You Only Live Twice (soundtrack)

You Only Live Twice
Soundtrack album by John Barry
Released	July 1967
Recorded	April 1967
Length	34:12
Label	United Artists
Producer	Frank Collura (Reissue)
John Barry chronology
The Wrong Box (1966) You Only Live Twice (1967) Boom! (1968) James Bond soundtrack chronology Thunderball (1965) You Only Live Twice (1967) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

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You Only Live Twice is the soundtrack for the 5th James Bond film of the same name. It was composed by Bond veteran, John Barry. At the time, this was his fourth credited Bond film. The theme song, "You Only Live Twice", was sung by Nancy Sinatra, with music by John Barry and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. The incidental score for the film is regarded as among the finest of John Barry's scores for the James Bond series. 'Capsule in Space', an impressionistic cue of layered piano and strings ostinatos, is probably the most famous piece of incidental music from the Bond series after '007'. The soundtrack has previously been available in two versions on CD - the first, a straight re-issue of the LP soundtrack, and the second an expanded re-issue including several previously unreleased tracks.

Alternative theme

An earlier recording of the theme song, with different lyrics and sung by an uncredited Julie Rogers, was included in the James Bond 30th Anniversary 2-CD boxed set, cited as a "demo." Rogers never thought it was a demo, but a finished version for the film. After this version was recorded, the producers sought out Nancy Sinatra for the vocal, and Barry re-orchestrated the song to suit her range. An alternative example of the title song (also called "You Only Live Twice" and sung by Lorraine Chandler) was discovered in the vaults of RCA records in the 1990s. Possibly intended as a demo for consideration by the film's producers, it can be found on compilations such as Rare, Collectable, and Soulful Vol. 2. Little Anthony & The Imperials recorded a rendition of the song for United Artists Records as well. It appeared on their 1967 album, Movie Grabbers on the label's Veep Records subsidiary that year, and was released as single from that album.

Track listing

1. "You Only Live Twice (Main Title)" – Nancy Sinatra
2. "Capsule in Space"
3. "Fight at Kobe Dock/Helga"
4. "Tanaka's World"
5. "A Drop in the Ocean"
6. "The Death of Aki"
7. "Mountains and Sunsets"
8. "The Wedding"
9. "James Bond – Astronaut?"
10. "Countdown for Blofeld"
11. "Bond Averts World War Three"
12. "You Only Live Twice (End Title)" – Nancy Sinatra
13. "James Bond in Japan"
14. "Aki, Tiger and Osato"
15. "Little Nellie"
16. "Soviet Capsule"
17. "SP.E.C.T.R.E. and Village"
18. "James Bond – Ninja"
19. "Twice Is the Only Way to Live"

Tracks 13 to 19 were added later, as a bonus, to the complete version of the original soundtrack upon its digitally remastered CD rerelease.

Twice Is the Only Way to Live was the final track on the original UK version of the soundtrack. It was also included on the United Artists soundtrack compilation Ten Golden Years (1968). On certain releases of the You Only Live Twice soundtrack album, the alternate 007 theme is included. It is heard within the film when Little Nellie is being constructed and continues to play until three or four SP.E.C.T.R.E. helicopters encounter Bond, at which point the music changes to the James Bond Theme.

The theme Kronos Unveiled from the score of Pixar's 2004 film The Incredibles bears a close resemblance to the track Capsule in Space (reprised in Soviet Capsule), while the film's trailer had used John Barry's original On Her Majesty's Secret Service theme.

Propellerheads' cover of Barry's On Her Majesty's Secret Service with David Arnold also incorporates, in its full 9-minute version, Capsule in Space as a central segue.