Diamonds Are Forever (soundtrack)
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Diamonds Are Forever is the 1971 soundtrack by John Barry for the seventh James Bond film of the same name.
"Diamonds Are Forever", the title song with lyrics by Don Black, was the second Bond theme to be performed by Shirley Bassey, after "Goldfinger" from the 1964 film of the same name. The song was also recorded in Italian by Bassey as "Una cascata di diamanti (Vivo di diamanti)" for the Italian version's end credits; this version was only issued on 7-inch single in Italy, and was intended to be included in a (cancelled) 3-CD box set titled Shirley released in 2012.[1]
Track listing
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- "Diamonds Are Forever" (Main Title) – sung by Shirley Bassey[2]
- "Bond Meets Bambi and Thumper"[upper-alpha 1]
- "Moon Buggy Ride"
- "Circus, Circus"
- "Death at the Whyte House"
- "Diamonds Are Forever (Source Instrumental)"
- "Diamonds Are Forever (Bond and Tiffany)"
- "Bond Smells a Rat"
- "Tiffany Case"
- "007 and Counting"
- "Q's Trick"
- "To Hell with Blofeld"[upper-alpha 1][upper-alpha 2]
- "Gunbarrel and Manhunt"[upper-alpha 1]
- "Mr. Wint and Mr. KiddTemplate:Nbs/ Bond to Holland"[upper-alpha 1]
- "Peter Franks"
- "Airport SourceTemplate:Nbs/ On the Road"
- "Slumber, Inc."
- "The Whyte House"
- "Plenty, Then Tiffany"
- "Following the Diamonds"
- "Additional and Alternate Cues"
Sampling
The title song is frequently sampled by modern artists:
- "Psychology" by Dead Prez from their 2000 album Let's Get Free.
- "WTF" by LMF (2003)
- "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" – a Grammy Award-winning song by hip hop artist Kanye West. Released on July 4, 2005, as the lead single of his second studio album, Late Registration.[3]
- "Conflict Diamonds" by Lupe Fiasco (2006)
- "Dope Dealer" by Meek Mill featuring Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj from his 2013 mixtape Dreamchasers 3.
Cover versions
- The British band Arctic Monkeys covered the titular song exclusively for Domino Records' compilation CD album, All the Rage.[4]
- German synthpop group Alphaville covered the titular song on their album CrazyShow in 2003. Another cover of the song was later released on the 2022 orchestral album Eternally Yours.
See also
References
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