Goldfinger [sound recording] : original motion picture soundtrack / [music composed by John Barry, except where noted].
Material type:![Music](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/MU.png)
- Title on container insert: Ian Fleming's Goldfinger
- Goldfinger (Motion picture)
- Reissue produced by Frank Collura ; remastered by Bob Fisher at Pacific Multimedia.
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Main Library | CD | SOUNDTRACK Goldfinger | Available | 33111006631572 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
One of John Barry's best efforts, with a particularly striking title song belted out by Shirley Bassey between blasting brass fills, Goldfinger was also the first James Bond soundtrack to hit the number one spot on the U.S. charts (ironically, displacing another United Artists soundtrack, A Hard Day's Night), even as Bassey's performance hit number eight as a single. While Barry effectively expanded his collection of Bond themes with Thunderball (underwater themes) and You Only Live Twice (space themes), Goldfinger was a prime opportunity to lock in some of the action themes that would recur over the next 35 years. Of particular note is the track compiling Barry's cues for the robbery of Fort Knox ("Dawn Raid on Fort Knox"), which provides a slow build so wonderfully agonizing that the remainder of the album, including "The Arrival of the Bomb and Count Down," with its pounding drums and roaring brass, actually serves as stress relief. ~ Steven McDonald & Bruce Eder
Compact disc.
Originally released (tracks 1-11 only) in 1964.
Main title--Goldfinger / Bricusse, Newley (vocals by Shirley Bassey) -- Into Miami -- Alpine drive ; Auric's factory -- Oddjob's pressing engagement -- Bond back in action again -- Teasing the Korean -- Gassing the gangsters -- Goldfinger (instrumental version) -- Dawn raid on Fort Knox -- The arrival of the bomb and count down -- The death of Goldfinger ; End titles -- Golden girl -- Death of Tilley -- The laser beam -- Pussy Galore's flying circus.
Reissue produced by Frank Collura ; remastered by Bob Fisher at Pacific Multimedia.
Orchestra conducted by the composer.