 The film's soundtrack was composed by Marvin Hamlisch, who filled in for usual Bond composer John Barry, as Barry was unavailable for work in the United Kingdom due to tax reasons.The soundtrack, in comparison to other Bond films of the time, is more disco-oriented and included a new disco rendition of the "James Bond Theme", titled "Bond 77" which Hamlisch admitted was somewhat influenced by "You Should Be Dancing" by The Bee Gees 

An element of the Barry style remains in the suspenseful film sequence in which Bond and Amasova try to track down Jaws at an antiquated site in Egypt.The accompanying Hamlisch music echoes Barry's "Stalking," from the pre-credit fantasy sequence of "From Russia with Love", featuring Bond (Sean Connery) and villain Red Grant (Robert Shaw).