The album was first released by United Artists Records in 1965 in both monaural and stereo editions, with a CD release in 1988. The music was composed and conducted by John Barry, and performed by the John Barry Orchestra. This was Barry's third soundtrack for the series. The soundtrack was still being recorded when it came time for the album to be released, so the LP only featured twelve tracks from earlier in the film; an expanded edition with six bonus tracks was released for the first time when the album was reissued on Compact Disc on 25 February 2003 as part of the "James Bond Remastered" collection. Additionally, the music in the film was unfinished days before the film's release in theatres due to a late change by Eon Productions to use a title song with the same name as the film.
The original main title theme to Thunderball was titled "Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang", which was written by John Barry and Leslie Bricusse. The title was taken from an Italian journalist who in 1962 dubbed agent 007 as "Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang". Barry had thought he could not write a song about a vague "Thunderball" term or the film's story, so his song was a description of the character James Bond.
The song was originally recorded by Shirley Bassey. When there were concerns with the length of the track compared to the needed titles, it was later rerecorded by Dionne Warwick as Bassey was not available and featured a longer instrumental opening designed so the lyrics would not be heard until after the title "Thunderball" appeared in Maurice Binder's title design. Both versions were not released until the 1990s. The song was removed from the title credits after United Artists requested that the theme song contain the film's title in its lyrics. When it was planned to use the Warwick version in the end titles Shirley Bassey sued the producers with the result being that neither version was heard in the film and different instrumental versions of the theme appeared on the High Fidelity (Bassey's) and Stereo (Warwick's) soundtrack LPs.
Barry teamed up with lyricist Don Black and wrote "Thunderball" in a rush. Tom Jones, who sang the new theme song, allegedly fainted in the recording booth after singing the song's final, high note. Jones said of the final note, "I closed my eyes and I held the note for so long when I opened my eyes the room was spinning."
Country musician Johnny Cash also submitted a song to Eon productions titled "Thunderball" but it wasn't used. The lyrics of Cash's "Thunderball" describe the film's story.
The producers' decision to change the film's theme song so close to the release date meant that only some of the film's soundtrack had been recorded for release on LP. Adding to the delay issues, Barry had written large amounts of the score around the original theme and woven it throughout the score (along with the recurring underwater "Search For Vulcan" motif). After "Thunderball" was written, Barry wrote, orchestrated, and recorded several new pieces interpolating it. Barry's scores always included a track which gave the film's theme song a full statement in the form of a sensitive, slowed-down instrumental ballad, often played over a romantic moment or a scene set in a nightclub or casino[citation needed]; he re-arranged "Thunderball" as a lush, subtly jazzy orchestral piece in the easy listening style that was popular at the time.
Though "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" was dropped as the theme song, some of the pieces which included its melody remained part of the score, and it receives full statements twice: by full orchestra and jazz rhythm quartet with bass, drums, guitar, and vibraphone in the track "Café Martinique" (immediately followed by the "Vulcan" cue), and as a wild, bongo-laden cha-cha-cha in "Death of Fiona." The scene which includes the latter takes place at Club Kiss Kiss, and features the bongo drumming of bandleader King Errisson. Because Thunderball's score had, essentially, two main themes to work from, as well as the "Search For Vulcan" cue, the "007 Theme" and the "James Bond Theme," it is arguably the richest of the early Bond scores, thematically speaking. - Wikipedia
The original main title theme to Thunderball was titled "Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang", which was written by John Barry and Leslie Bricusse. The title was taken from an Italian journalist who in 1962 dubbed agent 007 as "Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang". Barry had thought he could not write a song about a vague "Thunderball" term or the film's story, so his song was a description of the character James Bond.
The song was originally recorded by Shirley Bassey. When there were concerns with the length of the track compared to the needed titles, it was later rerecorded by Dionne Warwick as Bassey was not available and featured a longer instrumental opening designed so the lyrics would not be heard until after the title "Thunderball" appeared in Maurice Binder's title design. Both versions were not released until the 1990s. The song was removed from the title credits after United Artists requested that the theme song contain the film's title in its lyrics. When it was planned to use the Warwick version in the end titles Shirley Bassey sued the producers with the result being that neither version was heard in the film and different instrumental versions of the theme appeared on the High Fidelity (Bassey's) and Stereo (Warwick's) soundtrack LPs.
Barry teamed up with lyricist Don Black and wrote "Thunderball" in a rush. Tom Jones, who sang the new theme song, allegedly fainted in the recording booth after singing the song's final, high note. Jones said of the final note, "I closed my eyes and I held the note for so long when I opened my eyes the room was spinning."
Country musician Johnny Cash also submitted a song to Eon productions titled "Thunderball" but it wasn't used. The lyrics of Cash's "Thunderball" describe the film's story.
The producers' decision to change the film's theme song so close to the release date meant that only some of the film's soundtrack had been recorded for release on LP. Adding to the delay issues, Barry had written large amounts of the score around the original theme and woven it throughout the score (along with the recurring underwater "Search For Vulcan" motif). After "Thunderball" was written, Barry wrote, orchestrated, and recorded several new pieces interpolating it. Barry's scores always included a track which gave the film's theme song a full statement in the form of a sensitive, slowed-down instrumental ballad, often played over a romantic moment or a scene set in a nightclub or casino[citation needed]; he re-arranged "Thunderball" as a lush, subtly jazzy orchestral piece in the easy listening style that was popular at the time.
Though "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" was dropped as the theme song, some of the pieces which included its melody remained part of the score, and it receives full statements twice: by full orchestra and jazz rhythm quartet with bass, drums, guitar, and vibraphone in the track "Café Martinique" (immediately followed by the "Vulcan" cue), and as a wild, bongo-laden cha-cha-cha in "Death of Fiona." The scene which includes the latter takes place at Club Kiss Kiss, and features the bongo drumming of bandleader King Errisson. Because Thunderball's score had, essentially, two main themes to work from, as well as the "Search For Vulcan" cue, the "007 Theme" and the "James Bond Theme," it is arguably the richest of the early Bond scores, thematically speaking. - Wikipedia
ARTIST/COMPOSER
John Barry
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LABEL
EMI-Manhattan Records - CDP 7 90628 2
FORMAT
FORMAT
CD, Album, Reissue
COUNTRY
COUNTRY
US
RELEASED
RELEASED
© 1988
TRACK LISTING
01. Thunderball - Main Title
02. Chateau Flight
03. The Spa04. Switching The Body
05. The Bomb
06. Cafe Martinique
07. Thunderball
08. Death of Fiona
09. Bond Below Disco Volante
10. Search For Vulcan
11. 007
12. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
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John Barry
LABEL
LABEL
Capitol Records - 72435-80589-2-5
FORMAT
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CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
COUNTRY
COUNTRY
US
RELEASED
RELEASED
© 2003
TRACK LISTING
01. Thunderball - Main Title
02. Chateau Flight
03. The Spa
04. Switching The Body
05. The Bomb
06. Cafe Martinique
07. Thunderball
08. Death of Fiona
09. Bond Below Disco Volante
10. Search For Vulcan
11. 007
12. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks:
13. Gunbarrel/Traction Table/Gassing The Plane/Car Chase
14. Bond Meets Domino/Shark Tank/Lights Out For Paula/For King and Country
15. Street Chase
16. Finding The Plane/Underwater Ballet/Bond With Spectre Frogmen/Leiter To The Rescue/Bond Joins Underwater Battle
17. Underwater Mayhem/Death of Largo/End Titles
18. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Mono)
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Various Artists
LABEL
LABEL
EMI Records - 0777 798413 2 5
FORMAT
FORMAT
CD, Compilation
COUNTRY
COUNTRY
Europe
RELEASED
RELEASED
© 1992
TRACK LISTING
01. James Bond Theme
02. Goldfinger
03. Nobody Does It Better
04. A View To A Kill
05. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
06. For Your Eyes Only
07. We Have All The Time In The World
08. Live and Let Die
09. All Time High
10. The Living Daylights
11. Licence To Kill
12. From Russia With Love
13. Thunderball
14. You Only Live Twice
15. Moonraker
16. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
17. The Man With The Golden Gun
18. Diamonds Are Forever
19. 007
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ARTIST/COMPOSER
Various Artists
LABEL
LABEL
EMI Records - 0777-7-98560-2 2
FORMAT
FORMAT
CDx2, Compilation, Limited Edition
COUNTRY
COUNTRY
US
RELEASED
RELEASED
© 1992
TRACK LISTING
Disc 1/2
01. James Bond Theme
02. From Russia With Love
03. Goldfinger
04. Thunderball
05. You Only Live Twice
06. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
07. Diamonds Are Forever
08. Live and Let Die
09. The Man With The Golden Gun
10. Nobody Does It Better
11. Moonraker
12. For Your Eyes Only
13. All Time High
14. A View To A Kill
15. The Living Daylights
16. Licence To Kill
Disc 2/2
01. James Bond Theme
02. 007
03. Goldfinger
04. Pussy Galore's Flying Circus
05. Golden Girl
06. Death of Tilley
07. The Laser Beam
08. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
09. Thunderball Suite
10. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
11. You Only Live Twice (Demo Version)
12. You Only Live Twice (Radio Spot)
13. We Have All The Time In The World
14. Thunderball (Radio Spot)
15. Live and Let Die (Radio Spot)
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Various Artists
LABEL
LABEL
Capitol Records - 7243 5 23294 2 7
FORMAT
FORMAT
CD, Compilation
COUNTRY
COUNTRY
Europe
RELEASED
RELEASED
© 1999
TRACK LISTING
01. James Bond Theme
02. Goldfinger
03. Nobody Does It Better
04. A View To A Kill
05. For Your Eyes Only
06. We Have All The Time In The World
07. Live and Let Die
08. All Time High
09. The Living Daylights
10. Licence To Kill
11. From Russia With Love
12. Thunderball
13. You Only Live Twice
14. Moonraker
15. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
16. The Man With The Golden Gun
17. Diamonds Are Forever
18. Goldeneye
19. Tomorrow Never Dies
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Various Artists
LABEL
LABEL
Capital Records - 72435-40554-2-3
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CD, Compilation
COUNTRY
COUNTRY
Europe
RELEASED
RELEASED
© 2002
TRACK LISTING
01. James Bond Theme
02. Goldfinger
03. Nobody Does It Better
04. A View To A Kill
05. For Your Eyes Only
06. We Have All The Time In The World
07. Live and Let Die
08. All Time High
09. The Living Daylights
10. Licence To Kill
11. From Russia With Love
12. Thunderball
13. You Only Live Twice
14. Moonraker
15. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
16. The Man With The Golden Gun
17. Diamonds Are Forever
18. Goldeneye
19. Tomorrow Never Dies
20. The World Is Not Enough
21. James Bond Theme
22. James Bond Theme (Goldeneye Trailer Version)
02. Goldfinger
03. Nobody Does It Better
04. A View To A Kill
05. For Your Eyes Only
06. We Have All The Time In The World
07. Live and Let Die
08. All Time High
09. The Living Daylights
10. Licence To Kill
11. From Russia With Love
12. Thunderball
13. You Only Live Twice
14. Moonraker
15. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
16. The Man With The Golden Gun
17. Diamonds Are Forever
18. Goldeneye
19. Tomorrow Never Dies
20. The World Is Not Enough
21. James Bond Theme
22. James Bond Theme (Goldeneye Trailer Version)
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ARTIST/COMPOSER
Various Artists
LABEL
LABEL
Capitol Records - 509992 43352 25
FORMAT
FORMAT
CD, Compilation
COUNTRY
COUNTRY
US
RELEASED
RELEASED
© 2008
TRACK LISTING
01. James Bond Theme
02. From Russia With Love
03. Goldfinger
04. Thunderball
05. You Only Live Twice
06. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
07. We Have All The Time In The World
08. Diamonds Are Forever
09. Live and Let Die
10. The Man With The Golden Gun
11. Nobody Does It Better
12. Moonraker
13. For Your Eyes Only
14. All Time High
15. A View To A Kill
16. The Living Daylights
17. Licence To Kill
18. GoldenEye
19. Tomorrow Never Dies
20. Surrender
21. The World Is Not Enough
22. Die Another Day
23. You Know My Name
Bonus Track
24. James Bond Theme (Previously Unreleased)
02. From Russia With Love
03. Goldfinger
04. Thunderball
05. You Only Live Twice
06. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
07. We Have All The Time In The World
08. Diamonds Are Forever
09. Live and Let Die
10. The Man With The Golden Gun
11. Nobody Does It Better
12. Moonraker
13. For Your Eyes Only
14. All Time High
15. A View To A Kill
16. The Living Daylights
17. Licence To Kill
18. GoldenEye
19. Tomorrow Never Dies
20. Surrender
21. The World Is Not Enough
22. Die Another Day
23. You Know My Name
Bonus Track
24. James Bond Theme (Previously Unreleased)
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