About "Goldfinger" (1964) you need hardly lose word - to style icon and popular of these is probably the most famous spy movie of the sixties and today is still the cornerstone of the James Bond film series. His style and fame has contributed most John Barry soundtrack. The theme song "Goldfinger", sung by Shirley Bassey, still knows each child, and the bulky package, the stylish instrumentation and the kitschy, fervently geschmetterte text are still the blueprint on which each Bond theme song is measured. The instrumental accompaniment lacks in any second, the power of the theme song. Barry's second Bond soundtrack to "From Russia With Love" is where to its predecessor, but intensified the drama, power and elegance of the previous musical accompaniment. While "Dr. No" Jamaican Calypso flair disseminated and "From Russia With Love" were oriental-influenced folk, Barry renounced here on such musical jaunts. By contrast, he created for the 007-adventure set mostly in the US, a prototype of modern action movie music as it then at most Lalo Schifrin (Mission Impossible, Bullitt) has co-developed with more funk grooves. Direct the second piece, "Into Miami" swings so elegant dynamic that one can also easily imagine a cocktail noise with chic stewardesses in the PanAm Lounge without the film itself. The punchy Goldfinger theme is preceded whipped as a leitmotif in most pieces, and the unique highlights are the wacky instrumental Big-beat version of "Goldfinger" and the stunning, six-minute "Dawn Raid On Fort Knox" that the big coup by Gert Goldfinger Fröbe accompanied highly dramatic. The hard beat rhythms and rock guitars of John Barry Seven and sweaty Bläsersätze are always in Vorergrund, and the orchestra plays effortlessly keep up with the modern rhythms. The omnipresent in the first two Bond films James Bond theme, however, occurs here into the background and only shows up on the edge. Conclusion: An indispensable soundtrack, which now also digitally remastered present in more wuchtigerer sound quality. There is also a detailed accompanying booklet and four bonus tracks from a British LP release, the music not offer much new, but represent a welcome addition. Highly recommended!
