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Today, from the Bond on Vinyl archives, we’re listening to the next James Bond film, The Living Daylights!
Timothy Dalton enters the role as a very dry, but classy Bond. Though the humor of Roger Moore’s Bond films was gone, I enjoyed this film even as a child who was too young to understand its themes of drug smuggling and arms dealing. Also, the great stuntwork still ranks among the best in the series.
John Barry’s final soundtrack is known for its synth-pop sound mixed with an orchestra, and for having pop group A-ha perform the theme song (the only Bond film theme with an artist from outside the US or UK). Finally, when the Pretenders’ “Where Has Everybody Gone?” appears as source music in the film, you know the bad guy (Necros) means business.
The soundtrack was released in May of 1987, more than a month ahead of the film’s late June theatrical debut. My 1987 US vinyl is fine, but I’m ready for an expanded version on vinyl that adds in at least nine tracks only found on CD releases including an alternate instrumental end credits score.
18. The Living Daylights (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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