"Bond. Jame Bond."
As uttered on-screen by Sean Connery, on October 5th, 1962 at the London Pavillion. This would become the start of a multi-movie phenomenon that would span generations of fans. From 6 main actors, 2 unofficial movies
, countless allies in the U.K., the U.S., and around the world...to the many villains and henchmen, to the exclusive 'Bond Girls' club, and right down to the spectacular open sequence to the London 2012 Olympics...it's simply amazing to to see this milestone.
I'm sure you will see countless articles in the news and online this weekend about this wonderful feat, but I figured I'd share my own little bit of BOND trivia...taken from the sleeve of the 30th Anniversary Soundtrack in 1992:
"...It was a Friday night phone call from Noel Rodgers, head of music at United Artists, that put John Barry to work on the orchestration of Monty Norman's 2-minute composition that would become 'The James Bond Theme' for the "Dr. No" soundtrack. Barry - then hot in England with his John Barry Seven jazz group - only know of the Bond character from its appearance in a London newspaper comic strip. For a fee of less than $1000, [and] without the benefit of 1st viewing the movie, and borrowing from his own previously-recorded "Bea's Knees" instrumental, Barry arranged the track on short notice. And what a track it was. The tune hit #13 in the U.K. charts, and Barry would be called back to score 11 James Bond movies over the course of the Bond Series."
Happy 50th Anniversary to '007' James Bond. Hope the rest of you enjoy the "James Bond Theme". :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMXxG9A1nzE
