Description
Octopussy 1983
Octopussy is the soundtrack for the eponymous thirteenth James Bond film. The score was composed by John Barry, the lyrics by Tim Rice. The opening theme, “All Time High” is sung by Rita Coolidge and is one of six Bond film title songs or songs that are not named after film’s title.
Octopussy is the soundtrack for the eponymous thirteenth James Bond film. The score was composed by John Barry, the lyrics by Tim Rice. The opening theme, “All Time High” is sung by Rita Coolidge and is one of six Bond film title songs or songs that are not named after film’s title. The film’s title is taken from a short story in Ian Fleming’s 1966 short story collection Octopussy and The Living Daylights, although the film’s plot is mostly original. It does, however, contain a scene adapted from the Fleming short story “The Property of a Lady” (included in 1967 and later editions of Octopussy and The Living Daylights). The events of the short story “Octopussy” form part of the title character’s background and are recounted by her in the film. Bond is assigned the task of following a megalomaniacal Soviet general who is stealing jewellery and art objects from the Kremlin art repository. This leads Bond to a wealthy exiled Afghan prince, Kamal Khan, and his associate, Octopussy, and the discovery of a plot to force disarmament in Western Europe with the use of a nuclear weapon.
Original Release/2003 Remastered Version:
Tracks:
1. “All Time High” – Rita Coolidge
2. “Bond Look-Alike”
3. “009 Gets the Knife and Gobinda Attacks”
4. “That’s My Little Octopussy”
5. “Arrival at the Island of Octopussy”
6. “Bond at the Monsoon Palace”
7. “Bond Meets Octopussy”
8. “Yo-Yo Fight and Death of Vijay”
9. “The Chase Bomb Theme”
10. “The Palace Fight”
11. “All Time High (Movie Version)” – Rita Coolidge
Video: “All Time High” – Rita Coolidge (Octopussy 1983)
