Goldfinger (Soundtrack) [Import, Soundtrack]

Leslie Bricusse, John Barry, Anthony Newley, Shirley Bassey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 1997)
• Original Release Date: January 9, 1965
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• Label: Musicrama/Koch
• ASIN: B000003Q4Z
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,733,785 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Goldfinger into Miami (Main Title)

2. Alpine Drive - Auric's Factory

3. Oddjob's Pressing Engagement

4. Bond Back in Action Again

5. Teasing the Korean

6. Gassing the Gangsters

7. Goldfinger [Instrumental]

8. Dawn Raid on Fort Knox

9. The Arrival of the Bomb and Count Down

10. The Death of Goldfinger/End Titles

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not the best., May 13, 2000

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Håkan Tallgren ([e-mail]) (Karlstad, Sweden, Scandinavia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goldfinger: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

The soundtrack to Goldfinger is a famous one, and when it was released in 1964 it selled real good. Just like any other Barry-Bond-soundtrack it is a great CD, but still not one of the best. Barry didn't found a perfect balance with action-songs, beatufil songs and exiting songs before his next Bond-score, Thunderball. The Goldfinger soundtrack doesn't have a great balance.

The Main Title song Goldfinger is of course a superb one, and you can say nothing bad about that one. Probebly did John Barry understand how good this song was, cause in the soundtrack he works alot with it. In 5 five songs can we hear instrumental versions of the title song, both in very beatufil music (like in "Alpine Drive") and something like action-music (in "Dawn Raid on Fort Knox").

The entire instrumental version of the title track is not so good, and it "steals" some of the great tunes from "Dawn Raid on Fort Knox", but it doesn't fit in the instrumental song.

As usual this Bond-soundtrack is in-complete. What is so special with this CD is that is doesn't even have all the music from the LP! Four songs have been taken away, "Golden Girl", "Pussy Galores Flying Circus", "Death of Tilley" and the great "The Laser Beam", which come from the unforgettable scene whear Bond is about go be split by a laser beam. (What a surprise, hey!)Beacause of that this CD only is 31 minutes long!

Enjoy a great CD, that mostly have superb versions of the title track on it. But there is better Bond-soundtracks, like "You Only Live Twice" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Gold for Barry and Bond, January 20, 2000

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G M. Stathis (cedar city, utah USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goldfinger: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

If one were forced to make a list of the best James Bond scores, John Barry's "Goldfinger" should be ranked a close second to Barry's own "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." Thankfully no Bond fan really has to do this. "Goldfinger" in many ways is the definitive Bond soundtrack and score. Shirley Bassey's vocal of the title tune is not only the best of the series, it is one of the great show tunes of all time. The score is excellent as well; "Bond Back in Action" is a particular delight which includes the James Bond theme opening and then presents a kind of mini-score from the pre-title sequence. As with all of the early soundtracks there is a good deal of Barry's score which did not make it to the original recording. A number of cuts do appear on the double disc, anniversary issue of the "The Best of Bond" (wihich includes an Anthony Newley vocal of the title that is "interesting"), and it would be nice if a new recording were released to include an expanded score. "Goldfinger" established Barry as the master in this genre, and made clear his enormous talents in film scoring. Moreover, this score became the standard by which all Bond scores have been and will be measured (it just happened that "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" measured up quite well).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Music with the Midas touch, August 17, 2003

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Dave Mock ""...brotherhood is not so wild... (Rockville Centre, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goldfinger: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Having impressed both moviegoers and the industry in his rookie year as the Bond series' lead composer, John Barry followed up with a soundtrack that's almost as impressive. This CD is a combination of spectacular music and -- even without the remastering -- brilliant production.

While Barry had to give way to Lionel Bart when it came to composing the "From Russia With Love" title song, the "Goldfinger" theme music is Barry all the way, and it's as close to a perfect movie song as there is. Mix the bombast of Barry's horn-soaked arrangement, the over-the-top lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Tony Newley, and of course the powerful delivery by vocalist Shirley Bassey...and you have a theme song that's a thriller itself.

The CD is filled with gems, including the brilliant big-band instrumental "Into Miami" -- used just after the title credits to accompany the wonderful slow aerial zoom to the Fountainebleau Hotel. The suite "Alpine Drive - Auric's Factory"
has wonderful violin passages balancing the "Goldfinger" music and a suspenseful section during which Bond spies on the Auric Enterprises plant.

The soundtrack CD reaches its powerful peak in "Dawn Raid on Fort Knox" and "The Arrival Of The Bomb And Countdown." Each has violins and horns building upon each other dramatically to a finish that doesn't need the movie visual to leave you tingling.

The only clunker is the Duane Eddy-ish, monaural guitar instrumental of "Goldfinger..." which obviously sounds as if it's from a worn master tape. The arrangement is fine, but the audio quality is a drawback from what's otherwise a spectacular disc...which comes awfully close to the brilliant "From Russia With Love" in front to back quality.