James Bond and Beyond: Classic Themes For Secret Agents

Mike Boldt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 8, 2002)
• Original Release Date: May 8, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Spy Guise
• ASIN: B000067O1O
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #594,461 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The James Bond Theme

2. Mission:Impossible (T.V. Series Version)

3. Our Man Flint

4. The Wild, Wild West (T.V. Series Version)

5. Spies, Sleuths and Private Eyes

6. The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

7. The Persuaders

8. In Like Flint Theme ("Your Z.O.W.I.E. Face")

9. Get Smart

10. 007 At Casino Royale

11. Mr. and Mrs. James Bond

12. Original Radio Spot Ads: The Man From U.N.C.L.E Feature Films , Our Man Flint, The Venetian Affair

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible, November 3, 2004

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Alexis C. Kasperavicius "Lex" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: James Bond and Beyond: Classic Themes For Secret Agents (Audio CD)

While the theme variations are somewhat interesting, Mike Boldt crossed over the line on this CD.

I expected at least a decent rendition of spy themes - but this guy did the whole thing on his synthesizer in his bedroom.

Yechh. Give me my money back.

When I think of spy music I think of real instrumentation, not cheesy synthsizer "impressions" of instruments. If you're going to charge full price for a CD, do the right thing - hire a band or at least tell us it's all fake instruments in the description.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, Simply Great, May 24, 2002

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Patricia Lovrich-Gil (Hawthorne, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: James Bond and Beyond: Classic Themes For Secret Agents (Audio CD)

I have had the pleasure of receiving a copy of this CD and am so delighted that it is being distributed on Amazon!! Mike is a fantastic composer and arranger. His renditions of popular spy themes are ingenious, well composed and just plain fun! What I really love however are his original pieces...His subtle insertion of the actual theme from Casino Royale in"James Bond at Casino Royale" is super clever and amusing! My favorite is "Mr and Mrs James Bond".....smooth, jazzy, Sean Connery sexy........LOVE IT!!!
Do yourself and Mike a favor....BUY IT!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT MUSIC FOR ALL SPY MOVIE FANS!, August 21, 2004

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tawjackson (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: James Bond and Beyond: Classic Themes For Secret Agents (Audio CD)

I recently bought Mike Boldt's CD "The Alamo: A Musical Tribute to John Wayne's Epic Film" and was very impressed by his innovative music. Thus, I decided to spring for his other album, "James Bond and Beyond". As with "The Alamo", Boldt not only provides some great cover versions of classic songs, but also throws in some very good original compositions as well- in this case based on "Casino Royale" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", though best of the lot is his "Spies, Sleuths and Private Eyes" which captures the essence of John Barry's "The Ipcress File". There are also some other nice bonuses: a very informative, well designed collector's booklet and liner notes and some really rare original radio spot commercials from 1960's spy movies including those old "Man From UNCLE" feature films and "Our Man Flint". In all, it's pretty hard to put some energy into songs that have been recorded so often, but Boldt manages to succeed.