Never Say Never Again
- Lukas Kendall
- 6 days ago
- 1 min read
Congrats to La-La Land Records as they make their way through the James Bond catalog, this time with a long overdue 2CD set of Michel Legrand’s score to Never Say Never Again.
At last—the “horse chase” music, which I know now is “Escape From Palmyra (Film Version).” (I never realized there’s evidently an alternate of this on the album, also called “Escape From Palmyra.”) What a catchy piece!
And yeah, they actually dropped a horse in the ocean—1980s moviemaking:
This movie—oy! The best Bond ever, bribed beyond words to put the tux and toupee on, and it’s like French farce. What the hell was anybody thinking? You want the tongue in cheek, not planted in the audience’s eye.
The score is unfortunately a big problem in the movie, but I love Legrand and I love it away from the film. And very glad to have this release, thanks La-La Land!
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