Montenegro composed original themes for TV series and feature films during the 1960s including Lady in Cement, the Matt Helm movies The Ambushers and The Wrecking Crew as well as the music for the 1969 John Wayne-Rock Hudson starrer The Undefeated. However, his greatest success was as the king of cover versions of popular movie and TV themes. Montenegro's album of cover music from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (nevertheless released as the "original" soundtrack) was so successful that it spawned a sequel album. Similarly, his cover version of Ennio Morricone's magnificent theme for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly became an international smash and earned him a gold record despite the fact that his rendition was positively anemic compared to Morricone's original. Nevertheless, Montenegro and his orchestra knew how to arrange music for popular tastes and his future influence on the music industry was characterized by helping to popularize the Moog synthesizer. Among his more successful albums was the aforementioned Come Spy With Me, the title of which was derived from a 1967 low-grade James Bond spoof. Nevertheless, it had a catchy title theme (originally written by Bob Flowers) and the cover of Montenegro's album had some eye-catching graphics of comely spy girls. The tracks include Montenegro's instrumental version of Come Spy With Me (the original had lyrics) as well an eclectic selection of title tracks from popular TV series and feature films:
1. Secret Agent Man
2. Them from "I Spy"
3. Theme from "The F.B.I. "
4. Theme from Thunderball
5. The Silencers
6. "Get Smart" Theme
7. Come Spy with Me
8. Goldfinger
9. Theme from "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"
10. Our Man Flint
2. Them from "I Spy"
3. Theme from "The F.B.I. "
4. Theme from Thunderball
5. The Silencers
6. "Get Smart" Theme
7. Come Spy with Me
8. Goldfinger
9. Theme from "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"
10. Our Man Flint
11. The James Bond Theme
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