The Spy Who Loved Me ( soundtrack ) - wikipedia The Spy Who Loved Me ( soundtrack ) The Spy Who Loved Me Soundtrack album by Marvin Hamlisch Released 1977 Recorded April 1977 Label EMI Producer Frank Collura ( Reissue ) Marvin Hamlisch chronology Funny Lady ( 1975 ) The Spy Who Loved Me ( 1977 ) The Absent - Minded Waiter ( 1977 ) James Bond soundtrack chronology The Man with the Golden Gun ( 1974 ) The Spy Who Loved Me ( 1977 ) Moonraker ( 1979 ) Alternative cover Singles from The Spy Who Loved Me `` Nobody Does It Better '' Released : 1977 The Spy Who Loved Me is the soundtrack for the tenth James Bond The Spy Who Loved Me. The soundtrack is one of only two Bond soundtracks to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. The other score nominated was Skyfall ( 2013 ). Contents 1 Theme song 2 Soundtrack 3 Track listing 4 See also 5 References Theme song The theme song `` Nobody Does It Better '' was composed by Marvin Hamlisch with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager and was performed by Carly Simon. It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song but lost to `` You Light Up My Life ''. It was one of five Bond theme songs to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The other four were `` Live and Let Die '' in 1973, `` For Your Eyes Only '' in 1981, `` Skyfall '', and `` Writing on the Wall ''. `` Skyfall '' went on to win the award in 2013 and `` Writing on the Wall '' won in 2016. 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 driving disco rhythm to `` Bond ' 77 '' is very similar to the Bee Gees ' 1976 single `` You Should Be Dancing ''. The theme song became a hit that is still popular today and has been featured in numerous films including Mr. & Mrs. Smith ( 2005 ), Little Black Book ( 2004 ), Lost in Translation and Bridget Jones : The Edge of Reason ( 2004 ). In 2004, the song was honoured by the American Film Institute as the 67th greatest film song as part of their 100 Years... 100 Songs countdown. Soundtrack 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 An element of the Barry style remains in the suspenseful film sequence in which Bond and Amasova try to track down Jaws at an antiquated site in Egypt. The accompanying Hamlisch music echoes Barry 's `` Stalking, '' from the pre-credit fantasy sequence of From Russia with Love, featuring Bond ( Sean Connery ) and villain Red Grant ( Robert Shaw ). A large percentage of the music in the film was re-recorded for the soundtrack album and, therefore, does not sound exactly like the music in the film, the track `` Bond ' 77 '' being the most obvious. It is a cue that was recorded several times specifically for different moments of the film ( the opening ski chase, the car chase on land, then underwater and the gun battle with the troops on the Liparus ). The soundtrack album uses a different ' medley ' version, slower in pace, which features aspects of most of the variations of the track used throughout the film, compiled into one song. This version was also released as a 7 '' single on United Artists records ( the track `` Ride to Atlantis '' was the B - Side ). The main theme by Simon also differs in the film ; it has a fade out on the album / single but in the film 's opening titles, it has a more abrupt ending, finishing with a long electronic note. The track `` Anya '' on the album does not feature in the film. There are also many cues used in the film that have yet to appear on any soundtrack release. The `` Bond ' 77 '' recordings featuring in the film are the soundtrack 's most disco - influenced part. The soundtrack to the 1981 Bond film For Your Eyes Only by Bill Conti is far more disco - oriented, featuring funky guitars, bongos and a lot of electronic synthesizers. Track listing `` Intro ( Main Title ) '' - 1 : 10 `` Nobody Does It Better '' -- 3 : 29 `` Bond 77 '' -- 4 : 19 `` Ride to Atlantis '' -- 3 : 28 `` Mojave Club '' -- 2 : 13 `` Nobody Does It Better ( Instrumental ) '' -- 4 : 43 `` Anya '' -- 3 : 19 `` The Tanker '' -- 4 : 24 `` The Pyramids '' -- 1 : 37 `` Eastern Lights '' -- 3 : 22 `` Conclusion '' -- 1 : 37 `` Nobody Does It Better ( End Title ) '' -- 3 : 25 In addition, Hamlisch incorporates into his score several pieces of classical music. As Stromberg feeds his duplicitous secretary to a shark, the villain plays Bach 's `` Air on the G String ''. He then plays the second movement 's opening string section, Andante, of Mozart 's Piano Concerto No. 21 as Atlantis rises from the sea. `` Nocturne No. 8 in D - Flat, Op. 27 No. 2 '' by Chopin crops up later, when Bond first meets Stromberg, as reportedly does an excerpt from Saint - Saëns ' `` The Aquarium '' from The Carnival of the Animals. Finally, Hamlisch cheekily segues his score into an excerpt from that of David Lean 's 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia when Bond and Anya Amasova are wandering through the desert ; according to a documentary on the DVD, this idea was originally a joke by one of the film editors who played the music over the dailies of the scene. It became a trend, with the subsequent two films in the series similarly referencing ' classic ' film music within their scores. See also Outline of James Bond References Jump up ^ ( 1 ) James Bond music Themes `` James Bond Theme '' ( Monty Norman ) `` James Bond Is Back '' ( John Barry ) `` 007 Theme '' ( John Barry ) `` On Her Majesty 's Secret Service '' ( John Barry ) `` Bond 77 '' ( Marvin Hamlisch ) `` James Bond Theme '' ( Moby ) Soundtracks Dr. No From Russia with Love Goldfinger Thunderball Casino Royale You Only Live Twice On Her Majesty 's Secret Service Diamonds Are Forever Live and Let Die The Man with the Golden Gun The Spy Who Loved Me Moonraker For Your Eyes Only Octopussy Never Say Never Again A View to a Kill The Living Daylights Licence to Kill GoldenEye Tomorrow Never Dies The World Is Not Enough Die Another Day Casino Royale Quantum of Solace Skyfall Spectre Composers Monty Norman John Barry Burt Bacharach George Martin Marvin Hamlisch Bill Conti Michel Legrand Michael Kamen Éric Serra David Arnold Thomas Newman Eon themes `` Kingston Calypso '' `` From Russia with Love '' `` Goldfinger '' `` Thunderball '' `` You Only Live Twice '' `` We Have All the Time in the World '' `` Diamonds Are Forever '' `` Live and Let Die '' `` The Man with the Golden Gun '' `` Nobody Does It Better '' `` Moonraker '' `` For Your Eyes Only '' `` All Time High '' `` A View to a Kill '' `` The Living Daylights '' `` Where Has Everybody Gone ? '' `` Licence to Kill '' `` If You Asked Me To '' `` GoldenEye '' `` Tomorrow Never Dies '' `` The World Is Not Enough '' `` Die Another Day '' `` You Know My Name '' `` Another Way to Die '' `` Skyfall '' `` Writing 's on the Wall '' Non-Eon themes `` Casino Royale '' `` The Look of Love '' `` Never Say Never Again '' Compilations Shaken and Stirred The Incredible World of James Bond The Best of Bond... James Bond Related articles Eon films secondary songs Non-Eon films secondary songs Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Spy_Who_Loved_Me_(soundtrack)&oldid=866380001 '' Categories : Soundtrack albums from James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me ( film ) 1977 soundtracks EMI Records soundtracks Hidden categories : Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia ქართული Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 30 October 2018, at 00 : 18 ( UTC ). 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Question: who sang the theme song for james bond the spy who loved me
Answer: Carly Simon