The Spectre Background Music

[Graziana Getz]

First we see her shows her car arriving (around 30:56 into the film) and switching on the light in her classically decorated house. She turns on some music and pours and drink, walking through the house to the rear garden.

Behind her in the shadows is first one and then a second of the assassins she expected. They follow her into the garden, and while initially she seems to be unaware of them it becomes clear from her face that she expects to be shot dead at any moment.

I loved the scene on first viewing and it is greatly helped by the classical music playing in the background. In intended to find out what it was after attending the SPECTRE premiere and then an IMAX viewing the following day, but it slipped my mind. Even a couple more screenings failed to jog my memory.

This is the fantastically atmospheric music used in the villa scene mentioned at the start. Although I initially thought it was sung by a woman, believe it or not it is a man, Andreas Scholl, singing. This is the one song heard clearly heard in the film without being drowned out by Thomas Newman and really used well.

David Leigh founded The James Bond Dossier in 2002. A fan of 007 since the age of 8, he is also author of The Complete Guide to the Drinks of James Bond. You can order a copy here if you don't own it already.

"I've spent a lifetime running, And I always get away. But with you I'm feeling something, That makes me want to stay." Eon Productions has debuted a music video for the new James Bond theme song Spectre, featuring musician/singer Sam Smith. Most of us have already heard the song, but this video adds in some new footage from Spectre as well as some shots of Sam Smith walking around mouthing the lyrics. Daniel Craig returns as Agent 007, and can be seen in the video along with Monica Bellucci and La Seydoux. Personally, I'm not really into this song, the singing seems a bit off. I like the orchestral background and I'm crazy excited for the movie itself, but I think we can forget about the song pretty quickly. Anyway - have fun!

Alan Walker is an EDM background music maker in Rolling Sky. He made the music for Ignite, Alone, Faded, and The Spectre, and CM made the music of the bonuses which were featured in the game. There is also a FANDOM wiki dedicated to him. For more details, see Wikipedia here.

Swingin' Spectres are small, blue ghosts equipped with hats and a trumpet or tuba. They stay still in one spot and play their instruments in time with the background music, with trumpets shooting fireballs downwards and tubas shooting upwards in the process. They cannot be defeated by any means, so the player must time their jumps to avoid them. They are found exclusively in the level Off Beat.

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