Roy Budd Soundtracks

Polar Bear 0007Polar Bear 0007 CanadaPosts: 129MI6 Agent
I am a big Roy Budd fan. I own all his soundtracks and would have loved him to have done a Bond film. His Get Carter soundtrack is a classic.......

I can only imagine what Roy Budd would have done with MWTGG or Live and Let Die.
This is where we leave you Mr. Bond. (Pilot, Apollo Airlines)

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  • BIG TAMBIG TAM Wrexham, North Wales, UK.Posts: 773MI6 Agent
    Yes, Roy Budd's brilliant. Britain's answer to Lalo Schifrin, I reckon. I agree totally he'd have done a great Bond soundtrack. He knew how to fuse jazz with a sinister classical orchestration in the same way as John Barry. Both sorely missed talents.

    For anyone who doesn't know his work - the classic GET CARTER aside - check out THE BLACK WINDMILL, THE INTERNECINE PROJECT & FEAR IS THE KEY. The epic nine minute Car Chase track from FEAR IS THE KEY is outstanding.
  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,598MI6 Agent
    My mum had some vague association with Roy Budd. He was raised in Mitcham, south London, or close to.
    She shared the same piano teacher, some old dragon called Mrs Clarke, who was still teaching piano in her 80s when my brother tried to learn the keys.
    The Get Carter theme has materialized on an advert on British TV recently (I can't remember which, I don't watch much TV).
    I think he'd have done a brilliant job on a 007 soundtrack, except the movies of the seventies (when he was in his pomp) were not very suitable to his very minimalist style.
  • Akbar SharAkbar Shar LondonPosts: 58MI6 Agent
    The Wild Geese, great soundtrack for a great movie !
    ...one hundred caratsh rough!
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