Barry Mann - Turner Classic Movies

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Barry Mann produced music for multiple Hollywood productions during the course of his Hollywood career. Mann began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like the dramedy "Wild in the Streets" (1968) with Shelley Winters, "Duffy" (1968) with James Coburn and the Jennifer Jones drama "Angel, Angel Down We Go" (1969). His music also appeared in "I Never Sang For My Fa...

Filmography

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Deadly Desire (1991)

Fatal Beauty (1987)

Fast Color (2018)

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

The Meddler (2016)

Flying By (2009)

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All That Jazz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Open, On Broadway

Cult Of The Damned (1969) -- (Movie Clip) All Sorts Of Tranquilizers

Biography

Barry Mann produced music for multiple Hollywood productions during the course of his Hollywood career. Mann began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like the dramedy "Wild in the Streets" (1968) with Shelley Winters, "Duffy" (1968) with James Coburn and the Jennifer Jones drama "Angel, Angel Down We Go" (1969). His music also appeared in "I Never Sang For My Father" (1970), the Elliott Gould dramatic comedy "Getting Straight" (1970) and the romance "Pipe Dreams" (1976) with Gladys Knight. In the eighties, Mann devoted his time to various credits, such as "Hamburger Hill" (1987) starring Anthony Barrile, "Harry and the Hendersons" with John Lithgow (1987) and "Million Dollar Mystery" (1987). He also worked on "Summer Heat" (1987) starring Lori Singer. Mann's music was also featured in "Muppet Treasure Island" (1996) with Tim Curry, "All Dogs Go to Heaven 2" (1996) and the comedy adaptation "Mojo" (1998) with Ian Hart. His music was also featured in the Kevin Spacey box office smash comedic drama "American Beauty" (1999) and "Superstar" (1999) with Molly Shannon. Mann's music was most recently used in the Lou Adler documentary "The Wrecking Crew" (2015).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Deadly Desire (1991)

Fatal Beauty (1987)

Music (Feature Film)

Fast Color (2018)

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

The Meddler (2016)

Flying By (2009)

The Wrecking Crew (2008)

Tropic Thunder (2008)

Music Within (2007)

Rumor Has It... (2005)

Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

Uptown Girls (2003)

Bruce Almighty (2003)

Bubble Boy (2001)

Superstar (1999)

The Last Yellow (1999)

Song ("I Love How You Love Me")

American Beauty (1999)

Muppet Treasure Island (1996)

All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1995)

A Troll in Central Park (1994)

Happily Ever After (1993)

Captain Ron (1992)

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)

Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)

Flying Blind (1990)

Goodfellas (1990)

Without You, I'm Nothing (1990)

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

The Big Picture (1989)

Caddyshack II (1988)

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987)

Harry And The Hendersons (1987)

Summer Heat (1987)

Music ("The Heart Must Have A Home")

Million Dollar Mystery (1987)

Hamburger Hill (1987)

The Best Of Times (1986)

An American Tail (1986)

The Best Of Times (1986)

Where the Boys Are '84 (1984)

Sapiches (1982)

Song Performer ("Who Put The Bomp")

Sapiches (1982)

The Last American Virgin (1982)

Song ("Just Once")

Urban Cowboy (1980)

Song ("Here You Come Again")

All That Jazz (1979)

Black Joy (1978)

Song ("Saturday Night At The Movies")

Moment By Moment (1978)

Pipe Dreams (1976)

Getting Straight (1970)

I Never Sang for My Father (1970)

Elvis--That's the Way It Is (1970)

I Never Sang for My Father (1970)

Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)

Wild in the Streets (1968)

The Big T.N.T. Show (1966)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Cast (Special)

Hitmakers: The Teens Who Stole Pop Music (2001)

Words and Music By Leiber & Stoller (2001)

Music (Special)

Robert Zemeckis on Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century: In Pursuit of Happiness (1999)

Life Events

Videos

All That Jazz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Open, On Broadway Joe Gideon is a hedonistic workaholic who knocks back a daily dose of amphetamines to juggle a new Broadway production while editing his new movie, not to mention ex-wife Audrey, steady girlfriend Kate, a young daughter, and various conquests. Joe cannot, however, avoid intimations of mortality from white-clad vision Angelique that lead him to look back at his life as he heads for a near-inevitable coronary.

Cult Of The Damned (1969) -- (Movie Clip) All Sorts Of Tranquilizers Usually low-budget American International pictures shooting on location at the Getz-Hearst “Beverly House” in Beverly Hills, singer Bogart (Jordan Christopher) has the full attention of mother Astrid (Jennifer Jones) and daughter Tara Nicole (Holly Near), then another original song by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil in Cult Of The Damned, (a.k.a. Angel, Angel Down We Go), 1969.

Cult Of The Damned (a.k.a. Angel, Angel Down We Go) (1969) -- (Movie Clip) The Fat Song Tara-Nicole (Holly Near), after a sexual encounter with singer Bogart (Jordan Christopher), by whom she was willingly abducted from her own debutante ball, meets his “new group,” Davey Davison, Lou Rawls and Roddy McDowall as Ana Livia, Joe and Santoro, and hears his new song for her (by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil), in Cult Of The Damned, (a.k.a. Angel, Angel Down We Go), 1969.

Cult Of The Damned (a.k.a. Angel, Angel Down We Go) (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Angel, Angel Down We Go At her coming-out party thrown by her super-rich parents in LA (Jennifer Jones, Charles Aidman), Tara-Nicole (Holly Near), home from finishing school in Switzerland and nervous about her weight, is dazzled by singer “Bogart” (Jordan Christopher), performing an original song by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, in American International’s Cult Of The Damned, (a.k.a. Angel, Angel Down We Go), 1969.

Wild In The Streets (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Max's Entourage Narration by the ever-authoritative Paul Frees, introduces the posse for super-rich pop star Max (Christopher Jones), Larry Bishop as Abraham, Kevin Couglin as Billy, Richard Pryor as Stanley, inspiring a song (by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil), early in director Barry Shear’s political-pop oddity from AIP, Wild In The Streets, 1968.

Wild In The Streets (1968) -- (Movie Clip) I'm His Mother! Shelley Winters is the mother, and Bert Freed the father, from whom giant pop star Max Frost (Christopher Jones) ran away many years earlier, and they’ve just had big make-overs after realizing he’s rich and famous, looking to present themselves at a concert, in AIP’s Wild In The Streets, 1968.

Wild In The Streets (1968) -- (Movie Clip) 14 Or Fight! Mega-rich pop star Max (Christopher Jones, with his band, Richard Pryor on drums!) has just barely agreed to appear in support of congressman Fergus (Hal Holbrook), who’s running for senator, because he supports lowering the voting age, and a new idea comes up, in WIld In The Streets, 1968.

It's A Bikini World (1967) -- (Movie Clip) We Gotta Get Out Of This Place Sid Haig the night club owner, shot at the old Haunted House on Hollywood Blvd, by a mile the biggest act and the biggest hit in the movie, Eric Burdon and The Animals, with Andy Summers on the Rickenbacker, song by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, in It's A Bikini World, 1967.

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