''The World Is Not Enough'' is the 1999 soundtrack of the 19th

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film of the same name and the second Bond soundtrack composed by

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. The score features more instances of

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, which Arnold included to "make the thing a little more contemporary". To add an ethnic flavor to tracks that conveyed the film's

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setting, Arnold brought in percussionist

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, qanun player Abdullah Chhadeh, and singer

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. Arnold broke tradition by not ending the film with a new song or a reprise of the opening theme. Originally, Arnold intended to use the song "Only Myself to Blame", written by

& Don Black and sung by Scott Walker and inspired by the failed romance between

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, who turns out to be a villain. However, director

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"felt it was too much of a downer for the end of the movie" and Arnold replaced it with a techno remix of the "

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". "Only Myself to Blame", is the nineteenth and final track on the album. The soundtrack was recorded across six days in September 1999 by an 83-piece orchestra conducted by Arnold collaborator Nicholas Dodd. Dodd described ''The World Is Not Enough'' as his favorite Bond score. Elektra King was provided with her own theme, most prominently heard in "Casino," "Elektra's Theme" and "I Never Miss." Arnold added two new themes to the Bond repertoire with this score, both of which are reused in ''

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''. The first is an action theme, performed on the upper-registers of the piano, heard during "Pipeline" and "Submarine." The second is a romance theme, first heard in the film during the skiing sequence, but not heard here until the "Christmas in Turkey" cue, in a simple arrangement for piano.

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also wrote a theme song for the film, but it was rejected. In 2018, La-La Land Records released a two-disc limited and expanded edition of the complete score by Arnold. The title song is also contained in the release along with some unreleased material.

Track listing

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", originally composed for the ''Dr. No'' soundtrack # "Show Me the Money" # "Come in 007, Your Time Is Up" # "Access Denied" # "M's Confession" # "Welcome to Baku" # "Casino" # "Ice Bandits" # "Elektra's Theme" # "Body Double" # "Going Down/The Bunker" # "Pipeline" # "Remember Pleasure" # "Caviar Factory" # "Torture Queen" # "I Never Miss" # "Submarine" # "Christmas in Turkey" # "Only Myself to Blame" – Scott Walker (

/ Don Black) # "Sweetest Coma Again"* –

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* Track 20 is only included in the Japanese album release.

References

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David Arnold soundtracks 1999 soundtrack albums

Track listing

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