Diamonds are Forever
Writer:
Don Black/John Barry
Year:
1971
Voices:
Men's four part
Ranges:
Tenor: C4 - B4
Lead: D3 - F#4
Bari: D3 - G4
Bass: F2 - C4
Shirley Bassey made the iconic recording of this song as the theme tune for the eponymous Bond movie. It charts a journey from mystery to strength, with the song's persona somehow managing to come over as simultaneously sympathetic and self-contained.
This is a later, more texturally complex arrangement than my version for women's voices - different commissioning groups had different musical needs,