Diamonds Are Forever: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Diamonds Are Forever: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Artist: John Barry
Label: Capitol
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 077779620920
EAN: 0077779620920
ASIN: B00000DRCG


Release Date: 1991-07-01

Diamonds Are Forever: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack


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Tracks:

  1. Diamonds Are Forever (Main Title) - Shirley Bassey
  2. Bond Meets Bambi and Thumper
  3. Moon Buggy Ride
  4. Circus, Circus
  5. Death at the Whyte House
  6. Diamonds Are Forever
  7. Diamonds Are Forever
  8. Bond Smells a Rat
  9. Tiffany Case
  10. 007 and Counting
  11. Q's Trick
  12. To Hell With Blofeld

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars DIAMONDS ARE FOEVER.......2005-12-13

DIAMONDS ARE FOEVER is one of my favorite James Bond Soundtracks. Even though much lighter sounding than its predecessors, this is one of the better James Bond soundtracks composed by John Barry. It has a shimmering sound much like that of John Barry's GOLDFINGER. Track-2: "Bond Meets Bambi and Thumper" is one of the best cuts on this soundtrack full of that inscrutable James Bond magic established by John Barry for Sean Connery and it actually sounds better than the re-mastered version. Track-5: "Death at the Whyte House" is full of atmosphere and elegance as Bond and Blofeld finally confront each other. It is a very thought provoking piece. Track-4: "Circus, Circus" is very glamorous matching the beauty of the female performers high above the gambling tables. Track-7: The instrumental "Diamonds Are Forever" is an exquisite rendition of the main theme and goes to prove that all that glitters is not just gold. John Barry's Diamonds Are Forever.

5 out of 5 stars Diamonds are Forever, Forever, Forever, Forever, Forever.......2002-11-15

John Barry returns again with another masterpiece. Shirley Bassey for her second time performs the title song with sensational class and charm. Don Black returns with the title song lyrics. This soundtrack also features the classic "007" theme with track To Hell with Blofeld. Also heavily featured on this CD is quite a lot of lounge Las Vegas music such as tracks Circus Circus and Tiffany Case. There are also two Diamonds are Forever instrumental tracks that are featured on this soundtrack. All in all, one of the best 007 soundtracks and throughly enjoyable.

4 out of 5 stars Nice soundtrack for Connery comeback.......2002-10-02

It's a real cool soundtrack, with some music missing again of course (but we don't miss it as much as OHMSS).
About the movie some guys call it a bizarre Bond, very different from the others. For me (a Connery fan) it's a priceless movie.

Again, we've got amazing Shirley Bassey and she gives us quite a song for Diamonds are Forever, in a more sensual way than Goldfinger. Actually, this sensuality (casino music touch!)is really around the tracks- "Bond Meets Bambi and Thumper", the two instrumentals for the main theme (as someone said it, one should be enough, adding instead new music), "Tiffany Case" and "Q's Trick".
John Barry gives us some excellent pieces of action music, like "Moon Buggy Ride", covering three different parts- the chase of the space vehicle (some people say it's ridiculous, I don't think so), the final part of the car chase and a love scene. There's also fantastic "Death at the Whyte House", with chilling notes, that's the part where Bond kills a Blofeld double and he's taken by Wint and Kidd ..., plus "Bond Smells a Rat" (a bit repetitive, but really tense).
But the gem of the soundtrack that any Bond fan is looking for, is "007 and Counting" that supreme music we hear when the satellite moves. It's a kind of Space March like in You Only Live Twice but here Barry gives a more mysterious touch (smooth!...)
"To Hell With Blofeld" is the Barry theme for 007 that we ear at the end of the movie.

It should have been edited more "casino" music on the CD, yet the selection is quite good.

P.S: I'm not hoping for some complete rerelease. I know there's Bond Back in Action, but those themes don't sound like in the movie

3 out of 5 stars Theres a bit too much lounge music on this one, but still ok.......2002-09-22

I am noticing alot of redundance in the use of laid back instrumentals and not enough action music. Three versions of "Diamonds are forever" , One as sung By Shirley Bassey, Plus a piece called "Q's Trick" and "Tiffany Case". I'm sure John Barry did his best tyo round off the instrumentals but he couldve taken out several of those and included "Death of Wint & Kidd" or "Fight In The Elevator". I think its one of those rare situations where they should've made a two disc set of some soundtrack recordings. I can think of at least 6 great sections of music from the film that they couldve included if they made a second record of it. ... There are still some great pieces on the album, "The Moon Buggy Chase", "Bond At the Whyte House", and "007 & Counting". But why do they always assume they must play the theme song a trillion times on a recording for it to be any good? Couldn't they have at least lopped off a version of the instrumental song so they could add some new and interesting music? What happens to all that other music that , while still not marketable for most humans, still comes across as more exciting than hearing the main song over and over? Anyway its an ok soundtrack, but a bit too repetitious on the lounge instrumentals.

5 out of 5 stars JOHN BARRY,S A REAL DIAMOND.......2002-03-28

BARRY HAS REALLY HIT THE HIGH NOTES WITH THIS ONE,
GREAT VOCALS BY SHIRLEY BASSEY ON THE TITLE SONG,
THE SCORE ITSELF IS ONE OF THE BEST IN SERIES SO FAR,THE STAND OUT TRACKS HERE
ARE, BOND MEETS BAMBI AND THUMPER, CIRCUS, CIRCUS,
DEATH AT WHYTE HOUSE,
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER INSTRUMENTALS, AND MY PERSONAL FAV,

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