The title song of the film, “The Living Daylights”, was recorded by pop group A-ha. The Living Daylights is the final Bond film to be scored by composer John Barry. A-ha and Barry reportedly did not collaborate well, resulting in two versions of the theme song. Barry’s film mix is heard on the soundtrack and the A-ha greatest hits collection Headlines and Deadlines. The a-ha preferred mix can be heard on their 1988 album Stay on These Roads. The original soundtrack only had 12 tracks, later re-releases by Rykodisc and EMI added nine additional tracks.

Track listing

1. “The Living Daylights — A-ha”
2. “Necros Attacks”
3. “The Sniper Was A Woman”
4. “Ice Chase”
5. “Kara Meets Bond”
6. “Koskov Escapes”
7. “Where Has Everybody Gone — The Pretenders”
8. “Into Vienna — Not used in film”
9. “Hercules Takes Off”
10. “Mujahadin And Opium”
11. “Inflight Fight”
12. “If There Was A Man — The Pretenders”
13. “Exercise At Gibralter”
14. “Approaching Kara”
15. “Murder At The Fair”
16. “”Assassin” and Drugged”
17. “Airbase Jailbreak”
18. “Afghanistan Plan”
19. “Air Bond”
20. “Final Confrontation”
21. “Alternate End Titles — Not used in film”

In addition to the above, the film features a number of pieces of classical music — naturally, since it involves an international-standard cellist in Kara Milovy. Mozart’s 40th Symphony in G minor (1st movement only) is being performed by the orchestra at the Conservatoire in Bratislava when Koskov defects. As Miss Moneypenny relates to Bond, Kara is next to perform Borodin’s String Quartet in D major — 007 joins a small audience and tells Kara afterwards that her performance was “exquisite”. Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations and an opera (in Vienna) also feature. And at the end of the film, Kara performs the Concert for cello in Ut minor by Dvořák before a rapturous audience including M, General Gogol (but not Kamran Shah, who arrives too late) and Bond — though she does not know it until he surprises her in her dressing room afterwards.

See also:

• Bond films: Soundtrack
• Living Daylights, The: Film