The Man with the Golden Gun
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Movie: The Man with the Golden Gun
James Bond: Roger Moore
The song was written and recorded in less than three weeks, due to the tight schedule of the movie production. John Barry believes it to be the worst song he has ever written. The critics didn’t spare him, considering the song was full of indecent insinuations and sounded ridiculous.
But since when have such “trifles” stopped a song from being successful? It reached 11th place on the British chart:
Can you imagine a James Bond movie beginning with an Alice Cooper song? It could have been possible for “The Man with the Golden Gun”. It all seemed to go in the right direction. But the song didn’t get the green light from the producers 1)”The Music of James Bond” by Jon Burlingame, book published by Oxford University Press in 2012. Anyway, it was surprisingly “weak”:
- Introduction + James Bond theme
- 1962: Kingston Calypso (Dr. No)
- 1963: James Bond Is Back / From Russia with Love / James Bond Theme
- 1964: Goldfinger
- 1965: Thunderball
- 1967: You Only Live Twice
- 1969: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- 1971: Diamonds Are Forever
- 1973: Live and Let Die
- 1974: The Man with the Golden Gun
- 1977: Nobody Does It Better (The Spy Who Loved Me)
- 1979: Moonraker
- 1981: For Your Eyes Only
- 1983: All Time High (Octopussy)
- 1985: A View to a Kill
- 1987: The Living Daylights
- 1989: Licence to Kill
- 1995: GoldenEye
- 1997: Tomorrow Never Dies
- 1999: The World Is Not Enough
- 2002: Die Another Day
- 2006: You Know My Name (Casino Royale)
- 2008: Another Way to Die (Quantum of Solace)
- 2012: Skyfall
- 2015: Writing's on the Wall (Spectre)
A surprising series of re-orchestrations that were originally classic songs, in heavy metal style
References
| ↑1 | ”The Music of James Bond” by Jon Burlingame, book published by Oxford University Press in 2012 |
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