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Worst: GE. Boring answer, I know, what can I say. I'm in the majority camp.
As for rankings/classifications, I'd go:
Gold standard:
TB
OHMSS
CR
TLD
LALD
YOLT
Very good:
FRWL
GF
TND
TMWTGG
DAF
Decent:
AVTAK
OP
LTK
SK
SP
QOS
SF
Not a big fan:
DAD
FYO (there are a couple of cues I like. Not a bad score, just one that doesn't grab me that much)
DN (as music per say, it's actually good. As a Bond score, it's iffy)
TWINE (similar to TND, but somehow a lot more generic)
TSWLM (sure, it has some charm, but overall it's just not for me)
No thanks:
GE
I think we'd mostly agree that Bond theme apart, the score for DN isnt that great. In FRWL the score is by John Barry and its pretty good throughout right?
So why on earth at the end during the boat chase do they use that god awful track from DN that sounds like its from a 50's B movie?
You surely cant be telling me that John Barry couldnt knock out a better piece of music than this in his lunch break?
The only logical conclusion I can draw is that initially they decided they didnt want any music with that scene, Barry scored the film and went off on holiday or something and then at the 11th hour someone decided that the scene really needed some music so they just did a quick copy and paste. Given the acrimony between Barry and Norman I can t envisage why John would use a (poor) track from the previous soundtrack of his own volition.
Maybe it was a decision by Cubby & Harry to have some sort of continuity?
Best- OHMSS, TLD, TB and YOLT
I'd probably leave it up to time constraints. If you recall, there are a couple versions of Thunderball in distribution where the last scene has 2 different versions. The ultimate/blu-ray version has the unfinished score using the DN Bond theme where as the VHS/Special edition have the completed score with a heavier Bombastic version of the Bond theme. That was of course because John Barry didn't have enough time to finish the score before the film's competition but had most of the score complete. So I'd probably the same reasons applied to FRWL's boat finale.
Finished Soundtrack Version - http://picosong.com/hCme/
Original Unfinished / Blu-Ray version. http://picosong.com/hCmL/