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The orchestra has since produced many classical and film music recordings, working with labels such as Decca, EMI, Sony BMG and various international film studios. Internationally renowned soloists such as tenor Jonas Kaufmann or cellist Sol Gabetta have recorded CDs with the orchestra. The orchestra performs New Year's Eve Concerts, conducted by Riehle, and has also performed concerts at the Vienna State Opera, all major German concert halls, the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and a special concert broadcast internationally from the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The orchestra has also performed with Paul Terracini as a guest conductor. Forgot your password? Retrieve it. Get promoted. Powered by OnRad. Think you know music?
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The other score nominated was Skyfall It was the first theme song with a title different from the film's, although the phrase "the spy who loved me" is in the lyrics. Hamlisch states in the documentary on the film's DVD that the song's opening bars were influenced by a riff in a Mozart tune. The theme song became a hit that is still popular today and has been featured in numerous films including Mr. In , the song was honoured by the American Film Institute as the 67th greatest film song as part of their Years It also latterly featured in a UK TV commercial for the England-based Unigate Diary powdered milk brand 'Five Pints' where, as the commercial tailed out, the relevant session singers could be heard singing "Five Pints The film's soundtrack was composed by Marvin Hamlisch , who filled in for usual Bond composer John Barry , as Barry was unavailable for work in the United Kingdom due to tax reasons. The soundtrack, in comparison to other Bond films of the time, is more disco -oriented and included a new disco rendition of the " James Bond Theme ", titled "Bond 77" which Hamlisch admitted was somewhat influenced by " You Should Be Dancing " by The Bee Gees [1].
It was the first Bond theme song to be titled differently from the name of the film since Dr. No , although the phrase "the spy who loved me" is included in the lyrics. The song was released as a single from the film's soundtrack album. The song is Simon's longest-charting hit, as well the most successful hit of hers that she did not write herself. Her earlier hit " You're So Vain " spent three weeks at 1; however, its chart run was two months shorter than that of "Nobody Does It Better. In , the song was also honored by the American Film Institute as the 67th greatest song as part of their Years Series. Billboard Magazine described "Nobody Does It Better" as a "typically inventive and bombastic" James Bond theme song, stating that Simon sings it "as if she believed sincerely in the superhuman love powers of Smith , performed by 8mm.