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John Barry - Octopussy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983) Reissue 2003

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John Barry - Octopussy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983) Reissue 2003

John Barry - Octopussy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983) Reissue 2003
EAC | FLAC (Image) + cue.+log ~ 194 Mb | Mp3, CBR320 kbps ~ 84 Mb | Scans ~ 53 Mb
Soundtrack, Score | Label: Capitol Records | # 7243 5 41450 2 5 | 00:36:06

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 six Bond film title songs or songs that are not named after film's title.

An ageing Roger Moore put his tux on again in 1983 for Octopussy, his penultimate Bond film. It’s not bad – well-acted, well-shot – but its 56-year-old lead and 62-year-old villain (played by Louis Jourdan) make it a far cry from the vibrant, youthful action picture that once so defined this series (and fortunately has done again in the Daniel Craig years). It’s all a bit pedestrian (and some of the gags are unforgivably bad). It was quite a surprise (including to Moore himself) that the actor got another Bond film after this one, too.

Even the great John Barry seemed to struggle to find that much inspiration from the film, with a mixed bag of a score. The oft-derided title song – “All Time High”, written by Barry with Tim Rice and sung by Rita Coolidge – is I think a very nice pop ballad (I’m a sucker for these things), but it doesn’t in any way resemble a Bond song. Still, its gorgeous melody provides an exceptional love theme for the film, represented on the album by the swooning “That’s My Little Octopussy” and “Bond Meets Octopussy”. A secondary theme for the female lead is established in “Arrival at the Island of Octopussy”, subtler (and mixed in with some suspense material) but also rewarding.

The metronome’s possibly moving slightly more quickly than on Barry’s previous Bond score (Moonraker), but the action and suspense music is still mostly considerably more languid than that found in the composer’s earlier scores for the series. I don’t particularly mind this – if anything, it reflects the fact that Bond himself is considerably more languid too – but the album certainly doesn’t found the level of thrills provided in the classics that went before (and for that matter, the two Bond scores the composer was yet to write). The opening score track, “Bond Look-Alike”, is the first piece of action, and establishes a trend for the score in that it makes far more frequent use of the James Bond Theme than Barry had done in his last couple of scores in the series – this was a conscious decision made to help distinguish the film from its “unofficial” rival released the same year, Never Say Never Again.

“009 Gets the Knife / Gobinda Attacks” is a more vibrant piece of action music, briefly offering glimpses in its second half of a far more dynamic style the composer would explore much further in A View To a Kill; he takes it further still in “Yo Yo Fight and Death of Vijay”, loading the base range with continuous momentum and playing a memorable action theme over the top. The oddly-titled “The Chase Bomb Theme” brings in another new melody, written in Barry’s classic Bond style but never as memorable as similar sequences in other films. The score closes with “The Palace Fight”, reprising some of the action melodies from earlier and actually being one of the disc’s more entertaining pieces.

While it’s certainly enjoyable, Octopussy is perhaps the dullest of the composer’s Bond scores. But then–it’s all relative, of course. James Bond music from John Barry is good; the only question is just how good. There’s plenty of fine music here, so despite its flaws it still makes for a good album. It has a chequered release history, a pressing error causing the recall of the original CD, which became one of the rarest of all soundtrack albums; it did get a release on Rykodisc in the late 1990s, but the “bonus” addition of dialogue was not considered to be a bonus by many. Not until its release in 2003 when EMI/Capitol put out remastered versions of most of the Bond scores did it become widely available without the dialogue (though it wasn’t one of the titles that featured additional music).

James Southall, Movie-Wave.net


I haven’t seen “Octopussy”. This is one of the few Bond films I still haven’t gotten around to. Roger Moore’s second to last outing as the famous secret agent had him fight a wealthy afghan prince who was selling jewels and relics from the Soviet government. This turns into a plot to use a nuclear weapon in Europe which Bond of course averts. John Barry’s score was a bit of a mess, release wise. The original 1985 release was recalled because of a printing error and became a rarity. I am reviewing the 1997 release which also has a few tracks with dialogue from the movie. There was one more release, remastered and without dialogue, in 2003.

Voiceovers in movie scores are iffy… some love them, some don’t. For special movies I am ok with hearing these snippets of dialogue on the score, and James Bond enters this category. I laugh every time I hear Bond’s exchanges with the severe Moneypenny. Roger Moore knew how to play this part and was funnier and more pleasant that Sean Connery in my opinion.

The music is (how else?) sweeping and romantic. This is John Barry and we all know it when we hear the beautiful “That’s my little Octopussy”, the theme for the associate of that afghan prince. This cue is tender and dreamy and makes me care for the character, or at least for how the others view her, without having seen the movie. John Barry used the flute to make the feelings even more poignant, on top of the movie’s instrumental theme.

“Arrival at the island of Octopussy” takes me even deeper in that dreamy. If I’m ever to be hypnotized, they should use John Barry’s music. They always say “Go to your most relaxing place” when they do that and cues like this one do the job instantly. I am floating through space or adrift on the sea without a care in the world, carried by the soft wings of the orchestra. The music is gentle and strong in the same time like a thick woven blanket on which I can rest as much as I want.

Did I mention the flute? I know I did, but I feel the need to mention it again because it’s one of the instruments that make “Octopussy” even better. It’s melancholic in “Bond at Monsoon Palace” or almost mysterious in “Bond meets Octopussy”. John Barry uses it like a magician and I think he could write a solo flute theme that could work as action or romance or anything he would want.

This is one of the scores that strangely get better every time I listen to them. I remember I didn’t even enjoy it that much first time I heard it, but my palate has changed and I can understand it more now. It’s just beautiful film music, the kind that everyone will enjoy because this beauty is universal. So, you know what you get. John Barry, James Bond, this score sells itself. I can merely guide you through what I thought were the highlights for me…

Mihnea Manduteanu, SoundtrackDreams.com


~ John Barry at Allmusic
~ John Barry at Wiki

~ Film at IMDB
~ Film at Wiki

Tracklist:

01. All Time High (performed by Rita Coolidge) (3:05)
02. Bond Look Alike (3:01)
03. 009 Gets The Knife And Gobinda Attacks (3:09)
04. That's My Little Octopussy (3:15)
05. Arrival At The Island Of Octopussy (3:27)
06. Bond At The Monsoon Palace (3:06)
07. Bond Meets Octopussy (3:39)
08. Yo-yo Fight And Death Of Vijay (3:47)
09. The Chase Bomb Theme (1:59)
10. The Palace Fight (4:35)
11. All Time High (performed by Rita Coolidge) (3:02)


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John Barry - Octopussy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983) Reissue 2003

John Barry - Octopussy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983) Reissue 2003

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