La-La Land Records Present The Man With The Golden Gun: 50th Anniversary Remastered & Expanded 2CD

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THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN: 50th ANNIVERSARY REMASTERED & EXPANDED LIMITED EDITION (2-CD SET)
LLLCD 1655
Music composed and conducted by John Barry
Title song sung by Lulu
Lyrics by Don Black
Limited edition of 5000 units

Exclusive release: Sold exclusively at www.lalalandrecords.com and 007Store.com for the first 90 days of release

La-La Land Records, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, EON Productions and Universal Music Enterprises mark the 50th Anniversary of the ninth 007 film The Man With The Golden Gun, with a remastered and expanded 2-CD re-issue of composer John Barry's original motion picture score. Produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, the 1974 film stars Roger Moore as James Bond with Christopher Lee as Francisco Scaramanga, and is directed by Bond veteran Guy Hamilton.

Hot off a stellar debut in Live And Let Die, Moore returns in The Man With The Golden Gun, a film that would also mark the return of Oscar® winning composer John Barry to the franchise, providing his first score for Moore’s 007. The composer accompanies the globe-trotting adventure with yet another accomplished work – with 007 motifs, familiar and new, blended within an irresistible meld of classic orchestra, rock and jazz. With lyrics by Don Black, the bombastic title song is brought to life by iconic Scottish singer Lulu. Expanded beyond previous soundtrack editions and with highly enhanced audio quality, The Man With The Golden Gun is unleashed like never before within this deluxe presentation.

Produced by Neil S. Bulk, remixed by Chris Malone from high-resolution digital transfers of 2" tapes provided by MGM and mastered by Doug Schwartz, this 2-CD release, limited to only 5,000 units, showcases the music of The Man With The Golden Gun in thrilling and comprehensive fashion. Disc 1 presents the score in chronological order and features music never before available. This is followed by additional music including source music recorded for the film and the demo take of the title song. Disc 2 presents the original 1974 soundtrack album, newly assembled for this release. The new, exclusive liner notes are by journalist and author Jon Burlingame, and the art design is by Dan Goldwasser.


DISC 1
SCORE PRESENTATION 65:49
1. Gun Barrel / The Island 1:36
2. Scaramanga’s Fun House 4:37
3. Main Title: The Man With The Golden Gun (Performed By Lulu) 2:35
4. Getting The Bullet 2:43
5. Macau / Forever Hold Your Piece 2:04
6. Following Andrea 1:43
7. Scaramanga Strikes 2:05
8. Hip’s Trip 3:19
9. Chew Me 2:03
10. Quite Titillating 1:02
11. Grisly Land 2:12
12. Take Mr. Bond To School / Chula / Escape 1:30
13. Kung Fu Fight 1:54
14. 20,000 Baht 1:22
15. J.W. Pepper / Bond Rides Off 0:39
16. The Death Of Hai Fat / New Chairman 1:22
17. Moments 1:01
18. Goodnight Goodnight 5:22
19. You Must Be Good / In The Boot / Car Keys 2:07
20. Let’s Go Get ’Em 3:48
21. Flying Car 0:58
22. In Search Of Scaramanga’s Island (Film Version) 2:33
23. Bond’s Arrival / The Solex Agitator / The Sun / Solar Power 1:32
24. Return To Scaramanga’s Fun House 6:26
25. Absolute Zero 0:59
26. Retrieving The Solex Agitator 2:45
27. Slow Boat From China 1:38
28. End Title: The Man With The Golden Gun–Reprise (Performed By Lulu) 3:06

ADDITIONAL MUSIC 11:04
29. Lost Charm :48
30. Bottoms Up I 2:14
31. Bottoms Up II 2:48
32. In Search Of Scaramanga’s Island (Alternate) 2:31
33. The Man With The Golden Gun (Demo Instrumental) 2:35
TOTAL DISC 1 TIME: 1:17:00

DISC 2
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM 43:11
1. Main Title: The Man With The Golden Gun (Performed By Lulu) 2:35
2. Scaramanga’s Fun House 4:37
3. Chew Me In Grisly Land 3:59
4. The Man With The Golden Gun (Jazz Instrumental) 2:29
5. Getting The Bullet 2:43
6. Goodnight Goodnight 5:21
7. Let’s Go Get ’Em 3:41
8. Hip’s Trip 3:19
9. Kung Fu Fight 1:54
10. In Search Of Scaramanga’s Island 2:28
11. Return To Scaramanga’s Fun House 6:26
12. End Title: The Man With The Golden Gun–Reprise (Performed By Lulu) 3:06
TOTAL ALBUM TIME: 2:00:11

Comments

  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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  • R1s1ngs0nR1s1ngs0n France
    Posts: 2,159
    I can’t concentrate on work right now… it’s just too good to be true.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    Posts: 9,065
    As usual, the catch is that you have to buy the original soundtrack album all over again if you want the missing stuff.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,558
    R1s1ngs0n wrote: »
    I can’t concentrate on work right now… it’s just too good to be true.

    Yes I'm having that too :D
  • Posts: 838
    mtm wrote: »
    R1s1ngs0n wrote: »
    I can’t concentrate on work right now… it’s just too good to be true.

    Yes I'm having that too :D

    Same!

    New Bond music, in any form, brings me so much joy.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    edited November 29 Posts: 2,173
    This is the only film franchise where its music, old or new creates so much excitement like the films themselves. James Bond truly rules!
  • Posts: 838
    This is the only film franchise where its music, old or new creates so much excitement like the films themselves. James Bond truly rules!

    We're so fortunate to have so much of it, too. What other franchise can offer 25+ soundtracks to its core audience where (almost) all of them are memorable, instantly identifiable, and (mostly) terrific?

    Cinematic Bond's musical run really has been unbelievably stellar. And seeing them still willing to celebrate the history like this is wonderful.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    Posts: 2,173
    AgentM72 wrote: »
    This is the only film franchise where its music, old or new creates so much excitement like the films themselves. James Bond truly rules!

    We're so fortunate to have so much of it, too. What other franchise can offer 25+ soundtracks to its core audience where (almost) all of them are memorable, instantly identifiable, and (mostly) terrific?

    Cinematic Bond's musical run really has been unbelievably stellar. And seeing them still willing to celebrate the history like this is wonderful.

    Yeah. It's just electric. Such a seismic franchise!
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,188
    Oh my, nevermind new I-dont-know-whats, I need this now. And MR's...
  • mattjoesmattjoes THE MOONRAKER TAPES ARE LOST THE MOONRAKER TAPES ARE LOST
    edited November 29 Posts: 7,050
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Oh my, nevermind new I-dont-know-whats, I need this now. And MR's...

    Thanks for this release, @GoldenGun! ;)

    Most anticipated cues:
    Gun Barrel
    Macau
    Following Andrea
    Chula
    Bond Rides Off
    Moments
    Bottoms Up I
    Bottoms Up II
    ...and the unused music.

    I'll still keep my copy of (and occasionally listen to) gkgyver's score reconstruction, an invaluable effort which kept me happy through the lean years. Bottoms up, gkgyver!

    I didn't want to listen to samples of unreleased cues, but I did listen to disc 2's Let's Go Get 'Em, to check out the mix. It sounds a bit drier, and an unpleasant defect that was present in the 2003 album is absent here.

    The only cues I can think of that aren't included are the two pieces of dance music from the Beirut nightclub, which were provided by dance coordinator Jean Issakoff (Jon Burlingame's book only mentions Issakoff in regards to Saida's dance music, but it's safe to say the cue that follows inmediately after is also from Issakoff).

    They also seem to have definitely done away with the borders for these re-releases. It was a convoluted idea anyway, using a certain color for each anniversary, and the execution wasn't that good.
  • Posts: 4,045
    mattjoes wrote: »
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Oh my, nevermind new I-dont-know-whats, I need this now. And MR's...

    Thanks for this release, @GoldenGun! ;)

    Most anticipated cues:
    Gun Barrel
    Macau
    Following Andrea
    Chula
    Bond Rides Off
    Moments
    Bottoms Up I
    Bottoms Up II
    ...and the unused music.

    I'll still keep my copy of (and occasionally listen to) gkgyver's score reconstruction, an invaluable effort which kept me happy through the lean years. Bottoms up, gkgyver!

    I didn't want to listen to samples of unreleased cues, but I did listen to disc 2's Let's Go Get 'Em, to check out the mix. It sounds a bit drier, and an unpleasant defect that was present in the 2003 album is absent here.

    The only cues I can think of that aren't included are the two pieces of dance music from the Beirut nightclub, which were provided by dance coordinator Jean Issakoff (Jon Burlingame's book only mentions Issakoff in regards to Saida's dance music, but it's safe to say the cue that follows inmediately after is also from Issakoff).

    They also seem to have definitely done away with the borders for these re-releases. It was a convoluted idea anyway, using a certain color for each anniversary, and the execution wasn't that good.
    Is that cue "Lost Charm"?
  • mattjoesmattjoes THE MOONRAKER TAPES ARE LOST THE MOONRAKER TAPES ARE LOST
    Posts: 7,050
    vzok wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Oh my, nevermind new I-dont-know-whats, I need this now. And MR's...

    Thanks for this release, @GoldenGun! ;)

    Most anticipated cues:
    Gun Barrel
    Macau
    Following Andrea
    Chula
    Bond Rides Off
    Moments
    Bottoms Up I
    Bottoms Up II
    ...and the unused music.

    I'll still keep my copy of (and occasionally listen to) gkgyver's score reconstruction, an invaluable effort which kept me happy through the lean years. Bottoms up, gkgyver!

    I didn't want to listen to samples of unreleased cues, but I did listen to disc 2's Let's Go Get 'Em, to check out the mix. It sounds a bit drier, and an unpleasant defect that was present in the 2003 album is absent here.

    The only cues I can think of that aren't included are the two pieces of dance music from the Beirut nightclub, which were provided by dance coordinator Jean Issakoff (Jon Burlingame's book only mentions Issakoff in regards to Saida's dance music, but it's safe to say the cue that follows inmediately after is also from Issakoff).

    They also seem to have definitely done away with the borders for these re-releases. It was a convoluted idea anyway, using a certain color for each anniversary, and the execution wasn't that good.
    Is that cue "Lost Charm"?

    No, that's likely the source music that plays when Bond takes the cab in Beirut.
  • edited December 2 Posts: 353
    Maybe La-La Land Records will release extended versions of The Spy Who Loved Me, A View To A Kill, Licence To Kill. They would complete the Cubby Broccoli era of expanded/remastered Bond soundtracks. 😊
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited December 2 Posts: 16,558
    Well if they stick to anniversaries, AVTAK and GE seem good candidates for next year.

    They were planning to do LTK a few years back so I guess that'll happen at some point.
  • R1s1ngs0nR1s1ngs0n France
    edited December 2 Posts: 2,159
    Assuming LLL have filled their quota of Bond releases for 2024 (I'm still hoping for a surprise last minute announcement of a OHMSS 55th anniversary set), next year will most likely see the anniversary releases of TB, AVTAK and GE.
    If OHMSS doesn't happen this year and LLL sticks to anniversary releases, it means we'll probably have to wait another five(!) years until we get a definitive editon of Barry's greatest score, three years for YOLT and two years for DAF.

    If only I had a time machine...
  • Posts: 17,804
    I'd sign up for a preorder list today if I knew a TB expanded score release was in the works!
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,558
    Is there much missing from previous TB releases?
  • mattjoesmattjoes THE MOONRAKER TAPES ARE LOST THE MOONRAKER TAPES ARE LOST
    Posts: 7,050
    Oh yeah.
  • Posts: 97
    I'm so thrilled to see this album finally released! I think we were all hopeful for it, given LLLR's recent track record and the fact that Lukas Kendall had discovered the tapes back in 2003.

    I've been looking through my notes on the film and I think that all of the music is accounted for.
    • I know there was some debate about how much reverb the Gun Barrel cue should have; it sounds somewhere between the original 1974 cinema release and the subsequent DVD/BluRay release.
    • 'Beirut Street Music' as Bond leaves Saida is apparently 'Lost Charm'.
    • Apparently I was wrong about 'Grisly Land', 'Kung Fu Fight' and 'Let's Go Get 'Em' having film versions - it looks like they're the same as the OST (although 'Kung Fu Fight' might be shorter).
    • Conversely, I hadn't clocked that 'In Search Of Scaramanga’s Island' was different in the film to the OST.
    • 'The Death Of Hai Fat / New Chairman' appears to be longer than what's heard in the film, so it may have been edited.
    • The 'Nick Nack' cue just before the end titles apparently wasn't scored and is tracked with 'In The Boot' from earlier in the film.

    So the only missing music is four source cues - the two Beirut club pieces by Jean Issakoff and the two pieces played with the dancers when Bond and Goodnight are drinking the 'Phuyuck'. The latter were probably recorded on set.

    Given that none of these were composed or arranged by John Barry, we can rest easy :)

    mattjoes wrote: »
    I didn't want to listen to samples of unreleased cues, but I did listen to disc 2's Let's Go Get 'Em, to check out the mix. It sounds a bit drier, and an unpleasant defect that was present in the 2003 album is absent here.

    I'm curious, what is the defect?
    R1s1ngs0n wrote: »
    Assuming LLL have filled their quota of Bond releases for 2024 (I'm still hoping for a surprise last minute announcement of a OHMSS 55th anniversary set)

    Did anyone notice this part of Neil's blog?
    Something else to note, while all of this is occurring, I was also working with Chris Malone on "The Man With The Golden Gun," sometimes evaluating his new mixes at the same time as Mike's new "Moonraker" mixes. I was also in the middle of "The Godfather Part II," "Spider-Man 2," "Jurassic Park III," "Last Action Hero," and some other titles that haven't been announced yet.

    @-)
  • mattjoesmattjoes THE MOONRAKER TAPES ARE LOST THE MOONRAKER TAPES ARE LOST
    Posts: 7,050
    mattjoes wrote: »
    I didn't want to listen to samples of unreleased cues, but I did listen to disc 2's Let's Go Get 'Em, to check out the mix. It sounds a bit drier, and an unpleasant defect that was present in the 2003 album is absent here.

    I'm curious, what is the defect?
    It's a bit of distortion at 0:28 that sounds like two scratches. I don't know how to explain it better.
  • Posts: 4
    Can't wait to listen to this - TMWTGG's soundtrack was never particularly memorable to me, but I want to give it another shot.

    LALD seems to be back in stock, too, and I haven't even started listening to the Octopussy 40th Anniversary CD. @-)
  • bcaloubcalou France
    Posts: 67
    mattjoes wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    I didn't want to listen to samples of unreleased cues, but I did listen to disc 2's Let's Go Get 'Em, to check out the mix. It sounds a bit drier, and an unpleasant defect that was present in the 2003 album is absent here.

    I'm curious, what is the defect?
    It's a bit of distortion at 0:28 that sounds like two scratches. I don't know how to explain it better.

    Well spoted, I can't unhear it now ;)
    The reproduction of the original album is rarely exciting to me, though I understand why they do it. And little things like that prove that it's far from just a copy/paste of what previously existed.

    (to help others, it's around 0:50 on the complete track)
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