I remember that when I was a teenage deejay at WCRA radio in Effingham, IL, I wrote to United Artists to ask if they would send me the James Bond soundtrack albums I didn’t have. I figured they wouldn’t, but it didn’t hurt to ask.
About a month later, a big, white package arrived at the radio station addressed to me. In the return address spot on the package, there was only a big yellow comic book word balloon that read, “Who will save the world?”
I couldn’t imagine what it was. I ripped it open and found the first four 007 soundtrack albums — Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger and Thunderball. I was, as you might imagine, giddy with delight.
I also recall that I was a little disappointed in the album for Thunderball, my favorite Bond movie, because it didn’t include some of the most exciting music from the second half of the film. Why? Because they hadn’t given composer John Barry enough time to complete the score before they had to press the album.
Film composers were often really under the gun to get the music finished.
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