User:Mondotta/Junk

"For the soundtrack, I was asked to capture the flavor of the '50s/'60s spy genre, without infringing on any existing copyrights. Believe it or not, at first I was told to limit my use of brass instruments (this directive came to me through the grapevine via the Bond franchise). That is like being asked to produce a blues album without guitars! The powers that be quickly got over the legal paranoia, however. I did have one theme refused because of a subtle P5, m6, M6 melodic progression (made famous by composer John Barry), even though I thought it was the least "Bond-ish" of my themes. Actually, I drew more influence from German composer Peter Thomas, whose film scores have more of the lighthearted feel that we were after. The Barbarella soundtrack was also required listening."

— Guy Whitmore