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Good find. Thanks.
Some notes and comments:
- The Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka is a 1976 recording played by the Berliner Philharmoniker and conducted by Herbert von Karajan.
- The Magnificent Seven theme was arranged and re-recorded for the film, no question about it. As someone on the FSM forums said years ago, "it's full of Barryisms" (like the trumpets in the background).
- I'm also sure the Cabana Club music is by Barry. I love this track, by the way, along with the cable car source music. They remind me a bit of Statue Dance from Deadfall.
- The cable car music is by Barry, according to Jon Burlingame: I would like to note that, in my opinion, the above isn't entirely correct, since as mentioned before, I think Barry did contribute carnival music, just not all of it, as you say. I remember reading the name of the traditional carnival music years ago, but I didn't write it down.
- The Burlingame book also provides some of the official names of the cues as presented on the cue sheet:
"Corinne" is called "You Presume a Great Deal, Mr. Bond"
"Bond Smells a Rat" is called "Rat Lab"
There are a few other names in brackets in Burlingame's score rundown. It's possible they are also official cue sheet names:
"Heart of Gold" => "18 Carat"
"Zero G" => "Emergency Stop"
The one that leaves me a bit confused is "It Could Have Its Compensations", which refers to the Venice hotel love scene. But isn't that a reuse of the recording of "You Presume a Great Deal, Mr. Bond"? Or perhaps even a cue reuse would have merited a different cue name, for clarity's sake.
- A small bit of trivia: as recorded, the freefall music ends with an E minor chord played on strings (after Bond opens the parachute). This was dialed out for the film, but it can still be heard very briefly and faintly (more clearly in some audio channels than others).
Interesting! I really hope this arrangement makes it onto an expanded release someday. I imagine Barry recoiled with horror when he was tasked with this, as his feelings on musical gimmickry are well documented =;
Thanks for clarifying this; I've updated my notes accordingly.
These titles always struck me as odd in Burlingame's book, as Barry famously never labelled any of his cues. Also Moonraker is the only chapter where there is deviation from the cue titles on the OST. I wonder if someone else took the liberty of labelling them at some point - possibly one of the French producers (which could explain why they're more literal). At any rate, I'll change my notes to reflect this, as Burlingame's book can definitely be considered an official source.
This is very interesting, and would make a great deal of sense.
There's a few instances of one of the main themes that I really like; I don't know what the theme is called, but it plays at 6:10 of Message from an old friend and at 1:40 of Final ascent.
The theme is heard as Bond is piloting Nomi's plane after the Cuba fight, when showing Madeleine in London (after Q's home scene and before Madeleine meets Safin), and when Bond and Nomi are approaching Safin's island.
Includes a download link and comes with a digital booklet.
I love this guy! He's doing some wonderful AVTAK cues at the moment too if you look at his video list.
Thank you for posting. God the music was so rich., classy, sexy….
Thank you, I love you too! More music to come in a few days!
Also, I think Bond Leaves Kerim, Bond Returns to the Bridal Suite, You’ll Feel Better in the Morning/Helicopter Escort and Bond at the Russian Consulate are the exact same piece and recording. Bond at the Russian Consulate appears to contain the longest version of the cue, with the other tracks being shortened edits.
Bond and Sylvia is a beautiful little cue!
The soundtrack release is all over the place - very annoying!
Can anyone confirm if these 2 tracks are actually used in the film:
Tananka's World
&
Twice Is The Only Way To Live
"Tanaka's World" is not used in the film at all. According to Jon Burlingame, it was meant to score the scene where Tanaka shows Bond his "secret subway". The timing and mood fits quite well.
"Twice Is The Only Way To Live" is not used either. It was meant for the final scene.
The track heard in the movie is "You Only Live Twice - End Title", which is some kind of alternate take with subtle changes in orchestration for the first part, then the Sinatra song.
Also, the part between 0:33 and 0:44 from "You Only Live Twice - End Title" is not heard in the movie, leaving only sound effect for the volcano explosion.
Hope it helps!
@bcalou Hi there, thanks so much for this. Really grateful. Great info.
I haven't looked at the Laserdisc audio, just the recent audio mixes of DN and FRWL included on home media. The part at 2:33 in this video of FRWL...
... is not here in DN:
What intel do you have on the Laserdisc?
@vzok, since you're here, why did you delete your reviews of the film scores on that old thread of yours? I wanted to look at your comments on Dr. No again and the post was edited. I ended up going to the Internet Archive, haha.
Nic Raine reproduced the shorter Dr. No's version. I remembered that he said in an interview that no score was available, he did it by listening directly to the movie, so that makes sense. He should have listen to FRWL too ;)
Excellent spy skills. I just thought it seemed like a load of dry words without the videos of the cues (links were nearly all broken)