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Today, from the Bond on Vinyl archives, we’re falling to the next James Bond film, Skyfall!
Skyfall successfully stepped up the Bond backstory game and gave Judi Dench’s M a good finale. The film also reintroduced Q, Moneypenny, and the Aston Martin DB5 while Javier Bardem stars as a crazed former MI6 agent.
Thomas Newman took over composing duties on the soundtrack as he often collaborates with director Sam Mendes. It’s an excellent score and was just the second Bond film ever nominated for Best Original Score.
Unfortunately, the vinyl release is very frustrating to me as the tracks appear in completely random order, not following along with the order as heard in the film, as you’d expect. Also, following the lead of the previous two soundtracks, Adele’s main theme does not even feature on the soundtrack album. While the tune is subtly mixed into one track, it was not fully included in either vinyl or the CD version of the soundtrack.
This release LP was limited to 250 copies. Besides the two vinyl, this cut out of Bond in the gatefold, and also included a 16-page full-size photo booklet.
28. Skyfall (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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