James Bond: Back in Action 2 [Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 14, 2000)
• Original Release Date: November 14, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Silva America
• ASIN: B0000507Z4
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,168 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Man With the Glden Dun-Suit/Kung Fu Fight/Let's Go Get 'Em/In Search of - John Barry

2. Chew Me in Grisly Land/Hip's Trip/Return to Scaramanga's Fun House - John Barry

3. Slow Boat from China*/Nick Nack/The Man With the Golden Gun - John Barry

4. Ride to Atlantis - John Barry

5. The Tanker - John Barry

6. Moonraker-Suite: Arrival at Chateau Drax/Freefall - John Barry

7. Miss Goodhead Meets Bond/Bond Lured to the Pyramids - John Barry

8. Flight into Space

9. Main Theme

10. Suite

11. Suite

12. Living Daylights-Suite: Koskov Escape/Hercules Take Off

13. Mujahadin/Afghanistan Plan

14. Air Bond/Necros Attack

15. End Title [Alternative Version][Alternate Take]

16. Tank Drive Around St. Petersburg (from Goldeneye, previously unrelease

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tried of Rehashed BOND Soundtracks? Here's A Surefire Cure!, November 20, 2000

By 

William F. Flanigan Jr. (North Potomac, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: James Bond: Back in Action 2 (Audio CD)

If you love the Bond film scores (is there a life form on the planet
that doesn't?), you really should get this CD without hesitation.
However, if you are like me, you already have way too many repetitive
Bond CDs. With very few exceptions (namely THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
with music composed by Mr. David Arnold)), most Bond soundtrack CDs
usually self destruct (and flat-out bore you to death) shortly after
the opening-credits cue. Enter Silva "Records" and Mr. Nic
Raine with condensed "suites" of Bond film scores that keep
you from hitting the eject button as a "normal reflex."
Mr. Raine, of course, was the arranger for Mr. John Barry's Bond film
scores. Raine is, in my view, the person who made the earlier Bond
film-scores so unforgettable (sorry Mr. Barry!) and a most-talented
composer in his own right. In a series of releases, Silva
"Records" has discovered that condensed Bond film scores are
what us mortals really crave. This CD is the latest in the
Silva/Raine series that does exactly that (but, alas, in the Silva
"tradition," there are the usual number of repeat tracks
from prior Silva issues--"cheap" is the word that immediately
jumps into the foreground). None the less, test drive this CD, it's
serial predecessors, and the next (hopefully) ones to come. The bottom
line (of course): less Bond is more!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good "new" music, but too many retreads, November 30, 2000

By 

Peter Rasey (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: James Bond: Back in Action 2 (Audio CD)

I was somewhat disappointed with this album, because I really loved the first volume of re-recorded cues and "never before released" cues. The best thing about the first volume was all the new cues, even if they weren't exactly like in the movie. Also, the new recordings of old good cues were decent, and a good balance between the old and new was perfect.

Unfortunatley, this second volume has far fewer "never before released" cues, and the repeats from the original albums are too numerous and for the most part not very good. The suites are too jumbled and don't make any sense thematically. For the most part, the music is good material, but the arrangements are clumsy with strange juxtapositions. Also, the orchestra is not too accomplished on this recording, especially on selections from Man with the Golden Gun and Octopussy. The best retreads are from Living Daylights.

As for the positives, by far the best thing on the album are the "never before released" cues, specifically the skydiving music and Chateau theme from Moonraker, and the awesome A View to a Kill fanfare when Bond rescues Stacey from the fire in the same movie. There is also some new romantic material and Nick Nack's (Herve Villechaize) theme from Golden Gun and the overly drawn out Tank chase music from Goldeneye. Nevertheless, I can think of many more cues I would have liked to have heard: The Rosie Reggae sequence from Live and Let Die, several short passages from Spy Who Loved Me, especially all the Egyptian music, The Jazz version of All Time High when Bond dines with Magda and the finale(s)(circus and airplane) from Octopussy, and also the Sax flavored versions of View to a Kill when Bond "cleans up a few Details" plus the Eiffel Tower theme, the Chateau theme, Stacey's first appearance, the steeplechase Escape, etc, etc, etc. Oh, well, maybe there'll be a third volume?

Since I suspect this CD is for hard core fans of Bond or Barry, I'd say go for it. But if you're not to into the scene, I'd say skip it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good within the span of time allotted, November 8, 2001

By 

BK (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: James Bond: Back in Action 2 (Audio CD)

It is disappointing that there are no "License to Kill" or "Live and Let Die" cues in this CD. Some of the remaining cues, such as from "For Your Eyes Only" and "A View to a Kill" are unfortunately brief.

On the other hand, the producers _did_ try to condense almost 20 years of music onto a single CD. Compare this to the first collection, which encapsulated about 10 years of music - obviously much more time to devote to each individual film. Ah, if only they could've done, say, a Roger Moore CD and then a Dalton/Brosnan CD. In any case, I didn't really miss "License to Kill" all that much - while it works great on film, Kamen's score here seems a bit too sparse and incidental (bordering on meandering) to really produce enjoyable standalone pieces. ("Brazil" or "Die Hard", on the other hand...)

That said, this is a rather fine collection. What's particularly interesting are the breaks from Barry's scores - the lavish string arrangements for Conti's "For Your Eyes Only" (if only they added the disco cues, but again see above comments) and Hamlisch's jet-setty "Ride to Atlantis" provide an interesting contrast from the string pads and brass fanfare that dominate the remainder of the CD. John Altman's "GoldenEye" contribution is a refreshing interpretation of the original Bond theme.

I happen to have the Rykodisc version of "The Living Daylights", so there's nothing new here for my favorite score of the Bond films. Seems also like they set the drum machine a little too fast for "Hercules Take Off"....