Career
He also played the distinctive guitar riff in the intro and bridge of the Herman"s Hermits recording of "Silhouettes", a 1965 United Kingdom Top 5 hit. He also played a slightly modified "James Bond" guitar part in The Beatles "HELP!" soundtrack score. In the late 1950s, Flick joined the John Barry Seven, and his first composition for the group was the track "Zapata".
With them, he played the guitar riff for the theme of the popular television show Juke Box Jury and appeared on every episode of British Broadcasting Corporation television"s Drumbeat.
On the Doctor Number soundtrack, he was lead guitarist on the track, the "James Bond Theme". Flick continued to contribute to the James Bond soundtracks from the 1960s through the late 1980s.
Apart from his early 1960s work as the lead guitarist in the John Barry Seven, Flick was a session player, featured on many early 1960s United Kingdom popular records. He has worked with many notable artists, including Herman"s Hermits, Nancy Sinatra, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones, Cliff Richard, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page.
One of Flick"s legendary guitars, a Clifford Essex Paragon De Luxe, on which he played the original "James Bond Theme", was displayed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
He played the 12 string guitar part on Peter and Gordon"s 1964 # 1 record "A World Without Love". In 1965, Sir George Martin recruited Vic Flick and most of the original "Goldfinger" musicians to provide "James Bond"-sounding music for The Beatles movie "HELP!" soundtrack. Flick also collaborated with Merchant Ivory Productions as composer/music arranger for Autobiography of a Princess (1975), The Europeans (1979), Quartet (1981), Heat and Dust (1983).
In 1999, he worked with composer Nic Raine, backed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, on the James Bond tribute album titled Bond Back in Action.
In 2003, he recorded the album James Bond Now, featuring tracks from James Bond soundtracks and new compositions. In 2005, he provided his guitar talents to the soundtrack of the From Russia With Love video game by Electronic Arts.
In 2008 his autobiography, Vic Flick Guitarman: From James Bond to The Beatles and Beyond (), was published by Bearmanor Media. He also was interviewed on stage by Jon Burlingame, a writer on the subject of music for film and television
Flick appeared on a 2013 episode of the History Channel show Pawn Stars titled "Number Shirt, Number Shoes, Number Service".
Here he brought in his 1961 Fender Stratocaster guitar to shop owner Rick Harrison, who, after consulting Jesse Amoroso, settled on a price of $55,000 for the guitar.