Movies • Music Dec 8, 2012

50 Years of Being Shaken AND Stirred: The Music of James Bond (Part 5: The 90s and beyond)

This post is the last in a five part series. Goldeneye One thing was certain.  No Bond movie for six years meant no Bond music either.  That was the worst soundtrack of all.  But six years after Bo...

Movies • Music Dec 8, 2012

50 Years of Being Shaken AND Stirred: The Music of James Bond (Part 4: The 80s)

This post is the fourth in a five part series. At this point, my analysis starts to skew.  I discovered the Bond of the 60s and 70s as an adult.  But the Bond music of the 80s and beyond I listened ...

Movies • Music Dec 8, 2012

50 Years of Being Shaken AND Stirred: The Music of James Bond (Part 3: The 70s)

This post is the third in a five part series. Diamonds Are Forever The 70s really was an ugly decade.  The only thing uglier than Washington politics were Hollywood fashions.  Bond films fared about...

Movies • Music Dec 8, 2012

50 Years of Being Shaken AND Stirred: The Music of James Bond (Part 2: The 60s)

This post is the second in a five part series. Dr. No We’ve already talked about the James Bond theme, which makes up only a portion of the opening credits.  The movie is actually very lightly scor...

Movies • Music Dec 8, 2012

50 Years of Being Shaken AND Stirred: The Music of James Bond

This post is the first in a five part series.   Snertman: Ok, so they all start this way.  He walks onto the screen through this circle and somebody is going to try to shoot at him but he shoots...