''GoldenEye: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the United Artists film'' is the soundtrack to the ''

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'' film of the same name and was composed by

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. It was released by

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on November 14, 1995. Serra composed and performed a number of synthesizer tracks, including the radically reworked version of the ''

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'' that plays during the

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, while John Altman and

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provided the more traditional symphonic music. The producers hired composer John Altman to write a more traditional, orchestral score piece for the tank-chase scene in St. Petersburg. Serra's original, unused track for that sequence can still be found on the soundtrack album as "A Pleasant Drive in St. Petersburg". The theme song "

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" was written by

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and

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of rock band U2 and was performed by

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. The song was later covered by

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for the 2010 remake of the '' GoldenEye 007'' video game. The Swedish pop band Ace of Base was also involved at one point, producing a different theme song—also called "GoldenEye"—which does not appear in the film or soundtrack. This song was later released with slightly revised lyrics as "

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" on their 2002 album ''

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'', replacing the word "GoldenEye" with "Juvenile". The soundtrack does not feature the comedic rendition of the

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song "

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" from the film, which was sung by

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. Starr Parodi composed a version of the

for the Goldeneye trailer.

Track listing

# "

" –

# "The GoldenEye Overture: Half of Everything is Luck / The Other Half is Fate / For England, James"Contains the "

", originally composed for the ''Dr. No'' soundtrack. # "Ladies First" # "We Share the Same Passions: The Trip to Cuba / The Same Passions" # "Little Surprise for You: Xenia / D.M. Mishkin" # "The Severnaya Suite: Among the Dead / Out of Hell / The Husky Tribe" # "Our Lady of Smolensk" # "Whispering Statues: Whispers / Two Faced" # "Run, Shoot, and Jump" # "A Pleasant Drive in St. Petersburg" # "Fatal Weakness" # "That's What Keeps You Alone" # "Dish out of Water: A Good Squeeze / The Antenna" # "The Scale to Hell: Boris and the Lethal Pen / I Am Invincible" # "For Ever, James" # "The Experience of Love" –

References

External links

Filmtracks GoldenEye page
{{Authority control Soundtrack albums from James Bond films

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1995 soundtrack albums Films scored by Éric Serra