The Best of the EMI Years

by John Barry

The Best of the EMI Years cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: EMI
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 4.04/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Best of the EMI Years' compiles John Barry's early 1960s recordings for EMI, before his film work defined the sound of the James Bond series. It pairs his orchestra's hit instrumentals with the John Barry Seven's beat group sides, documenting a British pop arranger at the threshold of cinema fame.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, instrumental, orchestral, sweeping, soundtrack

Tracklist

  1. Hit & Miss
  2. Beat Girl (Main Title)
  3. Beat For Beatniks
  4. The Challenge
  5. The Aggressor
  6. Spinneree
  7. Satin Smooth
  8. James Bond Theme
  9. Human Jungle (Alternative Version)
  10. Theme From 'Roman Spring Of Mrs Stone'
  11. Tears
  12. The Party's Over
  13. Cutty Sark (Dateline TV Theme)
  14. March Of The Mandarins
  15. Onward Christian Spaceman
  16. Human Jungle
  17. Goldfinger
  18. Oublie Ca
  19. Seven Faces
  20. Seance On A Wet Afternoon
  21. Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
  22. Born Free
  23. Midnight Cowboy
  24. Diamonds Are Forever
  25. That Fatal Kiss

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