Lorin Maazel, a world-renowned conductor and composer, died in his home in Virginia on Sunday at the age of 84. The cause of his death were complications from pneumonia. The New York Times reports Maazel was a child prodigy and had held music directorships in his life at "the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera and several other ensembles and companies around the world."

John Barry, the Oscar-winning composer most famous for scoring eleven James Bond films, has died in New York at 77. Barry often claimed to have written the well-known "James Bond Theme," though credit is still officially given to Monty Norman.