 An instrumental strings version of the title theme was used in 2007 tourism commercials for the Dominican Republic.The soundtrack of "Moonraker" was composed by John Barry and recorded in Paris, again, as with production, marking a turning point away from the prior studio, CTS Studios in London.The score also marked a turning point in John Barry's output, abandoning the Kentonesque brass of his earlier Bond scores in favor of slow, rich string passages – a trend which Barry would continue in the 1980s with scores such as "Out of Africa" and "Somewhere in Time".