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SOUND OF CINEMA - 436. JOHN BARRY: THE MUSIC OF JAMES BOND (320kbs-m4a/134mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 21st September 2024
For the 60th anniversary of Goldfinger Matthew Sweet is joined by composer and producer David Arnold to dive into John Barry's iconic music for the James Bond films. Together they unpick the music of From Russia With Love, Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Moonraker and the iconic James Bond theme.
Producer: Barnaby Gordon
John Barry - Goldfinger (1964) - Opening Titles [United Artists]
John Barry - From Russia With Love (1963) - Opening Titles [United Artists]
John Barry - You Only Live Twice (1967) - Capsule In Space [United Artists]
John Barry - You Only Live Twice (1967) - Main Theme [United Artists]
John Barry - You Only Live Twice (1967) - Capsule In Space [United Artists]
Monty Norman - Dr. No (1962) - The James Bond Theme [United Artists]
John Barry - From Russia With Love (1963) - 007 [Acrobat Music]
John Barry - Thunderball (1965) - Main Title [United Artists]
John Barry - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - Main Theme, Journey To Draco's Hideaway [United Artists]
John Barry - Moonraker (1979) - Flight Into Space [United Artists]
David Arnold (feat. Leftfield) - Space March
John Barry - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - We Have All The Time In The World [United Artists]
SOUND OF CINEMA - 326. BOND VILLAINS (320kbs-m4a/134mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 9th October 2021
With the recent release of the new James Bond film 'No Time To Die', Matthew Sweet looks back on the music for Bond villains from John Barry to Hans Zimmer. Included in the programme is music for Bond and the villains in 'Goldfinger', 'Dr No', 'On Her Majesty's Sceret Service', 'Spectre', 'You Only Live Twice', 'Moonraker', 'The Spy Who Loved Me', 'Live And Let Die', 'The World Is Not Enough', 'Octopussy', 'A View To A Kill', 'The Living Daylights', 'Tomorrow Never Dies', 'Skyfall', 'Casino Royale', and 'No Time To Die'.
John Barry - Goldfinger (1964) - Oddjob's Pressing Engagement [United Artists]
John Barry - Goldfinger (1964) - Theme (Instrumental Version) [United Artists]
Monty Norman - Dr. No (1962) - Dr. No's Fantasy [EMI]
John Barry - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - Journey To Blofeld's Hideaway [Capitol]
Thomas Newman - Spectre (2015) - Blindfold [Decca]
John Barry - You Only Live Twice (1967) - Mountains And Sunsets [Capitol]
John Barry - Moonraker (1979) - Flight Into Space [EMI]
Johann Sebastian Bach - Air On A G String
George Martin - Live And Let Die (1973) - Baron Samedi's Dance [Atlas Realisations]
David Arnold - The World Is Not Enough (1999) - Elektra's Theme [MCA]
John Barry - Octopussy (1983) - Bond Meets Octopussy [Capitol]
John Barry - A View To A Kill (1985) - He's Dangerous [EMI]
John Barry - The Living Daylights (1987) - Necros Attacks [Warner Bros.]
David Arnold - Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - The Sinking Of The Devonshire [A&M]
Thomas Newman - Skyfall (2012) - She's Mine [Sony Classical]
David Arnold - Casino Royale (2006) - Death Of Vesper [Sony Classical]
David Arnold - Casino Royale (2006) - The Name's Bond, James Bond [Sony Classical]
Hans Zimmer - No Time to Die (2021) - Good To Have You Back [Decca]
Hans Zimmer - No Time to Die (2021) - Matera [Decca]
SOMEBODY DID IT BETTER (320kbs-m4a/126mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 11th April 2020
The story of the many songs that just missed out on a place in the 007 hall of fame.
Samantha Bond (Miss Moneypenny) explains how some of the biggest names in pop music have been rejected in the pursuit of the perfect Bond song.
Producers: Richard Latto & Pete Doherty
Made by BBC Radio Solent and first broadcast in 2015.
THE SOVIET JAMES BOND (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 26th December 2019
In the depths of the Cold War, the Soviets had their own version of James Bond, a superspy whose adventures thrilled readers from Minsk to the Urals.
But whereas Bond enjoyed champagne, gambling and beautiful women, the spy codenamed Stierlitz was a Russian patriot of austere tastes (though he does enjoy vodka and singing Russian songs). In novels like “Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat,” Stierlitz carved a parallel path to that being followed by the great 007.
Spy fan Miles Jupp explores the extraordinary legacy of the Soviet James Bond and his creator Julian Semyonov.
Producer: David Stenhouse
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2014.
THE WOMAN WHO INVENTED JAMES BOND? (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcat: 25th December 2019
He is the most famous spy of all time, a double "O" agent licensed to kill for his country, who has thrilled readers since his debut in 1953.
But could James Bond have been invented by another writer a full seven years before Ian Fleming introduced him to the world?
Miles Jupp investigates the strange case of Bottome...Phyllis Bottome and asks if she is the woman who invented James Bond.
Producer: David Stenhouse
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.
JAMES BOND: LICENCE TO KILT (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 24th December 2019
If you think about Scotland and James Bond you'll inevitably think about Sean Connery but what we want discover in this programme is just how Scottish the character of Bond really is?
In this exploration of 007's Scottish roots, we've assembled a team of experts to delve into Bond's literary birth and explore the life and the characters who inspired his creator, Ian Fleming.
They include biographers, historians, adventurers and even Ian's own nephew Fergus Fleming who has a tale to tell surrounding the retired armourer in Glasgow who went on to inspire Fleming to invent Bond's faithful boffin 'Q'.
You'll hear about the Bond family tree, the so-called 'Connery Effect' on the character and about a legacy, which continues both in print and on screen some 60 years later.
We'll take you on a journey from the Jute mills of Dundee to the high society of Mayfair. From the battlefields of World War II to the sun kissed beaches of Jamaica and from the Hollywood hills all the way back to the Highlands
And we'll answer the question, how Scottish is James Bond?
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in October 2015.
IAN FLEMING - GOLDFINGER (320kbs-m4a/200mb/1hr27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 26th December 2019
Toby Stephens returns as agent 007 James Bond in a thrilling dramatisation of Ian Fleming's 1959 novel, with a glittering cast is led by Ian McKellen in the title role.
Auric Goldfinger is not only a cheat at canasta and golf, he's also an international criminal on a massive scale. His obsession: gold. James Bond is charged by the Bank of England and MI5 to discover what Goldfinger is actually doing with his vast hoards of gold. Is he somehow connected with SMERSH - the feared soviet spy-killing organisation?
When 007 becomes an undercover member of Goldfinger's team he soon learns that the madman's plans are more grandiose than even 'M' could possibly have imagined. Amazingly, robbing Fort Knox is on the agenda - and mass murder...
Directed by Martin Jarvis, with cameo roles by top actors - all delighted to contribute to this remarkable Fleming adventure.
Rosamund Pike plays wacky gang-boss Pussy Galore and Lisa Dillon is the vengeful Tilly Masterton. John Standing returns as 'M'. Tom Hollander, Tim Pigott-Smith and American star Hector Elizondo as New York City mobsters. Bond and Goldfinger are joined in the famous golf game by Alistair McGowan as the caddie, Hawker. Henry Goodman, Ian Ogilvy and Lloyd Owen contribute to the excitement. And Jon David Yu throws his bowler-hat with deadly effect as 'Oddjob'.
Goldfinger ...... Ian McKellen
James Bond ..... Toby Stephens
'M'..... John Standing
Col.Smithers ..... Ian Ogilvy
Pussy Galore ...... Rosamund Pike
Tilly Masterton ..... Lisa Dillon
Johnny Solo ..... Tim Pigott-Smith
Mr Strap ..... Tom Hollander
Du Pont ..... Henry Goodman
Hawker ..... Alistair McGowan
Helmut Springer ..... Hector Elizondo
Felix Leiter ..... Lloyd Owen
Jed Midnight ..... Nigel Anthony
Jill Masterton ..... Anna Louise Plowman
Oddjob ..... Jon David Yu
Alfred ..... Alan Shearman
Nigel ..... Matthew Wolf
Fleming ..... Martin Jarvis
Doctors & Pilot ..... Kyle Stoller
Nurse .....Tracy Pattin
Dramatised by Archie Scottney.
Music composed by Mark Holden and Sam Barbour.
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
Director: Martin Jarvis
A Jarvis & Ayres production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2010.
IAN FLEMING - THUNDERBALL (320kbs-m4a/200mb/1hr27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th December 2019
It's 1959. Blackmail. The western world is in jeopardy. Can James Bond prevent nuclear disaster?
Toby Stephens stars as agent 007.
SPECTRE’s pilot hijacks a Vindicator bomber carrying two atomic bombs. Once its cargo is delivered to the Bahamas, he is killed and the bombs are secreted on board the cruiser Disco Volante. The British Prime Minister receives a letter from criminal mastermind Ernst Blofeld - two major cities will be decimated unless a huge ransom is paid.
Operation Thunderball attempts to recover the nuclear weapons.
M assigns 007 to the Bahamas. He joins forces with CIA’s Felix Leiter. Bond meets Domino - mistress of Blofeld’s second-in-command, Largo and sister of the dead pilot - and recruits her to spy on Largo.
The ransom deadline nears. After an undersea battle Bond locates the bombs en route to the first target. Will nuclear disaster be averted?
Martin Jarvis directs an all-star cast.
James Bond ... Toby Stephens
Largo ... Tom Conti
Blofeld ... Alfred Molina
Domino ... Janet Montgomery
Dr Wain ... John Sessions
Patricia ... Lisa Dillon
Lippe ... James Callis
Leiter ... Josh Stamberg
Governor ... Ian Ogilvy
M ... John Standing
Miss Moneypenny ... Janie Dee
Q ... Julian Sands
Captain Clark ... Nigel Lindsay
Petacchi/Dietl ... Matthew Wolf
Sam ... Alan Shearman
Beresford/Pilot ... Darren Richardson
Kalyagin/Operator ... Aaron Lyons
Santos/Officer ... Simon de Deney
Ian Fleming ... Martin Jarvis
Other parts played by members of the cast
Specially composed music by Mark Holden and Philip Smoot
Dramatised by Archie Scottney
Director: Martin Jarvis
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2016.
IAN FLEMING - FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (320kbs-m4a/199mb/1hr27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 22nd December 2019
It's 1955 and the Russians plan an act of terrorism. Choice of target? James Bond. To be 'killed with ignominy': a major sex scandal will leave his reputation, and that of MI6, in tatters.
Colonel Rosa Klebb of the KGB devises a plan to lure Bond into their trap, using beautiful Corporal Tatiana Romanova as bait - plus a Spektor, the latest Russian decoding device...
Toby Stephens stars as agent 007.
In Archie Scottney's brilliantly evocative 'radio screenplay', we see another side to 007. Unsure of his judgement, can he bring the lovely Tatiana safely to England, along with the precious Spektor? Will the Russians succeed in having Bond killed?
Martin Jarvis directs an all-star cast.
James Bond ...... Toby Stephens
Rosa Klebb ...... Eileen Atkins
General ...... John Sessions
Kerim ...... Tim Pigott-Smith
Kronsteen ...... Mark Gatiss
Major ...... Jon Glover
May ...... Aileen Mowat
'M' ...... John Standing
Moneypenny ...... Janie Dee
'Q' ...... Julian Sands
Manager ...... Matthew Wolf
Tatiana ...... Olga Fedori
Announcer ...... Micky Stratford
Nash ...... Nathaniel Parker
Ian Fleming ...... Martin Jarvis
Other parts played by members of the cast
Specially composed music by Mark Holden and Michael Lopez.
Director: Martin Jarvis
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2012.
IAN FLEMING - LIVE AND LET DIE (320kbs-m4a/200mb/1hr27mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 4th May 2019
Martin Jarvis directs his eighth James Bond for radio. It's 007’s most exotic adventure - New York, Florida, Jamaica - with a stellar international cast, recorded on location in America. Dramatised by Archie Scottney and with Toby Stephens as Bond.
Bond tracks down monstrous Mr Big in Harlem. Big is importing priceless gold coins to finance Russian spy operations and captures Bond. Beautiful, mysterious Solitaire is also a prisoner.
Bond escapes. Solitaire follows. They pursue the source of the gold, first to Florida where Solitaire is captured by Mr Big's minions.
007 continues on to Jamaica. But can he survive the barracudas? Will he rescue Solitaire, recover the treasure and bring Mr Big to justice? Well, there’s a fair chance. He is James Bond!
Cast:
James Bond ... Toby Stephens
Mr Big ... Kevin Daniels
Solitaire ... Rutina Wesley
‘M’ ... John Standing
Leiter ... Josh Stamberg
Tee-Hee ... Michael A. Shepperd
Whisperer/Blabber ... Lovensky Jean-Baptiste
Quarrel ... Ron Cephas Jones
Baldwin ... John Cothran
Strangways ... Jonathan Cake
‘The Robber’ ... James Morrison
Dexter ... JD Cullum
Halloran ... Jake Green
MC/Maitre d’ ... Gilbert Glenn Brown
Connie/Operator ... Anna Louise Plowman
G-G/Waitress ... Janine Barris
Flannel/Conductor ... Larry Powell
Mrs Stuyvesant ... Anna Mathias
Voice of Ian Fleming ... Martin Jarvis
Other parts: Darren Richardson, Alan Shearman, André Sogliuzzo, Matthew Wolf
Written by Ian Fleming
Dramatised by Archie Scottney
Sound Design: Mark Holden
Specially composed music: Mark Holden and Julian Nicholson
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
Director: Martin Jarvis
A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4
IAN FLEMING - DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (320kbs-m4a/199mb/1hr26mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 5th May 2019
An all-star Ian Fleming James Bond adventure, directed by Martin Jarvis and starring Toby Stephens as 007.
Fleming's fourth Bond novel is especially dazzling. Its dark humour encompasses millions of pounds worth of diamonds smuggled out of British mines in Africa. Responsible? Somebody known as ‘ABC’. James Bond is sent undercover by MI6 to New York to follow the pipeline. Masquerading as a courier he meets enticing, ice-cold, Tiffany Case. She stands between Bond and gang-bosses whose criminal diamond business stretches from Sierra Leone, via London, to the gambling tables of Las Vegas.
Bond infiltrates the mob. Horse-racing scams, a car chase, a rigged card game, pursuit by locomotive - Bond and Tiffany endure all. Eventually flown to West Africa, Bond unmasks the ultimate villain.
Archie Scottney’s dramatisation parades a bizarre collection of mafiosi monsters.
James Bond ... Toby Stephens
‘M' ... John Standing
Supt Harris ... Nigel Havers
Rufus B. Saye ... Alan Shearman
Tiffany Case ... Lisa Dillon
‘Shady’ Tree ... Alex Jennings
Felix Leiter ... Josh Stamberg
Ernie Cureo ... Stacy Keach
Mr Spang ... Jared Harris
Sammy ... Kevin Daniels
Rocky and Wint ... Andre Sogliuzzo
Kidd and the Sergeant ... Darren Richardson
Tingaling and Dentist ... Matthew Wolf
Voice of Ian Fleming ... Martin Jarvis
Other parts played by members of the cast
Sound design: Mark Holden
Original music: Mark Holden and Michael Lopez
Director: Martin Jarvis
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
A Jarvis & Ayres production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2015.
IAN FLEMING - ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (320kbs-m4a/199mb/1hr27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 31st March 2019
James Bond seems more interested in gambling at the Casino Royale than tracking down elusive SPECTRE chief Blofeld. Then he meets Tracy, emotionally disturbed daughter of mafia boss Draco.
Now he has a double motive: seek and destroy Blofeld, and prevent Tracy killing herself.
Impersonating a College of Arms official Bond infiltrates Blofeld's Swiss mountain-top lair. He learns that Blofeld and aide Irma Bunt are brainwashing young women. Why? Is biological warfare involved? Backed by 'M' and Draco, Bond mounts an air assault. But can he pin down monstrous Blofeld? And what will happen to Tracy?
Toby Stephens is on top form as 007. A stellar cast includes Joanna Lumley, Alfred Molina, Alex Jennings, Lisa Dillon, John Standing, Janie Dee, Lloyd Owen, Joanna Cassidy, Clare Dunne and Julian Sands, with Jarvis himself as the voice of Fleming.
Specially composed music: Mark Holden and Michael Lopez
Dramatised by Archie Scottney
Director: Martin Jarvis
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
A Jarvis & Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4.
IAN FLEMING - MOONRAKER (320kbs-m4a/199mb/1hr27mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 31st March 2018
Martin Jarvis directs this surprisingly up-to-date, all-star guided missile drama.
It's 1954 and British patriot Sir Hugo Drax (Samuel West) has built an atomic rocket, Moonraker, vital to Britain's defences. It's ready for a trial launch. But after a double-murder, James Bond (Toby Stephens) goes undercover at Moonraker's secret base. He and agent Gala Brand (Katherine Kingsley) discover possible treachery. Can they prevent a catastrophe?
Archie Scottney's compelling dramatization of Ian Fleming's novel is Jarvis and Ayres' seventh Bond on Radio 4. Janie Dee, John Standing and Julian Sands return as Moneypenny, M and Q. Jared Harris is Head of Special Branch, Patricia Hodge a hearty missile expert, Ian Ogilvy a BBC man, and Nigel Anthony is a Peter Lorre-inspired Krebs.
Sound design: Mark Holden
Specially composed music: Mark Holden and Mike Lopez
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
Director: Martin Jarvis
A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 31st October 2015
As the new James Bond movie, "Spectre" reaches cinemas, Matthew Sweet is at London's Barbican Centre as part of "Sound Unbound" to celebrate the great music from this most beloved of movie franchises. Composer Neil Brand joins Matthew to look back over past Bond scores, plus we hear from "Spectre" composer Thomas Newman.