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
Love Theme from "The Godfather" (album) contains 15 of his studio albums and two compilations and was released on November 29, 2002. "Billboard" magazine praised the album. "A superb performance from Andy Williams and top production work by Dick Glasser make this a very special LP that is going to take Williams high up the charts once again." From the liner notes for the 2002 CD: Al Martino was close behind Williams with his recording of "Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from 'The Godfather')", beginning his chart run with the song in the "Billboard" issue dated April 29, 1972, just three weeks after Williams's version debuted,