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Today, from the Bond on Vinyl archives, we’re still listening to music featured in A View To A Kill!
In 1725, Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi published his most famous work, a group of four violin concertos known as The Four Seasons – more specifically, movements named Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.
Now, just what does Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons have to do with John Barry’s score to ‘A View to a Kill’? Well, the ‘Spring’ and ‘Autumn’ movements serve as source music for the film. They are performed on-screen during the reception that James Bond attends at Max Zorin’s French stud farm. You may not have noticed during Roger Moore’s last outing in the role, when Bond is meeting Christopher Walken’s Zorin for the first time, but the cues absolutely fit the lavish party.
My copy of the album is a performance by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, pressed in 1972 by Deutsche Grammophon, recorded nearly 250 years after the music’s original release.
57. Antonio Vivaldi – Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)
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