A View to a Kill (soundtrack)
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Released | 1985 | |||
Length | 38:23 | |||
Label | EMI (UK) Capitol (US) | |||
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A View to a Kill is the soundtrack for the film of the same name, the 14th instalment in the James Bond film series.
Theme song
The theme song "
Duran Duran was chosen to do the song after bassist
The single was released in May 1985, and on July 13 it hit number one on the U.S.
The video for the single was directed by the duo Godley & Creme, with shots of the band at the Eiffel Tower intercut with scenes from the movie, so that it appears that Roger Moore and Grace Jones are participating in the same storyline. The singer ends the video with a parody of James Bond, introducing himself as "Bon. Simon Le Bon."
Other music
During the opening teaser, a cover version of the 1965 Beach Boys song "California Girls", performed by Gidea Park (a tribute band), is used during a chase in which Bond snowboards; it has been suggested that this teaser sequence helped initiate interest in snowboarding.[3]
The film features Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, which is performed during the reception that Bond attends undercover at Zorin's stud in France.
In the remastered CD edition, the third track is incorrectly labeled "May Day Jumpers" on the back of the case.
Leitmotifs
Composer John Barry utilises four
A View To A Kill Theme
- 1. "A View to a Kill (Main Title)"
- 4. "Bond Meets Stacey (A View to a Kill)"
- 10. "Wine with Stacey (A View to a Kill)"
- 15. "A View to a Kill (End Title)"
"Set-piece Theme"
- 2. "Snow Job’"
- 8. “He’s Dangerous”
- 14. "Golden Gate Fight" (0:30-3:31)
May Day Motif
- 3. "May Day Jumps" (0:00-0:52)
- 14. "Golden Gate Fight" (0:04-0:19)
Pegasus' Theme
- 5. "Pegasus' Stable"
- 6. "Tibbett Gets Washed Out"
- 7. "Airship To Silicon Valley" (1:00-1:24)
- 9. "Bond Underwater"
- 13. "May Day Bombs Out"
Track listing
- "A View to a Kill (Main Title)"
- "Snow Job"
- "May Day Jumps"
- "Bond Meets Stacey (A View to a Kill)"
- "Pegasus' Stable"
- "Tibbett Gets Washed Out"
- "Airship to Silicon Valley"
- "He's Dangerous"
- "Bond Underwater"
- "Wine with Stacey (A View to a Kill)"
- "Bond Escapes Roller"
- "Destroy Silicon Valley"
- "May Day Bombs Out"
- "Golden Gate Fight"
- "A View to a Kill (End Title)"
See also
References
- ISBN 0-233-00137-9). pp 161-162
- ^ Paul Gambaccini Interview with John Taylor, 1985, Greatest DVD extras.
- ^ Snowboard Club UK FAQs Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- Burlingame, Jon (2012). The Music of James Bond. New York, USA: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-986330-3.