From Russia with Love (soundtrack) From Russia with Love (soundtrack) From Russia with Love is the soundtrack for the second James Bond film of the same name. This is the first series film with John Barry as the primary soundtrack composer. John Barry, arranger of Monty Norman's "James Bond Theme" for "Dr. No", would be the dominant Bond series composer for most of its history and the inspiration for fellow series composer, David Arnold (who uses cues from this soundtrack in his own for "Tomorrow Never Dies"). The theme song was composed by Lionel Bart of Oliver! fame and sung by Matt Monro. Following the
Motifs in the James Bond film series Bond" actors. Llewelyn's first film was the second in the Eon series, "From Russia with Love", after the actor who played the part in "Dr. No", Peter Burton, was unavailable for the filming schedule. (Burton's character was not yet called Q, but "the Armourer", Major Boothroyd, who instructed Bond on a new firearm, the Walther PPK.) After appearing as Q's assistant in "The World Is Not Enough", John Cleese appeared as Q in Pierce Brosnan's last film, "Die Another Day". For Daniel Craig's third film, "Skyfall", the character was re-introduced, with Ben Whishaw playing the part. The first Bond film,