Romance
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I was listening to a compilation of Theme music from the James Bond pics. While I do appreciate much of John Barry's scores, I have felt his slower music to be a bit ponderous.
But I revisited the Love theme from On Her Majesty's Secret Service; which I saw in its original theatrical release in 1969. It's the only Bond Movie to feature Aussie George Lazenby as Bond, and his breathtaking Co-Star, Diana Rigg as Countess Tracy di Vicenzo.(The irony of her name is not lost on me, nor is the title, We Have All the Time in the World, reprised in the most recent Bond outing, No Time to Die)
Their romance ends tragically at the end of the movie. While the Theme music that Barry wrote in his normally stirring style is rousing, it is sharply contrasted by the Love Theme, which for me has to be one of the most bittersweet but beautiful things ever to grace the screen. Even as I cried sad tears I wish happy tears for you and yours!
I leave you with this.
Il romanticismo vive. Possa l'amore vivere per sempre