Monty Norman, composer of the James Bond theme, dies at 94 - Printable Version
+- SG Talk (https://sgtalk.net)
+-- Forum: SG Talk (https://sgtalk.net/Forum-SG-Talk)
+--- Forum: Market Talk (https://sgtalk.net/Forum-Market-Talk)
+--- Thread: Monty Norman, composer of the James Bond theme, dies at 94 (/Thread-Monty-Norman-composer-of-the-James-Bond-theme-dies-at-94)
+- SG Talk (https://sgtalk.net)
+-- Forum: SG Talk (https://sgtalk.net/Forum-SG-Talk)
+--- Forum: Market Talk (https://sgtalk.net/Forum-Market-Talk)
+--- Thread: Monty Norman, composer of the James Bond theme, dies at 94 (/Thread-Monty-Norman-composer-of-the-James-Bond-theme-dies-at-94)
Monty Norman, composer of the James Bond theme, dies at 94 - Levin - 12-07-2022
yesterday
......
Norman was hired by producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli to compose a theme for the first James Bond film, “Dr. No,” released in 1962.
He drew on a piece he had written for a proposed musical adaptation of V.S. Naipaul’s “A House for Mr. Biswas,” shifting the key riff from sitar to electric guitar. The result — twangy, propulsive, menacing — has been used in all 25 Bond thrillers.
Producers hired composer John Barry to rearrange the theme, and Barry was widely assumed to have written it — to Norman’s chagrin.
https://apnews.com/article/monty-norman-composer-obit-1e8729ed00699e63e0f111084e07db4a