James Bond '007' Theme

James Bond '007' Theme from DR NO

The film 'Dr No' debuted in 1962.

The movie is about a heroic undercover Agent '007', James Bond who is licensed to kill.

His character is witty, fearless, daring and very suave.

Watch the short film trailer here and answer the following questions in your music exercise book.

Research Questions:

1. Read the plot of 'Dr No' and summarise the notes here.

Make sure you use capital letters, full stops, commas and paragraphs.

2. a) Who is the composer of the film?

b) List 5 other films, the composer wrote for?

3. Who is the James Bond in Dr No ?

4. a) List all the James Bond films created up until now.

b) Which actor do you think is the best James Bond?

5. Listen to the 'James Bond Theme' here

a) Describe how the music conveys(shows) James Bond's character?

b) Describe the mood and atmosphere created by the instruments in the different sections.

Instruments to listen to:

Tone Colour:

Sketch a picture and describe the tone colour of each instrument. Use the adjectives in the box below.

Music Theory:

In the introduction of the James Bond theme, we hear string instruments eerily ascending and descending in steps.

The composer has used semitones to create this mysterious and dangerous atmosphere. Listen 0:10-0:15 here

Using virtual keyboard here, play the notes on the score below:

Copy the notes below in your exercise books and answer the following questions:

Semitone: Shortest distance between 2 notes. (1 Step)

Tone: 2 semitones (2 Steps)

#-Sharp: 1 step above the original note

b-Flat: 1 step below the original note

Questions:

What is:

a) 1 semitone above B:

b) 3 semitones below G:

c) 2 tones below F#:

d) 4 semitones above C#:

e) Another answer for D#:

f) Another answer for Cb: