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1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 10 (best implementation in the series)
2. Use of Bond Theme – 6 (Its only problem)
3. Style – 10
4. Romance – 10
5. Excitement – 10
6. Brass – 10
7. Suspense – 9
8. Iconography – 10
9. Epicness – 10
10. Timelessness –10
95/100
1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 10
2. Use of Bond Theme – 8
3. Style – 9
4. Romance – 10
5. Excitement – 9
6. Brass – 9
7. Suspense – 9
8. Iconography – 8
9. Epicness – 9
10. Timelessness – 9
Final Score - 90%
I had forgotten just how fantastic this one is. The theme song is legendary and its implementation is incredible. It goes from a catchy pop-rock number by Duran Duran to the magnificent "Wine With Stacey", which is one of the most romantic pieces ever written by Barry. I love all of the leitmotifs actually. This one really has it all. Every scene is perfectly scored. Well, except for California Girls perhaps. Even that doesn't bother me as much as most people, it would seem.
Personally, I feel that this is his best work since the 60's. It's one of his best scores period.
pachazo's picks
1) YOLT - 93%
2) OHMSS - 92%
3) AVTAK - 90%
4) DAF - 87%
5) TB - 83%
6) GF - 82%
7) LALD - 80%
8) MR -79%
9) TSWLM - 75%
10) FRWL - 73%
11) OP - 72%
12) FYEO - 71%
13) TMWTGG - 67%
14) DN - 52%
1. Theme Song – 10
2. Use of Bond Theme – 8
3. Style – 9
4. Romance – 8
5. Excitement - 10
6. Brass – 7
7. Suspense – 8
8. Iconography – 8
9. Epicness – 8
10. Timelessness – 8
Overall: 88%
On Her Majesty's Secret Service: 97%
You Only Live Twice: 93%
A View to a Kill: 88%
Thunderball: 85%
The Spy Who Loved Me: 82%
Moonraker: 81%
From Russia with Love: 78%
Diamonds Are Forever: 78%
Goldfinger: 77%
Octopussy: 77%
The Man with the Golden Gun: 77%
Live and Let Die: 75%
For Your Eyes Only: 68%
Dr. No: 49%
1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 10 (Bond entered the eighties late but with a bang with this classic from Duran Duran. And morover, it sounds epic when played by the Barry's orchestra!)
2. Use of Bond Theme – 10 (Instead of the classic version, Barry creates an epic orchestral variant combined with rocking guitar solos. And WOW! It works awesomely)
3. Style – 10 (Barry experiments again bringing a basically orchestral score with some tads of rock. And it, well, rock).
4. Romance – 8 (It works nicely, with slowed versions of the main theme).
5. Excitement - 10 (You kidding? This one is one of the best action socres of a decade where 'excitement' was the first thing the composers thought when working on action movies. Besides, this is a sountrack that actually improves the movie!!!).
6. Brass – 7 (more string-driven than brassy. It still has its moments)
7. Suspense – 9 (same with all Barry scores. This comes with the name)
8. Iconography – 10 (this is a really, really iconic score from 80s cinema, from the theme song to the last note it's Barry keeping his style while updating it almost effortlessly)
9. Epicness – 9 (just listen to "Snow Job" for the first time, or the instrumental of the main theme when Bond rescues Stacy from the burning City Hall nad try to tell me it's not epic).
10. Timelessness – 10 (a classic of the 80, the top note wants to reflect that it's timelessly because it's, IMHO, an essential score to understand cinema in the eighties)
Overall: 93%. A real added value to a good but forgettable film (if you're not a Bond fan, that is), the song almost makes it a darn action classic of its decade!!! There are very few films that can proclaim this!
BLM's rat
NSNA: 25 %
DN: 35 %
TMWTGG: 66 %
OP: 77 %
FRWL: 79 %
CR'67 and FYEO: 81 %
TSWLM: 84 %
TB and YOLT: 86 %
DAF and LALD: 88 %
GF: 91 %
MR and AVTAK: 93 %
OHMSS:99%
1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 10
2. Use of Bond Theme – 8
3. Style – 9
4. Romance – 9
5. Excitement – 10
6. Brass – 7
7. Suspense – 10
8. Iconography – 10
9. Epicness – 10
10. Timelessness – 9
Final Score: 92%
vzok ratings:
OHMSS - 93
Moonraker - 92
A View To A Kill - 92
Diamonds - 89
You Only Live Twice - 84
Live And Let Die - 81
Spy Who Loved Me - 79
From Russia - 76
CR67 - 75
Thunderball - 75
Goldfinger - 73
Golden Gun - 67
FYEO - 64
Dr No - 56
NSNA - 17
1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 10
2. Use of Bond Theme – 9
3. Style – 10
4. Romance – 8
5. Excitement – 10
6. Brass – 8
7. Suspense – 10
8. Iconography – 10
9. Epicness – 10
10. Timelessness – 10
Final score: 95%
Community Scores -
On Her Majesty's Secret Service – 95.08%
A View To A Kill – 89.75%
You Only Live Twice – 89.72%
Moonraker - 86.27%
Goldfinger – 86%
Diamonds Are Forever – 85.4%
Thunderball – 85.08%
Octopussy - 81.09%
The Spy Who Loved Me – 79.7%
Live and Let Die - 79.6%
From Russia With Love – 77.5%
The Man With The Golden Gun – 72.4%
For Your Eyes Only – 71.27%
Casino Royale '67 - 70.87
Dr. No – 51.45%
Never Say Never Again – 29.75%
Dear Arceus! AVTAK has uspered YOLT and takes its 2nd place!
See you later for the next 'un...
James Bond will return...
1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 10 (The theme song it self isn't that good, but Barry is a genius at incorporating the song throughout the score)
2. Use of Bond Theme – 9 (with extra synths!)
3. Style – 10 (Barry's genius is extended to 3 songs, which he implements superbly)
4. Romance – 10
5. Excitement – 9
6. Brass – 8
7. Suspense – 10
8. Iconography – 8
9. Epicness – 8
10. Timelessness – 8
90/100
royale's Rankings -
On Her Majesty's Secret Service – 98%
You Only Live Twice – 94%
Goldfinger – 94%
The Living Daylights – 90%
Moonraker – 90%
Diamonds Are Forever 90%
Thunderball – 89%
The Spy Who Loved Me – 85%
A View To A Kill – 84%
Octopussy – 83%
From Russia With Love – 83%
Live and Let Die – 81%
For Your Eyes Only – 79%
The Man With The Golden Gun – 69%
Dr. No – 69%
Casino Royale, '67 – 62%
Never Say Never Again – 38%
TLD has joined the 90 club!
1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 10
2. Use of Bond Theme – 10
3. Style – 10
4. Romance – 10
5. Excitement – 10
6. Brass – 10
7. Suspense – 10
8. Iconography – 10
9. Epicness – 10
10. Timelessness – 10
100/100
Like AVTAK this one gets 100% by me. I consider TLD to be the best score of the franchise, closely followed by AVTAK and OHMSS. These 3 I'd rate 10/10.
1. Theme Song – 10 (I really love the melodies and such.)
2. Use of Bond Theme - 9 (Barry has it down again in this one...)
3. Style – 10 (Possibly his best?)
4. Romance – 9 (Yeah, I think the film does an amazing job here, particularly during the final final final scene of the film.)
5. Excitement - 10 (Double-Oh!)
6. Brass – 8
7. Suspense - 9
8. Iconography – 9 (Pure Bond.)
9. Epicness – 10
10. Timelessness – 10 (I think this music could work in any Bond film, even the Craigs.)
94%
DD's Rankings
Never Say Never Again - 17%
Dr. No – 57%
For Your Eyes Only - 60%
Live And Let Die - 61%
Casino Royale '67 - 66%
The Spy Who Loved Me - 70%
The Man With The Golden Gun - 75%
Octopussy - 75%
From Russia With Love - 77%
Moonraker - 81%
Goldfinger - 82%
Thunderball - 83%
You Only Live Twice - 85%
A View To A Kill - 87%
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 89%
Diamonds Are Forever - 93%
The Living Daylights - 94%
The Living Dayights, 1987
1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 9
2. Use of Bond Theme – 9
3. Style – 9
4. Romance – 9
5. Excitement - 8
6. Brass – 7
7. Suspense – 8
8. Iconography – 7
9. Epicness – 8
10. Timelessness – 7
81%
Tanaka123 Rankings
You Only Live Twice - 89%
Goldfinger - 86%/ On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 86%
Thunderball - 81%/ Moonraker - 81% / The Living Daylights - 81%
Diamonds Are Forever - 79%
Octopussy - 77%
Live and Let Die - 75% / A View to a Kill - 75%
From Russia with Love - 74% / For Your Eyes Only - 74%
The Spy Who Loved Me - 73%
The Man with the Golden Gun - 66%
Dr. No - 52%
1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 10
2. Use of Bond Theme – 9
3. Style – 10
4. Romance – 10
5. Excitement - 9
6. Brass – 8
7. Suspense – 9
8. Iconography – 9
9. Epicness – 9
10. Timelessness – 10
1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 9
2. Use of Bond Theme – 9
3. Style – 9
4. Romance – 9
5. Excitement – 9
6. Brass – 6
7. Suspense – 8
8. Iconography – 8
9. Epicness – 8
10. Timelessness – 7
Final Score: 82%
vzok ratings:
OHMSS - 93
Moonraker - 92
A View To A Kill - 92
Diamonds - 89
You Only Live Twice - 84
The Living Daylights - 82
Live And Let Die - 81
Spy Who Loved Me - 79
From Russia - 76
CR67 - 75
Thunderball - 75
Goldfinger - 73
Golden Gun - 67
FYEO - 64
Dr No - 56
NSNA - 17
I'm with you on this one. Its not my favourite Barry score for a Bond film. Its let down in my opinion by some of the dated action cues. Not a great fan of the music during the "action" of the PTS for example. So here goes -
1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 8
2. Use of Bond Theme – 7
3. Style – 5
4. Romance – 7
5. Excitement – 5
6. Brass – 5
7. Suspense – 6
8. Iconography – 5
9. Epicness – 5
10. Timelessness – 4
57%
Its has some great moments but on a whole is my least listened to Barry Bond score.
2. Use of Bond Theme – 9
3. Style – 8
4. Romance – 10
5. Excitement – 9
6. Brass – 7
7. Suspense – 9
8. Iconography – 8
9. Epicness – 9
10. Timelessness – 7
Total Score: 86
1. Theme Song – 10
2. Use of Bond Theme – 9
3. Style – 10
4. Romance – 10
5. Excitement - 10
6. Brass – 8
7. Suspense – 10
8. Iconography – 8
9. Epicness – 10
10. Timelessness – 9
Overall: 94%
On Her Majesty's Secret Service: 97%
The Living Daylights: 94%
You Only Live Twice: 93%
A View to a Kill: 88%
Thunderball: 85%
The Spy Who Loved Me: 82%
Moonraker: 81%
From Russia with Love: 78%
Diamonds Are Forever: 78%
Goldfinger: 77%
Octopussy: 77%
The Man with the Golden Gun: 77%
Live and Let Die: 75%
For Your Eyes Only: 68%
Dr. No: 49%
1. Theme Song – 10
2. Use of Bond Theme – 9
3. Style – 10
4. Romance – 9
5. Excitement - 9
6. Brass – 8
7. Suspense – 9
8. Iconography – 8
9. Epicness – 10
10. Timelessness – 9
91/100
MayDay's score ranking
DN- 42%
FRWL- 78%
GF- 91%
TB- 78%
CR'67- 62%
YOLT- 92%
OHMSS- 98%
DAF- 79%
LALD- 82%
TMWTGG- 74%
TSWLM- 87%
MR- 96%
FYEO- 90%
NSNA- 22%
OP- 89%
AVTAK- 95%
TLD- 91%
1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 8
2. Use of Bond Theme – 7
3. Style – 8
4. Romance – 8
5. Excitement – 8
6. Brass – 7
7. Suspense – 8
8. Iconography – 7
9. Epicness – 7
10. Timelessness – 6
Final Score - 74%
The last Barry score? Damn. What a joy it has been to listen to all of his contributions
over the past few months. His last effort is a good one but it's definitely his most "80's" sounding. This could be a good or a bad thing depending on your point of view. There were three songs written for the soundtrack that Barry (once again) effortlessly weaves into the score. Of the three, a-ha's "The Living Daylights" definitely sounds the most dated. I actually like it though.
"Where Has Everybody Gone" by The Pretenders is a nice addition but I think that Barry might have overused that melody a bit over the course of the film. It starts to get a little tiresome by the time we're in Afghanistan. "If There Was A Man" is a really nice romantic theme and plays perfectly over the end credits. There are plenty of suspenseful moments throughout and some great classic Barry brass thrown into the mix.
The end of an era.
pachazo's picks
1) YOLT - 93%
2) OHMSS - 92%
3) AVTAK - 90%
4) DAF - 87%
5) TB - 83%
6) GF - 82%
7) LALD - 80%
8) MR -79%
9) TSWLM - 75%
10) TLD - 74%
11) FRWL - 73%
12) OP - 72%
13) FYEO - 71%
14) TMWTGG - 67%
15) DN - 52%
1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 10
2. Use of Bond Theme – 10
3. Style – 9
4. Romance – 10
5. Excitement – 10
6. Brass – 8
7. Suspense – 10
8. Iconography – 8
9. Epicness – 10
10. Timelessness – 9
Final score - 94%
On Her Majesty's Secret Service – 95.08%
A View To A Kill – 89.75%
You Only Live Twice – 89.72%
Moonraker - 86.27%
Goldfinger – 86%
Diamonds Are Forever – 85.4%
Thunderball – 85.08%
The Living Daylights – 83.83%
Octopussy - 81.09%
The Spy Who Loved Me – 79.7%
Live and Let Die - 79.6%
From Russia With Love – 77.5%
The Man With The Golden Gun – 72.4%
For Your Eyes Only – 71.27%
Casino Royale '67 - 70.87
Dr. No – 51.45%
Never Say Never Again – 29.75%
Not to shabby for our farewell to the inimitable Mr. Barry.
See you later for the next 'un...
James Bond will return...
Licence To Kill, 1989
1. Theme Song – 7 (Not bad but for a Bond song? I dunno.)
2. Use of Bond Theme - 8 (Kamen did well.)
3. Style – 8 (Hey, it's Die Hard / Lethal Weapon but nevertheless befitting the late 80s Bond somehow.)
4. Romance – 8 (I know a lot of people will disagree with me but I like the Patty LaBelle song and I like what Kamen brings to this score in terms of romance.)
5. Excitement - 8 (Some great action moments!)
6. Brass – 8
7. Suspense - 8
8. Iconography – 6
9. Epicness – 6
10. Timelessness – 9 (I think this score holds up remarkably well.)
76%
DD's Rankings
Never Say Never Again - 17%
Dr. No – 57%
For Your Eyes Only - 60%
Live And Let Die - 61%
Casino Royale '67 - 66%
The Spy Who Loved Me - 70%
The Man With The Golden Gun - 75%
Octopussy - 75%
Licence To Kill - 76%
From Russia With Love - 77%
Moonraker - 81%
Goldfinger - 82%
Thunderball - 83%
You Only Live Twice - 85%
A View To A Kill - 87%
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 89%
Diamonds Are Forever - 93%
The Living Daylights - 94%
Whoops. Wrong movie.
Licence to Kill, 1989
1. Implementation of the Theme Song – 6
2. Use of Bond Theme – 8 (bonus points for the GB)
3. Style – 8 (maybe it's a bit high, but hey ho!)
4. Romance – 9
5. Excitement – 9
6. Brass – 7
7. Suspense – 9
8. Iconography – 7
9. Epicness – 7
10. Timelessness – 7
77/100
royale's Rankings -
On Her Majesty's Secret Service – 98%
You Only Live Twice – 94%
Goldfinger – 94%
The Living Daylights – 90%
Moonraker – 90%
Diamonds Are Forever 90%
Thunderball – 89%
The Spy Who Loved Me – 85%
A View To A Kill – 84%
Octopussy – 83%
From Russia With Love – 83%
Live and Let Die – 81%
For Your Eyes Only – 79%
Licence to Kill – 77%
The Man With The Golden Gun – 69%
Dr. No – 69%
Casino Royale, '67 – 62%
Never Say Never Again – 38%
I admit it. Kinda like Kamen's score. It just fit the whole movie well.