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Could Arnold have done it? I bet he could have. Did Newman do it better? Probably.
Agree. As a precedent had been set with the movie before QOS. Forster was allowed to bring in his own team of people too.
Yeah. I do wonder though, how Kleinman's titles would have looked compared to Forster's team.
<font color=blue size=7><b>Mixing the original Bond Theme recording with Little Nellie's air fight wasn't Hunt's best call.</b></font>
Ah? Not sure on that as i was only born in 1974. ;) I suppose it was to do with all the Bond fever at the time perhaps? Especially after the performance that Thunderball had put in!
(Also, I was born in '82.)
:)) Perhaps i have had a JD too many and i have only had one! ;)) Will have totake another look DD as i cannot recall it to mind although i obviously know the scene.
Anyway, back onatopp of things, I completely agree on this thesis. It was lasyness, as so much of the making of YOLT was lasiness. Pity, the sequenc would've been far better with better scriptwriting, a better stunt coordiantor and a better score.
Anyway ,I'll poor myself another Chieftain's Laphroaig. Strong, but good.
Probably agreed, but I still think Arnold's music is superior to Newman's entry. I am honestly intrigued as to what Arnold could have done with the Shanghai and Macao scenes.
It worked pretty well in the scene, but I suppose it would have been cool to hear a new rendition.
If Arnorld had brought in the kind of music he composed for Bregenz, then wow, I think the Macao and Shanghai scenes would have played even better! I'm all for that.
You know, I've really come to appreciate the QoS score. It's more a collection of seperate moodbuilding suites than a continuous, consistent composition. It hardly ever tries to scream louder than the sound effects in the film (an obvious 'mistake' in some of the previous films IMO) and it does bring some enigmatic flavours to it.
Had they announced a different composer after TWINE or DAD, I would have jumped up and screamed off my lungs in excitement. Now, however, I was fairly indifferent to the notion of Arnold not scoring SF. I didn't protest, but I wasn't asking for it either. That's how much I appreciate his score for CR and QoS.
I agree with you there, he grew more and more as a composer with each entry, and that's saying a lot considering how good he already was in the 90's. After all, people did think that he was the next John Williams after Stargate, ID4 and Godzilla - a comparison which meant it was no coincidence that Roland Emmerich replaced him with Williams on The Patriot.
He receives a lot of flack for extremely crappy reasons on here, and "Night at the Opera" proves all the naysayers wrong. Not to mention "City of Lovers" too!
<font color=blue size=7><b>Bond 24 could, like TB, pick up on some loose threads from QoS, retaining the style of SF at the same time.</b></font>
Yes and mabey better on some points too. The only reasen that i can't say 100% yes is that some litle detaid should have been changed or extented. But Brosnan handle earlier with almoost the same subject with TMND so that should not be a problem. I missing a litle bit of more drama in Skyfall and in specialy in the end and also because i know there can do better as there did with TMND/Twine.
re: Bond 24 could, like TB, pick up on some loose threads from QoS, retaining the style of SF at the same time.
Agree.
Could? It better.
Hear hear!
COMPLETELY AGREE. This is sincerely what i am hoping for! [-O<
That's definitely how they should do it, anyway.
<font color=blue size=7><b>OHMSS's climactic storming of Piz Gloria would have been better if unscored.</b></font>
I like it very much as it is,
I disagree. Short scenes like the fight scene with the "Gate Crasher" work well with no music. But a long scene like the Piz Gloria invasion needed a good strong dose of music. Gunfire and Explosions for that long of time would have been boring. The scene is perfect the way it is. John Barry always knows what he's doing. ;)
Disagree, i like the sequence alot!
192: Disagree. It is great as it is.
Thesis #192 No, the music goes well with the action scenes. I couldn't imagine it without some of the dramatic background scores. Disagree with this
<font color=blue size=7><b>Regardless of their age, there's a maximum amount of Bond films any single Bond actor can do before losing the audience's interest.</b></font>
193- Hmmm, not sure. I suppose I'll agree, because I think you need a bit of variety in Bond (and how the actor plays him), and too much of the same can get boring.