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Today, from the Bond on Vinyl archives, we’re listening to the next James Bond film, GoldenEye!
How exciting was GoldenEye in 1995!?! Pierce Brosnan burst into the role in the first Bond film that did not use any story elements from Ian Fleming’s novels. Desmond Llewellyn’s Q was the only returning actor as we were introduced to Judi Dench as M and a host of entertaining villains including Alan Cumming, Famke Janssen & Sean Bean.
The soundtrack composed by Eric Serra ended up sounding more like elevator music than anything put out by John Barry, but it generally sold well due to the title track. U2 wrote the over the top theme that was performed by Tina Turner and feels *almost* as big as Shirley Bassey.
I cheated a bit using the GoldenEye LaserDisc as a stand-in since the soundtrack was not released on vinyl anywhere. Thankfully, I WAS able to find this 12″ vinyl single from the UK!
The soundtrack was recorded in 1994 and 1995, and released a few days before the film’s November 1995 debut. The 30th anniversary of the film is just around the corner, so I’m ready for La-La Land Records to put this on vinyl with some additional cues that have yet to receive an official release.
20. Tina Turner – GoldenEye UK Promo 12″
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