{"id":507553,"date":"2026-04-01T18:47:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507553\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T18:47:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:47:31","slug":"remastered-soundtrack-an-expanded-remaster-of-the-diamonds-are-forever-soundtrack-is-coming-soon-james-bond-007-mi6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507553\/","title":{"rendered":"Remastered Soundtrack &#8211; An expanded remaster of the Diamonds Are Forever soundtrack is coming soon &#8211; James Bond 007 :: MI6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/default.png\" alt=\"MI6 logo\" class=\"noborder\"\/>\u00a0By MI6 Staff\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>La-La Land Records, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Universal Music Enterprises proudly present the 55th anniversary remastered and expanded 2-CD re-issue of renowned composer John Barry\u2019s original motion picture score to the seventh James Bond film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mi6-hq.com\/sections\/movies\/daf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Diamonds Are Forever&#8217;<\/a>.\u00a0 Produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, the 1971 film stars Sean Connery, after a one-picture absence, as James Bond 007 and is directed by Guy Hamilton, returning for his second film in the series.<\/p>\n<p>Composer John Barry continues on his mission of creating classic Bond music, unleashing another epic orchestral wonder, pulsating with thematic motifs, and swirling all the film\u2019s thundering action, spycraft and sensuous romance into an intoxicating, exhilarating knockout of a score. Included within this 2-CD set is the iconic title song \u201cDiamonds Are Forever\u201d by Barry and lyricist Don Black performed by Shirley Bassey in English and Italian! Expanded beyond previous soundtrack editions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mi6-hq.com\/sections\/movies\/daf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Diamonds Are Forever&#8217;<\/a> sparkles like never before within this deluxe presentation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/music-daf-score-remaster1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Produced by Neil S. Bulk, mixed by Chris Malone and mastered by Doug Schwartz, the release has been sourced from the original 1&#8243; 8-track analog scoring masters. The &#8220;Score Presentation&#8221; reflects the takes and sequencing used for the film, while the &#8220;Original Soundtrack Album&#8221; has been newly edited and replicates the takes, edits and sequencing of the 1971 soundtrack. Alternate versions and additional source cues round out the package.<\/p>\n<p>Limited to 5000 units this release is not expected to be around&#8230; forever.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/music-daf-score-remaster2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>DISC 1 &#8211; 1:08:39<br \/>SCORE PRESENTATION\u00a0<br \/>1. Gun Barrel And Manhunt 3:11<br \/>2. Diamonds Are Forever (Film Version) (Performed by Shirley Bassey) 2:52<br \/>3. Mr. Wint And Mr. Kidd 2:33<br \/>4. Mrs. Whistler And Hovercraft To Holland 2:02<br \/>5. Diamonds Are Forever 3:45<br \/>6. Tiffany Case 3:47<br \/>7. Peter Franks 3:02<br \/>8. Los Angeles To Las Vegas 3:02<br \/>9. Slumber Inc. 2:22<br \/>10. The Whyte House 2:22<br \/>11. Plenty, Then Tiffany 2:28<br \/>12. Circus Circus (Film Version) 2:49<br \/>13. We Lost Her And WW Tectronics 4:06<br \/>14. Stealing The Moon Buggy 1:00<br \/>15. Moon Buggy Ride (Film Version) 3:19<br \/>16. Scaling The Whyte House 1:11<br \/>17. Death At The Whyte House 3:45<br \/>18. Bond Smells A Rat 1:54<br \/>19. Bond Meets Bambi And Thumper (Extended Version) 2:11<br \/>20. Breaststroke Lessons 1:06<br \/>21. Q&#8217;s Trick 2:27<br \/>22. 007 And Counting 3:32<br \/>23. Baja? 2:16<br \/>24. Oil Rig Attack 1:37<br \/>25. To Hell With Blofeld 1:35<br \/>26. Diamonds Are Forever (Extended Version) 2:47<br \/>27. The End Of Mr. Wint And Mr. Kidd :55<\/p>\n<p>ALTERNATE VERSIONS 7:31<br \/>28. Diamonds Are Forever (Alternate) (Performed by Shirley Bassey) 3:18<br \/>29. Moon Buggy Ride (Alternate Segment) 1:59<br \/>30. Bond Meets Bambi And Thumper (Alternate) 2:07<\/p>\n<p>DISC 2 &#8211; \u00a01:15:55<br \/>ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM 34:39<br \/>1. Diamonds Are Forever (Performed by Shirley Bassey) 2:42<br \/>2. Bond Meets Bambi And Thumper 2:06<br \/>3. Moon Buggy Ride 3:14<br \/>4. Circus Circus 2:56<br \/>5. Death At The Whyte House 3:45<br \/>6. Diamonds Are Forever 3:45<br \/>7. Diamonds Are Forever 2:33<br \/>8. Bond Smells A Rat 1:54<br \/>9. Tiffany Case 3:46<br \/>10. 007 And Counting 3:32<br \/>11. Q&#8217;s Trick 2:26<br \/>12. To Hell With Blofeld 1:35<\/p>\n<p>ADDITIONAL MUSIC 14:26<br \/>13. Slumber Inc. (Wild Organ) 1:48<br \/>14. Hotel Tropicana :40<br \/>15. The Whyte House (Extended Version) 4:27<br \/>16. Circus Circus (With Overlays) 2:57<br \/>17. Water Balloons 3:42<br \/>18. Zambora :44<\/p>\n<p>BONUS TRACK<br \/>19. Vivo di diamanti (Performed by Shirley Bassey) 2:42<br \/>TOTAL DISC 2 TIME: 51:57<br \/>TOTAL ALBUM TIME: 2:08:08<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tShare The Story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0By MI6 Staff La-La Land Records, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Universal Music Enterprises proudly present the 55th anniversary remastered and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-507553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}