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I kind of dig this version, by the John Barry Seven, kind of a weird hybrid of the original with some extra Vic Flick.
http://amzn.to/2k1GLry
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The Roland Shaw track is easily my favorite 007 Theme.
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My favorite variation is Thunderball. I love the street chase and the finale. To me, that was that theme at its most exciting.
That said, it was always welcome to hear, except for Moonraker — in the film, that is. I don't mind hearing it on the album, but as has been discussed above, it is a questionable choice for the sequence.
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Snap
I'd have to say 007 Takes the Lektor in FRWL and the variations of 007 in Thunderball. That said, Barry's version, recorded at the time of Thunderball, for his LP Great Movie Sounds of John Barry is really , for me, the definitive version.
As a kid, it was side one of this LP which provided amazing versions of all the Bond themes recorded up to 1965. Of course my LP credits the James Bond Theme itself to one John Barry. No mention of the other feller. In my view, very appropriate. But that's another theme and another story.
Stan
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I think we have to remember that Moonraker was an attempt at a Sunday afternoon, fun for all the family, light entertainment kind of Bond film. One where the 4-year old sits on granny's lap and they both enjoy it while dad sleeps off the Sunday roast.
Not a direction I wanted Bond films to go, but they did.
Frankly, as the film goes on, it plays for laughs, not tension. It only allows itself genuine suspense at the beginning and at the end. In between, it's a fact paced light entertainment travelogue. I think anybody who reads the film or that boat chase as a serious action thriller piece is misreading the film.
I don't know whether Barry took his direction from Lewis Gilbert on what kind of music he wanted on that scene (I suspect he did) or whether he just knew it was too jarring to move so suddenly from a serious action music to that goofy, for laughs waterfall ending. (And it is.)
In short, much as I hate what that movie was, I support how that scene was scored.
But, because it was for light entertainment, it cannot be my favourite 007, no.
I think '007 Takes The Lektor' is the best version. The underwater versions in Thunderball are magnificent, but some pieces of music work better with the smaller orchestra and I think 007 is one of them.
Cheers
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