Short Version of 007 Theme

xxx-xxxxxx-xxx Posts: 1MI6 Agent
Hi everybody,

I just joined this forum because I'm writing an essay on the 007 theme.

When transcribing the tune I noticed the 8 bars of the famous Da Di Di Dum towards the end of the piece may have been inserted there last minute. The final build-up has been interrupted to lengthen the theme possibly to match the length of opening credits.

I was wondering what you guys think about it.

I edited the original theme and uploaded it without the 8 bars here:
http://youtu.be/YZfvuRUdP9E

And the original theme is here:
http://youtu.be/hOMnWh1I4LQ

Comments

  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,690MI6 Agent
    xxx-xxx wrote:
    Hi everybody,

    I just joined this forum because I'm writing an essay on the 007 theme.

    When transcribing the tune I noticed the 8 bars of the famous Da Di Di Dum towards the end of the piece may have been inserted there last minute. The final build-up has been interrupted to lengthen the theme possibly to match the length of opening credits.

    I was wondering what you guys think about it.

    I edited the original theme and uploaded it without the 8 bars here:
    http://youtu.be/YZfvuRUdP9E

    And the original theme is here:
    http://youtu.be/hOMnWh1I4LQ

    Interesting to the musicologist. I've not heard this theory before - are you writing a thesis, pray tell, xxx-xxx?
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,317Chief of Staff
    The version used in the DN titles was indeed edited and spliced.

    Btw, this tune is called the "James Bond Theme". The "007" theme is a different piece- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlwIZPXgjYY
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