The theme song was written by Bill Conti (music) and Michael Leeson (lyrics), and performed by Sheena Easton. The song was later nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe in 1982.
Easton also made Bond film history as the first (and, to date, only) artist to perform the theme song on-screen during the opening title sequence.
Originally, the band Blondie was approached to write and perform the theme song for the film. They produced a song also called For Your Eyes Only that they turned in to the producers, however, this was rejected because the company wanted the Conti song and the band refused, and subsequently asked Easton to record an entirely new theme. Blondie eventually released their song on the 1982 album The Hunter. The track Make It Last All Night, performed by Rage and used for the scene at hitman Gonzales' Spanish poolside, is notable for lyrics more suggestive than in almost any other Bond film.
When the James Bond film series entered the 1980s, the producers decided it was time to give the series a makeover. The result was For Your Eyes Only, a tougher film that downplayed the gimmicks and comic book elements that dominated the Bond films of the 1970s.
This film was also noticeable for replacing regular series soundtrack composer John Barry with Bill Conti, a composer best known for his work on the Rocky films. Conti keeps For Your Eyes Only's score full of symphonic grandeur and spy film theatrics, but also adds several new elements to update the sound to fit the early 1980s.
For instance, Conti adds elements of dance and funk music to the action cues: "A Drive in the Country" and "Melina's Revenge" both work funky bass lines, roaring electric guitar leads, and whooping synthesizer lines in with the standard orchestral elements.
The modernized tone also extends to the film's Sheena Easton theme song: it replaces the lush strings and brassy orchestrations that typically dominated Bond theme songs with a minimalist style built on synthesizers.
However, Conti proves elsewhere that he could comfortably write music in the traditional vein without utilizing any electronic or pop elements: "Take Me Home" is a lovely romantic interlude that highlights a gentle flugel horn solo against a backdrop of lush orchestrations, and "St. Cyril's Monastery" is a taut suspense cue that builds from atmospheric strings into a brassy reinterpretation of the "James Bond Theme." Purists may complain that complain that the pop elements Conti incorporates into this score date it, but there is no denying that the overall score is tight and skillfully written. In the end, For Your Eyes Only stands as one of the best James Bond film scores of the 1980s.
Side A
A1. For Your Eyes Only (Vocals – Sheena Easton) - 3:02
A2. A Drive In The Country - 2:20
A3. Take Me Home - 2:27
A4. Melina’s Revenge - 2:14
A5. Gonzales Takes A Dive - 3:09
A6. St. Cyril’s Monastery - 4:33
Side B
B1. Make It Last All Night (Vocals – Rage) - 3:28
B2. Runaway - 3:49
B3. Submarine - 2:35
B4. For Your Eyes Only - 1:29
B5. Cortina - 1:41
B6. The P.M. Gets The Bird / For Your Eyes Only (Reprise) (Vocals – Sheena Easton) - 4:58
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Danjaq S.A.
- Printed By – 4P Nicolaus GMBH
- Pressed By – EMI Electrola GmbH
Credits
- Arranged By [Orchestra] – Nat Peck
- Art Direction – WM. Burks
- Bass – Mo Foster
- Composed By, Conductor, Producer [Album Producer] – Bill Conti
- Coordinator [Album Co-ordinator Emi America / Liberty] – Kathy Keep, Mark Levinson
- Coordinator [Album Co-ordinator United Artists] – Ron Eyre
- Design [Album] – Roy R. Guzman
- Drums – Harold Fisher
- Edited By [Music Editor] – Derek Trigg
- Engineer [Scoring] – John Richards
- Guitar – Martin Kershaw
- Keyboards, Synthesizer – Mike Moran
- Leader [Concermaster] – John Georgiadis
- Orchestrated By – Peter Myers
- Producer – Christopher Neil (tracks: A1, B4, B6)
- Recorded By [Tape Operator] – Tim Pennington
Notes
Release: 1981
Format: LP
Genre: Film & Score, Soundtrack
Label: Liberty Records
Catalog# 1A 062-400 023
Vinyl: Goed
Hoes: Lichte Gebruikerssporen
Prijs: €6,99
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