007 Soundtrack: The Living Daylights (1987)

FILM: The Living Daylights (1987)

SOUNDTRACK RELEASED: 1987

SCORE COMPOSER: John Barry

TITLE SONG: "The Living Daylights"
COMPOSED BY: John Barry, Pål Waaktaar

PERFORMED BY: A-ha

The Living Daylights is the soundtrack title for the film The Living Daylights and the eleventh and final Bond soundtrack to be scored by composer John Barry. The soundtrack is notable for its introduction of sequenced electronic rhythm tracks overdubbed with the orchestra – at the time, a relatively new innovation.

The title song of the film, The Living Daylights, was recorded by pop group a-ha. a-ha and Barry did not collaborate well, resulting in two versions of the theme song. Barry's film mix is heard on the soundtrack and all three of a-ha's best-of compilations. The a-ha preferred mix can be heard on their 1988 album Stay on These Roads. However in 2006 a-ha's Paul Waaktaar-Savoy complimented Barry's contributions "I loved the stuff he added to the track, I mean it gave it this really cool string arrangement. That's when for me it started to sound like a Bond thing". The title song is one of very few 007 title songs that is not performed or written by a British or American performer in the history of the series.

Originally, British pop band Pet Shop Boys was asked to compose the soundtrack, but backed down when they learned that they should not provide a complete soundtrack but merely the opening theme song.






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TRACK LISTING

1. "The Living Daylights" – A-ha
2. "Necros Attacks"
3. "The Sniper Was a Woman"
4. "Ice Chase"
5. "Kara Meets Bond"
6. "Koskov Escapes"
7. "Where Has Everybody Gone" – The Pretenders
8. "Into Vienna"
9. "Hercules Takes Off"
10. "Mujahadin and Opium"
11. "Inflight Fight"
12. "If There Was a Man" – The Pretenders
13. "Exercise at Gibraltar"
14. "Approaching Kara"
15. "Murder at the Fair"
16. ""Assassin" and Drugged"
17. "Airbase Jailbreak"
18. "Afghanistan Plan"
19. "Air Bond"
20. "Final Confrontation"
21. "Alternate End Titles"

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007 Soundtrack: A View to a Kill (1985)

FILM: A View to a Kill (1985)

SOUNDTRACK RELEASED: 1985

SCORE COMPOSER: John Barry

TITLE SONG: "A View to a Kill"
COMPOSED BY: John Barry, Duran Duran

PERFORMED BY: Duran Duran

A View to a Kill is the soundtrack for the film of the same name, the 14th installment in the James Bond film series.

The theme song A View to a Kill, was written by John Barry and Duran Duran, and was recorded in London with a 60-piece orchestra. A View to a Kill is the most successful Bond theme to date. In 1986 Barry and Duran Duran were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.

Duran Duran was chosen to do the song after bassist John Taylor (a lifelong Bond fan) approached producer Cubby Broccoli at a party, and somewhat drunkenly asked "When are you going to get someone decent to do one of your theme songs?"




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TRACK LISTING

1. "A View to a Kill (Main Title)" – Duran Duran
2. "Snow Job"
3. "May Day Jumps"
4. "Bond Meets Stacey (A View to a Kill)"
5. "Pegasus' Stable"
6. "Tibbett Gets Washed Out"
7. "Airship to Silicon Valley"
8. "He's Dangerous"
9. "Bond Underwater"
10. "Wine with Stacey (A View to a Kill)"
11. "Bond Escapes Roller"
12. "Destroy Silicon Valley"
13. "May Day Bombs Out"
14. "Golden Gate Fight"
15. "A View to a Kill (End Title)" – Duran Duran

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007 Soundtrack: Octopussy (1983)

FILM:  Octopussy (1983)

SOUNDTRACK RELEASED: 1983

SCORE COMPOSER: John Barry

TITLE SONG: "All Time High"
COMPOSED BY: John Barry, Tim Rice, Stephen Short

PERFORMED BY: Rita Coolidge

Octopussy is the soundtrack for the eponymous thirteenth James Bond film. The score was composed by John Barry, the lyrics by Tim Rice. The opening theme, All Time High is sung by Rita Coolidge and is one of five title songs or songs that are not named after film's title.

The original compact disc released in 1985, by A&M Records, was recalled because of a printing error, and became a rarity. In 1997, the soundtrack was released, by Rykodisc, with the original soundtrack music and some film dialogue, (additional tracks, No. 3, No. 7, and No. 10 seen below) on an Enhanced CD version. The 2003 release, by EMI, restored the original soundtrack music sans dialogue. The original music video of All Time High shows Rita Coolidge in very soft focus in an Indian palace, but it is one of the film's locations, the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, England.







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TRACK LISTING

Original Release/2003 Re-mastered Version:

1. "All Time High" – Rita Coolidge
2. "Bond Look-Alike"
3. "009 Gets the Knife and Gobinda Attacks"
4. "That's My Little Octopussy"
5. "Arrival at the Island of Octopussy"
6. "Bond at the Monsoon Palace"
7. "Bond Meets Octopussy"
8. "Yo-Yo Fight and Death of Vijay"
9. "The Chase Bomb Theme"
10. "The Palace Fight"
11. "All Time High (Movie Version)" – Rita Coolidge

1997 release:

1. "All Time High" – Rita Coolidge
2. "Bond Look-Alike"
3. "Miss Penelope"—dialogue
4. "009 Gets the Knife and Gobinda Attacks"
5. "That's My Little Octopussy"
6. "Arrival at the Island of Octopussy"
7. "Introducing Mr Bond"—dialogue
8. "Bond at the Monsoon Palace"
9. "Bond Meets Octopussy"
10. "Poison Pen"—dialogue
11. "Yo-Yo Fight and Death of Vijay"
12. "The Chase Bomb Theme"
13. "The Palace Fight"

"All Time High" – Rita Coolidge


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007 Soundtrack: Moonraker (1979)

FILM: Moonraker (1979)

SOUNDTRACK RELEASED: 1979

SCORE COMPOSER: John Barry

TITLE SONG: "Moonraker"
COMPOSED BY: John Barry, Hal David

PERFORMED BY: Shirley Bassey

Moonraker is the soundtrack for the eleventh James Bond film of the same name.

Moonraker was the third of the three Bond films for which the theme song was performed by Shirley Bassey. Frank Sinatra was considered for the vocals, before Johnny Mathis was approached and offered the opportunity. Mathis was unhappy about the song and withdrew from the project, leaving the producers scrambling for a replacement. Kate Bush declined, so John Barry offered the song to Bassey within just weeks of the release date. As a result, Bassey made the recordings with very short notice and never regarded the song 'as her own' as she had never had the chance to perform it or promote it first. The film uses two versions of the title theme song, a ballad version heard over the main titles, and a disco version for the end titles. Confusingly, the United Artists single release labelled the tracks on the 7" single as Moonraker (Main Title) for the version used to close the film and Moonraker (End Title) for the track that opened the film. The song failed to make any real impact on the charts, which may partly be attributed to Bassey's failure to promote the single, given the last minute decision and the way in which it was quickly recorded to meet the schedule.







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TRACK LISTING

1. "Moonraker (Main Title)" – Shirley Bassey – (3:10)
2. "Space Lazer Battle"  – (2:47)
3. "Miss Goodhead Meets Bond" – (2:48)
4. "Cable Car and Snake Fight" – (3:07)
5. "Bond Lured to Pyramid" – (2:02)
6. "Flight into Space" – (6:27)
7. "Bond Arrives in Rio and Boat Chase" – (2:38)
8. "Centrifuge and Corrine Put Down" – (2:35)
9. "Bond Smells a Rat" – (2:24)
10. "Moonraker (End Title)" – Shirley Bassey – (2:27)

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007 Soundtrack: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

FILM: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

SOUNDTRACK RELEASED: 1974

SCORE COMPOSER: John Barry

TITLE SONG: "The Man with the Golden Gun"
COMPOSED BY: John Barry, Don Black

PERFORMED BY: Lulu

The Man with the Golden Gun is the soundtrack for the ninth James Bond film of the same name.

Barry considered the theme tune – the only Bond film title track not to chart as a single in either the U.K. or U.S. – and score to be among the weakest of his contributions to the series: "It's the one I hate most... it just never happened for me."  Certainly the title song is notable for having suggestive lyrics, and during a TV celebration for the series' 40th anniversary, Lulu's performance was introduced with reference to its being the raunchiest of all Bond songs.





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TRACK LISTING

1. "The Man with the Golden Gun (Main Title)" (J. Barry/D. Black) – Lulu
2. "Scaramanga's Fun House"
3. "Chew Me in Grisly Land"
4. "The Man with the Golden Gun (Jazz Instrumental)"
5. "Getting the Bullet"
6. "Goodnight Goodnight"
7. "Let's Go Get 'Em"
8. "Hip's Trip"
9. "Kung Fu Fight"
10. "In Search of Scaramanga's Island"
11. "Return to Scaramanga's Fun House"
12. "The Man With the Golden Gun (End Title)" (J. Barry/D. Black) – Lulu

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007 Soundtrack: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

FILM: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

SOUNDTRACK RELEASED: 1971

SCORE COMPOSER: John Barry

TITLE SONG: "Diamonds Are Forever"
COMPOSED BY: John Barry, Don Black

PERFORMED BY: Shirley Bassey

Diamonds Are Forever is the soundtrack by John Barry for the seventh James Bond film of the same name.

Diamonds Are Forever, the title song with lyrics by Don Black, was the second Bond theme to be performed by Shirley Bassey, after Goldfinger. The song was also recorded in Italian by Bassey as Una Cascata di Diamanti (Vivo Di Diamanti); this version was only issued on 7-inch single in Italy, and was intended to be included in a (cancelled) 3-CD box set titled Shirley released in 2012.







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TRACK LISTING

Tracks 13-21 were not released on the original soundtrack.

1. "Diamonds Are Forever (Main Title)" – sung by Shirley Bassey
2. "Bond Meets Bambi and Thumper"
3. "Moon Buggy Ride"
4. "Circus, Circus"
5. "Death at the Whyte House"
6. "Diamonds Are Forever (Source Instrumental)"
7. "Diamonds Are Forever (Bond and Tiffany)"
8. "Bond Smells a Rat"
9. "Tiffany Case"
10. "007 and Counting"
11. "Q's Trick"
12. "To Hell with Blofeld"
13. "Gunbarrel and Manhunt"
14. "Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd/Bond to Holland"
15. "Peter Franks"
16. "Airport Source/On the Road"
17. "Slumber, Inc."
18. "The Whyte House"
19. "Plenty, Then Tiffany"
20. "Following the Diamonds"
21. "Additional and Alternate Cues"

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007 Soundtrack: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

FILM: On Her Majesty´s Secret Service (1969)

SOUNDTRACK RELEASED: 1969

SCORE COMPOSER: John Barry

TITLE SONG: "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", "We Have All the Time in the World" - Secondary Theme
COMPOSED BY: John Barry, Hal David

PERFORMED BY: The John Barry Orchestra, Louis Armstrong

On Her Majesty's Secret Service ("OHMSS") is the soundtrack for the sixth James Bond film of the same name.The theme, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, is used in the film as an action theme alternate to Monty Norman's James Bond Theme, as is the case with Barry's previous 007 theme.





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TRACK LISTING

1. "This Never Happened to the Other Feller"
2. "On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Main Title)"
3. "Try"
4. "We Have All the Time in the World (Instrumental)"
5. "Journey to Draco's Hideaway"
6. "Bond And Draco"
7. "We Have All the Time in the World" – Louis Armstrong
8. "Gumbold's Safe"
9. "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?" – Nina
10. "Journey to Blofeld's Hideaway"
11. "Bond Settles In"
12. "Bond Meets the Girls"
13. "Dusk at Piz Gloria"
14. "Sir Hilary's Night Out (Who Will Buy My Yesterdays?)"
15. "Blofeld's Plot"
16. "Escape from Piz Gloria"
17. "Ski Chase"
18. "Over and Out"
19. "Battle at Piz Gloria"
20. "Bobsled Chase"
21. "We Have All the Time in the World/James Bond Theme"

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007 Soundtrack: You Only Live Twice (1967)

FILM: You Only Live Twice (1967)

SOUNDTRACK RELEASED: 1967

SCORE COMPOSER: John Barry

TITLE SONG: "You Only Live Twice"
COMPOSED BY: Leslie Bricusse, John Barry

PERFORMED BY: Nancy Sinatra

You Only Live Twice is the soundtrack for the fifth James Bond film of the same name. It was composed by Bond veteran John Barry. At the time, this was his fourth credited Bond film. The theme song, You Only Live Twice, was sung by Nancy Sinatra, with music by Barry and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. The film's incidental music is regarded as among the finest of Barry's scores for the Bond series. Capsule in Space, an impressionistic cue of layered piano and strings ostinatos, is probably the most famous piece of incidental music from the Bond series after 007. The soundtrack has previously been available in two versions on CD – the first, a straight reissue of the LP soundtrack, and the second, an expanded reissue including several previously unreleased tracks.






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TRACK LISTING

1. "You Only Live Twice (Main Title)" – Nancy Sinatra – (2:43)
2. "Capsule in Space" – (2:39)
3. "Fight at Kobe Dock/Helga" – (2:51)
4. "Tanaka's World" – (2:04)
5. "A Drop in the Ocean" – (2:15)
6. "The Death of Aki" – (4:36)
7. "Mountains and Sunsets" – (3:06)
8. "The Wedding" – (2:42)
9. "James Bond – Astronaut?" – (3:25)
10. "Countdown for Blofeld" – (2:31)
11. "Bond Averts World War Three" – (2:12)
12. "You Only Live Twice (End Title)" – Nancy Sinatra – (3:28)
13. "James Bond in Japan"
14. "Aki, Tiger and Osato"
15. "Little Nellie"
16. "Soviet Capsule"
17. "S.P.E.C.T.R.E. and Village"
18. "James Bond – Ninja"
19. "Twice Is the Only Way to Live"

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007 Soundtrack: Thunderball (1965)

FILM: Thunderball (1965)

SOUNDTRACK RELEASED: 1965

SCORE COMPOSER: John Barry

TITLE SONG: "Thunderball"
COMPOSED BY: John Barry, Don Black

PERFORMED BY: Tom Jones

Thunderball is the soundtrack album for the fourth James Bond film Thunderball.
The album was released by United Artists Records in 1965. The music was composed and conducted by John Barry, and performed by the John Barry Orchestra. This was Barry's third soundtrack for the series. The soundtrack was not finished by the time the film was released in theatres and only featured twelve tracks, roughly only the film's first half; the last seven tracks were released for the first time when the soundtrack was issued on Compact Disc on 25 February 2003. Additionally, the music in the film was unfinished days before the film's release in theatres due to a late change by Eon Productions to use a title song with the same name as the film.




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TRACK LISTING

1. "Thunderball (Main Title)" – Tom Jones
2. "Chateau Flight"
3. "The Spa"
4. "Switching the Body"
5. "The Bomb"
6. "Cafe Martinique"
7. "Thunderball (Instrumental)"
8. "Death of Fiona"
9. "Bond Below Disco Volante"
10. "Search for the Vulcan"
11. "007"
12. "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"

CD bonus tracks

1. "Gunbarrel/Traction Table/Gassing the Plane/Car Chase"
2. "Bond Meets Domino /Shark Tank/Lights out for Paula/For King and Country"
3. "Street Chase"
4. "Finding the Plane/Underwater Ballet/Bond with SPECTRE Frogmen/Leiter to the Rescue/Bond Joins Underwater Battle"
5. "Underwater Mayhem/Death of Largo/End Titles"
6. "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Mono Version)"

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007 Soundtrack: Goldfinger (1964)

FILM: Goldfinger (1964)

SOUNDTRACK RELEASED: 1964

SCORE COMPOSER: John Barry

TITLE SONG: “Goldfinger"
COMPOSED BY: Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley, John Barry

PERFORMED BY: Shirley Bassey

Goldfinger is the soundtrack for the third James Bond film of the same name.

This is the first of three James Bond films with a theme song sung by Shirley Bassey, whose forceful, dramatic style became a series trademark (she would go on to sing Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker). Goldfinger was composed by John Barry, with lyrics by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, and is widely acknowledged as a classic of its genre. Famously, co-producer Harry Saltzman hated the song and only agreed to use it when persuaded by Albert Broccoli.





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TRACK LISTING

Side One

1. "Main Title – Into Miami- Goldfinger" – Shirley Bassey – (2:47)
2. "Alpine Drive – Auric's Factory" – (2:51)
3. "Oddjob's Pressing Engagement" – (3:05)
4. "Bond Back in Action Again" – (5:36)
5. "Teasing the Korean" – (2:12)
6. "Gassing the Gangsters" – (1:03)

Side Two

1. "Goldfinger (Instrumental Version)" – (2:08)
2. "Dawn Raid on Fort Knox" – (5:43)
3. "The Arrival of the Bomb and Count Down" – (3:25)
4. "The Death of Goldfinger – End Titles" – (2:34)

Bonus tracks only on the 2003 remastered Goldfinger Soundtrack CD

1. "Golden Girl"
2. "Death of Tilly"
3. "The Laser Beam"
4. "Pussy Galore's Flying Circus"

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