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Sir George Henry Martin CBE (born 3 January 1926) is a British record producer, arranger and composer. He has directly and indirectly contributed to the main themes of three films in the James Bond series. Martin was responsible for the signing of Matt Monro to EMI for the second Bond film, From Russia With Love just months prior to his recording of the song of the same title.
Martin also produced two James Bond themes. The first was "Goldfinger" by Shirley Bassey in 1964. Despite producing the film's theme that became a hit single, Martin did not partake in the movie's score or the James Bond Theme.
In 1972, Martin finally had a crack at arranging and producing the music for the entire film of Live And Let Die. Apart from scoring a successful chart entry for the song itself (by Paul McCartney), Martin also arranged the score that served as a precursor to the music of 1970s blaxploitation films.
