James Bond Theme a Kill" the melody of the theme was played on strings. Timothy Dalton's first film "The Living Daylights", which was the last Bond film scored by Barry, used a symphonic version with the melody played on strings. This version of the Bond theme is notable for its introduction of sequenced electronic rhythm tracks overdubbed with the orchestra - at the time, a relatively new innovation. In "Licence to Kill", the Bond theme was arranged by Michael Kamen using rock drums to symbolize a harder and more violent Bond. This gunbarrel is the first one since "Dr. No" not starting with
The Best of Bond...James Bond and a documentary. Another two-disc edition, this time containing 50 tracks for the 50th anniversary of the franchise, was released in 2012. The 30th Anniversary Collection of "The Best of James Bond" was released in 1992. It featured 19 tracks including 16 title songs for the 16 films that had thus far been released. A limited 2-disc edition, released in the US only, reshuffles the tracks, sorting chronologically the 16 title songs on disc 1, the three remaining tracks appearing on disc 2. It also includes four tracks that were originally missing from "Goldfinger"s soundtrack (US release), although these four