In the latest Bond Music: Six of the Best episode on Jarrod and Alan check out another set of sounds from the 101 Strings studio with their big-band sound album James Bond Thrillers! featuring music from Dr. No, From Russia With Love, and Goldfinger, plus an assortment of original tunes inspired by the world of Bond. Come join us for some pulstaing fun with music from another dimension right HERE.
In the latest edition Bond Music: Six of the Best show Jarrod and Alan relax with the easy-listening sounds of The Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra, probably one of the most successful soundtrack orchestras that you have never heard of. Come join us as we puzzle over a mysterious “Dr. No” track, while geeking out to an exciting version of OHMSS that makes us wish there had been a 1970s-style Bond cartoon show. You can check out the fun HERE.
Back in October 2022, a special 60th Anniversary concert entitled The Sounds of 007 was held at the Royal Albert Hall. While Alan and Jarrod wished they could have been there with fellow Bond fans to enjoy the event, they instead decided to watch the Amazon Prime show that featured selected highlights, and talk about it on the latest Bond Music: Six of the Best episode. As a bonus, actor John Moss, and writer Ajay Chowdhury shared their thoughts on what it was like to be there on the night. – You can catch the whole discussion HERE.
Over the holiday season we decided to do something a bit different for our Bond Music: Six of the Best Episode. Instead of two people picking six tracks from one album – how about four people picked eight tracks from an album that consisted of four discs? Surely the “ultimate” episode.
The album in question was the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra‘s excellent “The Ultimate James Bond Music Collection” box set. To tackle this extensive retrospective of 007 music Alan and Jarrod were joined by guests Luis Pachon and Matt Raubenheimer.
You can check out which tracks we each selected right HERE.
In the latest episode of the James Bond: Six of the Best podcast, Jarrod and Alan discuss what they listen to when reading Bond stories as we dive into the two-volume “Music To Read James Bond To” vinyl album series from 1965 and 1966. Does one album score over the other, and just what is the Bond connection with some of the track titles? You can follow the discussion, and listen to our track picks HERE.
In the latest episode of Bond Music: Six of the Best, Jarrod takes Alan back to the beginning of their Bond music journey with a fresh look at the 50th Anniversary edition of the Dr. No soundtrack. Click HERE to see if this expanded look at the sounds of the first 007 outing offers them any new insights.
This month Jarrod and Alan broaden their Bond-related listening as they tackle one of the best spy music compilations, Come Spy With Us: The Secret Agent Songbook. While we may be listening to music from, and chatting about, other super spy franchises o the 1960s, there is still a lot of Bond and Fleming-related content. So tune in and find out just how much Jarrod knows about Danger Man and Alan’s sudden revelation about the lyrics to The Silencer.
Jarrod mixes things up as his pick for the latest episode of the Bond Music: Six of the Best podcast only has three tracks – and they are all the same tune. How will Alan react to having to listen to three different versions of the James Bond Theme, and what movies do the boys think would match these interpretations. You can find out HERE.
On the latest episode of Bond Music: Six of the Best show Jarrod and Alan swing to the big band sounds of Count Basie and his orchestra as they reinterpret music cues from the first four Bond movies in their own jazzy style. You can groove along with us by clicking HERE.
Over on the On Her Majesty’s Secret Podcast network the most recent episode of Bond Music: Six of the Best podcast takes a look at the soundtrack to the 1998 Discovery TV documentary series SpyTek, which includes some surprise vocal additions from former 007 along with some fun musical tracks.
You can join Jarrod, Alan, and Roger to check out the fun and tunes HERE.
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