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Any chance of you doing one with the extended version of 007 from TB as I feel that has a lot more punch or the SP trailer version of OHMSS?
I can certainly give it a shot.
Surelya combination of the 007 music from the underwater battle and the Disco Volante fight plus the SP trailer would give a sufficient runtime?
I'm expecting something great @Murdock!
And no pressure old man - you only have to be better than Thomas Newman!
Well I'm cooking up something as we speak. When I'm completely happy with my next rescore it will be here first.
Any chance you could do something with the James Bond Theme and a scene? The car chase for instance? Although you might want to open a SPECTRE re-score thread for it...
Still think the first half is really too languid to work in a modern film but from 1.50 onwards this is quality. Although you have to debate if that extra TB section really is the 007 theme at all given it never appears in any other version?
Nonetheless excellent stuff Murdock and nice end flourish with Bond theme.
I'm just trying to remember what Newman's score is like for that scene and in all honesty I can't recall a thing about it. Not sure if that's because my mind is blotting out the horror or just because it's so bland and generic? Probably both.
This.
Mendes is so keen to homage everything else so why not just a straight rendition of the Bond theme?
One of the things I love about the Little Nellie scene is when the helicopters attack and the original version from DN starts up and you just know you're in for a proper Bond action sequence.
Do we consider that version too dated now a well or is it timeless? OHMSS is the last time we heard it isn't it? I would at least have brought it back for the 50th but then I would have put the GB at the start and not with such a shit design so what do I know?
After listening to the "007" theme so much recently I can't help but think it would make a perfect Western theme. The Magnificent 007? Hah. Luckily Thunderball had the most "Intense" versions of the theme. It's the best I had to work with. I think the second half still counts as 007 because it has parts of the overall melody. It's more like an extended version of the theme with extra intense melodies. But thank you, I've really been enjoying these. I couldn't remember what the original sounded like either to be honest. :)
Exactly. I loved the way Nemwan used the vamp in L'Americain, Backfire, Los Muertos Vivos Estan (this has to be one of the best Bond tracks ever made, along with Spectre (End Credits) because of the haunting piano at the end) and Detonation, but I wish we really had the guitar riff appear somewhere.
It doesn't even need to be a full bombasting orchestration; Arnold used it well in Trip Field, Time to Get Out (03:18), Pursuit at Port Au Prince (05:34), Jinx, James & Genes (04:57) - just to name a few - without necessarily using it as an action theme, and so did Norman (Bond arrives at home and Killing the Guard) and Barry (Bond Meets Bambi And Thumper and Scaramanga's Fun House for instance).
I loved how it was used in Los Muertos Vivos Estan, that's the best thing Newman ever did with the Bond theme. It was such a big tease of what to expect that no little teeny tiny use of it lived up to the greatness of that track. I don't fully like Backfire as It starts off sloppy but when the Bond theme kicks in the middle and goes into the choir it was awesome. I just wish it didn't end with an inferior reprise of Grand Bazaar
It's a shame Newman didn't use it more because it certainly would have elevated his score. I generally prefer Bond scores that have a higher use of of the James Bond theme itself but I do make exceptions for Scores like OHMSS or AVTAK that have new themes that are just as good and memorable as the Bond Theme itself. Newman can do (No pun intended) Atmosphere and ambient tracks just fine but the action themes were sorely lacking in my opinion.
Bond walking along Mexico city rooftops
The end of the PTS in the chopper.
L'american arrival
jumping off the top level of MI6 ruins with Madeline
the ending scene
The Incredibles.
Neon Genesis Evangelion.
How ignorant people can be these days...