In John Barry: His life and Music, this astonishing 40 year career is at last celebrated in all its musical facets. The authors draw on their own experience and on conversations with those who''ve known Barry since his formative years.'
Geoff Leonard was born in Bristol, England in 1947, one of four children to Margaret and Harold Leonard. He spent much of his working career in banking but became an independent record producer in the early nineties, specialising in the works of John Barry and British TV theme compilations.
He also wrote liner notes for many soundtrack albums, including those by John Barry, Roy Budd, Ron Grainer, Maurice Jarre and Johnny Harris. He co-wrote two biographies of John Barry in 1998 and 2008, and is currently working on a biography of singer, actor, producer Adam Faith.
He joined the Internet Movie Data-base (www.imdb.com) as a data-manager in 2001 and looked after biographies, composers and the music-department, amongst other tasks. He retired after nine years loyal service in order to continue writing.
