James Bond Theme Spy Who Loved Me", titled "Bond 77", featured a disco sound, reflecting a style of music which was very popular at the time. "The Spy Who Loved Me" returned briefly to using the surf-rock guitar associated with the theme from the early days. One unusual instance occurred in "Octopussy", when Bond's contact, who is disguised as a snake charmer played a few notes of the tune for Roger Moore's James Bond, presumably as a pre-arranged identification signal; this is an example of the tune being used as diegetic music. In the last Bond film of Roger Moore, "A View to
The Spy Who Loved Me (video game) reaction on the ZX Spectrum, with "CRASH!" giving it a 79% rating and saying "Good Mr. Bond, but not quite good enough to deserve an accolade", "Sinclair User" giving it 72% and saying "This one will leave you shaken but not stirred; A competent movie licence", and "Your Sinclair" rating it at 76%, saying "Half good/half bad Bond game. There's quite a lot here though, so it's not bad value." It was less well received on the Commodore 64, with "Zzap!64" giving it a rating of 38%, describing it as "an uninspiring and unambitious conversion". The Spy Who Loved Me