BOND POLLS 2015: 007 Music Score Contest (TOP 10 Best Bond Scores, FINAL RESULTS ARE IN, p. 4!)

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  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    Posts: 4,151
    Here is my top 10...

    12pts – OHMSS
    10pts – MR
    8pts - DAF
    7pts - AVTAK
    6pts - SF
    5pts - YOLT
    4pts - TB
    3pts - TLD
    2pts - TND
    1pt - LALD
  • FIVE more voters in one day! Impressive :-D! Usually I'm not so much into reminding people per private message. So if you feel offended, my apologies. But this is awesome. Thanks a lot guys/girls ;-).
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
    Posts: 9,117
    OK Gustav seeing as you asked so nicely:

    12pts - OHMSSS
    10pts - CR
    8pts - AVTAK
    7pts - TND
    6pts - TLD
    5pts - MR
    4pts - YOLT
    3pts - FRWL
    2pts - GF
    1pt - SF
  • ;-) Thanks everyone, thanks @TheWizardOfIce ;-)
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    edited September 2015 Posts: 4,399
    01. Music Score for "ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE", by John Barry
    02. Music Score for "DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER", by John Barry
    03. Music Score for "FOR YOUR EYES ONLY", by Bill Conti
    04. Music Score for "MOONRAKER", by John Barry
    05. Music Score for "LIVE AND LET DIE", by George Martin
    06. Music Score for "CASINO ROYALE, 2006", by David Arnold
    07. Music Score for "THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS", by John Barry
    08. Music Score for "THE SPY WHO LOVED ME", by Marvin Hamlisch
    09. Music Score for "TOMORROW NEVER DIES", by David Arnold
    10. Music Score for "SKYFALL", by Thomas Newman
  • edited September 2015 Posts: 1,310
    12 POINTS - 1) Goldfinger (John Barry)
    10 POINTS - 2) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry)
    08 POINTS - 3) Thunderball (John Barry)
    07 POINTS - 4) From Russia With Love (John Barry)
    06 POINTS - 5) Casino Royale [1967] (Burt Bacharach)
    05 POINTS - 6) Diamonds Are Forever (John Barry)
    04 POINTS - 7) A View to a Kill (John Barry)
    03 POINTS - 8) Octopussy (John Barry)
    02 POINTS - 9) The Living Daylights (John Barry)
    01 POINT - 10) Casino Royale [2006] (David Arnold)
    11) Licence to Kill (Michael Kamen)
    12) You Only Live Twice (John Barry)
    13) Tomorrow Never Dies (David Arnold)
    14) For Your Eyes Only (Bill Conti)
    15) Live and Let Die (George Martin)
    16) The World Is Not Enough (David Arnold)
    17) Skyfall (Thomas Newman)
    18) Quantum of Solace (David Arnold)
    19) The Spy Who Loved Me (Marvin Hamlisch)
    20) Moonraker (John Barry)
    21) Die Another Day (David Arnold)
    22) GoldenEye (Eric Serra)
    23) Dr. No (Monty Norman)
    24) Never Say Never Again (Michèl LeGrand)
    25) The Man with the Golden Gun (John Barry)

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    Surprised myself a bit with some of my choices, but I'm ultimately comfortable with them. I suppose my CR67 placement is somewhat controversial around these parts?
  • robcoperobcope St. Petersburg, FL
    Posts: 58
    1)LTK
    2)OHMSS
    3)TND
    4)LALD
    5)TB
    6)GE
    7)FYEO
    8)TLD
    9)SK
    10)AVTAK
  • 12 PTS - OHMSS
    10 PTS - YOLT
    8 PTS - GF
    7 PTS - DAF
    6 PTS - TLD
    5 PTS - AVTAK
    4 PTS - LALD
    3 PTS - MR
    2 PTS - FRWL
    1 PTS - TB
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    Loving that FYEO is appearing in people's top ten!

    I'll leave this here:

  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    edited September 2015 Posts: 4,399
    @MayDayDiVicenzo

    Conti's FYEO score has always been one of my favorites... it's always been deemed either "too disco" or "too dated".. but i think that is part of it's charm - it's a score perfectly fit in it's time and place (much like Hamlisch's score for TSWLM), and it's one of the many high marks i give FYEO as a Bond film....

    this track has always been a personal favorite from the soundtrack



  • HASEROT wrote: »
    @MayDayDiVicenzo

    Conti's FYEO score has always been one of my favorites... it's always been deemed either "too disco" or "too dated".. but i think that is part of it's charm - it's a score perfectly fit in it's time and place (much like Hamlisch's score for TSWLM), and it's one of the many high marks i give FYEO as a Bond film....

    Fully agree @Haserot. I think one should have a bit of an ability to place himself in that different time. I always wonder what it would have been to live in the late 70's, early 80's (old school) disco era. If you can do that....you'll love the "FYEO" score.

    I'm equally happy to see "Moonraker" and "Tomorrow Never Dies" doing so incredibly well. I always thought "TND" was Arnold's first and best score.
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
    edited September 2015 Posts: 1,731
    HASEROT wrote: »
    @MayDayDiVicenzo

    Conti's FYEO score has always been one of my favorites... it's always been deemed either "too disco" or "too dated".. but i think that is part of it's charm - it's a score perfectly fit in it's time and place (much like Hamlisch's score for TSWLM), and it's one of the many high marks i give FYEO as a Bond film....

    Fully agree @Haserot. I think one should have a bit of an ability to place himself in that different time. I always wonder what it would have been to live in the late 70's, early 80's (old school) disco era. If you can do that....you'll love the "FYEO" score.

    I'm equally happy to see "Moonraker" and "Tomorrow Never Dies" doing so incredibly well. I always thought "TND" was Arnold's first and best score.


    FYEO was the score I struggled with most on my ranking - part of me likes it for it's energy, it's such an enthusiastic score with some great highlights - but I do find it jarring to see a 53 year old Roger Moore doing stunts to what is basically disco music...

    And yes, Moonraker is a VASTLY underrated score, top 3 for me every time. It's Barry's most orchestral Bond score and it contains some of his best work i.m.o.
  • Mark_HazzardMark_Hazzard Classified
    edited September 2015 Posts: 127
    @royale65, I agree. Here you go:

    12. Goldfinger
    10. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    08. The Living Daylights
    07. Tomorrow Never Dies
    06. Thunderball
    05. Casino Royale
    04. A View to a Kill
    03. From Russia With Love
    02. The Man With The Golden Gun
    01. Diamonds Are Forever
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    Posts: 4,151
    I find it interesting seeing some of the "lesser enjoyed" movies in the top 10. AVTAK, DAF, MR, YOLT.
  • One thing though. I really think Sir George Martin's "Live And Let Die" is the best non-Barry soundtrack. Even better than Newman's "Skyfall" and David Arnold's "TND".

    The scores is wonderfully orchestrated, with Barry-esque strings, but maintaining its own original, soulful 'blackxploitation" feel to it. Great bass guitar riffs too. You can hear at times that there's a disco craze in the making....
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    23: Looney Tunes Dr. No, Monty Norman
    22: Quantum of Solace, David Arnold
    21: For Your Eyes Only, Bill Conti
    20: Live and Let Die, George Martin
    19: Die Another Day, David Arnold
    18: The Man with the Golden Gun, John Barry
    17: Skyfall, Thomas Newman
    16: Diamonds Are Forever, John Barry
    15: Goldfinger, John Barry
    14: Moonraker, John Barry
    13: Tomorrow Never Dies, David Arnold
    12: The World is Not Enough, David Arnold
    11: From Russia With Love, John Barry
    10: Casino Royale, David Arnold - 1 POINT
    9: The Spy Who Loved Me, Marvin Hamslich - 2 POINTS
    8: Octopussy, John Barry - 3 POINTS
    7: GoldenEye, Eric Serra - 4 POINTS
    6: You Only Live Twice, John Barry - 5 POINTS
    5: A View to a Kill, John Barry - 6 POINTS
    4: Licence to Kill, Michael Kamen - 7 POINTS
    3: Thunderball, John Barry - 8 POINTS
    2: The Living Daylights, John Barry - 10 POINTS
    1: On Her Majesty's Secret Service, John Barry - 12 POINTS
  • 1. OHMSS
    2. TLD
    3. FYEO
    4. CR
    5. MR
    6. TB
    7. YOLT
    8. AVTAK
    9. DAF
    10. LALD
  • SirGodfreySirGodfrey France
    Posts: 25
    1. OHMSS
    2. LALD
    3. TLD
    4. CR
    5. TND
    6. FRWL
    7. DAF
    8. YOLT
    9. AVTAK
    10. SF
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    OHMSS is in a league of it s own here. Does it have a thousand points yet?
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited September 2015 Posts: 23,883
    One thing though. I really think Sir George Martin's "Live And Let Die" is the best non-Barry soundtrack. Even better than Newman's "Skyfall" and David Arnold's "TND".

    The scores is wonderfully orchestrated, with Barry-esque strings, but maintaining its own original, soulful 'blackxploitation" feel to it. Great bass guitar riffs too. You can hear at times that there's a disco craze in the making....

    I'm completely in agreement with this. Truly a work of genius in the scoring dept. The only non-Barry score that I can listen to pleasurably from start to finish as a standalone cd in the car. Timeless despite the cues of its period littered throughout the score, and that is a testament to Martin.

    This is the way one should incorporate a disco flavour into the Bond sound (if one must) imho.....namely, sparingly. Hamlisch did it slightly more obviously, but a bit worse in 1977, and Conti massacred it in 1981, imho, putting a huge datestamp on his score, and consequently, the film.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    HASEROT wrote: »
    @MayDayDiVicenzo

    Conti's FYEO score has always been one of my favorites... it's always been deemed either "too disco" or "too dated".. but i think that is part of it's charm - it's a score perfectly fit in it's time and place (much like Hamlisch's score for TSWLM), and it's one of the many high marks i give FYEO as a Bond film....

    this track has always been a personal favorite from the soundtrack



    Yes, Runaway is one of my favourites too, along with A Drive Through the Country.
  • edited September 2015 Posts: 11,119
    The ranking so far ;-). Curious what you all will discuss about now:

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  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    Posts: 8,220
    1. OHMSS
    2. AVTAK
    3 TLD
    4 TB
    5 MR
    6 CR
    7 TND
    8 GF
    9 YOLT
    10 LALD
  • 1 - OHMSS
    2 - DAF
    3 - LALD
    4 - TLD
    5 - AVTAK
    6 - QOS
    7 - MR
    8 - GE (Yes, GE for similar reasons why ppl like FYEO)
    9 - GF
    10 - YOLT
  • Okie dokie loki, Gustav: here goes my list, according to my personal views of quality, not my actual list of favorites

    12 points: DAF (funniest official score)
    10 points: CR'67 (funniest score ever. Period.)
    08 points: OHMSS (Exciting and sentimental)
    07 points: FYEO (personal favorite. I dig Bill Conti's grooves)
    06 points: MR (The most beautiful of them)
    05 points: LTK (my fav Bond song, engaging OST despite Wedding Party)
    04 points: LALD (those funky grooves again)
    03 points: AVTAK (Barry back to the origins, but updating it. WOW!)
    02 points: TSWLM (too short, but Hamslisch was always efficient)
    01 points: GE (tried to be innovative, I love techno...)
  • Okie dokie loki, Gustav: here goes my list, according to my personal views of quality, not my actual list of favorites

    12 points: DAF (funniest official score)
    10 points: CR'67 (funniest score ever. Period.)
    08 points: OHMSS (Exciting and sentimental)
    07 points: FYEO (personal favorite. I dig Bill Conti's grooves)
    06 points: MR (The most beautiful of them)
    05 points: LTK (my fav Bond song, engaging OST despite Wedding Party)
    04 points: LALD (those funky grooves again)
    03 points: AVTAK (Barry back to the origins, but updating it. WOW!)
    02 points: TSWLM (too short, but Hamslisch was always efficient)
    01 points: GE (tried to be innovative, I love techno...)

    It's so great you have Burt Bacharach's/Herb Alpert's score for the 1967 spoof "CR" so high. Although not a terrific 'Bond score' it still is a marvelous score for a comedy film!
  • edited September 2015 Posts: 11,119
    36 voters already!

    By the way, yesterday I downloaded the entire expanded soundtrack from "Skyfall". I really recommend it. Better mixes. The entire full work that has been recorded. Uncut. Some tracks that didn't make the films. Other tracks that did make the film, but not the soundtrack. I really recommend listening it, to prepare for "SPECTRE":

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    Where did you find that, Gustav? I don't show it on Amazon US or iTunes!
  • edited September 2015 Posts: 11,119
    JET007 wrote: »
    Where did you find that, Gustav? I don't show it on Amazon US or iTunes!

    I downloaded it via a program that I always use:

    http://www.soulseekqt.net/news/node/1

    It's a real old-fashioned software program, but absolutely devoid of ads and viruses. And you get your own physical mp3's instead of that stupid Spotify with all those build-in ads and commercials.

    I'm very anti-Apple and I'm still using the good old fashioned Windows Media Player with Dolby Atmos Surround. It's connected to my Harman Kardon home cinema set.

    Around 4 people on there are offering the full expanded "Skyfall" score. It's truly wonderful. Proper 'gunbarrel exit tune', instrumental and movie versions of Adele's "Skyfall"....and simply better mixed. It's by sure official.

  • Posts: 632
    Excellent! Thanks for sharing! Can't wait to get home from work and give it a proper listen!
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