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1. Main Title: the Man With the Golden Gun - John Barry, , Lulu
2. Scaramanga's Fun House
3. Chew Me in Grisly Land
4. Man With the Golden Gun (Jazz Instrumental)
5. Getting the Bullet
6. Goodnight Goodnight
7. Let's Go Get 'Em
8. Hip's Trip
9. Kung Fu Fight
10. In Search of Scaramanga's Fun House
11. Return to Scaramanga's Fun House
12. End Title: the Man With the Golden Gun - John Barry, , Lulu

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars RICHLY TEXTURED AND BEAUTIFULLY ARRANGED, November 12, 1999

By	RANDY ROGERS (rrtrekman@aol.com) (FRESNO, CALIFORNIA) - See all my reviews

After reading some other reviews, I felt I should relay my opinion(s). This is my personal favorite of all of Mr. Barry's wonderful work. While not a fan of the title track, the body of the album is full of lush string arrangements accented beautifully with trademark brass passages as only the incomparable Barry can master. The "Goodnight, Goodnight" track is a wonderfull example of this. The imminent peril and downright bizzareness of Scaramanga and his "fun house" are captured brilliantly with tracks 2 & 11. "Let's go get em'" is extremely energetic and excitng-a nice variation on the main theme. As is the case with anything artistic, it's all a matter of taste. In my humble opinion, this is a splendid example of John Barry and his mastery of the Bond mystique.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Uncommonly Good James Bond Soundtrack, August 5, 2001

By	gobirds2 (New England) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN is a very underrated soundtrack. This is a very good CD. John Barry finally put an album together based mostly on the background score. Barry did not put an album out like this since his excellent YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. The main theme is quite a catchy tune and is very recognizable to anyone who has seen the film. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN has started to gather a small cult following. It's a Bond film with a comic slant that has all the elements of any good Bond film. Somehow the film looks like a very minor entry compared to the rest of the series. Yet that very fact gives it a unique and curious appeal. It is actually a very likable and entertaining film. One of the film's strengths is John Barry's score, which gives Bond a whole new slant. If you like the film you should like this CD because it covers most of the film's sequences from start to finish. This CD covers the creative music from Scaramanga's fun house, embodies several passages of the James Bond Theme and contains a great oriental flavor throughout. Highly recommended.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good soundtrack, often underrated thanks to the movie, October 2, 2002

By	scottie (Sintra, Portugal) - See all my reviews

This is a powerful score, as much as Diamonds are Forever, but some guys tend to despise it thanks to the flavour of the movie. Well, I think the movie ROCKED! It has a good pace plus the best villain since Telly Savalas.
John Barry gives us a kind of Oriental touch and in rock 70's way.
Well, I must say that I skipped Live and Let Die because I thought the music in that CD was a bit forgettable (altough I loved Paul McCartney's tune).

Some guys tend to despise Lulu's theme for "The Man With The Golden Gun", calling it too explosive, offensive or having bad lyrics. Well I thought it wasn't so bad, but of course there are nicer Bond main themes. Its 70's style works better in the soundtrack in a instrumental way, in cues like the much-adored "Let's Go Get'em" (exciting in the car chase with Bond theme really cool), "Kung Fu Fight" (what a funny beginning!) and the more sentimental "Goodnight Goodnight" (it covers a sad dialogue in the movie about Bond's duty).

"Scaramanga's Fun House" is the pre-title sequence, and one of the best tracks with real dark notes for a cat-and-mouse thrill. It occurs again in "Return To Scaramanga's Fun House", even darker.
Other tracks- "Chew Me In Crisly Land" (the most oriental music), "Getting the Bullet" (sexy first notes!) "Hip's Trip" (mysterious), "In Search of Scaramanga's Island" (beautiful beginning then it creates darker tones for the villain).
There's also a new thing in this soundtrack, the last theme adds the main title rearraged, thing that would be used in the next Bond scores.

The CD includes a variation of the main theme in track 4, in a loud jazzy style. This one doesn't appear in the movie, thing that some buyers will dislike.
Well, I liked this CD a lot and it includes almost every music from the mov.

P.S: Again I'm not hoping for some complete rerelease. I know there's Bond Back in Action, but those themes don't sound like in the movie.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars John Barry and James Bond. What a team!
The 9th James Bond movie. A very contraversial soundtrack indeed.
Lulu performs the hip-hop and fun title song, which is also used at the end of the movie in a slightly slower... Read more

Published on November 14, 2002 by Devin Zydel

4.0 out of 5 stars Suprisingly good - Then again it is John Barry's music.
At first one might think this music is bad. But in actuality it is quite good. We must remember to forget about the movie when looking at the soundtrack. Read more

Published on April 21, 2002 by Stuart Humpert

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Transitional Bond Score
This is an interesting album for several reasons. John Barry's music in general seemed to be going through a state of transition around 1974 and this album is a good example of... Read more

Published on August 8, 2001 by hille2000

3.0 out of 5 stars Q: Why do we buy the soundtracks?
A: Because we liked the music in the film. The score of "The Man with..." is not much better or worse than that in most of the other films, and the CD doesn't include... Read more

Published on March 30, 2001 by Jay Temple

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad bad song
Lulu. Bond title song. What were they thinking. The song is so bad, the lyrics horrible, that I can't bring myself to like the rest of the score. Nuff said.

Published on November 6, 2000 by changmitchell

4.0 out of 5 stars One Of The Best
All in all, this is a great cd. I loved the tracks "Scaramanga's Fun House", "Chew Me In Crisly Land", "Let's Go Get 'Em", and "Hip's... Read more

Published on October 31, 2000 by Spectre

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, but not the best
An excellent soundtrack for a not so good bond film, John Barrys rendition of the 'James Bond theme' is simply superb, the best of all the films but the opening title song from... Read more

Published on July 15, 2000

3.0 out of 5 stars A VERY ODD SOUNDTRACK.
The title song sung by LULU is a little odd, but still O.K. Tracks like 7 and 9 are exciting but track 9 starts out with very corny music but later on gets exciting. Read more

Published on December 28, 1999 by Marc (L3ond007@hotmail.com)

2.0 out of 5 stars Weak is the word
Who says Bond music says John Barry. Barry composed the music to 11 007 adventures thus creating a bulk of incredibly good film music. Read more

Published on November 29, 1999 by Leo R.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Soundtrack
The score is ominous and it's also the only cd you can get the end track on

Published on January 11, 1999

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