| | On Her Majesty's Secret Service Soundtrack CD (4 Customer Reviews)
The 2003 remastered edition includes a previously unreleased score.
John Barry's best score for any James Bond movie -- including the best song ("We Have All the Time in the World") ever written for any movie in the series -- is reasonably well represented on this CD. Barry had already begun adding more diverse and complex orchestral pieces to his underscoring and greater lyricism to his songs with the preceding movie, You Only Live Twice, and he continued the process with On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The serious nature of its plot, however, and the unique mood of the movie, dictated that almost an entirely new score be devised: the brassy "007 Theme," which had appeared in three prior films, was absent, and the "James Bond Theme" was re-arranged. Barry also wrote one of his longest and most easily embellished action themes (heavily featuring the synthesizer, an instrument new to film scores), and dressed it up with a string section playing running scales that is startling to hear in stereo, with the discreet separation of the orchestral parts. And then there was "We Have All the Time in the World," the best song ever written for the Bond series; a serious, poignant love song that underscores the doomed romance between Bond and Tracy (Diana Rigg), it was sung by Louis Armstrong in what proved to be the jazz legend's final recording session. Astonishingly, the song was originally only a successful single in Italy, although it did become a hit in England 30 years later in connection with its use in a British television advertisement for Guinness. The music has since become one of the most popular elements of this film, which, with George Lazenby as its star, stands apart from both the Sean Connery and Roger Moore Bond movies. The CD has decent sound but comes without notes or credits. ~ Bruce Eder
Original score composed by John Barry.
Recorded at CTS Studios, London, England in 1969. Includes liner notes by Jeff Bond.
& Expanded 1969. Score:John Barry.Mojo (Publisher) (6/02, p.65) - Included in Mojo's "100 Coolest Movie Soundtracks" - "...The strongest Bond score..." On Her Majesty's Secret Service Soundtrack Music | List Price | $8.94 (You save $0.09) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Soundtrack CDs, Film Composers | | Label | Capitol / EMI | | Orig Year | 1969 | | All Time Sales Rank | 6206  | | CD Universe Part number | 5587014 | | Catalog number | 41419 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 11, 2003 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Phil Ramone | | Engineer | John Richards | | Recording Time | 37 minutes | | Additional Info | Remastered; BNS |
On Her Majesty's Secret Service Soundtrack Songs | 1. | We Have All the Time in the World |
| 2. | This Never Happened to the Other Feller |
| 3. | Try |
| 4. | Ski Chase |
| 5. | Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown? |
| 6. | Main Theme-On Her Majesty's Secret Service |
| 7. | Journey to Blofeld's Hideaway |
| 8. | We Have All the Time in the World |
| 9. | Over & Out |
| 10. | Battle at Piz Gloria |
| 11. | We Have All The Time In The World / James Bond Theme |
| 12. | Journey to Draco's Hideaway |
| 13. | Bond and Draco |
| 14. | Gumbold's Safe |
| 15. | Bond Settles In |
| 16. | Bond Meets the Girls |
| 17. | Dusk at Piz Gloria |
| 18. | Sir Hillary's Night Out (Who Will Buy My Yesterdays?) |
| 19. | Blofeld's Plot |
| 20. | Escape From Piz Gloria |
| 21. | Bobsled Chase |
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