Moonraker was the third of the three Bond films for which the theme song was performed by Shirley Bassey. The soundtrack was composed by John Barry. Moonraker uses for the first time since Diamonds Are Forever a piece of music called “007” (on track 7), the secondary Bond theme composed by Barry which was introduced in From Russia with Love.

Track listing

1. “Main Title” – Moonraker by Shirley Bassey
2. “Space Laster Battle”
3. “Miss Goodhead Meets Bond”
4. “Cable Car and Snake Fight”
5. “Bond Lured to Pyramid”
6. “Flight into Space”
7. “Bond Arrives in Rio and Boat Chase”
8. “Centrifuge and Corrine Put Down”
9. “Bond Smells a Rat”
10. “End Title” – Moonraker

Some familiar pieces of music also appear in the film:-

• Frédéric Chopin’s Prelude no. 15 in D-flat major (op. 28), Raindrop): Drax playing a piano when Bond arrives.
• Richard Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra (op. 30) (forever associated with 2001: A Space Odyssey): a hunting horn plays its distinctive first three notes.
• Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka by Johann Strauss II: during the hovercraft scene on Saint Mark’s square.
• The alien-contacting theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind: as the key-code for a security door.
• Elmer Bernstein’s theme from The Magnificent Seven: when Bond appears on horseback in gaucho clothing.

See also:

• Bond films: Soundtrack
• Moonraker: Film