January 18, 2013

The James Bond Themes - Part VI: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Part 1 of 2)

   On Her Majesty's Secret Service was the last of the 60's Bond films, and was the first and only one with George Lazenby. This theme to open the film (After a opening sequence only summed up by a fourth wall joke) was the first since From Russia With Love with an instrumental (Though again that had a song at the end. You might be wondering why I didn't review that instrumental but I'm reviewing this one. I'm reviewing this one as a compromise.), since trying to sing the word "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" in a song (Which usually rhymes) is difficult. So how is this theme? It's really good. Just because a song has no words doesn't mean it can't convey anything. It manages to be heroic and very lifting, standing on its own two feet. This review isn't done yet, there's a Part II, one with a certain Louis Armstrong...

Overall, I give it a rating of 5 out of 5 stars.

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