Track Listing

1. All Time High
2. Bond Look Alike
3. 009 Gets The Knife And Gorbinda 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. Chase Bond
10. Palace Fight
11. All Time High

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20215 in Music
• Released on: 2003-03-31
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
• Original language: English, German, Russian, Spanish
• Dimensions: .23 pounds
• Running time: 36 minutes

Customer Reviews

Lesser known score is still a hit
John Barry is in many ways a victim of his own success. Octopussy is somewhat overshadowed by his great Bond scores of the 1960s, and his swansong, The Living Daylights. It's also not helped by a theme tune that slips right under the radar. This is undeserved. All Time High is a tuneful song with intelligent lyrics performed inoffensively by Rita Coolidge, but it's in the orchestral score that Barry really shines. He suggests India without resorting to cliché, using flutes and careful arrangements rather than the usual ethnic instruments. And that must be a deliberate choice, as Barry has more than once shown himself at home with different musical cultures.

It's just a shame that what is presented here is exactly the same as was available for the original LP in 1983 - there is far more music in the film. The mastering is far better, though.

Great soundtrack
A great soundtrack. John Barry, I think, is a great composer of movie soundtracks. I think all his 007 soundtracks are great. There are relaxing, as well as catchy tunes in this soundtrack. I especially love "All time high" by Rita Coolidge.