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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 312406" data-attributes="member: 8">Bond Song #12[ATTACH=full]34487[/ATTACH]And look at the lineup of artists who were considered for the main vocal track: Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis and Kate Bush (!!).I&#039;m surprised they didn&#039;t approach Barbra Streisand but maybe she only wants to sing in her own movies.Whether it was a good idea to send 007 on a space odyssey is a different discussion altogether but all I want to say is that if had to&nbsp; happen then this was their last opportunity to do so. There&#039;s something about space-kitsch that only really worked in the 60s and 70s, imho.The Moonraker song is a fantastic composition and Shirley Bassey balances the velvety parts with her trademark crescendos. In many ways it sounds like a sci-fi version of You Only Live Twice&nbsp; and that can never be a bad thing.Production-wise I think it&#039;s one of best Bond songs, with its rich and complex orchestration that can be easily overlooked because it is so good.There&#039;s something very interesting going on in the last 10 seconds and I wish it would last a little longer.It&#039;s a tricky one.Maybe there isn&#039;t enough oomph in it to make this a truly memorable contender but it&#039;s also possible that the Bond aficionados dismiss it as the theme of &quot;that Bond movie&quot; that should never have been made in the first place.But purely from a Moonraker perspective I honestly don&#039;t know how they could have bettered it.[MEDIA=youtube]pg_SuMy812c[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 312406, member: 8"] Bond Song #12 [ATTACH type="full" alt="1642882998602.png"]34487[/ATTACH] And look at the lineup of artists who were considered for the main vocal track: Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis and Kate Bush (!!). I'm surprised they didn't approach Barbra Streisand but maybe she only wants to sing in her own movies. Whether it was a good idea to send 007 on a space odyssey is a different discussion altogether but all I want to say is that if [I]had to[/I] happen then this was their last opportunity to do so. There's something about space-kitsch that only really worked in the 60s and 70s, imho. The [I]Moonraker [/I] song is a fantastic composition and Shirley Bassey balances the velvety parts with her trademark crescendos. In many ways it sounds like a sci-fi version of [I]You Only Live Twice[/I] and that can never be a bad thing. Production-wise I think it's one of best Bond songs, with its rich and complex orchestration that can be easily overlooked [I]because [/I] it is so good. There's something very interesting going on in the last 10 seconds and I wish it would last a little longer. It's a tricky one. Maybe there isn't enough oomph in it to make this a truly memorable contender but it's also possible that the Bond aficionados dismiss it as the theme of "that Bond movie" that should never have been made in the first place. But purely from a Moonraker perspective I honestly don't know how they could have bettered it. [MEDIA=youtube]pg_SuMy812c[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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