The Music of Bond #003: Derek Watkins - The James Bond Trumpeter

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🗓️ 16 December 2016

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

On this week's Music Of Bond, hosts Warren and Chris chat about a real unsung hero of the James Bond franchise - the 007 Trumpeter Derek Watkins.

Derek has played on the soundtrack for every film from Dr. No to Skyfall, and has undoubtedly helped shape the sound of the films. We also speak to a colleague and Derek's widow Wendy about his unbelievable career.

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0:00.0	Welcome to James Bond Radio's The Music of Bond.
0:03.1	This is episode number three.
0:04.9	And with me, as always, is the Master of Music, Mr. Warren Wingham.
0:08.9	How are you doing, Warren?
0:09.9	And what are we doing today?
0:11.8	Hi, Chris.
0:12.6	I'm very well.
0:13.5	I'm delighted to be back and get my little bit of Bond music fix.
0:18.4	This is just a little itch that I'm delighted to be able to scratch with you guys.
0:23.6	We don't want to know about your it's. Come on. That's a whole other subject. But now I'm really,
0:28.3	really excited about today because this is a bit of a personal one for me. This is a real hero of
0:34.1	mine that we're going to talk about today. And we're going to be talking about
0:37.7	the legendary trumpet player, Derek Watkins, who has been involved in an amazing amount of
0:44.2	James Bond films, 23, we think. Amazing. Now, well, straight away, that tells me he's been
0:52.0	involved in more Bond films than anyone else in the series of Bond. Is that right? Yeah, that tells me he's been involved in more Bond films than anyone else in the series
0:56.2	of Bond. Is that right? Yeah, that's absolutely right. The closest one's Peter Lamont, of course,
1:02.0	who has done 18. Wow. We've got Desmond, of course, as the actor, who's done 17, but they're
1:07.8	the only ones that come close. I think Morris Binder's 14. Yeah. But yeah, so they're the only ones that come close. I think Morris Binder's 14.
1:12.1	Yeah.
1:14.2	But yeah, so they're the only ones that come close.
1:20.6	Well, that's crazy, isn't it? Yeah. Amazing. So off at Dr. No and all the way through until Skyfall. Yeah, we think so. I mean, I talk to Wendy, his widow, and she'll be talking a little bit on the podcast later on.
1:30.7	And I've even got some interviews of Derek talking about it.
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