The Sound of James Bond

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Everything about James Bond is spectacular: the strong women, the fast cars, the breathtaking stunts, and the wild chases. And the music of the now 25 James Bond films is always spectacular as well. There is the unmistakable theme tune that has accompanied all 25 Bond films since Dr. No. And just like the Licence to Kill and the Vodka Martini, every new 007 thriller features a distinctive title song. Legendary are the classics by Shirley Bassey, Louis Armstrong, Tina Turner, Adele, and many other top stars.

 

The actors may change, but the car remains full of technical sophistication, the vodka martini is always shaken, not stirred. The numbers 007 stand for the longest and most successful film series in the world and have defined British coolness and cult for over six decades. In 25 films, the infamous MI6 agent James Bond has managed to save humanity in the most exotic locations worldwide from the most threatening villains, while seducing the most exciting women along the way. Always accompanied by Miss Moneypenny, M, and Q, as well as an incomparable sound that made music history. Foremost the legendary theme tune as a classic among musical intros, forming the perfect sound backdrop anytime at the casino or during breathtaking stunts.

 

Film music greats such as John Barry, David Arnold, and Hans Zimmer are responsible for the soundtracks. The biggest music stars have contributed to the catalog of iconic Bond songs, including Shirley Bassey, Louis Armstrong, Nancy Sinatra, Tina Turner, Tom Jones, and Adele.

Time to put on the tuxedo...

 

Program and cast

Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg
Dietmar Wunder, Moderation
John Jesensky, Conductor

 

Program
Music from From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, GoldenEye, Casino Royale, Skyfall, No Time to Die, and others.

 

The numbers 007 stand for one of the longest and most successful film series in the world. The soundtracks were created by film music greats like John Barry, David Arnold, and Hans Zimmer. The Philharmonie now offers the perfect stage for the legendary James Bond sound. Dietmar Wunder, the German voice of Daniel Craig, will host the evening.

Berliner Philharmonie

The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany. Home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the building is acclaimed for both its acoustics and its architecture.

 

The Philharmonie lies on the south edge of the city's Tiergarten and just west of the former Berlin Wall, an area that for decades suffered from isolation and drabness but that today offers ideal centrality, greenness, and accessibility. Its cross street and postal address is Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, named for the orchestra's longest-serving principal conductor. The neighborhood, often dubbed the Kulturforum, can be reached on foot from the Potsdamer Platz station.

 

Actually a two-venue facility with connecting lobby, the Philharmonie comprises a Großer Saal of 2,440 seats for orchestral concerts and a chamber-music hall, the Kammermusiksaal, of 1,180 seats. Though conceived together, the smaller venue was added only in the 1980s.

 

By subway (U-Bahn):

Lines U2 (Bahnhöfe Potsdamer Platz or MendelssohnBartholdy-Park)

By city train (S-Bahn):

Lines S1, S2, S25 (Potsdamer Platz)

By regional train:

Lines RE3, RE4, RE5 (Potsdamer Platz)

By bus directly to the Philharmonie:

Lines 200 (Philharmonie), M48, M85 (Kulturforum or Varian-Fry-Straße),
Further bus lines: M29 (Potsdamer Brücke), M41 (Potsdamer Platz)

By car:

A limited number of parking spaces are available on the Philharmonie property. Please use the parking garages under the Sony Center and under the Potsdamer Platz Arkaden (Entrance at Reichpietschufer).

By bycicle:

A limited number of bycicle stands are available on front and behind the Philharmonie. Additional stands can be found in front of the State Library (Staatsbibliothek) across the street.

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