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Wonderful CD

COMPUTERJAZZMAN | Cliffside Park, New Jersey United States | 02/05/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"John Barry really outdid himself with this beautiful soundtrack to accompany everybody's favorite superspy, James Bond, on his latest mission. Beautiful arrangements and melodies, the music evokes so many different moods, so you know it is powerful...even though I am a big fan of all of the original James Bond movies (the ones with Sean Connery), it's funny how I remember the soundtrack to this movie better than I rememeber the actual plot! If you like this kind of music, then you should get all of the John Barry scores from all of the Bond movies, as well as picking up the Hugo Montenegro CD's (Man from U.N.C.L.E., More Music from Man from U.N.C.L.E., Come Spy With Me, Girl from U.N.C.L.E.), as well as the swingin' Count Basie CD "Basie Meets Bond"."

Film track order

James Luckard | Los Angeles, CA | 03/28/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've given the film order for some other expanded Bond CDs, but I didn't have the DVD of this film. It turns out that making a CD in the correct order is a bit difficult, as you have to slice and dice various tracks. I did it, however, and it is well worth the time invested.For a detailed (down to the second) description of the work you'll need to do, heard over to johnbarry.org.uk and check out their page on the expanded soundtracks."

John Barry creates another fantastic Bond soundtrack!

Devin Zydel | New York | 03/10/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"You Only Live Twice usually appears near the top of lists of favorite Bond soundtracks. With the new remastered version of the soundtrack, theres no reason why it shouldn't. John Barry claerly had his mind made up that he was going to create a romantic masterpiece, and his result is right on the mark. Nancy Sinatra performs the wonderous and lyrical title song, which is consdiered by many to be the sweetest James Bond title song of all. Japanese local music is clearly the key element here, with many flavors of it appearing in almost every track. Some of them include Tanaka's World, Mountains And Sunsets, The Wedding and the brilliant ten minute long James Bond In Japan. One of John Barry's masterpiece tracks is the haunting and supensful Capsule In Space. There is also the fast tempoed A Drop In The Ocean and the action filled piece, Fight At Kobe Dock-Helga. Other action pieces include Countdown For Blofeld and Bond Averts World War Three. The classic "007" theme makes an appearance in track Little Nellie. Soviet Capsule is another good variation of the haunting Capsule In Space. The soundtrack ends with Twice Is The Only Way To Live, an instrumental version of the end of the film. With 19 stunning tracks and nearly 73 minutes of music, You Only Live Twice is most defenitely one of the best sources of thrilling John Barry, James Bond music!"