007 Soundtrack: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
June 28, 2014
FILM: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
SOUNDTRACK RELEASED: 1971
SCORE COMPOSER: John Barry
TITLE SONG: “Diamonds Are Forever”
COMPOSED BY: John Barry, Don Black
COMPOSED BY: John Barry, Don Black
PERFORMED BY: Shirley Bassey
Diamonds Are Forever is the soundtrack by John Barry for the seventh James Bond film of the same name.
Diamonds Are Forever, the title song with lyrics by Don Black, was the second Bond theme to be performed by Shirley Bassey, after Goldfinger. The song was also recorded in Italian by Bassey as Una Cascata di Diamanti (Vivo Di Diamanti); this version was only issued on 7-inch single in Italy, and was intended to be included in a (cancelled) 3-CD box set titled Shirley released in 2012.
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TRACK LISTING
Tracks 13-21 were not released on the original soundtrack.
- “Diamonds Are Forever (Main Title)” – sung by Shirley Bassey
- “Bond Meets Bambi and Thumper”
- “Moon Buggy Ride”
- “Circus, Circus”
- “Death at the Whyte House”
- “Diamonds Are Forever (Source Instrumental)”
- “Diamonds Are Forever (Bond and Tiffany)”
- “Bond Smells a Rat”
- “Tiffany Case”
- “007 and Counting”
- “Q’s Trick”
- “To Hell with Blofeld”
- “Gunbarrel and Manhunt”
- “Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd/Bond to Holland”
- “Peter Franks”
- “Airport Source/On the Road”
- “Slumber, Inc.”
- “The Whyte House”
- “Plenty, Then Tiffany”
- “Following the Diamonds”
- “Additional and Alternate Cues”
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