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On Her Majesty's Secret Service [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] by John Barry.

Tracks:
We Have All the Time in the World
This Never Happened to the Other Feller
Try
Ski Chase
Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Journey to Blofeld's Hideaway
We Have All the Time in the World [Instrumental]
Over and Out
Battle at Piz Gloria
We Have All the Time in the World/James Bond Theme

Performer Notes: The 2003 remastered edition includes a previously unreleased score.
Original score composed by John Barry.
Recorded at CTS Studios, London, England in 1969. Includes liner notes by Jeff Bond.
John Barry's best score for any James Bond movie -- including the best song ("We Have All the Time in the World") ever written for any movie in the series -- is well represented on this LP. Barry had already begun adding more diverse and complex orchestral pieces to his underscoring and greater lyricism to his songs with his preceding soundtrack for You Only Live Twice, and he continued the process with On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The serious nature of its plot, however, and the unique mood of the movie dictated that an almost entirely new score be devised: the brassy "007 Theme," which had appeared in three prior films, was absent, and the "James Bond Theme" was re-arranged. Barry also wrote one of his longest and most easily embellished action themes (heavily featuring the synthesizer, an instrument new to film scores), and dressed it up with a string section playing running scales that is startling to hear in stereo, with the discreet separation of the orchestral parts. And then there was "We Have All the Time in the World," the best song ever written for the Bond series; a serious, poignant love song that underscores the doomed romance between Bond and Tracy (Diana Rigg), it was sung by Louis Armstrong in what proved to be the jazz legend's final recording session. Astonishingly, the song was originally only a successful single in Italy. The music has since become one of the most popular elements of this film, which, with George Lazenby as its star, stands apart from both the Sean Connery and Roger Moore Bond movies. ~ Bruce Eder

Professional Reviews: Mojo (Publisher) (6/02, p.65) - Included in Mojo's "100 Coolest Movie Soundtracks" - "...The strongest Bond score..."

Format: Vinyl (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: United Kingdom

Studio/Live: Studio

Release Date: 10 July, 2015

Label: Virgin EMI (Universal UK)

Dimensions: 30.5 x 30.5 x 0.3 centimeters (0.27 kg)

• Original score composed by John Barry.
  
• Recorded at CTS Studios, London, England in 1969. Includes liner notes by Jeff Bond.
  
• John Barry's best score for any James Bond movie -- including the best song ("We Have All the Time in the World") ever written for any movie in the series -- is well represented on this LP. Barry had already begun adding more diverse and complex orchestral pieces to his underscoring and greater lyricism to his songs with his preceding soundtrack for You Only Live Twice, and he continued the process with On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The serious nature of its plot, however, and the unique mood of the movie dictated that an almost entirely new score be devised: the brassy "007 Theme," which had appeared in three prior films, was absent, and the "James Bond Theme" was re-arranged. Barry also wrote one of his longest and most easily embellished action themes (heavily featuring the synthesizer, an instrument new to film scores), and dressed it up with a string section playing running scales that is startling to hear in stereo, with the discreet separation of the orchestral parts. And then there was "We Have All the Time in the World," the best song ever written for the Bond series; a serious, poignant love song that underscores the doomed romance between Bond and Tracy (Diana Rigg), it was sung by Louis Armstrong in what proved to be the jazz legend's final recording session. Astonishingly, the song was originally only a successful single in Italy. The music has since become one of the most popular elements of this film, which, with George Lazenby as its star, stands apart from both the Sean Connery and Roger Moore Bond movies. ~ Bruce Eder

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