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Great interview.
I admit I wasn't always a David Arnold fan. It wasn't until I started collecting the soundtracks that I could get a good chance to listen to all the music out of film. I honestly don't get why people think he's a Barry ripoff. He really isn't. Sure he uses the heavy Brassy elements that Barry incorporated in the 60's. Barry had long since moved on from that style in the 70's for a string heavy orchestra sound that kept with him until he retired. Maybe people get that ripoff opinion from his Shaken and Stirred cover album. Or hate his use of electronic elements. Which is understandable.
As for Newman, I was happy when he was announced. I loved his score for Wall-E and hoped that Skyfall would have that style. Well it did but in a bad way. "Health and Safety" sounds like a bad leftover from Wall-E. On this site I'm probably Newman's biggest critic, but I don't hate his work. There are a handful of tracks from both his efforts that I enjoy. Newman really didn't score it with the "Bond Sound" in mind. It was basically a Thomas Newman score for a Bond movie. And while that is fine, just leaves so much to be desired.
I wonder what Arnold would have done with both Skyfall and Spectre.
Which leads to another thing. OHMSS was one of the first films to use the Moog Synthesizer. This Never Happened to the Other Fella, The OHMSS main theme, Gumbold's Safe, Over and Out. All incorporated the Moog with the orchestra. Which is exactly what Arnold does.
I think what some don't like is the Drum and Bass Arnold uses. That's not the same thing as "Techno"
May be drum and bass. Whatever it was, he really dialed it back in CR/QoS and that's why I liked those scores best (although It was there in CR too in places I think)
Arnold typically uses techno elements and electronic elements sparingly but doesn't overdo it.
Shame he didn't use more Sax in his scores. Then again the saxophone has phased out of movie scores these days sadly.