SPECTRE

The original soundtrack to the 24th film in the James Bond series is newly re-released on CD (Digisleeve). Skyfall composer Thomas Newman returns to score duty for 2015's Spectre, the 24th installment of the James Bond spy movie franchise and sixth collaboration between the musician and film director Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition). Tracks such as "Los Muertos Vivos Estan" and "Westminster Bridge" incorporate the classic Monte Norman theme; however, following in the footsteps of Skyfall, Spectre's theme song, "The Writing's on the Wall" by Sam Smith, does not appear on the soundtrack. It was instead issued as a stand-alone single (an instrumental version of the song does appear here). Dynamic, suspenseful, elegant, and cool, the score delivers on just about every other expectation, from the jittery strings, ominous brass, and howling choir of "Backfire" to the eerie electronics accompanying restrained orchestra on the creeping "A Reunion." ~ Marcy Donelson

1) Los Muertos Vivos Estan (featuring Tambuco)
2) Vauxhall Bridge
3) The Eternal City
4) Donna Lucia
5) A Place Without Mercy
6) Backfire
7) Crows Klinik
8) The Pale King
9) Madeleine
10) Kite In A Hurricane
11) Snow Plane
12) L'americain
13) Secret Room
14) Hinx
15) Writing's On The Wall (instrumental)
16) Silver Wraith
17) A Reunion
18) Day Of The Dead (featuring Tambuco)
19) Tempus Fugit
20) Safe House
21) Blindfold
22) Careless
23) Detonation
24) Westminster Bridge
25) Out Of Bullets
26) Spectre (end Title)