The two Non Barry scores on Bond done while he was alive were not as good if he had done them.
Yeah variety is great and all but other than the main themes Spy Who Love Me and For Your Eyes only were pretty big misses in my book.
While Living Daylights was a great score by Barry.
Its all opinion of course. I have met people who prefer Hamlich over Barry.
The Rocky Composer whose name escapes me at the moment was passable but no Barry.