Diamonds are Forever
Writer:
Don Black/John Barry
Year:
1971
Voices:
Women's four part
Ranges:
Tenor: C4 - F5
Lead: B flat 3 - D5
Bari: B flat 3 - B flat 4
Bass: E flat 3 - G4
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 an earlier, simpler arrangement of the song than my version for men's voices - different commissioning groups had different musical needs.