The Living Daylights (soundtrack) - Leitmotifs

Leitmotifs

Composer John Barry utilizes eight leitmotifs on the soundtrack, that recurs in two or more of the tracks listed. Two of them are pinned to location, three are pinned to characters Necros, Kara and Koskov, one is pinned to the title song by a-ha, one is pinned to the Mujahedin and one is the Monty Norman James Bond Theme.

The Living Daylights Theme

• 1. "The Living Daylights"
• 9. "Hercules Takes Off"
• 15. "Murder at the Fair" (1:14-1:37)
• 16. ""Assassin" and Drugged" (0:34-1:25)

Necros' Theme / Where Has Everybody Gone

• 2. "Necros Attacks"
• 7. "Where Has Everybody Gone"
• 11. "Inflight Fight"
• 13. "Exercise at Gibraltar" (1:05-1:35)
• 15. "Murder at the Fair" (0:12-1:13)

Mujahedin Theme

• 3. "The Sniper Was a Woman" (1:10-2:30)
• 10. "Mujahadin and Opium"
• 17. "Airbase Jailbreak" (1:35-4:38)

James Bond Theme

• 4. "Ice Chase"
• 13. "Exercise at Gibraltar" (0:00-0:22, 1:44-1:51, 2:59-5:43)
• 20. "Final Confrontation" (0:00-0:30)

Kara's Theme

• 5. "Kara Meets Bond"
• 14. "Approaching Kara" (0:00-1:23)

Koskov's Theme

• 6. Koskov Escapes (0:48-1:16)
• 17. Airbase Jailbreak (0:00-0:34)

Vienna Theme / If There Was a Man

• 8. "Into Vienna"
• 12. "If There Was a Man"
• 14. "Approaching Kara" (1:23-2:22)
• 21. "Alternate End Titles"

Afghanistan Theme

• 13. "Exercise at Gibraltar" (2:00-2:18)
• 16. ""Assassin" and Drugged" (0:00-0:18)
• 17. "Airbase Jailbreak" (0:34-1:35)