James Bond Soundtrack Cues - Part Two (1995 - Present)

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Here's my attempt to chronicle every musical cue used in an official James Bond film.

I've seen posts on various forums about individual scores, but as far as I'm aware, there isn't a thread with every soundtrack in the order the music appears in the movie.

Please feel free to post below if you spot any mistakes or omissions.

I'd love to be in a position to have a definitive list for each film, including source music, omitted and alternate cues, different versions of the theme song, rejected theme songs etc. etc.

An asterisk denotes a track or cue not commercially available. I haven't included the Nic Raine re-orchestrations, focussing just on original source material from the film. I have made up many of the titles of the missing cues; they are not 'official' designations, unless stated otherwise. Where tracks have been edited together on the OST, their titles are in brackets. I have noted slate numbers when I have them (John Barry was notorious for not naming his cues).

This thread covers Goldeneye to the present day. This thread covers Dr. No to Licence To Kill.

GOLDENEYE (1995)
Composer: Eric Serra

01 Gun Barrel* (0.22)
02 The Dam* (0.58)
03 Entering The Weapons Facility* (1.18)
04 The GoldenEye Overture (Half Of Everything Is Luck/The Other Half Is Fate)
05 The GoldenEye Overture (For England, James)
06 GoldenEye (Main Title)* (2.50)
07 Ladies First
08 We Share The Same Passions (Part I: The Trip To Cuba)
09 We Share The Same Passions (Part II: The Same Passions)
10 Bond Explores The Yacht* (0.35)
11 A Little Surprise For You (Part I: Xenya)
12 Ourumov Enters Severnaya* (0.16)
13 I Am Timing You* (0.37)
14 Set Target, Severnaya* (1.18)
15 Xenya Hunts Down Natalya* (0.48)
16 Natalya Surveys The Scene* (0.44)
17 The Severnaya Suite (Part I: Among The Dead)
18 The Severnaya Suite (Part II: Out Of Hell)
19 The Severnaya Suite (Part III: The Husky Tribe)
20 What Of The Two Missing Severnaya Technicians?* (0.43)
21 Bond Arrives In St. Petersburg* (0.24)
22 Acquiring A Computer (The Scale To Hell - Part I: Boris And The Lethal Pen)
23 Natalya Contacts Boris* (0.52)
23 Our Lady Of Smolensk
24 Xenya Enters The Pool* (0.42)
25 Whispering Statues (Part I: Whispers)
26 Whispering Statues (Part II: Two-Faced)
27 Trapped In The Tiger* (1.30)
28 A Little Surprise For You (Part II: D.M. Mishkin)
29 Natalya Introduces Herself To Bond* (0.54)
29 Run, Shoot And Jump
30 A Pleasant Drive In St. Petersburg - Part I (Film Version)* (1.32)
31 A Pleasant Drive In St. Petersburg - Part II (Film Version)* (4.30)
32 A Pleasant Drive In St. Petersburg - Part III (Film Version)* (0.28)
33 Full Speed!* (0.39)
34 Fatal Weakness (Film Version)* (2.08)
35 Spiking Boris* (1.58)
36 Bond & Natalya Embrace/To Cuba* (1.02)
37 That’s What Keeps You Alone
38 Dish Out Of Water (Part I: A Good Squeeze)
39 Dish Out Of Water (Part II: The Antenna)
40 Target Is London* (1.35)
41 Bond Surrenders* (1.05)
42 A Petty Thief* (1.05)
43 Retro Rockets Firing / Boris And The Lethal Pen (Film Version)* (2.18)
44 Do You Know How To Use One Of These?* (0.28)
45 The Cradle* (1.14)
46 I Was Always Better* (1.52)
47 The Demise Of Alec Trevelyan* (0.42)
48 For Ever, James
49 The Experience Of Love (Film Version)* (3.26)

BONUS
50 GoldenEye (Album Version)
51 GoldenEye (Single Edit)
52 GoldenEye (David Morales Mix)
53 Parodi/Fair - James Bond Theme
54 A Pleasant Drive In St. Petersburg (Album Version)
55 Fatal Weakness (Album Version)
56 The Scale To Hell (Part I - Boris & The Lethal Pen/Part II - I Am Invincible)
57 The Experience Of Love (Album Version)
58 Louis Ganne - Marche Lorraine (Brass Band Instrumental)
59 Preobrajensky March - The Band Of Her Majesty
60 Minnie Driver - Stand By Your Man

40 minutes, 30 seconds approx. unreleased music

Notes:
Time has been kinder to Eric Serra’s score, after it was initially savaged by fans and critics for marking such a radical departure from Bond musical tradition. Notable cues omitted from the OST include the opening gun barrel and dam sequence, Bond and Natalya’s escape from the Tiger helicopter and much of the music from the film’s climax (‘The Cradle’ for instance is similar to ‘Run, Shoot & Jump’ but with more strings). The main title by Tina Turner is a bespoke edit, which differs from the ‘single edit’ issued to radio stations at the time in the bridge between verses. Quite a few of the cues were rightfully omitted from the OST, as they’re essentially just low level synthesisers and ambient noise (‘Set Target, Severnaya’, ‘Target Is London’.) Sadly the John Altman arrangement of ‘A Pleasant Drive In St. Petersburg’ has also never seen the light of day, after Serra’s version was dropped from the film by producers (but still made it on to the OST).

There are some misnomers in the soundtrack titles: ‘We Share The Same Passions (Part I: The Trip To Cuba)’ plays when Bond meets Xenia in the casino and not when he travels to Cuba with Natalya (although it is a similar sounding cue). Similarly, ‘The Scale To Hell - Part I: Boris And The Lethal Pen’ isn’t used when Boris is holding the pen grenade, but rather when Natalya visits the IBM store, although it is truncated.

‘Natalya Introduces Herself To Bond’ is very similar to ‘The Severnaya Suite (Part I: Among The Dead)’, but with a quicker tempo and new solo violin melody. ‘Fatal Weakness (Film Version)’ is a truncated version of the album version and ‘Spiking Boris’* (1.58) uses part of the same cue, but without the dramatic ending of the OST. The film version of ‘Boris And The Lethal Pen’ has a crescendo with synth strings at the end of the cue.

TOMORROW NEVER DIES (1997)
Composer: David Arnold

TBC

THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (1999)
Composer: David Arnold

TBC

DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002)
Composer: David Arnold

TBC

CASINO ROYALE (2006)
Composer: David Arnold

TBC

QUANTUMN OF SOLACE (2008)
Composer: David Arnold

TBC

SKYFALL (2012)
Composer: Thomas Newman

TBC

SPECTRE (2015)
Composer: Thomas Newman

01 Logos & Gun Barrel (1M01)* (0.53)
02 Los Muertos Vivos Estan featuring Tambuco (Film Version including Hotel Source)* (4.58)
03 Building Down (1M05)* (1.07)
04 Sciarra Chase (1M06)* (0.51)
05 Carnival Source* (0.42)
06 Day Of The Dead featuring Tambuco (sometimes credited as ‘Call and Response’)
07 Helicopter Fight (1M09)* (2.15)
08 Writing’s On The Wall (Main Title)* (3.54)
09 Eve - Bodyguard (1M11)* (1.06)
10 M’s Message (1M12)* (1.41)
11 Vauxhall Bridge
12 Aston Martin Reveal* (2.27)
13 The Eternal City
14 Donna Lucia
14 A Place Without Mercy
15 Bond Enters SPECTRE Meeting* (1.33)
15 Enter Hinx (2M21) (Start of Los Muertos Vivos Estan from OST)
16 Cuckoo (Film Version) (2M21A v.2)* (0.30)
17 Palazzo Escape - Chase 1 (2M22)* (2.47)
18 Rome Chase 2 (3M24)* (2.27)
19 Rome Chase 3 (3M25)* (1.58)
20 9 Eyes Meeting (Tokyo) (3M26)* (2.04)
21 The Pale King
22 Kite In A Hurricane
23 Photo Of Madeleine - MI6 (3M29)* (0.57)
24 Crows - Klinik
25 Madeleine - I Kill People (3M31)* (1.29)
26 Spectre Ring - Q (4M32)* (0.48)
27 Snow Plane
28 Hinx Lives - Q Hotel (4M34)* (0.54)
29 L’Americain
30 Secret Room (Film Version)* (5.47)
31 Madeleine (Film Version)* (3.47)
32 Hinx
33 Writing’s On The Wall Instrumental (Film Version)* (0.54)
34 Silver Wraith
35 Compound Bedrooms (5M43)* (1.45)
36 A Reunion (Film Version)* (6.42)
37 Bond’s Torture* (7.02)
38 Escape From Compound (6M47)* (1.19)
39 Safe House (Film Version)* (4.10)
40 Blindfold
41 Careless (Film Version)* (6.20)
42 Detonation (Film Version)* (4.16)
43 Westminster Bridge
44 Out Of Bullets
45 Back To Q’s Lab & The James Bond Theme (7M58)* (Tracked from the end of Skyfall) (2.28)
46 Spectre (End Title)

BONUS:
47 Writing’s On The Wall (Album Version)
48 Writing’s On The Wall (Radio Edit)
49 Writing’s On The Wall (Instrumental)
50 Writing’s On The Wall (OST Instrumental)
51 Helicopter Fight (Alternate)* (2.15)
52 Cuckoo (Alternate Version) (2M21A)* (0.38)
53 Backfire
54 Secret Room (Album Version)
55 Madeleine (Album Version)
56 Tempus Fugit
57 Safe House (Album Version)
58 Careless (Album Version)
59 Detonation (Album Version)
60 Los Organilleros - Te He De Querer
61 Gloria De La Cruz - La Llorona
62 Vivaldi - Nisi Dominus, RV 608: 4. Cum Dederit Dilectis Suis Somnum (Andante)
63 Geoff Love & His Orchestra - One Furtive Tear (L'Elisir D'Amore)
64 Ray Quinn - New York, New York
65 Verdi - Libiamo Ne'lieti Calici [La Traviata/Act 1]
66 Yann McCullough & Paul Chandler - Virgin Cocktails
67 Radiohead - Spectre

1 hour, 18 minutes & 30 seconds approx. unreleased music

Notes:
This, so far in my research, appears to be the most incomplete soundtrack, with nearly an hour and twenty minutes of missing music. Quite a few of the cues have been truncated for the OST, presumably for a better listening experience. I was fortunate enough to be given some help with this soundtrack, so can vouch that the majority of cues listed are Thomas Newman’s titles. Interestingly, the car chase around Rome was scored as three separate cues, mixed together in the edit and presented as one on the OST (‘Backfire’). Confusingly ’Tempus Fugit’ on the OST does not tally with the music we hear when Bond’s watch explodes incapacitating Blofeld; it’s closer to the cue heard in the start of the film when Bond is in the helicopter (‘Helicopter Fight’), but that cue has the Bond theme flourish at the end which segues into Sam Smith’s main title theme. ‘Escape From Compound’, as noted from Newman’s notes, replaced the ‘Tempus Fugit’ cue. The film version of ‘Madeleine’ also differs from the OST, in that it’s interspersed with the scene with M, Q and Moneypenny in the restaurant and it ends on a difference cadence, as Hinx rapidly approaches them on the train. I’ve heard alternate versions of ‘Helicopter Fight’ and ‘Cuckoo’, so have listed them here as bonus material.

As is well documented, a lot of Newman’s cues borrow liberally from his previous score for Skyfall; ‘Building Down’ from ‘Quartermaster’, ‘Helicopter Chase’ from ‘Grand Bazaar, Istanbul’, ‘Eve - Bodyguard’ from ‘Close Shave’, ‘M’s Message’ from ‘Voluntary Retirement’, ‘The Eternal City’ from ‘Brave New World’, ‘9 Eyes Meeting’ from ‘Someone Usually Dies’, ‘Careless’ from ‘The Moors’ and I’m sure there are some more I’m probably forgetting. There are subtle structural or instrumental changes in each of these instances, but nothing major. I believe the only cue Newman copies without any changes is the one I’ve titled ‘Back To Q’s Lab & The James Bond Theme’, which also appears at the end of Skyfall when it’s revealed that Mallory is the new M. The end of this cue is of course David Arnold’s version of the Bond theme from the end of Casino Royale, ‘The Name’s Bond…James Bond’.

One thing that amused me is the version of ‘New York, New York’ (as heard in 009’s car) is by cheesy X Factor crooner Ray Quinn. Evidently the producers didn’t want to spend money on licensing the Frank Sinatra version (perhaps there’s still bad blood from him turning down ‘Moonraker’ ;) ).

NO TIME TO DIE (2021)
Composer: Hans Zimmer

TBC

GoldenGun

Very impressive :)
But one thing struck me as odd, for GE there's a track titled "Bond Arrives in Moscow", but Bond never goes there in GE (or any other Bond film so far), it's supposed to be St. Petersburg.

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GoldenGun wrote: »

Very impressive :)
But one thing struck me as odd, for GE there's a track titled "Bond Arrives in Moscow", but Bond never goes there in GE (or any other Bond film so far), it's supposed to be St. Petersburg.

Good spot! I've updated that cue title.