Goldfinger (soundtrack)

Infobox Album
Name = Goldfinger
Type = soundtrack
Artist = John Barry


Caption = album cover by Robert Brownjohn
Released = February 25 1964
Recorded = July 1964
Genre = Spy music
Length = 30:50
Label = EMI
Producer = Frank Collura (Reissue)
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3nfrxqe5ldke link]
Last album = "Zulu"
(1963)
This album = "Goldfinger"
(1964)
Next album = "Four in the Morning"
(1965)Extra chronology 2
Artist = James Bond soundtrack
Type = Soundtrack
Last album = "From Russia with Love"
(1963)
This album = "Goldfinger"
(1964)
Next album = "Thunderball"
(1965)

"Goldfinger" is the soundtrack for the 3rd James Bond film of the same name.

This is the first of three James Bond films with a theme song sung by Shirley Bassey, whose forceful, dramatic style became a trademark of the series (she would go on to sing "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Moonraker"). "Goldfinger" was composed by John Barry, with lyrics by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse and is widely acknowledged as a classic of its genre. Famously, co-producer Harry Saltzman hated the song and only agreed to use it when persuaded by Cubby Broccoli.

Originally, Newley recorded a version of the theme song, but it was later re-recorded with Bassey's voice for the film and soundtrack album. In 1992, Newley's version was later released in the 30th Anniversary of James Bond on film, in the compilation collectors edition "The Best of Bond...James Bond". Bassey's theme sold more than a million copies in the United States, appropriately earning a gold album for her; in the United Kingdom, the theme song logged to number 21 in the charts.

The score was composed by John Barry, making this his second, credited Bond score.The score makes regular use of instrumental arrangements of the title theme, as well as the Bond theme from "Dr. No". The score makes heavy use of brass. The distinctive music for Goldfinger's henchman, Oddjob, makes use of repeated strokes on a metallic anvil. Metallic chimes are also heard in many scenes associated with Oddjob or gold, notably that in which the dead golden girl is discovered. The very effective use of music and various sound effects in the film won it an academy award for sound editing.

Much of the music from the final reel of the film was unreleased on the original soundtrack. In 2003, a remastered "Goldfinger" soundtrack album was released which contained four tracks that had previously been available on only the British soundtrack album.

Track listing

#"Goldfinger (Main Title)" – Shirley Bassey
#"Into Miami"
#"Alpine Drive/Auric's Factory"
#"Oddjob's Pressing Engagement"
#"Bond Back in Action Again"
#"Teasing The Korean"
#"Gassing The Gangsters"
#"Goldfinger (Instrumental Version)"
#"Dawn Raid on Fort Knox"
#"The Arrival of the Bomb and Count Down"
#"The Death of Goldfinger/End Titles"
#"Golden Girl"
#"Death of Tilly"
#"The Laser Beam"
#"Pussy Galore's Flying Circus"

Chart positions

succession box
before = "Mary Poppins (soundtrack)"
by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
title = "Billboard" 200 number-one album
years = March 20 1965 - April 9 1965
after = "Beatles VI" by The Beatles