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La-La Land Records, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, EON Productions and Universal Music Enterprises present a remastered and expanded 2-CD re-issue of renowned composer John Barry's original motion picture score to the sixth James Bond film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, the 1969 film stars George Lazenby as James Bond 007 and is directed by Peter Hunt, who edited the five previous Bond films.
With four legendary Bond scores already to his credit, composer John Barry reported for duty for the fifth time to provide the musical continuity and introduce a new 007, as George Lazenby would be first to succeed Sean Connery in the iconic role of Bond. The score, like the film, is thrilling and powerful, bursting with action, drama and glamour – and considered by many to be one of Barry's finest works, as demonstrated within this deluxe 2-CD release. This remastered and expanded presentation of Barry's score includes the songs "We Have All The Time In The World," performed by Louis Armstrong and "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?," performed by Nina, with lyrics by Hal David
The album is produced and mixed by Neil S. Bulk, and mastered by Doug Schwartz, from the original 3-track 1/2" masters, with the song "We Have All The Time In The World" mixed from the original 1" 8-track tapes. Two cues that were unavailable on the stereo tapes are in the program's bonus section, pulled from the mono film stem and processed into stereo by Chris Malone. Disc 1 and the opening of Disc 2 present the expanded score presentation. This is followed by the original 1969 soundtrack album, newly edited and mixed for this release. Disc 2 concludes with additional cues, including an unused film version of the song "We Have All The Time In The World" featuring Louis Armstrong.
Limited to 5000 units, this release features sharp art direction by Dan Goldwasser, with a new front cover designed by Jim Titus. The exclusive, in-depth liner notes are by journalist and author Jon Burlingame, with an introductory note by composer David Arnold.
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