[.ca] Casino Royale

From Amazon.com:
The Austin Powers series was hardly the first to spoof James Bond. 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. 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

The 60s was the IN place to be:
Burt Bacharach's score really captures the vitality of the 60's with this soundtrack to Casino Royale. Times were a changing and this album really captures the wild wild nature right in the midst of change from one era to the next. This is where it still happens. "The Look of Love" is a mind blower. What an outstanding piece of music!

Casino Royale:
I am a huge fan of this movie. It's one of my all-time favorites. I recently purchased the CD and I'm glad I did. The CD is fantastic. I can listen to it over and over again...and I do. I especially like the music when Mata Bond, played by the beautiful Joanna Pettit; is dancing to. She probably is a "great spy...but a terrible dancer" as David Niven puts it. Also when the flying saucer lands in Trafalgar Square. That is also great music. If you enjoyed the music from the 60's you're going to love the CD. Whatever it takes...buy it!!! You'll love it.

Casino Royale! A Slam-bang soundtrack!:
Burt Bacharach does an absolutely magnificent job of bringing the music together for this film. The title song "Casino Royale" performed by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass is non-stop excitement and filled over the top with thrills. The Look of Love by Dusty Springfield is romantically wonderful and captivates the listener with every time. Le Chiffre's Torture of the Mind and Moneypenny goes for the broke are truly inspired tracks as well. Casino Royale is TOO much for one James Bond, AND TOO much for one person. Everyone should own this soundtrack, buy it now!

Bacharach's Bad Luck With Cinema Soundtracks:
It took a rebel like Butch Cassidy and a drunk like Arthur to cure it, but back in the Swinging 60s long before those two showed up, Burt Bacharach, who was the toast of the music publishing world and the pop charts, really couldn't get a song on a bona fide hit film. Case in point: "Casino Royale," a film that was the sloppiest of messes, with directors quitting in the middle of the project, and two stars who hated each other working on the movie! But the calm and evocative centerpiece was the score that Bacharach crafted, in all its super spy spoof superbness! The disc will give you the bulk of the music cues from the film, though not completely in order. But the true test of a soundtrack recording is can you enjoy it without having seen the film? The answer here is a resounding yes! In fact, you might enjoy it MORE if you haven't viewed the movie. The orchestrations are top notch, and very espionage evocative! Plus you get Dusty Springfield crooning what could be the sexiest mainstream pop song in history: "The Look Of Love!" The disc isn't perfect, but it's a lot better than the film turned out to be! It's one of the more unique efforts and Bacharach fans must have this disc in their collection! Recommended.