John Barry
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"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" boils James Bond back down to essentials, offers him a chance at happiness -- and then pulls the rug out from under us.
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You Only Live Twice (1967, Dir. Lewis Gilbert): “You can come up with anything you like so far as the story goes,” [the Bond producers] told me, “but there are two…
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Goldfinger (1964, Guy Hamilton): ‘Just a moment, Goldfinger, you’re not through yet.’ Bond glanced up at the girl. She was looking at him strangely. There was misery and fear but…
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Most people my age grew up with rock ‘n’ roll, or classical music, or even jazz. I grew up on James Bond soundtracks. Certain childhood preoccupations are withered by the…