Finally, most of the James Bond soundtrack is available in a digitally remastered recast. "Dr. No" (1962) is the soundtrack to the eponymous first James Bond adventure composed or compiled by the English composer Monty Norman stage. The soundtrack consists mostly of Calypso sounds (all to the story Handlungsort Jamaica appropriate) as well as from some time a contemporary twist, beat, Exotica- and easy-listening sounds. Orchestral tracks that prevailed later in the John Barry soundtrack, entirely absent here. For the partly very different pieces likely to come from different sources. The second title track "Kingston Calypso" and the lively uptempo song "Jump Up" originate at least from the Jamaican calypso band Byron Lee & the Dragon Aires, the thus established its global career. The centerpiece of his most mysterious origin is of course the "James Bond Theme", one of the most distinctive and famous movie themes of the 20th century at all. Officially it was composed by Monty Norman (which carries the sole credit to date) and arranged and performed by the young English Beat musician John Barry and his group The John Barry Seven. Unofficially comes the play of Barry himself, because the producers did not find any appropriate theme song under the shallow Calypso pieces. Barry, however, was only booked for a weekend of recording of the piece for a pittance. The rights to it, he had fatally transmitted to the producers and to Monty Norman ... The Bond makers rewarded John Barry at least so that they Monty Norman fired after the first 007 adventure and inserting it as an official soundtrack composers. With "From Russia With Love", he gave 1963 its debut as the sole Soundtrack Composer of a Bond adventure, and until 1987 he was responsible for most film scores of the series and kreirte its special John Barry-spy movie sound with fat grooving Bläser- Arrangements, driving Ryhthmen, Vic Flicks distinctive beat guitar and imperishable melodies, like the "James Bond Theme" hints at it for the first time. From Barry sound that produced thin, summer-nice calypso party music is still "No Dr." far from, but some pieces Normans still stand out, such as the dance hall Kracher "Twisting with James," the wacky garage rock track "Jamaican Rock "and the gloomy pre-trip-hop grooves with Exotica touch in" The Iceland Speaks ". And the heartbreaking "Underneath The Mango Tree" (sung in Fim by Ursula Andress and Sean Connery) is a trash Klasiker for themselves. Nevertheless, the value of Dr. No soundtrack is not to be underestimated - he broke up with the film's release a true Calypso wave in the western world going on and helped to promote the music culture for the first time on a large scale worldwide. A run on Jamaican music started, and many unknown musicians suddenly were given lucrative Platttenverträge. A young record producer named Chris Blackwell founded some time it even own label for original reggae, dub and calypso - Iceland Records, the label today many pop artists Lionel Richie, Portishead and the Stereo MCs. In a wild Calypso Party dance scene in a Jamaican bar with James Bond and Felix Leiter can Blackwell incidentally seen dancing frenetically in the background ... "Dr. No" is a simple, yet refined musical start into the adventure world of James Bond , which in the following years with "Goldfinger" and Co. should characterize the sound of the sixties sustained until today. The reissue comes digitally remastered in better sound quality and a comprehensive booklet in the beautiful 007-style. According to Monty Norman Unfortunately we could not find any bonus tracks or alternate takes in the archives, but a small treat such as the original single version of James Bond themes (even at Ember Records published) would you certainly can still hang.
