![]() Like any film-related history that covers several decades, it required considerable research as well as interviews with those key players who were still with us. I signed the contract with Oxford in May 2011 and delivered a final manuscript in December. HMSS:How long did it take to prepare The Music of James Bond? How many of the principals were you able to interview directly?īURLINGAME: It took eight months to write - and about 45 years of intense interest before that. I obtained new details about the aborted Amy Winehouse song for QUANTUM OF SOLACE and finally got to the bottom of the story involving “No Good About Goodbye,” which has always been rumored to be an unused QoS song. I successfully unraveled the story of the missing Eric Clapton recordings for LICENCE TO KILL and the sad and unfortunate tale of why John Barry was ready to score TOMORROW NEVER DIES and how studio politics derailed it. I also got Paul Williams to recall many of his unused lyrics for MOONRAKER and Johnny Mathis to confirm that he recorded that song, which no one has ever heard. (She didn’t succeed, of course.) It was a stunning new discovery and, to me, one of the most fascinating stories in the book. ![]() And I discovered that one vocalist was so incensed about the failure to use her recording that her company sued the producers to attempt to stop distribution of the film in late 1965. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” - the unused theme for THUNDERBALL - which had always eluded previous writers and researchers. HMSS: Did you come across information that you found surprising? If so, what was it?īURLINGAME: I was able to piece together the chronology of what happened with “Mr. Both Shirley Bassey and Dionne Warwick performed the song before Eon Productions went with Tom Jones singing Thunderball. The author didn’t want to give away too much in our interview, including identifying which Mr. ![]() Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, originally intended to be Thunderball’s title song was involved in a lawsuit to try to stop release of the fourth James Bond film. He’s come up with some research that should intrigue 007 fans. Jon Burlingame, who has written extensively about film and television music, is coming out with a new book, The Music of James Bond. Image of the cover of The Music of James Bond from the book’s page (don’t click it won’t work here see link at bottom of this post).
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