Though the film is hardly canon for the long-running series of 007 films, its greatest asset is a score that can stand alongside the best of the official Bond scores composed by the legendary John Barry. Following the original LP on Colgems, two CD reissues on Varese Sarabande, a DVD-A from Classic Records, a deluxe 2010 expanded edition from Kritzerland, and a comprehensive 2012 double-disc reissue from Quartet Records, the latter label is taking another gamble at Casino Royale - this time for its landmark 50th anniversary in a limited edition of 2,000 units. Back in 2011, we told the tale of the film here, so if you haven't caught up with this Bacharach bacchanal, do click, and join us later. But the remarkable swingin' sixties score by Burt Bacharach was too much for one soundtrack album, too. Feldman's 1967 Casino Royale, the big-budget comic extravaganza and cult favorite that was "too much.for one James Bond!" And so, David Niven as James Bond was joined by 007s of all shapes and sizes (and genders!), and even by his nephew, Jimmy Bond, portrayed by Woody Allen. Hal David's lyric captures just a small fraction of the insanity of Charles K. Seven James Bonds at Casino Royale/They came to save the world and win the gal at Casino Royale! Six of them went to a heavenly spot, the seventh one is going to a place where it's terribly hot.
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