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
From Russia, with Love (novel) my best book, but the great thing is that each one of the books seems to have been a favourite with one or other section of the public and none has yet been completely damned. In November 1956 the Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, had visited Fleming's Jamaican Goldeneye estate, to recuperate from a breakdown in his health. This was much reported in the British press, and the publication of "From Russia, with Love" was accompanied by a promotional campaign that capitalised on Fleming's raised public profile. The serialisation of the story in "The Daily Express" in 1957 provided a