battery Boy’ and then the famed ‘Four Feather Falls’.
Perhaps most famous was his score for ‘Thunderbirds’ and its theme “March of the Thunderbirds”. Gray composed the themes to the other Supermarionation shows such as ‘Stingray’, ‘Fireball XL5’, ‘Joe 90’, and ‘Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons’. Gray’s professional association with Anderson ended following the first season of ‘Space: 1999’ when Anderson decided to replace Gray’s original theme.
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ThunderBirds
Thunderbirds - Main Titles
Thunderbirds Theme
Tracy Island and International Rescue
Main Titles
Theme from Space 1999
Thunderbirds End Titles
Dangerous Game
Stingray Opening Titles
Thunderbirds Are Go
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Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds Are Go
Captain Scarlet
Space: 1999
Thunderbirds 2
Thunderbird 6-Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
No Strings Attatched
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