1969's On Your Majesty's Secret Service is far from my favourite Bond movie. New Bond actor George Lazenby is pretty awful and it's nearly an hour too long but it does contain one absolutely beautiful use of music
Over 24 films (I'm not counting the 1967 version of Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again) we've seen Bond woo dozens of women. Yes woo is a euphemism. But this was the first time we saw him fall in love. This film was George Lazenby's run at Bond and the makers wanted to do something different with the character. And what could be more different for Bond than making him monogamous.
They first meet when Bond stops her from taking her own life and continue to see each other as a business arrangement so Bond can get information from her father. But nature kicks in and the two fall into love in a whirlwind scene set to the music of Louis Armstrong. A scene so good that it's been copied dozens of times since.
"We have all, the time in the world
Time enough for life
To unfold
All the precious things
Love has in store"
If you've seen the film you'll know the cruel and horrible irony in those words and their use again at the end of the film.
Previous pairings.
The Untouchables
Airplane!
Dazed And Confused
Kickboxer
Grosse Point Blank
Mean Streets
Watership Down
Casablanca
Zodiac
Jackie Brown
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Deliverance
The Omen
Copland
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
The Mission
Before Sunset
Carlito's Way
A Knight's Tale
Platoon
Before Sunrise
Rushmore
An American Werewolf In London
Dazed And Confused
Boogie Nights
Raging Bull
Almost Famous
Once Upon A Time In The West
Goodfellas
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