"For Your Eyes Only" in Full Score - Book with sheet music of the FYEO score

mattjoesmattjoes TINY TIM
edited June 2023 in Music Posts: 6,950
Yes, yes, I checked the existing music threads, but eventually decided this was cool enough to deserve its own topic.

They're releasing the SHEET MUSIC of FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, straight from the original documents!

https://neumation-music.com/products/bill-conti-for-your-eyes-only-in-full-score

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SHEET MUSIC EXCERPTS

I have paired them with the respective music tracks.

Dumping Blofeld
Inside the Monestary:

MORE INFO

BILL CONTI: For Your Eyes Only (in Full Score)

DESCRIPTION

After scoring Moonraker, John Barry was unable to return to the UK to score For Your Eyes Only, the twelfth entry in the EON Productions/United Artists James Bond franchise. Barry recommended Bill Conti, who had recently earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Rocky and An Unmarried Woman. Producer Cubby Broccoli and director John Glen wanted For Your Eyes Only to return to the style of the early Ian Fleming 007 stories. The result was more grounded, gritty, and realistic than its predecessors.

Bond is ordered to recover recover a missile command system before Soviet agents, while becoming entangled in a web of deception spun by a Greek businessman and a woman seeking to avenge the murder of her parents.

Conti delivered a disco-influenced score that continued the James Bond musical language created by John Barry in a fresh, new direction. In 1982, Conti received his second Oscar nomination for his work on For Your Eyes Only – Best Music, Original Song category, cementing his place in the pantheon of 007 composers.

Engraved from the original orchestrations by Pete Myers and Bobby Richards.

230 pages. 9 x 12. Paperbound. Printed in the USA

THIS PUBLICATION IS AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE.

INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING IMPORT FEES IN THEIR REGION


CONTENTS

Foreword (Director: John Glen)

Introduction

Motifs

Table of Contents

Instrumentation

1M1 Gunbarrel Logo
1M2 Theresa's Grave
1M3 Dumping Blofeld
1M4 For Your Eyes Only (Title Song)
2M1 Change of Watch
2M2 Moscow
2M3 Death of the Havelocks
2M4 San Martin
3M1 Stinger
3M2 Gonzalez Takes a Dive
3M3R A Drive in the Country
3M4 Unfinished Business
4M1 Cortina
4M2 Ice Rink Practice
4M3 Ice Rink Waltz
4M4 Saving Melina
5M1 Sleigh Ride
5M2 Ski Chase I
5M2 Ski Chase II
6M1 Ski Chase III
6M2 Ferrara Killed
6M5 On the Terrace
7M5 Sexy Record
7M6 Lisl Klled
8M1 Dove to Warehouse
8M2 No Head for Heights
9M1 Underwater Meeting
9M3 Submarine
9M4 Divers Approach
10M1 Recovering the ATAC
10M2 Sub vs. Sub
11M1 Underwater Escape
11M3 St. Cyril's
11M4 The Climb
12M1 Inside the Monestery
12M2 Raid on St. Cyril's
13M1 PM Gets the Bird



This is such a kickass score. I'll probably have to get my filthy hands on this book.

And I sure hope it leads to more Bond scores getting similar treatment.

Comments

  • KronsteenKronsteen Stockholm
    Posts: 783
    Wow, that is badass! I would probably have bought the book whichever score it contained, but I have a soft spot for FYEO. What a fantastic opportunity to be able to dive right into Contis music!
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    Posts: 8,116
    The score makes almost makes the movie unwatchable for me.
  • mattjoesmattjoes TINY TIM
    Posts: 6,950
    Kronsteen wrote: »
    Wow, that is badass! I would probably have bought the book whichever score it contained, but I have a soft spot for FYEO. What a fantastic opportunity to be able to dive right into Contis music!

    It's pretty cool that they're releasing the sheet music for this particular score, because it's quite the busy score in certain parts. Definitely much busier than the John Barry scores. In that sense, it would benefit a lot from a book. I'm especially looking forward to the Ski...Shoot...Jump sheet music.
  • mattjoesmattjoes TINY TIM
    Posts: 6,950
  • bcaloubcalou France
    Posts: 26
    I got it today and it's awesome. So many hidden details. Ultimate bond music geek gift, any future release like this one will be an instant buy from me I'm afraid!

    Note : the best thing I've noticed for now is that the gunbarrel cowbell is not notated "cowbell". It's "BIG COWBELL". Love it.
  • bcaloubcalou France
    Posts: 26
    Interesting discovery today.

    The dissonant chord heard when Bond falls off the cliff is not mentionned in the cue list (see below) and I was wondering why (other very short tracks are here, such as "Stinger", when Bond is caught by Gonzales' Henchmen).

    Well, it's because it's actually the final chord from "Divers Approach", an unreleased track. Only a few seconds of "Divers Approach" can actually be heard in the movie. The final chord, which is not heard in the underwater scene, has been repurposed for Bond's fall.

    One mystery solved ;)

    1M1 Gunbarrel Logo
    1M2 Theresa's Grave
    1M3 Dumping Blofeld
    1M4 For Your Eyes Only (Title Song)
    2M1 Change of Watch
    2M2 Moscow
    2M3 Death of the Havelocks
    2M4 San Martin
    3M1 Stinger
    3M2 Gonzalez Takes a Dive
    3M3R A Drive in the Country
    3M4 Unfinished Business
    4M1 Cortina
    4M2 Ice Rink Practice
    4M3 Ice Rink Waltz
    4M4 Saving Melina
    5M1 Sleigh Ride
    5M2 Ski Chase I
    5M2 Ski Chase II
    6M1 Ski Chase III
    6M2 Ferrara Killed
    6M5 On the Terrace
    7M5 Sexy Record
    7M6 Lisl Klled
    8M1 Dove to Warehouse
    8M2 No Head for Heights
    9M1 Underwater Meeting
    9M3 Submarine
    9M4 Divers Approach
    10M1 Recovering the ATAC
    10M2 Sub vs. Sub
    11M1 Underwater Escape
    11M3 St. Cyril's
    11M4 The Climb
    ??? Bond Falls ???
    12M1 Inside the Monestery
    12M2 Raid on St. Cyril's
    13M1 PM Gets the Bird
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited May 24 Posts: 18,026
    bcalou wrote: »
    I got it today and it's awesome. So many hidden details. Ultimate bond music geek gift, any future release like this one will be an instant buy from me I'm afraid!

    Note : the best thing I've noticed for now is that the gunbarrel cowbell is not notated "cowbell". It's "BIG COWBELL". Love it.

    More cowbell?

  • mattjoesmattjoes TINY TIM
    edited May 25 Posts: 6,950
    bcalou wrote: »
    I got it today and it's awesome. So many hidden details. Ultimate bond music geek gift, any future release like this one will be an instant buy from me I'm afraid!

    Note : the best thing I've noticed for now is that the gunbarrel cowbell is not notated "cowbell". It's "BIG COWBELL". Love it.
    I wanted to reply to this a while back but I just forgot. Great bit of info there with the BIG COWBELL. They certainly went for that in the recording.

    bcalou wrote: »
    Interesting discovery today.
    The dissonant chord heard when Bond falls off the cliff is not mentionned in the cue list (see below) and I was wondering why (other very short tracks are here, such as "Stinger", when Bond is caught by Gonzales' Henchmen).

    Well, it's because it's actually the final chord from "Divers Approach", an unreleased track. Only a few seconds of "Divers Approach" can actually be heard in the movie. The final chord, which is not heard in the underwater scene, has been repurposed for Bond's fall.

    One mystery solved ;)

    1M1 Gunbarrel Logo
    1M2 Theresa's Grave
    1M3 Dumping Blofeld
    1M4 For Your Eyes Only (Title Song)
    2M1 Change of Watch
    2M2 Moscow
    2M3 Death of the Havelocks
    2M4 San Martin
    3M1 Stinger
    3M2 Gonzalez Takes a Dive
    3M3R A Drive in the Country
    3M4 Unfinished Business
    4M1 Cortina
    4M2 Ice Rink Practice
    4M3 Ice Rink Waltz
    4M4 Saving Melina
    5M1 Sleigh Ride
    5M2 Ski Chase I
    5M2 Ski Chase II
    6M1 Ski Chase III
    6M2 Ferrara Killed
    6M5 On the Terrace
    7M5 Sexy Record
    7M6 Lisl Klled
    8M1 Dove to Warehouse
    8M2 No Head for Heights
    9M1 Underwater Meeting
    9M3 Submarine
    9M4 Divers Approach
    10M1 Recovering the ATAC
    10M2 Sub vs. Sub
    11M1 Underwater Escape
    11M3 St. Cyril's
    11M4 The Climb
    ??? Bond Falls ???
    12M1 Inside the Monestery
    12M2 Raid on St. Cyril's
    13M1 PM Gets the Bird
    Once again, very welcome piece of information. Thank you! @Bond_Scores might be particularly interested in it.
  • Posts: 89
    Thanks @bcalou for the insight. I've made a note of it when I come around to compiling FYEO.

    I'm sorely tempted to buy the score, but may have to wait for it to go down in price a bit!

    Whilst we're talking about FYEO, you may be interested in this podcast with Bill Conti. He talks briefly about how he ended up scoring the movie:

    https://whatsthescore1.podbean.com/e/guest-oscar-winning-composer-bill-conti/

    Listen from 58.44.
  • bcaloubcalou France
    Posts: 26
    Thanks @Bond_Scores , I finally took the time to listen to it and Conti has a funny way of recalling all of this! I didn't know that Barry recommended him either.
    Thanks for sharing.
  • bcaloubcalou France
    Posts: 26
    I sent a mail to Neumation about the Casino music and they kindly replied.

    They confirmed that it was indeed composed by Conti.

    These pieces are even listed in the cue sheet, as follow :
    M.26 | Casino Source | Bill Conti | U.A. Music | 1:46
    M.27 | Casino Source | Bill Conti | U.A. Music | 2:10
    M.28 | Casino Source | Bill Conti | U.A. Music | 1:31

    Unfortunatly no score was available so it was not included in the book.

    I wonder why it was "lost", since other source music score (Ice Rink Waltz) was available :(
  • mattjoesmattjoes TINY TIM
    Posts: 6,950
    bcalou wrote: »
    I sent a mail to Neumation about the Casino music and they kindly replied.

    They confirmed that it was indeed composed by Conti.

    These pieces are even listed in the cue sheet, as follow :
    M.26 | Casino Source | Bill Conti | U.A. Music | 1:46
    M.27 | Casino Source | Bill Conti | U.A. Music | 2:10
    M.28 | Casino Source | Bill Conti | U.A. Music | 1:31

    Unfortunatly no score was available so it was not included in the book.

    I wonder why it was "lost", since other source music score (Ice Rink Waltz) was available :(

    Very cool, thanks for sharing. I too wonder about that. Reminds me of Octopussy 2024 in which they didn't include the jungle stinger (and the casino music assuming it was written for the film). Or Diamonds Are Forever 2003, when they didn't include the stinger heard after "I was walking out my rat and I seem to have lost my way", and later stated it wasn't on the tapes they found. I suppose the production process is so intense and against-the-clock that sometimes materials are spread out in different places, whether tapes or sheet music.
  • Posts: 4,034
    @bcalou Thanks for finding that out
  • bcaloubcalou France
    edited July 24 Posts: 26
    @mattjoes yes, I guess you're right and some of these little pieces are probably lost forever...
    @vzok you're welcome!
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