FOR YOUR EYES ONLY 1981
SONG ''For Your Eyes Only'' by Sheena Easton
DOSSIER Easton riding U.S. charts with ''Morning Train''; ''Eyes'' is a No. 4 U.S. hit, earning an Oscar nod for Best Song (loses to theme from ''Arthur''). Bill (Rocky) Conti takes over scoring.
SHEENA EASTON ''When we were cutting the vocal, I made Cubby and the film guys sit outside. I was 22, terrified. I wouldn't have the balls to do that now.''
MICHAEL G. WILSON ''Sheena was the first performer to ever appear in the title sequence. I think people are under the impression she's naked.''
EASTON ''People said, 'I can't believe you did that!' I actually had a white bath towel wrapped around me. They shot from the cleavage up. I got this incredible reputation. I even got calls from a couple of the girlie magazines.''
OCTOPUSSY (1983)
SONG ''All Time High'' by Rita Coolidge
DOSSIER First Bond soundtrack on CD; third time movie title not part of the song -- for obvious reasons.
JOHN BARRY ''By this time, using the title in the lyric was something of a requirement. But what are you going to do with 'Octopussy'? I mean...Jesus.''
RITA COOLIDGE ''At the British opening of the film, Princess Diana came over to me and whispered, 'I do hope you've been paid.' I remember wondering if it was a British thing, or something about working with James Bond. I still don't know what she meant.''
A VIEW TO A KILL (1985)
SONG ''A View to a Kill'' by Duran Duran
DOSSIER First Bond theme to hit No. 1; first Bond music video.
NICK RHODES (Duran Duran keyboardist) ''John Taylor and I were at a party with Cubby. We accosted him and told him in no uncertain terms that we were the right people for the job. He agreed.''
JOHN BARRY ''We were in the studio for several weeks. That's how they wrote -- in the studio. It was horrible.''
MICHAEL G. WILSON ''We shot the video on the Eiffel Tower. I remember thinking how unique and fun it was. Now it's obligatory.''
RHODES '''A View to a Kill' wasn't the most elegant title, but having said that, I think we were lucky. We could have gotten 'Octopussy.'''
TIMOTHY DALTON DAYS
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987)
SONG ''The Living Daylights'' by a-ha
DOSSIER 007 goes new wave. With the group behind ''Take On Me,'' Bond fails to infiltrate U.S. charts.
BRIAN LANE (a-ha manager) ''The band's always been a bit perplexed how John Barry's name got on the songwriting credits.''
JOHN BARRY ''Since 'Goldfinger,' I'd always used thematic material from the score in the song; a-ha wasn't very happy about that.''
LANE ''At first the band was very excited. But it was obviously some special arrangement between John Barry and Cubby Broccoli. Since Barry was an original Bond person, I suppose they felt he had the divine right to oversee the boys' music.''
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