Something's Up! Film, TV & Studio Work 1964-1967
āSomethingās Up!āĀ is the ultimate collection of the distinctive, darkly beautiful John Barry Sound ā spy movies, swinging comedies, and social realism.Ā Compiled by Saint Etienne'sĀ Bob Stanley,Ā āSomethingās Up!ā covers the era when London was the driver of popular culture, and John Barry went from being just another British arranger to an actual pop star. The press talked about his E-Type life and called Jane Birkin his āE-Type wifeā.
At the heart of this was his work on the most beloved James Bond films. With 1964ās Goldfinger, 1965's Thunderball and 1967's You Only Live Twice, John Barry made Bond his own; his fame and fortune were secured. Further big commissions like The Ipcress File and The Quiller Memorandum came in, and Barry essentially the sound of the cold war spy movie. They also enabled Barry to pursue more unusual requests ā the tense and controversial short movie Dutchman; Bryan Forbesā tale of isolation and paranoia The Whisperersā for purely artistic reasons. He even tried his hand atĀ advertising work; āThe Girl With The Sun In Her Hairā is taken from a Sunsilk hampoo ad.
Other highlights of āSomethingās Up!ā include not only acknowledged classics (the Bond movies, The Knack, Born Free) but other now-obscure films whose soundtracks (King Rat, The Chase, SĆ©ance on a Wet Afternoon) are more widely discussed than the actual movies.
John Barryās soundtracks were among the first to sell in numbers on record, often irrespective of whether the purchaser had seen the movie. He was a new breed; his music was designed to have a life of its own, on vinyl as well as celluloid. After the success of Ace's āThe More Things Change: TV Film and Studio Work 1968-73ā,Ā āSomethingās Up!āĀ will work a magic all of its own.
Tracklist
1. THE SYNDICATEĀ
2. OUBLIE CAĀ
3. SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON (from the Original Film Soundtrack)
4. TROUBADOUR
5. CHICKEN DELHI COLDĀ
6. BARBRA'S THEMEĀ
7. GOLDFINGERĀ
8. THE CHASEĀ
9. THEME FROM KING RATĀ
10. A MAN ALONEĀ
11. THE KNACKĀ
12. THUNDERBALL
13. MISTER KISS KISS BANG BANG
14. FOUR IN THE MORNINGĀ
15. DANNY SCIPIO THEMEĀ
16. THEME FROM THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM
17. SOMETHING'S UP!Ā
18. THE GIRL WITH THE SUN IN HER HAIR
19. VENDETTAĀ
20. THE WHISPERERSĀ
21. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICEĀ
22. SPACE MARCH (CAPSULE IN SPACE)Ā
23. DUTCHMAN
24. SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON (1966 version from the Great Movie Sounds LP)
25. THEME FROM BORN FREEĀ
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āSomethingās Up!āĀ is the ultimate collection of the distinctive, darkly beautiful John Barry Sound ā spy movies, swinging comedies, and social realism.Ā Compiled by Saint Etienne'sĀ Bob Stanley,Ā āSomethingās Up!ā covers the era when London was the driver of popular culture, and John Barry went from being just another British arranger to an actual pop star. The press talked about his E-Type life and called Jane Birkin his āE-Type wifeā.
At the heart of this was his work on the most beloved James Bond films. With 1964ās Goldfinger, 1965's Thunderball and 1967's You Only Live Twice, John Barry made Bond his own; his fame and fortune were secured. Further big commissions like The Ipcress File and The Quiller Memorandum came in, and Barry essentially the sound of the cold war spy movie. They also enabled Barry to pursue more unusual requests ā the tense and controversial short movie Dutchman; Bryan Forbesā tale of isolation and paranoia The Whisperersā for purely artistic reasons. He even tried his hand atĀ advertising work; āThe Girl With The Sun In Her Hairā is taken from a Sunsilk hampoo ad.
Other highlights of āSomethingās Up!ā include not only acknowledged classics (the Bond movies, The Knack, Born Free) but other now-obscure films whose soundtracks (King Rat, The Chase, SĆ©ance on a Wet Afternoon) are more widely discussed than the actual movies.
John Barryās soundtracks were among the first to sell in numbers on record, often irrespective of whether the purchaser had seen the movie. He was a new breed; his music was designed to have a life of its own, on vinyl as well as celluloid. After the success of Ace's āThe More Things Change: TV Film and Studio Work 1968-73ā,Ā āSomethingās Up!āĀ will work a magic all of its own.
Tracklist
1. THE SYNDICATEĀ
2. OUBLIE CAĀ
3. SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON (from the Original Film Soundtrack)
4. TROUBADOUR
5. CHICKEN DELHI COLDĀ
6. BARBRA'S THEMEĀ
7. GOLDFINGERĀ
8. THE CHASEĀ
9. THEME FROM KING RATĀ
10. A MAN ALONEĀ
11. THE KNACKĀ
12. THUNDERBALL
13. MISTER KISS KISS BANG BANG
14. FOUR IN THE MORNINGĀ
15. DANNY SCIPIO THEMEĀ
16. THEME FROM THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM
17. SOMETHING'S UP!Ā
18. THE GIRL WITH THE SUN IN HER HAIR
19. VENDETTAĀ
20. THE WHISPERERSĀ
21. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICEĀ
22. SPACE MARCH (CAPSULE IN SPACE)Ā
23. DUTCHMAN
24. SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON (1966 version from the Great Movie Sounds LP)
25. THEME FROM BORN FREEĀ
