"From Russia with Love (soundtrack) From Russia with Love is the soundtrack for the second James Bond film of the same name. This is the first series film with John Barry as the primary soundtrack composer. John Barry, arranger of Monty Norman's ""James Bond Theme"" for ""Dr. No"", would be the dominant Bond series composer for most of its history and the inspiration for fellow series composer, David Arnold (who uses cues from this soundtrack in his own for ""Tomorrow Never Dies""). The theme song was composed by Lionel Bart of Oliver! fame and sung by Matt Monro. Following the"
"<nowiki>*</nowiki> Not heard in the film From Russia with Love (soundtrack) From Russia with Love is the soundtrack for the second James Bond film of the same name. This is the first series film with John Barry as the primary soundtrack composer. John Barry, arranger of Monty Norman's ""James Bond Theme"" for ""Dr. No"", would be the dominant Bond series composer for most of its history and the inspiration for fellow series composer, David Arnold (who uses cues from this soundtrack in his own for ""Tomorrow Never Dies""). The theme song was composed by Lionel Bart of Oliver! fame and"
"his tenure with the film series, Barry's music, variously brassy and moody, achieved very wide appeal. For ""From Russia with Love"" he composed ""007"", an alternative James Bond signature theme, which is featured in four other Bond films (""Thunderball"", ""You Only Live Twice"", ""Diamonds Are Forever"" and ""Moonraker""). The theme ""Stalking"", for the teaser sequence of ""From Russia with Love"", was covered by colleague Marvin Hamlisch for ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977). (The music and lyrics for ""From Russia with Love""'s title song were written by Lionel Bart, whose musical theatre credits included ""Oliver!"") Barry also contributed indirectly to"
"the only film to have more than one opening theme. The ""James Bond Theme"" reached 13 in the UK Singles Chart, and remained in the charts for 13 weeks. The opening credits of ""From Russia with Love"" were accompanied by an instrumental version of the main theme, arranged by John Barry and written by Lionel Bart. A single by The John Barry Orchestra reached 39 in the U.K. At the film's end, a vocal version by English singer Matt Monro is heard. This song spent 13 weeks in the U.K. charts, peaking at 20. ""Goldfinger"" was the third soundtrack composed"
"a theme for James Bond given to them by Monty Norman. Barry was hired and the result was one of the most famous signature tunes in film history, the ""James Bond Theme"". (Credit goes to Monty Norman, see here.) When the producers of the Bond series engaged Lionel Bart to score the next James Bond film ""From Russia with Love"" (1963), they discovered that Bart could neither read nor write music. Though Bart wrote a title song for the film, the producers remembered Barry's arrangement of the James Bond Theme and his composing and arranging for several films with Adam"
"James Bond Theme The ""James Bond Theme"" is the main signature theme of the James Bond films and has featured in every Eon Productions Bond film since ""Dr. No"", released in 1962. The piece has been used as an accompanying fanfare to the gun barrel sequence in almost every James Bond film. The ""James Bond Theme"" has accompanied the opening titles twice, as part of the medley that opens ""Dr. No"" and then again in the opening credits of ""From Russia with Love"" (1963). It has been used as music over the end credits for ""Dr. No"", ""Thunderball"" (1965), ""On"
"the primary use of the ""James Bond Theme"" has been with action scenes. The first appearance of the ""James Bond Theme"" was in ""Dr. No"". There it was used as part of the actual gunbarrel and main title sequence. In ""From Russia with Love"", the ""James Bond Theme"" appears not only in the gunbarrel pre-title sequence, but as part of the main title theme and in the track ""James Bond with Bongos"". It is a slower, jazzier, somewhat punchier rendition than the original orchestration. The original Barry arrangement from ""Dr. No"" is heard during a check of Bond's room for"
"Richard) and ""Rock with the Cavemen"", ""Handful of Songs"", ""Butterfingers"" and ""Little White Bull"" (for Tommy Steele). During this period, Steele and Mike Pratt were his songwriting partners. He won three Ivor Novello Awards in 1957, a further four in 1958, and two in 1960. He wrote the theme song for the 1963 James Bond film ""From Russia with Love"". His other hits include: ""Do You Mind?"" (recorded by both Anthony Newley and Andy Williams), ""Big Time"" (a 1961 cover by Jack Jones of his ""Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be"" show tune), ""Easy Going Me"" (Adam Faith), and ""Always"
"James Bond 007: From Russia with Love James Bond 007: From Russia with Love is a third-person shooter video game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond, whose likeness and voice is that of Sean Connery. The game is based on the 1957 novel and the film of the same name. The game follows the storyline of the book and film, with adding in new scenes to make the game more action-oriented, as well as changing the affiliation of the main villains. Additionally, it features many elements of later Bond"
"was originally proposed as the opening credits music, only to be replaced by the eponymous title track as sung by Tom Jones. ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" featured an instrumental theme tune, something which remains unique amongst the post-""From Russia with Love"" films, and included a vocal theme in the form of Louis Armstrong's performance of ""We Have All the Time in the World"", written by John Barry and Hal David. A number of Bond films include one (or more) additional songs in the soundtrack. Some of these pieces of music, such as ""We Have All the Time in the"
"keeping with the film's theme of gold and metal, make heavy use of brass, and also metallic chimes. The film's score is described as ""brassy and raunchy"" with ""a sassy sexiness to it"". ""Goldfinger"" began the tradition of Bond theme songs introduced over the opening title sequence, the style of the song from the pop genre and using popular artists. [Although the title song, sung by Matt Monro, in ""From Russia with Love"" was introduced in a few phrases on Bond's first appearance, a full rendition on the sound track only commenced for the final scene on the waters at"
"From Russia with Love (film) From Russia with Love is a 1963 British spy film and the second in the ""James Bond"" film series produced by Eon Productions, as well as Sean Connery's second role as MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by Terence Young, produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and written by Richard Maibaum and Johanna Harwood, based on Ian Fleming's similarly named 1957 novel. In the film, Bond is sent to assist in the defection of Soviet consulate clerk Tatiana Romanova in Turkey, where SPECTRE plans to avenge Bond's killing of Dr. No. Following"
"of Bond radio adaptations featuring Jarvis and Stephens following ""Dr. No"" in 2008 and ""Goldfinger"" in 2010. From Russia, with Love (novel) From Russia, with Love is the fifth novel by the English author Ian Fleming to feature his fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond. Fleming wrote the story in early 1956 at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica; at the time he thought it might be his final Bond book. The novel was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape on 8 April 1957. The story centres on a plot by SMERSH, the Soviet counter-intelligence agency, to"
"the main themes of three films in the James Bond series. Although Martin did not produce the theme for the second Bond film, ""From Russia with Love"", he was responsible for the signing of Matt Monro to EMI, just months prior to his recording of the song of the same title. Martin also produced two of the best-known James Bond themes. The first was ""Goldfinger"" by Shirley Bassey in 1964. The second, in 1973, was ""Live and Let Die"" by Paul McCartney and Wings for the film of the same name. He also composed and produced the film's score. In"
"Service"" unless it was written operatically, in the style of Gilbert and Sullivan. Leslie Bricusse had considered lyrics for the title song but director Peter R. Hunt allowed an instrumental title theme in the tradition of the first two Bond films. (Though ""From Russia with Love"" had a song at the end, sung by Matt Monro). The track is notable for its incorporation of the Moog synthesizer in its recurring bassline. Its distinctive sound would become a mainstay of soundtracks in the 1970s. The theme, ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", is used in the film as an action theme alternate"
"of ridiculous stories. We went back, talked to Lionel, and then he wrote 'From Russia with Love.<nowiki></nowiki> In this film, Barry introduced the percussive theme ""007""—action music that came to be considered the ""secondary James Bond theme"". He composed it to have a lighter, enthusiastic and more adventurous theme to relax the audience. The arrangement appears twice on the soundtrack album; the second version, entitled ""007 Takes the Lektor"", is the one used during the gunfight at the Gypsy camp and also during Bond's theft of the Lektor decoding machine. The completed film features a holdover from the Monty Norman-supervised"
"Alan Haven Alan Haven (1 April 1935 – 7 January 2016), born in Prestwich, Lancashire, United Kingdom, was an English jazz organist. His original name was Alan Halpern and he was Jewish. He lived off Kings Road and attended Kings Road School Prestwich. When he was around 10-11 he played an Harmonica and played it extremely well sounding like Larry Adler. After 1946 I lost contact with him.. He was known for his collaborations with John Barry in the James Bond films ""From Russia with Love"" (1963) and ""Goldfinger"" (1964), the comedy film ""A Jolly Bad Fellow"" (1964), and in"
"given to Bond by Q, it was also a Geiger counter in the plot. ""Thunderball"" was the third James Bond score composed by John Barry, after ""From Russia with Love"" and ""Goldfinger"". The original title song was entitled ""Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang"", taken from an Italian journalist who in 1962 dubbed agent 007 as Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. The title theme was written by Barry and Leslie Bricusse; the song was originally recorded by Shirley Bassey, and later rerecorded by Dionne Warwick, whose version was not released until the 1990s. The song was removed from the title credits"
"known for creating the book, music and lyrics for ""Oliver!"", he was described by Andrew Lloyd Webber as ""the father of the modern British musical"". In 1963 he won the Tony Award for Best Original Score for ""Oliver!"", and the 1968 film version of the musical won a total of 6 Academy Awards including the Academy Award for Best Picture. His other notable compositions include the theme song to the James Bond film ""From Russia with Love"", and the hit songs ""Living Doll"" by Cliff Richard, ""Far Away"" by Shirley Bassey, ""Do You Mind?"" (recorded by both Anthony Newley and"
"to these nightclubs and listen to all this stuff. We had the strangest week, and really came away with nothing, except a lot of ridiculous stories. We went back, talked to Lionel, and then he wrote 'From Russia with Love.<nowiki>""</nowiki> The soundtrack's original recordings are thought to be lost and did not appear when the Bond soundtrack albums were issued in remastered form on CD. The album is different from the film with the album's recording of the main titles sounding slower and not featuring the organ played by Alan Haven. Several tracks on the album do not appear in"
"to the theme songs by Duran Duran, one is pinned to henchwoman May Day, one is pinned to the action set-pieces and one appears more generally throughout the film. Barry often called the secondary themes he composed as ""action themes"" that underscored the action on the screen with hints of the film's theme song, the ""James Bond Theme"" itself, or simply another theme used only in that particular film. Such themes were occasionally reused, such as his ""007 Theme"", originally composed for ""From Russia with Love"" but brought back for four subsequent Bond pictures. The action theme composed for this"
"for Britain"" with ""My Kind of Girl"". His follow-up hits included that song, plus ""Softly as I Leave You"" (1962) and the song from the James Bond film ""From Russia with Love"" (1963). For the latter, his vocals were not used in the opening titles, as became the standard for the series; they were heard on a radio during the film and over the final credits. At the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, singing ""I Love the Little Things,"" Monro finished second behind Italy's 16-year-old Gigliola Cinquetti, despite an ""excellent performance of the only English language song of the night."" The"
"songs have won the Academy Award for Best Original Song: ""Skyfall"" by Adele and ""Writing's on the Wall"" by Sam Smith. The briefest of ""James Bond themes"", this composition started off the ""Opening Titles"" music of ""From Russia with Love"". It was heard in the ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" film trailer. WLS (AM) used the theme in the mid-1960s for their secret agent radio serial ""The Wild Adventures of Peter Fugitive"" that appeared on ""The Art Roberts Show"". ""007 Theme"", not to be confused with the ""James Bond Theme"", is an adventure theme composed by John Barry in 1963"
"Lotte Lenya Lotte Lenya (18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981) was an Austrian singer, diseuse, and actress, long based in the United States. In the German-speaking and classical music world she is best remembered for her performances of the songs of her husband, Kurt Weill. In English-language cinema, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as a jaded aristocrat in ""The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone"" (1961). She also played the murderous and sadistic Rosa Klebb in the James Bond movie ""From Russia with Love"" (1963). In 1922 Lenya was seen by her future husband, German"
"Again"". Featuring a third-person multiplayer deathmatch mode, the game depicts several elements of later Bond films, such as the Aston Martin DB5 from ""Goldfinger"" (1964) and the rocketbelt from ""Thunderball"" (1965). The game was penned by Bruce Feirstein, who had previously worked on the film scripts for ""GoldenEye"", ""Tomorrow Never Dies"", ""The World Is Not Enough"", and the 2004 video game, """". Its soundtrack was composed by Christopher Lennertz and Vic Flick. From Russia with Love (film) From Russia with Love is a 1963 British spy film and the second in the ""James Bond"" film series produced by Eon Productions,"
"version based on the James Bond Theme. The guitar riff heard in the original recording of the theme was played by Flick. The prospect, however, fell apart and Gladys Knight's song and performance was chosen, later becoming a Top 10 hit in the United Kingdom. The song was composed by Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen and Walter Afanasieff, based on the ""horn line"" from ""Goldfinger"", which required royalty payments to the original writers. At 5 minutes 13 seconds it is the longest Bond theme, though 45 single releases featured a shorter edit, running 4 minutes 11 seconds. The music video"
"a Genoan shipping magnate, Alberto Cameli, with whom she has one son. Her husband died in 2018. In 2012, Bianchi appeared in a small role in the documentary film ""We're Nothing Like James Bond"". Daniela Bianchi Daniela Bianchi (born 31 January 1942) is an Italian actress, best known for her role of Bond girl Tatiana Romanova in the 1963 movie ""From Russia with Love"". She played a Soviet cipher clerk sent to entrap agent 007, James Bond. Bianchi was the daughter of an Italian Army colonel. She studied ballet for eight years, and later worked as a fashion model. Born"
"From Russia, with Love (novel) From Russia, with Love is the fifth novel by the English author Ian Fleming to feature his fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond. Fleming wrote the story in early 1956 at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica; at the time he thought it might be his final Bond book. The novel was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape on 8 April 1957. The story centres on a plot by SMERSH, the Soviet counter-intelligence agency, to assassinate Bond in such a way as to discredit both him and his organisation. As bait, the"
"Vladek Sheybal Vladek Sheybal (born Władysław Rudolf Z. Sheybal; 12 March 1923 – 16 October 1992) was a Polish character actor and director of both television and stage productions. He was well known for his portrayal of the chess grandmaster Kronsteen in the James Bond film ""From Russia with Love"" (1963), a role for which he had been personally recommended by his friend Sean Connery, and Otto Leipzig in ""Smiley's People"" (1982). He became a naturalised British citizen, but remained ""fiercely proud of his homeland and its culture."" Sheybal was born in Zgierz, near Łódź, in the Second Polish Republic."
"concluding bars. An electronic rhythm was added to the gunbarrel of ""The World Is Not Enough"". The typical Bond guitar line can be heard during some action scenes. The ""Die Another Day"" gunbarrel recalls the version of ""From Russia with Love"" but with a more techno-influenced rhythm. It also contains the guitar riff of the ""James Bond Theme"". Craig's first James Bond film, ""Casino Royale"", does not feature the ""James Bond Theme"" in its entirety until the very end of the movie during a climactic scene. In ""Casino Royale"", the main notes of the song ""You Know My Name"" are"
"The Man with the Golden Gun (soundtrack) The Man with the Golden Gun is the soundtrack for the ninth James Bond film of the same name. The theme tune was performed by Lulu, composed by John Barry, and the lyrics to the song were written by Don Black. Alice Cooper claims his song ""The Man With The Golden Gun"" was to be used by the film's producers until it was dropped for Lulu's song instead. Cooper's song appears on his album ""Muscle of Love"". Barry considered the theme tune – the only Bond film title track not to chart as"
"of Frieda Petrenko, a Ukrainian nurse and later doctor (Fedori had to emphasise her Ukrainian accent for the part), and was shortlisted for the ""Best Newcomer"" award at the 2011 National Television Awards for the role. She left the series on 15 May 2012, returning on 12 December 2017. She played Tatiana Romanova in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Ian Fleming's 1955 James Bond novel ""From Russia, With Love"" opposite Toby Stephens as Bond. The play was narrated and directed by Martin Jarvis. Olga Fedori Olga Victorovna Fedorishcheva (born 17 March 1984) or known simply as Olga Fedori, is"
"game between ""Kronsteen"" and ""McAdams"" in the early part of the James Bond movie ""From Russia With Love"" is based on a game in that opening played between Spassky and David Bronstein in 1960 in which Spassky (""Kronsteen"") was victorious. His contributions to opening theory extend to reviving the Marshall Attack for Black in the Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5), developing the Leningrad Variation for White in the Nimzo-Indian Defence (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5), the Spassky Variation on the Black side of the Nimzo-Indian,"