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''From Russia with Love'' is the soundtrack for the second James Bond film of the same name. This is the first series film with John Barry as the primary soundtrack composer. John Barry, arranger of Monty Norman's "James Bond Theme" for ''Dr. No'', would be the dominant Bond series composer for most of its history and the inspiration for fellow series composer, David Arnold (who uses cues from this soundtrack in his own for ''Tomorrow Never Dies''). ==Production== Following the decision of the producers not to use Monty Norman, though keeping his "James Bond Theme", Harry Saltzman decided on using the then popular Lionel Bart of ''Oliver!'' fame. Bart was unable to read or write music, but he offered to compose the music and lyrics for a title song to the film. The producers chose John Barry to score the film. Barry had not only arranged and conducted the "James Bond Theme" from the previous film, but had already scored some films such as ''Beat Girl'' and ''Never Let Go''. Barry's group also charted at 13 in the November 1962 UK charts with a different arrangement of the Bond theme from that heard in the film.〔p.282 Thompson, Gordon ''Please Please Me: Sixties British Pop Inside Out'' 2008 Oxford University Press〕 The title song was sung by Matt Monro. Monro's vocal version is played during the film (as source music on a radio) and properly over the film's end titles. The title credit music is a lively instrumental version of the tune preceded by a brief Barry-composed "James Bond is Back" then segueing into the "James Bond Theme". On the original film soundtrack, Alan Haven played a jazzy organ over the theme but this version was not released on the soundtrack album. The tune also appears in a soft string arrangement as a theme for Tania. In Germany, the original release featured an end title track cover version called ''Die Wolga ist Weit'' sung by Ruthe Berlé. Originally planning to use local Turkish music as Norman had used Jamaican music on ''Dr No'', Barry accompanied the film crew to Istanbul, however he found nothing suitable for the film.〔p.36 Smith, Jim & Lavington, Steven ''Bond Films'' 2002 Virgiin Books〕 There are different tracks of Turkish-type music in the film that do not appear on the soundtrack (the track "Leila Dances" is not heard in the film). In this film, Barry introduced the percussive "007" that came to be considered the 'secondary James Bond Theme'. Barry's instrumental group The John Barry Seven had had a UK chart hit with a cover version of Elmer Bernstein's ''The Magnificent Seven''; both that tune and "007" featured seven beats. It is used in various Bond films starring Sean Connery and also in ''Moonraker'', starring Roger Moore. The arrangement appears twice on this soundtrack album; the second version, titled "007 Takes the Lektor", is the one used during the gunfight at the gypsy camp and also during Bond's theft of the Lektor decoding machine (the soundtrack album version is not heard in the film). The completed film features a holdover from Norman's ''Dr. No'' music – the post-rocket-launch music from ''Dr. No'' (after Bond disrupts Dr. No's attempts to jam the takeoff) appears in ''From Russia with Love'' at the conclusion of the helicopter attack, and also at SPECTRE's attempt to intercept Bond's speedboat. This cue is absent from the ''From Russia with Love'' soundtrack album. The original Barry arrangement of the "James Bond Theme" for ''Dr. No'' was inserted by the producers in the film when Bond searches his room in Istanbul for microphones. Barry did a new arrangement of the theme used when Bond leaves London and flies into Istanbul titled "James Bond with Bongos" that Billy Strange did a cover version of for the US charts. Barry noted that Bart's lyrics used the film's title, but had nothing to do with the film's story, a matter he would rectify when he was assigned the next Bond film, 1964's ''Goldfinger'', which was the first Bond film for which he had total creative control over the soundtrack, including the theme song's music (Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley would contribute the theme's lyrics). Barry's "Stalking", the music for the pre-credit sequence, is echoed by composer Marvin Hamlisch in his score for the 1977 Bond film ''The Spy Who Loved Me''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「From Russia with Love (soundtrack)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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