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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT MUSIC FOR THE MOVIE, BUT REALLY BAD SOUNDTRACK, May 21, 2000
BUYER BEWARE! The "soundtrack" for The Spy Who Loved Me is not really a soundtrack at all, in my opinion. Many of the best music from the movie were left out, and we are left with sonic dogs like "Mojave Club" and "Eastern Lights". It does have its highlights like Bond 77 (even then, some of the best parts as it was heard in the movie was left out in the soundtrack), Ride to Atlantis, and a stunning instrumental version of "Nobody Does It Better" that just make you want to kick off your shoes, lay back and forget the ills of the world. However, the song as it appears in the movie was left out, as was the end credits, and many of the music in the movie's action scenes were also left out. Buy this now if you want to, but I would rather wait for an updated soundtrack..IF that ever comes. It is too bad, Marvin Hamlisch wrote one of the best scores for the Bond film, but the commercial soundtrack is one of the worst.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unusual, but entertaining Disco Bond, October 19, 1999
It's generally one of the less liked Bond scores, but I enjoy it. The main title, Nobody Does It Better, is one of the best of the series, and gets a very nice instrumental, which is roughly equivalent to the boat on the Nile scene. Bond 77, a disco version of the classic theme, takes some getting used to, but grows on repeated listenings. As the other review mentions, the many reprises in the film are all lumped into one long song here. Journey to Atlantis is a nice song, with guitars, muted brass, and an underwater feel. The Tanker is a more traditional Bond sound with plenty of low brass and searing string sections. The Egyptian numbers are interesting, but a bit repetitive to listen to without the accompaning action on screen. I also like the dramatic music used for the Pyramids, but oddly, this is split into two sections, and also misses part of the music. Anya is a nice theme not heard in the movie, and there's another short instrumental reprise of Nobody Does it Better that has a different feel then the "Nile" version.Worth having, but it is somewhat dated. The score and the title song were nominees for Oscars at the time.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Someone HAS To Do It Better Than This...., December 4, 2001
All right, this is definitely NOT the best James Bond film soundtrack I've ever heard. In fact, I have to say it ranks pretty low. First of all, a lot of the songs here are not even the same ones you hear in the film, as clearly evidenced by the weak "Bond 77 (James Bond Theme)" found here and compared to the much funkier (and stronger) version heard in *The Spy Who Loved Me.* The song is a good idea, but executed much better in the film.In reality, the only reason I give this album ANY stars is the beautiful (and gratuitously long) instrumental version of my favorite James Bond film theme--"Nobody Does It Better." It's slow, it's sexy, it's near perfect. Another song that I really appreciate hearing on here is the full version of "Ride to Atlantis," which, although slightly different here than in the film, I think is quite beautiful. Other than that, versions of most all the songs from the film are here with the notable exception of the whimsical military chorus version of "Nobody Does It Better" that you hear at the end of the film, which I was really hoping to hear here. All-in-all, the album's not absolutely terrible. Honestly, if it had the chorus version of "Nobody Does It Better" and the film version of "Bond 77," I might even have given it as many as four stars, but (really) never any more than that.
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