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La-La Land Records Present The Man With The Golden Gun: 50th Anniversary Remastered & Expanded 2CD

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  • bondywondybondywondy Uk
    edited February 13 Posts: 442
    Return to Scaramanga's Fun House may be my all time favourite haunting music. The way it builds up to the 5 minutes mark and then concludes with the sinister stalking vibe. It's a mini masterpiece.





  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited February 13 Posts: 17,061
    Finally got around to listening to this despite buying it before Christmas and, well, it's no Moonraker is it! Barry only had a couple of weeks to write it so no slight on him, but it's a bit of a boring listen going over the same ground quite often; I think it's one of those where the original soundtrack album is probably all you need. Although the Bottoms Up tracks are actually a bit of a highlight and more interesting than a lot of the score! I had no idea Bottoms Up 2 would be a sort of noodly psychedelic riff on the theme tune.
  • humblepilothumblepilot UK
    edited February 13 Posts: 10
    I agree that it gets very repetitive if you listen to the whole thing start to finish. I like the melody of "Golden Gun" just fine, but it gets a bit boring when you hear it in every other track. And in addition to the time constraints, maybe the adherence to that stereotypical "East Asian" mode cramped Barry's style?
  • BT3366BT3366
    Posts: 1,948
    mtm wrote: »
    Finally got around to listening to this despite buying it before Christmas and, well, it's no Moonraker is it! Barry only had a couple of weeks to write it so no slight on him, but it's a bit of a boring listen going over the same ground quite often; I think it's one of those where the original soundtrack album is probably all you need. Although the Bottoms Up tracks are actually a bit of a highlight and more interesting than a lot of the score! I had no idea Bottoms Up 2 would be a sort of noodly psychedelic riff on the theme tune.

    On the positive side, it's still more memorable as a whole than anything Barry's successors after he left the series came up with. I can hum Barry's music all day and have a hard time recalling much if anything Arnold and especially Newman came up with.
  • mattjoesmattjoes
    Posts: 7,082
    I think the essential score cues not present in the original album are

    Gun Barrel / The Island
    Macau
    Following Andrea
    Scaramanga Strikes
    Chula
    The Death of Hai Fat
    Moments
    and possibly Retrieving the Solex Agitator
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 17,061
    Yeah, the little Solex motif isn’t represented on the album at all I think?
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,466
    mtm wrote: »
    Yeah, the little Solex motif isn’t represented on the album at all I think?

    I haven't heard it. I had hoped for it, though. Would be a cool sound to hear every time someones texts me. ;-)
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 17,061
    Oh, it's on there on the new one, I meant on the original album. It really would make a good text noise though! :D
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,466
    mtm wrote: »
    Oh, it's on there on the new one, I meant on the original album. It really would make a good text noise though! :D

    I need to go through the album again then.

    I'm currently hearing "Bond. James Bond" by Roger Moore in OP when someone texts me.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 17,061
    I've got the Saint motif for a reminder and the phone ring from In Like Flint (also Basil's phone call noise from Austin Powers) as my ringtone :)
  • morcarvicmorcarvic france
    Posts: 91
    Well man with the golden gun might not be everyones cup of tea here but despite being considered the lesser work i personally prefer the score as a listening experience and indeed the film over moonraker.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    Posts: 2,281
    I like TMWTGG's score. In fact, for a rather playful Bond film, the score is deliciously sinister and even melancholic at times. But since Barry didn't score TSWLM, he was extra-energized and churned out possibly the best Bond score in MR.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited February 17 Posts: 24,466
    It's a good score, especially considering what little time Barry had to do his thing. I agree, @SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷, that it has its sinister moments, and I love those very much. It show how good Barry was.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    Posts: 2,281
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    It's a good score, especially considering what little time Barry had to do his thing. I agree, @SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷, that it has its sinister moments, and I love those very much. It show how good Barry was.

    Precisely @DarthDimi
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