United Artists 1965 Mono
If Goldfinger proved that the James Bond franchise was box office dynamite, 1965's Thunderball cemented the British super-spy's international appeal and further forged a set of pop culture cliches that both inspired and endured even Mike Meyer's modern, multi-chaptered Austin Powers spoofing. While Goldfinger also marked composer John Barry stamping his enduring influence on the series' music, this fourth installment finds his big band and jazz-inspired arrangements pulsing with confidence, stripped down rhythmic tension and exotic elegance. Tom Jones follows up Shirley Bassey's previous larger-than-life title track performance with a worthy rival of his own, its dramatic, Barry-composed melody interpolated throughout the composer's masterful score.
Songwriter Leslie Bricusse who co-wrote "Goldfinger" with Barry also returns, teaming with the composer on the emblematic "Cafe Martinique" and delightfully kitschy "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" originally intended as the film's Bassey sung theme song, but abandoned and replaced by the film's producers. This new, digitally remastered and expanded edition notably doubles the running time of the original album with selections that bristle with Barry's haunting string and wind arrangements, including two suites comprising 20-plus minutes of the film's concluding underwater intrigue. It's one of Bond's and Barry's best. Jerry McCulley
Side 1.
1. Thunderball (Main Title) - Tom Jones
2. Chateau Flight
3. Spa, The
4. Switching The Body
5. Bomb, The
6. Cape Martinique
Side 2.
7. Thunderball
8. Death Of Fiona
9. Bond Below Disco Volante
10. Search For Vulcan
11. 007
12. Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
13. Gunbarrel / Traction Table / Gassing the Plane / Car Chase
14. Bond Meets Domino / Shark Tank / Lights Out For Paula / For King And Country
15. Street Chase
16. Finding The Plane / Underwater Ballet / Bond With S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Frogmen / Leiter To The Rescue /...
17. Underwater Mayhem / Death Of Largo / End Titles
18. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - (mono)
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