Their books and articles are cited in the endnotes and bibliography, and I encourage readers to seek out their work as the trustworthy chroniclers of the filmed adventures of James Bond. John Cork, Steven Jay Rubin, Lee Pfeiffer, Graham Rye, Ajay Chowdhury and Danny Biederman, all widely published and internationally renowned 007 authorities who offered assistance and in some cases supplied obscure or unpublished interviews that were immensely helpful. David Arnold, who not only wrote the last five Bond scores but shares my passion for the music of John Barry, and who was kind enough to put me in touch with Sir George Martin and several of his Bond collaborators of the 1990s and beyond. Laurie Barry, widow of John, who supported this project from the start and whose kindness (dating back nearly 25 years) allowed me to interview her very private husband often and visit their Oyster Bay, New York, home on two memorable occasions. Craig Henderson, one of the nation’s leading experts on spy movies and TV, who first engaged me to write about this subject more than 40 years ago and whose website is an oasis of intelligent cultural and historical insight on the web. His generosity is boundless, and he shared with me his time, knowledge and collection of Barry material throughout the process of writing this book. Among them: Geoff Leonard, coauthor of the definitive John Barry biography, keeper of the website, and perhaps the world’s leading expert on the life and career of the composer. I am enormously grateful to all of those who agreed to interviews (whose words you will read throughout the book, and who are cited throughout the endnotes) and the many others who have assisted me with research, photographs, contacts and favors. ” Quantum of Solace 246 Afterword 256 Appendix 1: The Bond Soundtrack Albums 259 Appendix 2: The Bond Songs That Never Were 263 Endnotes 267 Bibliography 281 Index 285Īcknowledgments Although I am the sole author of this book, I am also the first to say that I have had a lot of help-in fact, more than in any of my three previous books. no point in living if you can’t feel alive. and you know I’m going straight for your heart. though I know there’s danger there, I don’t care. that moonlight trail that leads to your side.

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