Title: The worst of the Bond scores
Product review: After listening to this mess it is not hard to see why Monty Norman wasn't invited back to work on other Bond films. His score as used in the film is hammy and old fashioned, "mining disaster music" as director Terence Young called it. On the record a lot of music never heard in the film replaces it. Poor cues like 'Audio Bongo' and Twisting with James' abound. There is a track called 'James Bond Theme' which is nothing like the JB theme we know and love but is another version of the melody used in 'Twisting with James'. Norman says that the record company made a mess of the track listings on the original album but it is more than possible that this was one of his original versions of the James Bond Theme that drove the producers to bring in John Barry to save the day.Worth having for completeness but do not expect a great listening experience.
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