I happened to be listening to the Diamonds Are Forever ultra-expanded soundtrack last night, and I must say it is an underrated Bond score.
Everyone gets their own musical theme-Q, Wint and Kidd, Blofeld, Willard Whyte, Burt Saxby, the Bond theme and the 007 theme. John Barry lets loose on his JB Seven and jazz roots, and the Vegas music makes you snap your fingers and listen for Sammy and Sinatra.
Listen especially to the last tracks at the end. There are rich shadings of themes that get more fully developed in Octopussy and A View To A Kill among others…
…Sorry, but DAF is one of the best Bond films, still!
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackDeb, don’t be sorry for being a fan of DAF. It is in my opinion the most underrated Bond film. Great plot, Connery’s great (yes he looks a little out of it), Tiffeny Case is good for most, and like you said, a great Barry score. I can watch this movie all the time
Would’nt it be nice to have Barry back in Bond23 along with Bassey,,still not a big fan of DAR…
While I definitely don’t agree that DAF is one of the best Bond films, I agree completely on the score.
John Barry really gets the chance to let rip with his compositions, and Q’s theme is one of the best tracks on here.
We’ve currently running a series in the Bond sountracks at the James Bond Dossier, which you can find here:
http://www.tjbd.co.uk/content/james-bond-soundtracks
All the best,
M
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