- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “… Come Watch For De Moon …”
- 2 “… but oh, you haunted me so …”
- 3 “… the Midas touch—a spider’s touch …”
- 4 “… he looks at this world and wants it all …”
- 5 “… well, it takes my breath away …”
- 6 “… make one dream come true …”
- 7 “… we have all the time in the world …”
- 8 “… touch it, stroke it and undress it …”
- 9 “… you gotta give the other fellow hell …”
- 10 “… an assassin that’s second to none …”
- 11 “… nobody does it better … ”
- 12 “ … that moonlight trail that leads to your side … ”
- 13 “… you see what no one else can see … ”
- 14 “… hold on tight, let the flight begin …”
- 15 “… though I know there’s danger there, I don’t care …”
- 16 “… until we dance into the fire …”
- 17 “… the living’s in the way we die … “
- 18 “… and you know I’m going straight for your heart …”
- 19 “… time is not on your side …”
- 20 “… until the world falls away …”
- 21 “… no point in living if you can’t feel alive …”
- 22 “… it’s not my time to go …”
- 23 “… the coldest blood runs through my veins …”
- 24 “… a door left open, a woman walking by …”
- Afterword
- Appendix 1: James Bond Scores on LP and CD
- Appendix 2: The Bond Songs That Never Were
- Bibliography
- Photo Credits
- Index
“… the Midas touch—a spider’s touch …”
“… the Midas touch—a spider’s touch …”
Goldfinger
- Chapter:
- (p.35) 3 “… the Midas touch—a spider’s touch …”
- Source:
- The Music of James Bond
- Author(s):
Jon Burlingame
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
As Bondmania begins to grip the globe, the film producers trust John Barry for all of the music, including the song: Barry collaborates with London friends and fellow songwriters Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse to write the title song for Goldfinger. Barry hires Welsh-born Shirley Bassey to belt out the tune, which helps to propel the soundtrack album to no. 1 in the U.S. in the spring of 1965, topping both The Beatles and the Mary Poppins soundtrack. Nearly all of Barry's dramatic underscore is based on the song, with variations that range from romantic to powerful.
Keywords: John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley, Goldfinger, Shirley Bassey, Guy Hamilton, Michael Caine, United Artists, John Scott
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “… Come Watch For De Moon …”
- 2 “… but oh, you haunted me so …”
- 3 “… the Midas touch—a spider’s touch …”
- 4 “… he looks at this world and wants it all …”
- 5 “… well, it takes my breath away …”
- 6 “… make one dream come true …”
- 7 “… we have all the time in the world …”
- 8 “… touch it, stroke it and undress it …”
- 9 “… you gotta give the other fellow hell …”
- 10 “… an assassin that’s second to none …”
- 11 “… nobody does it better … ”
- 12 “ … that moonlight trail that leads to your side … ”
- 13 “… you see what no one else can see … ”
- 14 “… hold on tight, let the flight begin …”
- 15 “… though I know there’s danger there, I don’t care …”
- 16 “… until we dance into the fire …”
- 17 “… the living’s in the way we die … “
- 18 “… and you know I’m going straight for your heart …”
- 19 “… time is not on your side …”
- 20 “… until the world falls away …”
- 21 “… no point in living if you can’t feel alive …”
- 22 “… it’s not my time to go …”
- 23 “… the coldest blood runs through my veins …”
- 24 “… a door left open, a woman walking by …”
- Afterword
- Appendix 1: James Bond Scores on LP and CD
- Appendix 2: The Bond Songs That Never Were
- Bibliography
- Photo Credits
- Index
