Standard issue for the audio team was a double CD of classic Bond themes, containing hits from Shirley Bassey, Paul McCartney, A-ha and the like. “I was like picking bits out of here and there that I thought would be appropriate for the game,” he says. “So like for instance on the Frigate level where Bond is on a ship, I sort stole parts from Duran Duran’s View to a Kill. And I’m a metal fan, so, I took the bass drum bit from Faith No More’s We Care A Lot and I kind of stuck those together and that became that tune.” While it seems natural to assume that Rare would have the rights to use Monty Norman’s iconic Bond


theme, Kirkhope says that the composer, who died last month, was notoriously protective of its use. “We were lucky to get to use that theme, so I was just trying to think of any way that I could possibly get that theme in there with some other popular influence that I could pull out of my head.”


FOR YOUR EYES ONLY GoldenEye was Pierce Brosnan’s Bond debut, and at the start of development, no one really knew what to expect. However, with the movie appearing in 1995 and the game following two years later, it’s fair to say


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It’s fair to say the GoldenEye box art has aged a little better than the in-game graphics, even if Bond’s hand does make his mouth look really long


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