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Speaking of familiar, when I first watched 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS it not only caught me by surprise that David Arnold scored it, but it’s pretty much the same music style from DAD only without the Bond theme.
47 tracks, and damn, this guy has composed some bloody good Bond music!
Some gorgeous themes that really evoke Bond's world and compelling action cues that are actually exciting to listen to. IMO QoS has his best action music.
If he never does another Bond he at least leaves a great legacy.
It could be as simple as Fukunaga choosing Zimmer as a replacement for Romer. Also, EON already worked with Zimmer and his company with THE RHYTHM SECTION.
I think EON only hired Arnold in the past because he was given a recommendation by Barry, he was cheap, delivered serviceable scores, and no director came in saying they wanted to bring in their own preferred composer. So when Mendes wanted to bring in Newman, that was no big deal to EON. Then Fukunaga comes in and wanted his pick of composer so it was initially Romer before being replaced by Zimmer.
I think Arnold will only come back if a future director decides to want to work with him.
Shame. He is far superior to Newman and I would have bet Romer.
He was also popular with the fans which helps.
Romer's work obviously didn't please the producers and I'm more than happy Zimmer has been given a chance. Really look forward to what he comes up with.
But listening to my newly compiled Arnold Bond music just reinforces my opinion that he's second only to Barry with his Bond scores. Absolutely love his music and you can tell he loved composing for Bond. 👍
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No one gets never the governor, the man invented a whole genre of music just with his Bond sound alone, the rest are just left in his wake.
Good post. Martin and Kamen did a good job too.
Well the clues in the sentence. Apart from Barry being the obvious best and untouchable, David Arnold is the next best Bond composer IMO.
And how would you know Arnold was hired because he was cheap? Or the producers motivation for hiring him?
He did the soundtrack for ID4, one of the biggest smash hit films of the 90's so he was hardly small fry.
The way some members express their views on here really does border on the militant 😄
It's a long sequence to score but Arnold's music never falters or gets repetitive. It escalates as it goes along, and incorporates the title song and the Bond theme effortlessly. An exciting and hugely enjoyable piece of music. It reminds me of the way John Williams scored the truck chase in Raiders in terms of it never settling into any kind of rigidity. It constantly ups the game and surprises. 👍
Exactly. He was a big Bond fan before he got involved with the series. He even said when he was asked to compose the music for TND he was going to come at it from a fan's perspective. That being a fan of Barry.
He seems to be a modest guy with his feet on the ground.
Recently I really loved his music for the Dracula series.
Yeah, Sweeping Orchestral Piece....Very Bondian, I can almost see Bond and Elektra skiing. Yeah, the Dracula show he scored with his usual collaborator, Michael Price is very Good. I really like the opening theme as well.
That is lovely.
Yeah. I remember how wonderful it was when I saw it with the film. Evoked the Barry sound but still with its own identity.
I was so glad the LaLaLand release gave us these cues in their full glory.
Agreed. The soundtrack deserved a proper release 👍
The music was fine, pity you couldn't say that about the program it accompanied. Make sure Moffatt and Gattis get nowhere near Frankenstein after that.
I like this one. A lot of people rag on it in the film because its combined with what is essentially a Ford commercial. But it's a very enjoyable listen outside of the film, too.
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You can listen through this link, go to Sunday:
https://planetradio.co.uk/scala-radio/player/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw9ZzzBRCKARIsANwXaeI_aeITIp3i5Lx814Rtch7w4CCoZJJhP89zZllNdhsuZ68ySe2QvZUaAkS0EALw_wcB