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Today, from the Bond on Vinyl archives, we’re listening to music featured exclusively in Goldfinger!
While I do not have anything new to say about the individual tracks on this album, I did learn an interesting fact about the score itself… In the early 1960s, actor Michael Caine (yes, THAT Michael Caine) shared a London apartment. He lived with a close friend at the time, fellow actor Terrance Stamp (yes, THAT Terrance Stamp). At one point, the pair were kicked out of their flat and Caine ended up crashing with another close friend for a few months – composer John Barry. According to Barry, he completed the Goldfinger score after an all-night session and played it for his roommate at breakfast the next morning, making Caine the first person (after Barry, of course) to hear the finalized score.
This album is the same tracklist as the original mono version I reviewed a couple of years ago, except with slightly better sound. Well, I think it sounds better when I use the surround sound speakers, but when not trying to bug my family with the score and just listening on a single Bluetooth speaker… it sounds pretty much the exact same. 😄
70. John Barry – Goldfinger (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 1972 STEREO Reissue
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