Audio CD review:
Burt Bacharach - Casino Royale: An Original Soundtrack Recording

Burt Bacharach - Casino Royale: An Original Soundtrack Recording

Band: Burt Bacharach Title: Casino Royale: An Original Soundtrack Recording Rating: Release Date: 14 September, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Casino Royal Theme (Main Title) - Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass 2: The Look Of Love - Dusty Springfield 3: Money Penny Goes For Broke 4: Le Chiffre's Torture Of The Mind 5: Home James, Don't Spare The Horses 6: Sir James' Trip To Find Mata 7: The Look Of Love (Instrumental) 8: Hi There Miss Goodthighs 9: Little French Boy 10: Flying Saucer-First Stop Berlin 11: The Venerable Sir James Bond 12: Dream On James, You're Winning 13: The Big Cowboys And Indian Fights At Casino Royale/Casino Royal Theme (Reprise) - Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass

Editoral Review At the very height of '60s Bondmania, this sprawling, big-budget parody turned the trick, complete with an all-star cast of multiple, dueling Bonds and a bubbly romp of a musical score by Burt Bacharach. The Austin Powers series was hardly the first to spoof James Bond. Indeed, this swingin' slice of '60s pop kitsch seems to have inspired much of Mike Myers's own later Powers musical tack. Anchored by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass' jaunty main theme and the Brazilian jazz inflections of Dusty Springfield's sublime interpretation of Bacharach's evergreen "The Look of Love," the collection bounds merrily from blaring orchestral action flourishes through Bacharach's own savory takes on jazz-pop and musical send-ups of everything from vaudeville to international pomp and circumstance. It's a dizzy, lighthearted delight from first track to last. --Jerry McCulley .. You can see a complete list of all Burt Bacharach discography, or go back to the Burt Bacharach tabs