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"Goldfinger" was the title song from the 1964 James Bond film ''Goldfinger''. Composed by John Barry and with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, the song was performed by Shirley Bassey for the film's opening and closing title sequences, as well as the soundtrack album release. The single release of the song gave Bassey her only ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top forty hit, peaking in the Top 10 at number eight and at number two for four weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart, and in the United Kingdom the single reached number 21.〔Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited〕 The song finished at #53 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. In 2008, the single was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.〔("Grammy Hall of Fame Award ). ''Grammy.org''. Retrieved 21 December 2012〕 ==Background== Upon being asked to create a theme song for the film-in-progress, Bricusse and Newley looked at each other and sang out: "Goldfinger . . . wider than a mile," to the melody of "Moon River," the successful theme song from ''Breakfast at Tiffany's''. John Barry reacted badly. One of the inspirations for the song was "Mack the Knife", which director Guy Hamilton showed Barry as he thought it was a "gritty and rough" song that could be a good model for what the film required. Bricusse and Newley were not shown any script excerpts or film footage from ''Goldfinger'' but were advised of the fatal gilding suffered by the Jill Masterson character played by Shirley Eaton. Bricusse would recall that once he and Newley hit upon utilizing "the Midas touch" as a lyric the lyrical pattern of the song became evident and the lyrics were completed within at most a couple of days. The first recording of "Goldfinger" was made by Anthony Newley in a May 14, 1964 recording session with John Barry as conductor which produced two completed takes. Barry would recall Newley gave a "very creepy" performance which Barry considered "terrific" but apparently Newley's recording of "Goldfinger" was made purely as a demo for the film's makers: according to Barry, Newley "didn't want to sing it in the movie as they (Newley and Bricusse ) thought (song ) was a bit weird". Shirley Bassey was John Barry's choice to record the song: Barry had been conductor on Bassey's national tour in December 1963 and also the two had been romantically involved. Barry had played Bassey an instrumental track of the song prior to its lyrics being written: the singer would recall hearing the track gave her "goose pimples" and that she agreed to sing whatever lyrics might eventually be written for it. Bassey recorded the track on August 20, 1964 at London's CTS Studios: the track's producer credit named Bassey's regular producer George Martin but the session was in fact overseen by John Barry. Vic Flick, Jimmy Page and Big Jim Sullivan are all said to have been guitarists on the session. The recording of "Goldfinger" lasted all night as Barry demanded repeated takes due to mistakes by the orchestra members or technical glitches and not any shortcomings in Bassey's vocal: Bassey did initially have issues with the climactic final note which necessitated her slipping behind a studio partition between takes to remove her bra. Bassey would recall of the final note: "I was holding it and holding it. I was looking at John () and I was going blue in the face and he's going, hold it just one more second. When it finished, I nearly passed out."〔 The iconic two note phrase which is the basis for the track's intro was not in the original orchestration but occurred to Barry during a general tea break after an hour and a half of rehearsal with Bassey and the orchestra, with Barry having written the figure into the orchestration by the time the musicians returned after twenty minutes. 〔 Bassey recorded the single version of "Goldfinger" in mono: a distinct stereo version of the song appears on the ''Goldfinger'' soundtrack album. Both mono and stereo versions appear on the compilation ''Goldsinger''.〔http://www.allmusic.com/album/goldsinger-the-best-of-shirley-bassey-r229338〕 Newley's version was later released in 1992 to mark the 30th Anniversary of James Bond on film, in a compilation collector's edition: ''The Best of Bond...James Bond''. Shirley Bassey's theme was almost taken out of the film because of its producer's opinion. He hated it, saying ''"That's the worst * * * song I've ever heard in my * * * life"'' (Saltzman would also dislike Bassey's subsequent Bond theme, that for ''Diamonds Are Forever''). However time constraints did not allow for the possibility of a replacement ''Goldfinger'' theme song being written and recorded. 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「Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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