The Living Daylights (Original Soundtrack)

The Living Daylights is the 1987 soundtrack for the James Bond film The Living Daylights and the eleventh and final Bond soundtrack to be scored by composer John Barry. The soundtrack is notable for its introduction of sequenced electronic rhythm tracks overdubbed with the orchestra – at the time, a relatively new innovation. The title song of the film, "The Living Daylights", was recorded by Norwegian pop group A-ha. As of 2017 this is the only Bond film where the title song has not been performed by either British or American artists. A-ha and Barry did not collaborate well, resulting in two versions of the theme song. Barry's film mix is heard on the soundtrack and on various A-ha best-of compilations. The A-ha preferred mix can be heard on their 1988 album Stay on These Roads. However, in 2006 A-ha's Paul Waaktaar complimented Barry's contributions "I loved the stuff he added to the track, I mean it gave it this really cool string arrangement. That's when, for me, it started to sound like a Bond thing". In a departure from conventions of previous Bond films, the film uses different songs over the opening and end credits. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Liv...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)