John Barry in All His Glory

A supernatural-looking CD entitled Playing by Heart is billed to John Barry, Chris Botti and, weirdly enough, Chet Baker. On the black-and-white CD cover, in fact, Mr. Barry-the peerless English inventor of James Bond music, as well the scorer of films like Body Heat , Out of Africa , Dances With Wolves and many others-sits Read More

More Fun With Martinis, Girls and Guns on 007 Albums

Pushing her voice to surge and sparkle in ways it just doesn’t want to, Sheryl Crow tries and tries to manage the choruses of “Tomorrow Never Dies,” the smart neoclassic James Bond ballad she and producer Mitchell Froom wrote for the new 007 movie. “Darling, you’ve won,” Ms. Crow purrs like a cat in one Read More