A View To A Kill [Soundtrack, Import]

John Barry, Duran Duran | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 30, 1998)
• Original Release Date: May 24, 1985
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack, Import
• Label: Import [Generic]
• ASIN: B000006Z05
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #470,918 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. View to a Kill [Main Title Song] - John Barry

2. Snow Job

3. May Day Jumps

4. Bond Meets Stacey (A View to a Kill)

5. Pegasus' Stable

6. Tibbett Gets Washed Out

7. Airship to Silicon Valley

8. He's Dangerous

9. Bond Underwater

10. Wine With Stacey (A View to a Kill)

11. Bond Escapes Roller

12. Destroy Silicon Valley

13. May Day Bombs Out

14. Golden Gate Fight

15. View to a Kill [End Title Song]

Editorial Reviews

Japanese edition of soundtrack to the 1985 Bond film. 15 tracks including Duran Duran's hit title track.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Barry Scores Despite Disappointing "View", February 7, 2000

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G M. Stathis (cedar city, utah USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A View To A Kill (Audio CD)

"A View to a Kill" (1984) was Roger Moore's last outing as James Bond. Overall, it was a disappointing film with perhaps the weakest female lead in the series, an over the top performance by Christopher Walken as the villain, and a premise that never quite took hold. All of that said, John Barry produced one of his best efforts. Barry collaborated with Duran Duran for a solid title song that was well received, and his score was notable for several reasons, beautiful use of the title theme, a smash action theme, and a number of impressive suspense tracks. In two tracks, "Bond Meets Stacey," and "Wine With Stacey," Barry took the brash title tune, changed the tempo and came up with a marvelous love theme. In the pre-title sequence, "Snow Job," a secondary action theme that is somewhat reminiscent of the instrumental theme for "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (and that is a great compliment) is introduced and reappears in several other scenes in the the film, including the climax, "Golden Gate Fight." Among other suspenseful tracks is a gem, "Destroy Silicon Valley," a sweeping and menacing track that is equal to Barry's best. In what would prove to be his second to last Bond score, Barry exhibited energy and inventiveness. Indeed, taken along with his last Bond effort, "The Living Daylights," John Barry proved that he was still the best choice to provide music for the Bond epics. "A View to a Kill" has been difficult to find on cd. The Japanese EMI release is available as an import, however, and that is good news for Bond and Barry fans. Fortunately, Amazon has made it easy to order and the price is also acceptable.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb hard to get CD...well worth it!!!!, September 28, 1999

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This review is from: A View To A Kill (Audio CD)

This CD is very hard to get, but like Indiana Jones and the temple of doom soundtrack it is well worth it. The Snow Job track has got to be one of the best in the whole James Bond Series. This soundtrack is second only to the Living Daylights!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Has James Bond Finally Met His Match?, November 25, 2002

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Devin Zydel (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A View To A Kill (Audio CD)

James Bond certainly does meet his match and goal with the superb music of John Barry. Duran Duran performs the full class rock your house title song which is the only one to date of the series to get the famed #1 spot in the US billboard charts! Considered by many to be one of (or the) hardest soundtrack to obtain. This is a Japanese import of the soundtrack, and unless you can read their writing, the inner booklet won't be of much use. Now on with the music! Tracks Snow Job and Golden Gate Fight provide the listener with a fast-paced exciting, yet suspensful tune that you will be humming for hours. Bond Meets Stacey gives us a slightly different rendition of those other 2 tracks, but on a much slower (and still very nice) pace. All in all, a fantastic soundtrack that IS worth the dollars you pay for it. Hey, it's James Bond, who cares how much it is!?