dearborn%hyster.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (07/17/85)
From: dearborn%hyster.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (DTN264-5090) There are two versions of "Moonraker." Several early prints have a slightly different sound track. In the scene where Bond, while in Venice, punches a musical code into a combination lock, he originally played "Nobody Does it Better." Later, this was changed to the five famous notes from "Close Encounters." Either way, the scene worked pretty well, even though the number of notes on the track, didn't exactly fit the filmed footage. I think that the earlier version fits better with Bond's reaction shot, when he first hears the combination. The change to the CE3K music, to me was a cheap sell-out to capitalize on the popularity of another big name film. (Not unlike the ripped off line in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, from Buckeroo Banzai "Wherever you go, that's where you are.)