Born Free
John Barry (lyrics Don Black; arr. Frederick Miller)
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General Info
Year: 1966 / 1967
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Screen Gems
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
- Condensed Score
- C Piccolo
- Flute I-II
- Oboe I-II
- Bassoon I-II
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
- E-flat Alto Clarinet
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Cornet I-II-III
- E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
- Horn in F I-II-III-IV
- Trombone I-II-III
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Contra-Bass
- Timpani
- Percussion
- (Percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring the real-life couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, another real-life couple, who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood and released her into the wilderness of Kenya.
The film was produced by Open Road Films Ltd. and Columbia Pictures. The screenplay, written by blacklisted Hollywood writer Lester Cole (under the pseudonym "Gerald L.C. Copley"), was based upon Joy Adamson's 1960 non-fiction book Born Free. Born Free, and its musical score, by John Barry, as well as the title song, with lyrics by Don Black and sung by Matt Monro, won numerous awards.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Cary (N.C.) Town band (Connie Varner, conductor) – 17 March 2023
- Banda Matanda (Mirope Leaño, conductor) – 18 February 2012
- Northshore Concert Band (Evanston, Ill.) (Frederick Miller, conductor) – 15 December 1067
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Born Free (arr. Miller) (1966/1967)
- Concert Suite from "Dances with Wolves" (arr. Bocook) (1991)
- Diamonds are Forever
- From Russia with Love
- Goldfinger
- Here's to the Heroes (arr. Hernandez) (2006/)
- Out of Africa (arr. de Meij) (1985/1990)
- Somewhere in Time (arr. Custer) (1980/2006)
- Somewhere in Time (arr. Fortner) (1980/2024?)
Resources
- Barry, J.; Black, D.; Miller, F. (1967). Born Free [[score]. Screen Gems: [New York, N.Y.]
- Born Free. Wikipedia. Accessed 5 January 2026