Thank you, Brian, for your words of praise. I do what I can to contribute to the small but growing literature on the analysis of film music. I’m glad you found my remarks helpful. This is one Bond film in which I didn’t agree entirely with Burlingame in his book on the Bond scores. I find it an awkward score for an awkward film, and I think Barry’s frustrations attest to that to some degree. But then, I approach it from a musical point of view, so I’d be interested to hear more of your point of view. Perhaps you could send me a link to your work if you decide to write on it sometime. Cheers.

The score has always stayed with me (though I am not particularly musical) and the theme song is my favorite. Your explanation of how the score works has helped me a great deal in my work on the film. Any of my writings on the film will certainly include reference to your work and site which is most valuable for a film scholar such as myself who is more visually oriented than musical.

Thank you again.

“007 and Counting” is a very attractive progression, so I thought it deserved being spelled out. I just did it by ear because I don’t have a score, nor do I know where one could be obtained. But if you have particular chords or progressions you’d like me to have a crack at, let me know.

I have been struggling to work out the chord sequence for ‘007 and counting’ (the laser in space sequence) for years – so thank you for the tantalising snippet you’ve provided! Is there any chance of a providing more of the score or do you know where else it can be obtained?

Julian

Hi Tuan – I haven’t yet analyzed cartoon music, but I do have an interest in it and think it is a neglected form of music simply because it’s not “serious” music in the way, say, most film music is. But I have done a bit of transcribing of Carl Stalling’s music for the old Warner Bros. cartoons. Now that man was a genius when it came to writing cartoon music. Thanks for the suggestion – I’ll put it on my “to do” list.

You’re welcome- and yes, you could consider it an extension even though they are 2 separate cues expertly (as usual) overlapped at about the 20 second mark.
Looking forward to Moonraker.

Hi g’per – you are correct about this. I suppose I would understand this extra statement as an extension of that in the gun-barrel sequence since it directly follows that, where we just heard the guitar riff. I’ve updated the text above to reflect that. Thanks for pointing it out. 🙂

Actually, it is: just after Connery is shown on-screen saying “My name is Bond…” and strangling Marie with her bikini top.