The songs accompanying the adventures of the most famous agent of Her Majesty's Secret Service received Golden Globes and Academy Award nominations, the list of performers reads like the Who Is Who of the international music scene - Louis Armstrong, Paul McCartney, Tina Turner, Madonna and many more. In addition, the original versions were followed by a large number of cover versions, re-recordings and arrangements by other famous performers and orchestras. In an entertaining and well-informed manner, Germany's foremost expert on James Bond, Siegfried Tesche, recounts the exciting and sometimes odd story of the James Bond musics, their performers as well as numerous anecdotes. Bond coproducer Harry Saltzman, for example, hated 'Goldfinger' by Shirley Bassey which was the reason why the song almost was not featured in the film. The fact that this song of all soundtracks sold in millions of copies probably annoyed him to great lengths. Siegfried Tesche, born in 1957, graduated in film studies and works as a freelance journalist for newspapers, radio and television companies. Out of enthusiasm for the British gentleman agent, he has meanwhile amassed one of the largest Bond collections in the world and published several books on Bond.

Siegfried Tesche, Jahrgang 1957, ist promovierter Filmwissenschaftler und arbeitet als freier Journalist für Presse, Funk und Fernsehen. In seiner Begeisterung für den britischen Gentleman-Agenten hat er mittlerweile eine der weltweit größten Bond-Sammlungen zusammengetragen und mehrere Bücher über Bond veröffentlicht.

1. Bad Sign, Good Sign (Norman) 2. Die Wolga ist weit (Berlé) 3. Goldfinger (Preston) 4. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Corb) 5. Tu vivras deux fois (Blondo) 6. We Have All The Time In The World (Tindersticks) 7. Diamonds Are Forever (Mantronik 007 Mix/Shirley Bassey) 8. Nobody Does It Better (Sex Mob) 9. For Your Eyes Only (Blondie) 10. GoldenEye (Wise Guys) 11. James Bond greift ein (Die Rangers) 12. The James Bond Theme (Count Basie)