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Barry Gray (born John Livesey Eccles; 18 July 1908 – 26 April 1984) was a British musician and composer best known for his collaborations with television and film producer Gerry Anderson.〔 ==Life and career== Born into a musical family in Blackburn, Lancashire, Gray was encouraged to pursue a musical career from an early age. Starting at the age of five – with piano lessons – he studied diligently and became a student at the Manchester Royal College of Music and at Blackburn Cathedral. He studied composition under the Hungarian teacher Matyas Seiber. Gray's first professional job was for B. Feldman & Co. in London, where he gained experience in scoring for theatre and variety orchestras. From there, he joined Radio Normandy as a composer-arranger. After serving for six years with the Royal Air Force during World War II〔 he returned to the music industry to work with such names as Vera Lynn and Hoagy Carmichael. In 1956 Gray joined Gerry Anderson's AP Films and scored its first marionette puppet television series, ''The Adventures of Twizzle''. This was followed by ''Torchy The Battery Boy'' and ''Four Feather Falls'', a puppet Western based on a concept suggested by Gray. His association with Anderson lasted throughout the 1960s. Although best known for his score to ''Thunderbirds'' (in particular the "March of the ''Thunderbirds''" title music), Gray's work also included the themes to all the other "Supermarionation" productions, including ''Fireball XL5'', ''Stingray'', ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'' and ''Joe 90''. Recording sessions were held at Olympic Studios, Pye Studios and CTS Studios in London, Anvil Studios in Denham, Buckinghamshire and Gray's own studios at his residence in Esher, Surrey.〔 Additionally, Gray is known as the composer for the Anderson live-action series of the 1970s, such as ''UFO'' and ''Space: 1999''. His work in cinema included the scores to the ''Thunderbirds'' feature films ''Thunderbirds Are Go'' (1966) and ''Thunderbird 6'' (1968), and the live-action science-fiction drama ''Doppelgänger'' (1969). Gray's professional association with Anderson and his career in TV and film scoring ended when he decided to leave the production of ''Space: 1999'' after the completion of the first series. His replacement for the second series was Derek Wadsworth, who composed new title music.〔 In 1970, Gray moved from Esher to St Peter Port, Guernsey. Later, after his retirement, he served as resident pianist at the Old Government House Hotel. Gray died in hospital on Guernsey on 26 April 1984.〔 He had a son, Simon.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barry Gray」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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