The Living Daylights [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

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It seems inevitable that with all the legal wranglings going on between John Barry's agents and EON productions that, sadly, The Living Daylights will prove to be Barry's last outing into the world of James Bond - but what an incredible swansong it is! John Barry is the grandfather of the soundtrack genre. It was he who created the "James Bond Sound" and this CD is Barry at his best. The title song, (performed by the Norwegian group a-ha) is present in various instrumental guises throughout this CD, though it is the numerous interpretations of "Where Has Everybody Gone" and "If There Was A Man" (both performed by The Pretenders), which make this CD a "must have" for all collectors of quality film music. This remastered and expanded masterpiece is the most complete version of this soundtrack ever available - with a total of 9 additional tracks which were not available on previous releases - which in fact adds up to almost an extra 30 minutes...Read more

In his final time at the helm of James Bond music, John barry gives an all out performance in his music for The Living Daylights. Returning to the synthesizer, but updating it with a more modern beat is the criteria for a perfect James Bond score!
a-ha performs the riveting title song that charted at #5 is a personal favorite of mine. Chrissy Hynde and the Pretenders also include their two songs If There Was A Man and Where Has Everybody Gone on the CD as well. Ice Chase, Hercules Takes Off, Necros Attacks and endless other tracks are filled to the brim with excitng, adventerous and action filled beats. Romantic music is here as well with Bond Meets Kara and instrumental If There Was A Man. The eerie tracks such as Afghanistan Plan and Mujhadin and Opium are also very welcome on the CD. With 21 tracks and 65 minutes of nonstop great James Bond music, The Living Daylights score is a personal favorite of many Bond music buffs. NO Bond fan should be without this fantastic score!!!

John Barry's "The Living Daylights" is a treasure trove of masterfully written James Bond music. It is a stallion in a stable of stallions of Barry "Bond" scores, the flavour of which I'm sure we have'nt seen or tasted before. Only after the release of this 'crash-hot' remastered and updated soundtrack score does one realise what a divine piece of work this well and truly is and that John Barry may have saved or written arguably one of his best and most memorable "Bond" scores for last, along with (1985's) "A View To A Kill". With it's pulsating synthesized rhythm driven themes and variations on a theme it's unlike anything we've heard before from Mr Barry, when it comes to "Bond" scores anyway and I welcome this new approach with open arms.My favourite track from "The Living Daylights" score is the exquisitely written "Exercise At Gibraltar" all 6 minutes and 21 seconds of it! From the dashing opening barrel...Read more