From Russia with Love (soundtrack) UK charts with a different arrangement of the Bond theme from that heard in the film. The title song was sung by Matt Monro. Monro's vocal version is played during the film (as source music on a radio) and properly over the film's end titles. The title credit music is a lively instrumental version of the tune preceded by a brief Barry-composed "James Bond is Back" then segueing into the "James Bond Theme". On the original film soundtrack, Alan Haven played a jazzy organ over the theme but this version was not released on the soundtrack album. The tune also
John Barry (composer) his tenure with the film series, Barry's music, variously brassy and moody, achieved very wide appeal. For "From Russia with Love" he composed "007", an alternative James Bond signature theme, which is featured in four other Bond films ("Thunderball", "You Only Live Twice", "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Moonraker"). The theme "Stalking", for the teaser sequence of "From Russia with Love", was covered by colleague Marvin Hamlisch for "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977). (The music and lyrics for "From Russia with Love"'s title song were written by Lionel Bart, whose musical theatre credits included "Oliver!") Barry also contributed indirectly to