Octopussy (soundtrack)

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Octopussy
Octopussy cover
Soundtrack by John Barry
Released 1983
Label A&M Records
James Bond soundtrack chronology
For Your Eyes Only
(1981)		 Octopussy
(1983)		 A View to a Kill
(1985)

Octopussy is the soundtrack for the eponymous thirteenth James Bond film. The score was composed by John Barry, the lyrics by Tim Rice. The opening theme, "All Time High" is sung by Rita Coolidge and is one of three musical themes or songs that do not refer to the film's title (the other two On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and the "You Know My Name" from Casino Royale (2006). It is also one of four themes not to share the name of film, the others being "Nobody Does It Better" from The Spy Who Loved Me; "We Have All The Time In The World" from On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and "You Know My Name" from Casino Royale (2006).

The original long playing record released in 1983, by A&M Records, was recalled because of a printing error, and became a rarity. In 1997, the soundtrack was released, by Rykodisc, with the original soundtrack music and some film dialogue, (additional tracks, No. 3, No. 7, and No. 10 seen below) on an Enhanced CD version. The 2003 release, by EMI, restored the original soundtrack music sans dialogue. The original music video of "All Time High" shows Rita Coolidge in very soft focus in an Indian palace, but it is one of the film's locations, the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, England.

[edit] Track listing

2003 Remastered Version:

  1. All Time High – Rita Coolidge
  2. Bond Look Alike
  3. 009 Gets The Knife And Gorbinda Attacks[1]
  1. That's My Little Octopussy
  2. Arrival At The Island Of Octopussy
  3. Bond At The Monsoon Palace
  4. Bond Meets Octopussy
  5. Yo Yo Fight And Death Of Vijay
  6. The Chase Bomb Theme
  7. The Palace Fight
  8. All Time High - Main And End Title – Rita Coolidge


Original Version:

  1. All Time High – Rita Coolidge
  2. Bond Look Alike
  3. Miss Penelope — dialogue
  4. 009 Gets the Knife and Gobinda Attacks
  5. That's My Little Octopussy
  6. Arrival at the Island of Octopussy
  7. Introducing Mr Bond — dialogue
  8. Bond at the Monsoon Palace
  9. Bond Meets Octopussy
  10. Poison Pen — dialogue
  11. Yo Yo Fight and Death of Vijay
  12. The Chase Bomb Theme[2]
  13. The Palace Fight
  14. All Time High – Rita Coolidge

[edit] References

  1. ^ In the Remastered Version Gobinda is spelled Gorbinda.
  2. ^ Later pressings of the soundtrack erroneously call it The Chase Bond Theme.