Round 2: Tossup 21

The secondary guitar riff of Fatboy Slim’s “The Rockafeller Skank” is sampled from this composer’s debut film soundtrack for the teen film Beat Girl, which starred his frequent collaborator Adam Faith. This non-Argentine composer was the primary influence on Dummy, Portishead’s debut album. This composer used Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini throughout his score for Somewhere in Time. Pope John Paul II “incessantly” listened to this composer’s “John Dunbar Theme.” To hit the high end note of a song by this composer of (*) Dances With Wolves, Shirley Bassey had to stand behind a screen in the studio to unfasten her bra. This composer’s only US Billboard number one was a 1985 song performed by Duran Duran. This composer arranged a Monty Norman piece that played over the first ever gun barrel sequence. (10[1])For 10 points, name this composer of the scores of From Russia With Love, Dr. No, and other early James Bond films. ■END■

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