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Thanks! This illustrates what's lacking in recent scores perfectly. I really hope if it's not Arnold scoring Bond 25, that it's someone who is closer to Arnold's sound than Newman's.
Newman had the odd moment though his scores were overall poor
Agree. The one track of his I really liked, was the least Bondian one actually – Shanghai Drive. It was a good match to that particular scene.
I liked Jellyfish and The Chimera, the latter had the grandiose Bond should have.
This is one of the best Soundtracks (Listening to the 19 track version)
I missed the energy of Arnold in the last two soundtracks, I felt the Newman's scores lacked urgency in key moments.
I love when he reuses the start of that one in “The Wedding”
Those were alright too. The Newman scores doesn't interest me much unfortunately; I've tried to enjoy them by listening to them now and then, but it hasn't changed my opinion of them.
It's pure class
Newman is boring and shallow musically for the most part, I never liked his work pre Bond, when I heard he got the job I pretty much groaned.
I was excited by Newman before SF, as I wondered what he'd bring to the franchise (same with Mendes). In the end, neither delivered something that interest me.
Love that track! One of the best from the DAF score.
My own favorite was I believe the first one released as a preview: New Digs. I especially enjoyed how it played with the chromatic vamp of the Bond theme. Felt suitable for a Bond film.
The rest of the score is certanily competent but comes across as somewhat perfunctory. It's not necessarily that Newman was actually indifferent to the assignment, but his music lacks the truly exciting quality that other composers brought to their work, such as Martin, Hamlisch, Conti and certainly Arnold.
Edit: The moments where I think Newman gets closest to Arnold-style excitement are in Spectre. The Tempus Fugit rendition of his action theme is much better than the one in Skyfall. Backfire is also a good one.
Very nice. It mostly syncs up decently enough with the onscreen action, with the exception of the fight on top of the train, and is a great deal more exciting and lively than the actual film score.
New Digs never did much for me. Can't really tell why, but still.
Perfunctory is probably one of the better ways to describe the score. It doesn't take the film to another level of excitement – it's just "there". As for the others you mention, their scores feels inspired and colourful.
This track purrs, one of my favourite sequences from the movie.
Totally agree it's not a film I rate highly, though I had a blast watching it at the cinema because I could not stop humming the music :))
Haha! I too find myself humming Arnold tracks now and then. He's made some great tunes for the Bond films over the years. Need to watch TND again soon. It must be like four years since the last time.
Was thinking the same been a while since I watched it all the way through, I have been doing a reverse Bondathon though got stuck on TWINE I find that film a chore. Though I caught some of TWINE on TV recently so I may count that as my watch, I'll move onto TND next
That's an interesting way of watching the films! Never tried that before. I actually like TWINE more than TND, but that might change with the next viewing. Pierce is great in both though.
TWINE admittedly has one of my favourite pre title sequences, other than GE the Brosnan films are low in my ranking
Excellent
AVTAK sung by Shirley Bassey...
OP sung by Shirley Bassey
Not the best production
Yeah, the PTS in TWINE is really something. I know some don't like it, but I think it's great.
A-ha's album version is a bit different than the soundtrack version, but both are great, IMO.
It's a shame Barry did not do another score though TLD is a good one, Necros Attacks I often randomly play.