Look of Love album cover
"The Look of Love" is a song composed by celebrated Burt Bacharach and Hal David and originally popularised by English pop singer Dusty Springfield. The song is notable for its sensuality and its relaxed bossa nova rhythm.[1][2] The song was featured in the 1967 spoof James Bond film Casino Royale. In 2008, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[3] It also received a Best Song nomination at the 40th Academy Awards in 1968.
The song has proven to be more enduring than the main theme and has had several notable cover versions. It also gave its title to a Dusty Springfield album around the time.
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The music was written by Burt Bacharach, and was originally intended to be an instrumental. But later Hal David added the lyrics, and the song was published in 1967. According to Bacharach, the melody was inspired by watching Ursula Andress in an early cut of the film.[4]
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- ↑ Howes, Paul (2012). The Complete Dusty Springfield. Titan. ISBN 9781781165409. .
- ↑ Goldschmitt, K.E. (2019). Bossa Mundo: Brazilian Music in Transnational Media Industries. xford University Press, 79. ISBN 9780190923525.
- ↑ "Grammy Hall of Fame Award. Grammy.org. Retrieved December 21, 2012
- ↑ Dominic, Serene (2003). Burt Bacharach, Song by Song: The Ultimate Burt Bacharach Reference for Fans, Serious Record Collectors, and Music Critics. Music Sales Group, 182. ISBN 978-0-8256-7280-4.