''Spectre: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack album to the 24th

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film of the same name. Released by Universal Music Classics on 23 October 2015 in the United Kingdom and on 6 November 2015 in the United States, the music was composed by

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, who previously composed the

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of the 23rd Bond film ''

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'', making him the third composer after John Barry and

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(and the first non-British composer) to score more than one film in the series. The film's theme song " Writing's on the Wall" performed by

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is the fourth theme song (not counting instrumental-only theme songs) that doesn't feature the title of its film in the lyrics. It is also the third song after

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's " You Know My Name" from '' Casino Royale'' (2006) and

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's "

" from the film of the same name (2012) that did not appear on the film's official soundtrack album.

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returned as ''

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''s composer after scoring ''

'', the previous

installment in 2012. Rather than composing the score once the film had moved into post-production, Newman worked during filming. The theatrical trailer released in July 2015 contained a rendition of John Barry's 1969 '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' theme. ''Spectre'' director

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revealed that the final film would have more than one hundred minutes of music. London Voices provided the choral element to the soundtrack, most noticeably in "Backfire". In September 2015 it was announced that

and regular collaborator

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had written the film's title theme, " Writing's on the Wall", with Smith performing it for the film. The song was released later that month where it received mixed reviews from critics and fans, particularly in comparison to

's "

". It became the first Bond theme to reach number one in the UK Singles Chart.

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