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
Force 10 from Navarone (film) and Guy Hamilton got along well when both worked on "Superman" (1978). However Fraser is not credited on the film. Several actors in the film either had already played roles in the James Bond 007 franchise or would go on to appear in the series. In addition to Shaw (from "From Russia with Love"), was Bach (fresh off playing the Russian spy Anya Amasova in "The Spy Who Loved Me"), and Edward Fox (who went on to play M in "Never Say Never Again"). Bach's co-star from "The Spy Who Loved Me", Richard Kiel, also appears, as a vicious and