From Russia with Love (film) Love" is the first Bond film in the series with John Barry as the primary soundtrack composer. The theme song was composed by Lionel Bart of "Oliver!" fame and sung by Matt Monro, although the title credit music is a lively instrumental version of the tune beginning with Barry's brief "James Bond is Back" then segueing into Monty Norman's "James Bond Theme". Monro's vocal version is later played during the film (as source music on a radio) and properly over the film's end titles. Barry travelled with the crew to Turkey to try getting influences of the local music, but
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love to lend his voice and likeness for the game. Connery said "As an artist, I see this as another way to explore the creative process. Video games are an extremely popular form of entertainment today, and I am looking forward to seeing how it all fits together". On October 20, 2005, "From Russia With Love" was complete. "From Russia With Love" received mixed reviews from critics. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the GameCube version 73.65% and 70/100, the Xbox version 69.37% and 71/100, the PlayStation 2 version 69.25% and 69/100 and the PlayStation Portable version 63.81% and 61/100.