Showing posts with label Shirley Bassey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shirley Bassey. Show all posts

January 23, 2013

The James Bond Themes - Part XI: Moonraker.

   Shirley Bassey is back in the third and final song she did for the Bond series. And...it feels rushed. Probably because it was. Shirley Bassey was not the first choice for the song for Moonraker, but because the choices had rejected the offer and Bassey agreed just a few weeks before the film's release, it has a rushed and odd way to use the Moonraker name in the song. The visuals are a little "subtle", having the "Moon" and other space related things in a film called...Moonraker. It's not horrible, but it certainly is the lesser of the Bassey themes.

Overall, I give it a rating of 3 out of 5 stars.

January 19, 2013

The James Bond Themes - Part VII: Diamonds Are Forever.

   Shirley Bassey performs the Bond opening theme for the second time, but the film itself isn't really any good. It shares the same flaw that the Roger Moore films sometimes have: It's campyish with sometimes rock stupid characters. But how is the theme? It's...not bad. Look, Bassey does have great vocals, and the visuals do okay, but I feel that this is somehow a step down from the previous song for some reason. But oh well. Take it for what it's worth.

Overall, I give it a rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars.

January 15, 2013

The James Bond Themes - Part III: Goldfinger.

   Goldfinger repersented new things as it would be the first song to be included in the opening (rather than an instrumental or at the end), it would be the last to have the Gunbarrel by the stuntman Bob Simmons and it was arguably the best Connery, if not Bond film.The song was performed by Shirley Bassey for the first of three songs she would do for the Bond franchise. The lyrics are electrifying and yet still mesmerizing after all these years. It goes extremely well with the title sequence making a strange word like "Goldfinger" work well.

Now Thunderball on the other hand would be slightly more difficult...

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