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  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    Posts: 7,314
    From Russia With Love

    1. Theme Song – 6 (Not a huge fan of Monro's version.)
    2. Use of Bond Theme - 7
    3. Style – 8
    4. Romance – 6
    5. Excitement - 9 (007!)
    6. Brass – 8
    7. Suspense - 9 (There are some very quiet, underrated moments.)
    8. Iconography – 7 (Definitely has it's moments.)
    9. Epicness – 6
    10. Timelessness – 7 (Barry is a work in progress at this point.)

    Final Score - 73%

    Not bad for a first time, eh? I think this Barry guy has potential. ;)

    pachazo's picks
    1) FRWL - 73%
    2) DN - 52%
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    Community Scores -
    From Russia With Love - 77.5%
    Dr. No - 51.45%

    Not surprisingly, From Russia With Love has vanquished Dr. No

    See you tomorrow for the next 'un.....

    James Bond will return...
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    Look out! It's only another blinking Bond film!

    Just a reminder of the categorizes -

    1. Theme Song - Implementation of the theme song 
    2. Use of Bond Theme - not how much the Bond theme is in the movie, but does the film use the Bond theme effectively and succinctly. 
    3. Style – Bond scores are meant to have the élan, sophistication and danger of the man himself.
    4. Romance
    5. Excitement
    6. Brass – what is a Bond score with out the big brassy sounds, implemented by the great man himself, John Barry?
    7. Suspense
    8. Iconography – when hearing the score you know it is a Bond film, with a capital “B”. 
    9. Epicness – does the score wow you with its scale.
    10. Timelessness – does it feel dated, or just as fresh when it was first released?



    Goldfinger, 1964

    1. Theme Song – 10. (Perfect implementation from Mr. Barry)
    2. Use of Bond Theme – 9
    3. Style – 10
    4. Romance – 8 (I find “Alpine Drive” to be quite romantic)
    5. Excitement - 10
    6. Brass – 10
    7. Suspense – 9 (“Laser Beam” anyone?)
    8. Iconography – 10
    9. Epicness – 9
    10. Timelessness – 9 (taking a point off for “Into Miami”, which I love btw!)

    94/100

    I find it almost sacrilegious to dissect Barry's work like this.

    royale's Rankings -

    Goldfinger – 94%
    From Russia With Love - 83%
    Dr. No – 69%
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    If you don't get a kick out of "Oddjob's Pressing Engagement" then you have something wrong with you.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Agree that this is one of the very best. Which competitor would that be, @Birdleson? YOLT or OHMSS, perhaps?
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    1. Theme Song – 4. (I never really liked the title track.)
    2. Use of Bond Theme – 10
    3. Style – 10
    4. Romance – 9
    5. Excitement - 9
    6. Brass – 10
    7. Suspense – 10
    8. Iconography – 10
    9. Epicness – 9
    10. Timelessness – 9
    90/100
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    edited December 2015 Posts: 5,080
    Goldfinger, 1964

    1. Theme Song – 8
    2. Use of Bond Theme – 9
    3. Style – 10
    4. Romance – 6
    5. Excitement - 10
    6. Brass – 10
    7. Suspense – 9
    8. Iconography – 10
    9. Epicness – 10
    10. Timelessness – 9

    91/100

    91%

    The first truly great Bond score.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,183
    Goldfinger, 1964

    1. Theme Song – 8. (It's great but not perfect.)
    2. Use of Bond Theme - 8 (The theme is used in sufficiently small doses.)
    3. Style – 8
    4. Romance – 6 (Only Barry gets romance out a theme song like GF's but it's not quite where we'll get eventually.)
    5. Excitement - 9 (Raid on Fort Knox -- Oh my!)
    6. Brass – 7
    7. Suspense - 9 ("Do you expect me to talk?")
    8. Iconography – 9 (Again, pure Bond)
    9. Epicness – 10 (I think GF defines the Bond sound)
    10. Timelessness – 8

    82%

    DD's Rankings

    Dr. No – 57%
    From Russia With Love - 77%
    Goldfinger - 82%
  • bigladiesmanbigladiesman
    edited January 2016 Posts: 1,009
    1. Theme Song - 10 (Are you kidding me? You gotta be kidding me...)
    2. Use of Bond Theme - 10 (perfect implementation of the Theme in the score)
    3. Style – 10 (swinging 60s at its best, perfectly played)
    4. Romance - 6 (not much romance to be found here)
    5. Excitement - 9 (from the gunbarrel to the end theme, everything Barry touches turns to excitement)
    6. Brass – 9 (just listen to the beginning of Bond To Miami)
    7. Suspense - 9 (full of tense music, especially the raid on Fort Knox)
    8. Iconography – 10 (a symbol of its time alongside the albums of The Beatles, The Stones, The Kinks or The Dave Clark Five)
    9. Epicness – 7 (Not as epic as other Bond sountracks, but it does it nicely)
    10. Timelessness – 9 (Fellini's favourite soundtrack is a product of its time, but undeniably a classic).

    Total: 91%, if FRWL we saw Barry starting to rise, this is his claim to stardom. He created the Bond music formula here: basically a blend of current musical trends and classic jazz with strong symphonic influences.

    BLM ratings:

    DN: 35 %
    FRWL: 79 %
    GF: 91 %
  • tanaka123tanaka123
    edited January 2016 Posts: 4,325
    Goldfinger, 1964

    1. Theme Song – 8
    2. Use of Bond Theme – 9
    3. Style – 9
    4. Romance – 6
    5. Excitement - 9
    6. Brass – 10
    7. Suspense – 9
    8. Iconography – 10
    9. Epicness – 7
    10. Timelessness – 9

    Tanaka123 Rankings

    Goldfinger - 86%
    From Russia with Love - 74%
    Dr. No - 52%
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    Mid-week bump!
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    Rounding this one up at the weekend (maybe)
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,131
    Goldfinger, 1964

    1. Theme Song – 10
    2. Use of Bond Theme – 9
    3. Style – 8
    4. Romance – 6
    5. Excitement - 8
    6. Brass – 10
    7. Suspense – 9
    8. Iconography – 10
    9. Epicness – 7
    10. Timelessness – 8

    Ovreall: 77%

    From Russia with Love: 78%
    Goldfinger: 77%
    Dr. No: 49%
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    Posts: 7,314
    Goldfinger

    1. Theme Song – 9 (Just about perfect.)
    2. Use of Bond Theme – 8
    3. Style – 8
    4. Romance – 6 (Compared to later efforts, which may not be fair. But them's the breaks.)
    5. Excitement - 9 (No shortage of that.)
    6. Brass – 9
    7. Suspense – 8 (Great!)
    8. Iconography – 10 (Chock-full of iconic moments.)
    9. Epicness – 7 (Not as epic as what's about to come.)
    10. Timelessness – 8

    Final Score - 82%

    Sorry to have procrastinated this. What a fun score! Barry masterfully blended his music with every scene. It truly elevated an already exciting film. It's no wonder audiences couldn't get enough.

    pachazo's picks
    1) GF - 82%
    2) FRWL - 73%
    3) DN - 52%
  • vzokvzok
    Posts: 4,044
    If I may join in at this late stage

    Goldfinger

    1. Theme Song – 5
    2. Use of Bond Theme – 7
    3. Style – 8
    4. Romance – 6
    5. Excitement - 9
    6. Brass – 10
    7. Suspense – 8 (especially Auric's Factory)
    8. Iconography – 8
    9. Epicness – 5
    10. Timelessness – 7

    Final Score - 73%

    If I'd been awake at the start of this thread, I think I'd have put Dr No at 56% and From Russia With Love at 76%
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    Posts: 3,336
    Goldfinger

    1. Theme Song – 8
    2. Use of Bond Theme – 8
    3. Style – 8
    4. Romance – 6
    5. Excitement - 9
    6. Brass – 10
    7. Suspense – 8
    8. Iconography – 10
    9. Epicness – 6
    10. Timelessness – 9

    Final Score - 82%
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    Community Scores -
    Goldfinger - 86%
    From Russia With Love - 77.5%
    Dr. No - 51.45%

    Goldfinger is currently the gold standard of the Bondian scores!

    See you tomorrow for the next 'un.....

    James Bond will return...
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Did you know that Barry based the Goldfinger theme song on Mack the Knife, performed by non other than Lotte Lenya?
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    I did not. You're much more than a pretty face aren't you @Thunderfinger
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Yes, but first and foremost a pretty face.
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    Thunderball, 1965

    1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 8 (Not quite up to the standard of GF, but decent nonetheless)
    2. Use of Bond Theme – 9
    3. Style – 10
    4. Romance – 8 (The underwater bits I find to be romantic)
    5. Excitement – 9
    6. Brass – 9
    7. Suspense – 9
    8. Iconography – 9
    9. Epicness – 9 (The final underwater battle, and that version of the “007 theme”)
    10. Timelessness – 9

    89/100

    royale's Rankings -

    Goldfinger – 94%
    Thunderball – 89%
    From Russia With Love - 83%
    Dr. No – 69% 

    A worthy effort!
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    Thunderball, 1965

    1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 7 (decent)
    2. Use of Bond Theme – 5
    3. Style – 9
    4. Romance – 7
    5. Excitement – 10
    6. Brass – 8
    7. Suspense – 8
    8. Iconography – 7
    9. Epicness – 9
    10. Timelessness – 8

    78/100

    78%

    Solid effort.
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
    Posts: 8,217
    I'm ashamedly late to this party so I'll leave my catch up rankings below so as to not confuse/clog the page.

    Thunderball

    1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 8
    2. Use of Bond Theme – 8
    3. Style – 8
    4. Romance – 9
    5. Excitement – 9
    6. Brass – 9
    7. Suspense – 8
    8. Iconography – 9
    9. Epicness – 9
    10. Timelessness – 9

    86/100

    Barry's biggest and ballsy-est Bond score.

    Previous rankings:

    Dr.No - 62/100
    From Russia With Love - 81/100
    Goldfinger - 91/100
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    Thunderball, 1965

    1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 9
    2. Use of Bond Theme – 10
    3. Style – 10
    4. Romance – 8
    5. Excitement – 9
    6. Brass – 10
    7. Suspense – 9
    8. Iconography – 9
    9. Epicness – 9
    10. Timelessness – 9

    91/100

    One of Barry's Best.

  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited January 2016 Posts: 23,883
    Thunderball, 1965

    1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 9
    2. Use of Bond Theme – 7
    3. Style – 10
    4. Romance – 10
    5. Excitement – 9
    6. Brass – 10
    7. Suspense – 10
    8. Iconography – 9
    9. Epicness – 10
    10. Timelessness – 9

    93/100

    Love this score.

    My quick & dirty catch up scoring on the previous 3:

    DN - 65 (iconic but dated and sparse)
    FRWL - 80 (suspenseful)
    GF - 86 (iconic but a little overrated and dated now)
  • vzokvzok
    Posts: 4,044
    Thunderball

    1. Theme Song – 5
    2. Use of Bond Theme – 7
    3. Style – 9
    4. Romance – 7
    5. Excitement - 8
    6. Brass – 7
    7. Suspense – 9
    8. Iconography – 8
    9. Epicness – 7
    10. Timelessness – 8

    Final Score - 75%

    Previous:
    Dr No 56
    From Russia 76
    Goldfinger 73
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,183
    Thunderball, 1965

    1. Theme Song – 7. (Good, not great.)
    2. Use of Bond Theme - 6 (What little there is of it.)
    3. Style – 9
    4. Romance – 8 (Mr KKBB is surprisingly romantic with the proper orchestration. Barry delivers.)
    5. Excitement - 9 (That alternative "007" theme playing during the climactic battles: wonderful!)
    6. Brass – 7
    7. Suspense - 9 (I for one find the underwater stuff pretty - uh - suspenseful.)
    8. Iconography – 9 (Pure Bond)
    9. Epicness – 10
    10. Timelessness – 9

    83%

    DD's Rankings

    Dr. No – 57%
    From Russia With Love - 77%
    Goldfinger - 82%
    Thunderball - 83%[/quote]

  • tanaka123tanaka123
    Posts: 4,325
    Thunderball, 1965

    1. Theme Song – 8
    2. Use of Bond Theme – 7
    3. Style – 8
    4. Romance – 7
    5. Excitement - 9
    6. Brass – 9
    7. Suspense – 8
    8. Iconography – 9
    9. Epicness – 9
    10. Timelessness – 7

    Tanaka123 Rankings

    Goldfinger - 86%
    Thunderball - 81%
    From Russia with Love - 74%
    Dr. No - 52%
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited January 2016 Posts: 7,131
    Thunderball

    1. Theme Song – 9
    2. Use of Bond Theme – 8
    3. Style – 8
    4. Romance – 8
    5. Excitement - 8
    6. Brass – 10
    7. Suspense – 9
    8. Iconography – 8
    9. Epicness – 9
    10. Timelessness – 8

    Overall: 85%

    Thunderball: 85%
    From Russia with Love: 78%
    Goldfinger: 77%
    Dr. No: 49%
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    Posts: 7,314
    Thunderball

    1. Theme Song – 7 (Dare I say it's a tad overrated?)
    2. Use of Bond Theme – 8
    3. Style – 9 (Mysterious and grand.)
    4. Romance – 7 (Love the bit where Bond dances with Domino.)
    5. Excitement - 9
    6. Brass – 8
    7. Suspense – 9 (It's wonderful how he slowly builds the tension.)
    8. Iconography – 8
    9. Epicness – 10 (His first truly epic outing.)
    10. Timelessness – 8

    Final Score - 83%

    Barry's score created the perfect atmosphere for this movie. It's impossible to think of any other music accompanying those scenes.

    pachazo's picks
    1) TB - 83%
    2) GF - 82%
    3) FRWL - 73%
    4) DN - 52%
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