Due to his working on a musical, and having fallen out with Bond producer Harry Saltzman over the last title song, Barry was unavailable to score Live and Let Die.

Having recorded McCartney's performance, Martin was taken aback when Saltzman asked him who he thought should sing the film's title song, suggesting to him Thelma Houston.

[3] Martin nonetheless scored a soul arrangement to accompany singer B. J. Arnau for a nightclub sequence in the film.

The original soundtrack LP ended with track 14, James Bond theme, and this version was released on CD in 1988.

The digitally remastered CD re-release, 2003, as well as adding eight additional tracks, extended several of the original ones, such as Bond Meets Solitaire.