The Living Daylights: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD] [Enhanced, Soundtrack]

John Barry | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 1998)
• Original Release Date: July 31, 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Soundtrack
• Label: United Artists
• ASIN: B000007O7B
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,216 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Living Daylights - A-Ha

2. Necros Attacks

3. The Sniper Was A Woman

4. Ice Chase

5. Kara Meets Bond

6. Koskov Escapes

7. Where Has Every Body Gone - The Pretenders

8. Into Vienna

9. Hercules Takes Off

10. Mujahadin And Opium

11. Inflight Flight

12. If There Was A Man - The Pretenders

13. Exercise At Gibraltar

14. Approaching Kara

15. Murder At The Fair

16. 'Assassin' And Drugged

17. Airbase Jailbreak

18. Afghanistan Plan

19. Air Bond

20. Final Confrontation

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars JOHN BARRY at his BONDISH best., October 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Living Daylights: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD] (Audio CD)

Barry. John Barry.

If you see the film, listen to the soundtrack album, or even read this series of reviews, you'll discover that John Barry's apparent final Bond score is among the very best.

Five out of five stars go to Barry's original music -- and there really isn't a single dud in the lot. Among my personal favourites are the various instrumental incarnations of "Where Has Every Body Gone?," as well as "Ice Chase" (not a creative title, but the fun of the music more than makes up for it), oh hell...the entire score is great.

This is what film music should be. It paints an emotional picture using sounds; and Barry is truly an artist who's in his element when he scores James Bond.

An especially exceptional job was done on the re-issue -- thanks to Lukas Kendall, whose production efforts show that he knows what film soundtracks are all about. The many extra bonus tracks make this release even more pleasurable listening for which we are grateful.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A New James Bond. The last of John Barry., November 26, 2002

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Devin Zydel (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Living Daylights: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD] (Audio CD)

For his final time, the man who has created the music for many of the James Bond films, John Barry gives it all for his last, and one of the best soundtracks in the series! A-ha performs the title song, The Living Daylights and it was well recieved by fans, obviously because of the easy route given to them for the previous rock group, Duran Duran. John Barry then delivers some of his best work for the last time. Ice Chase, Hercules Takes Off and Final Confrontation are favorites because of their exciting upbeat tempo.
Another piece that adds to this glorious soundtrack is the additional songs If There Was A Man and Where Has Everybody Gone performed by The Pretenders. Since this CD was rereleased, there are several bonus tracks on here as well. John Barry makes his cameo (and only) appearance in the film The Living Daylights as the conductor of the symphony at the end of the film. John Barry has given us fabulous title songs by many respected artists and additional music that would make us flip! He is the true man that deserves all the credit for the music and this soundtracks is a perfect way to end his magnificent career! A 5 star soundtrack! Hats off to John Barry!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Barry and Bond Return With "The Living Daylights", February 11, 2000

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michael g. stathis (Cedar City, Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Living Daylights: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD] (Audio CD)

007 fans were delighted to hear that, indeed, James Bond was back in "The Liviving Daylights" (1988). The series had disappeared with the last Roger Moore entry ("A View to a Kill"), but had bounded back with the first of two films with Timothy Dalton. John Barry also returned with a solid hit song performed by Aa-ha and an impressive score. Barry produced an extensive instrumental score that included a number of secondary themes, "Necros Attacks," "Kara's Theme," and what has become a new tradition, a second vocal, "If There Was a Man," performed by the Pretenders (actually there was a third vocal in the film and on the album, also performed by the Pretenders, "Where Has Everybody Gone?"). The film included another treat for John Barry fans. If you look closely, Barry can be seen conducting a symphony orchestra. The soundtrack was re-released in 1998 by MGM and Rykodisc in a "Deluxe Edition" that included nine bonus tracks and some action footage for PCs. It is an impressive product, and as it turns out, a worthy tribute to John Barry's work on the Bond projects. Overall, Barry's music for "The Living Daylights" ranks among the best of the Bond soundtracks (and with the bonus tracks, this is one of the most complete Bond soundtracks). The title song provided Barry with a flexible theme that appears in several variations and combinations such as "Hercules Takes Off" and "Assassin." And again, there is a knockout piece for the pre-title sequence, but on this recording (bonus track #13, "Exercise At Gibraltar") almost all of the music for the scene is included. However, one of the best selections here, and perhaps in all of Barry's Bond music, is another one of the bonus tracks, "Final Confrontation," a dramatic and fitting climax to the film, and a worthy coda for Barry and Bond. The disc is handsomely produced, and is something of a must for Barry and Bond fans, especially since, to date, "The Living Daylights" was John Barry's final entry in the Bond series. Barry had been approached to do "License to Kill," but was replaced by Michael Kamen. Since that time, Barry has turned to other interests, and David Arnold has appeared in the recording studio. Given the bonus tracks and the overall production, "The Living Daylights" is what Bond and Barry fans would love to see with every soundtrack.