the Berry in the name is actually that of Roy Berry, no relation) – which published a large amount of library music. One piece, Moviescope, was selected to be the theme to the WGN-TV television series Family Classics. While working at Paxton's library and later as manager of the Southern Music Library (now Peer-Southern), he was responsible for including compositions by Dolf Van Den Linden, Johnny Scott, and Barry Forgie on their library records, as well as his own. He produced many of the recordings, an activity which he continued on a freelance basis after he retired. This included a number of sessions in Germany, working on films such as The Beastmaster (1982) and The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter, and also arrangements of classics for the de Wolfe library. Berry also worked on the first Monty Python film And Now For Something Completely Different, and collaborated with artists such as Johnny Dankworth and Roger Roger. His work (both compositions and production) was often heard on BBC test card. Death and legacy After retiring, he and his wife emigrated to South Africa for two years, before returning to life in Hertfordshire for the rest of his life. Although he died in 1994, his work continues to be used worldwide, frequently as incidental music in television, most recently in BBC's Little Britain and Dick and Dom in da Bungalow, MTV's The Osbournes and the Nickelodeon cartoons Rocko's Modern Life and SpongeBob SquarePants. His music was also used by Disney in an in-hotel promotional video for the Disneyland Resort Paris theme park. List of recordings (incomplete) All recordings are on the Peer International Library label unless otherwise stated. References British Big Band Funk, collected 14 December 2005, slight information regarding usage of Peter Dennis name. World of Library Music, collected 14 December 2005, Den Berry founds his own Berry/Conroy label. Production Music, collected 14 December 2005, Berry/Conroy label – listing of a few LPs. External links Arrangements and compositions at Muziekschatten.nl (manuscript sheet music, partly digitised) 1921 births 1994 deaths 20th-century classical composers English record producers English film score composers English male film score composers English songwriters British jazz double-bassists Male double-bassists British male jazz musicians English jazz saxophonists British male saxophonists Musicians from London 20th-century English composers 20th-century saxophonists 20th-century double-bassists 20th-century British male musicians 20th-century British musicians 20th-century British businesspeople British male songwriters