• Artist: John Barry
• Flags: Soundtrack
• Type: Soundtrack
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• Styles: Spy Music, Film Music, Soundtracks

Review

Diamonds Are Forever has undergone a somewhat less significant though thoroughly pleasing expansion with the February 2003 release of the remastered, expanded version. Still mid-priced, the disc features 24 additional minutes of music from the completed film -- included is "Gunbarrel and Manhunt," alternating between original John Barry music and Barry's variations on Monty Norman's "James Bond Theme," and the musical accompaniment to various key action scenes, as well as some playful romantic scoring for some of Sean Connery's romantic activities. The main virtue is the improved sound (which greatly benefits Shirley Bassey's finely nuanced performance of the title song) on what was an entertaining and distinctive, if not terribly creative or ambitious score, a somewhat closer relative to Barry's work on Goldfinger and to the exoticism of You Only Live Twice or the bold, near-symphonic scope of On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The annotation is reasonably thorough, although on this occasion it focuses far more on the movie than on the music. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Diamonds Are Forever (Main Title)	...	John Barry, Don Black	Shirley Bassey, John Barry	(2:52)
Bond Meets Bambi and Thumper	...	John Barry	John Barry	(3:09)
Moon Buggy Ride	...	John Barry	John Barry	(4:16)
Circus, Circus	...	John Barry	John Barry	(2:50)
Death at the Whyte House	...	John Barry	John Barry	(4:53)
Diamonds Are Forever [Source Instrumental]	...	John Barry, Don Black	John Barry	(3:45)
Diamonds Are Forever [Bond and Tiffany]	...	John Barry, Don Black	John Barry	(3:39)
Bond Smells a Rat	...	John Barry	John Barry	(1:52)
Tiffany Case	...	John Barry	John Barry	(3:46)
007 and Counting	...	John Barry	John Barry	(3:31)
Q's Trick	...	John Barry	John Barry	(2:26)
To Hell With Blofeld	...	John Barry	John Barry	(5:09)
Gunbarrel and Manhunt [#][*]	...	John Barry	John Barry	(3:11)
Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd/Bond to Holland [#][*]	...	John Barry	John Barry	(4:03)
Peter Franks [#][*]	...	John Barry	John Barry	(2:55)
Airport Source/On the Road [#][*]	...	John Barry	John Barry	(3:00)
Slumber, Inc. [#][*]	...	John Barry	John Barry	(2:22)
The Whyte House [#][*]	...	John Barry	John Barry	(2:21)
Plenty, Then Tiffany [#][*]	...	John Barry	John Barry	(2:26)
Following the Diamonds [#][*]	...	John Barry	John Barry	(4:03)
Additional and Alternate Cues [#][*]	...	John Barry	John Barry	(9:11)

Credits

John Barry (Arranger), John Barry (Conductor), Peter Grant (Art Direction), Peter Grant (Design), Michael MacDonald (Remixing), John Richards (Engineer), Doug Schwartz (Reissue Remastering), Michelle Azzopardi (Creative Director), Lukas Kendall (Reissue Producer), Wendy Brueder (Project Manager), Herb Agner (Project Manager), Gregg Ogorzelec (A&R), Jeff Bond (Liner Notes)