You Only Live Twice (soundtrack)
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| Soundtrack by John Barry | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | July 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | April 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 34:12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | United Artists | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Frank Collura (Reissue) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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You Only Live Twice is the soundtrack for the 5th James Bond film of the same name.
It was composed by Bond veteran, John Barry. At the time, this was his fourth credited Bond film. The theme song, "You Only Live Twice", was sung by Nancy Sinatra. In 1998, Robbie Williams sampled the title song "You Only Live Twice" for the chart-topper "Millennium". A rock version of "You Only Live Twice" was covered by Coldplay when they toured in 2001, and was covered by Natacha Atlas for her 2005 compilation album The Best of Natacha Atlas. The Icelandic singer Björk also recorded a cover version. Also of note is the similarities of the main riff from You Only Live Twice for the Graeme Revell film score in the opening and closing of The Saint, the big screen adaptation of the popular British television series.
Interestingly, an alternative example of a possible theme song (also called "You Only Live Twice" and sung by Lorraine Chandler) was discovered in the vaults of RCA records in the '90s. Probably intended as a demo for consideration by the film's producers, it became a very popular track with followers of the Northern soul scene (Chandler was well known for her high-quality soul output on RCA) and can be found on several RCA soul compilations. A completely different "You Only Live Twice" sung by an uncredited Julie Rogers but written by John Barry featured on a James Bond 30th Anniversary CD.
Shirley Bassey, who did the main titles for Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker performed the song for her album Get the Party Started.
[edit] Track listing
- You Only Live Twice - Main Title – Nancy Sinatra
- Capsule In Space
- Fight At Kobe Dock - Helga
- Tanaka's World
- A Drop In The Ocean
- The Death Of Aki
- Mountains And Sunsets
- The Wedding
- James Bond - Astronaut?
- Countdown For Blofeld
- Bond Averts World War Three
- You Only Live Twice - End Title – Nancy Sinatra
- James Bond In Japan
- Aki, Tiger And Osato
- Little Nellie
- Soviet Capsule
- Spectre And Village
- James Bond - Ninja
- Twice Is The Only Way To Live
Tracks 13 to 19 were later added, as a bonus, to the complete version of the original soundtrack.
"Twice Is The Only Way To Live" was the final track on the original UK version of the soundtrack. It was also included on the United Artists' soundtrack compilation Ten Golden Years (1968). On certain albums of YOLT's soundtrack, the alternate 007 theme is included. It is the score played when Little Nellie is being constructed and continues to play until three or four SPECTRE helicopters encounter Bond at which point the song becomes the "James Bond Theme".
