 Most of the crew from the first film returned, with major exceptions being production designer Ken Adam, who went to work on "Dr. Strangelove" and was replaced by "Dr. No"s art director Syd Cain; title designer Maurice Binder was replaced by Robert Brownjohn, and stunt coordinator Bob Simmons was unavailable and was replaced by Peter Perkins though Simmons performed stunts in the film.John Barry replaced Monty Norman as composer of the soundtrack.The film introduced several conventions which would become essential elements of the series