A diamond for each 007 Collection: The Extended Version

What an old soundtrack collectors and Bond fan has not been believed, is now but actually arrived: The old Bond scores digitally remastered and packed with previously unreleased original themes as bonus tracks. What Rykodisc has led the way brilliantly in For Your Eyes Only and The Living Daylights, EMI / Capitol has finally taken. But beware: The old CDs are still on the market. The new one recognizes the black-rimmed Front Cover. It is safest to look at the back is. There you will find the exact track list.
These are by no means new recordings by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and others. No, these are the themes of the original master tapes. I can only say: a stunner !!!
In Diamonds Are Forever John Barry skillfully continue what he has begun in ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. Another highly varied orchestral score, which also contains synth elements. The winking, light-footed story is mirrored in the music. Just a pity that the previous Soundtrack Release hardly earned more than half an hour music. Since this extended republishing comes in handy. With 75 minutes of total playing time seems to me not a second left out music from the film. On the contrary: In the final track can be found even unused and alternative topics. And so far sorely missed highlights are all top: The opening sequence, Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, Bonds left for Holland and not least the glorious plated devil chant at Slumber Inc., as Bond almost bodily attending his cremation. In addition to the nine bonus tracks with previously unpublished themes can also be found in the first twelve "old" pieces so some extensions. The explosive ending of Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd at the end of the film can be found for example in the track "Bond and Tiffany". And the wonderful title song by Shirley Bassey now begins finally so on, like in the movie. All in all, this new edition of a dream for collectors of Bond scores.