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Jubilee James Bond Theme

bondsumbondsum
edited June 2012 in Music Posts: 3,333
A new arrangement of the famous James Bond theme has been released as part of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, but what do you good people think about it?

A new arrangement of the famous James Bond Theme was performed and recorded for HRH Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee celebrations. Arranged by long-time 007 composer David Arnold and conducted by Nicholas Dodd, the London Philharmonic Orchestra performed the 50 year-old theme for the Thames flotilla.

Here it is below....



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  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,356
    Wonderful to hear it at last in full. It's up for download but I never parted with my hard earned money, so it was well worth not doing so now.

    http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/collecting_james_bond_theme_jubilee.php3?t=&s=&id=03185
  • UnivexUnivex
    edited June 2012 Posts: 6,710
    Well, it´s Arnold all right. No doubt about it. Nothing very new. But I guess that´s the point. I like it.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    Posts: 11,139
    Similar arrangements to the CR Bond theme and did I hear bongos?? That's an excellent rendition of the theme.
  • SandySandy Somewhere in Europe
    Posts: 4,012
    Not my favourite version, to be honest. Lags a bit the rythm at times, and feels complicated (too many elements) at others.

    Keep it simple, keep it classy, don't over-do it. Those are the secrets, in my opinion, to a good arrangement of the Bond-theme. I will not be spending my money on this one.
  • myworldisenoughmyworldisenough
    Posts: 1,143
    Love it, very full on version. Love the bongos, classic style..
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Pretty. :)
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,480
    I really enjoyed it.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited June 2012 Posts: 15,723
    Horrible... absoluly horrible.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    I beg your pardon ?
  • SJK91SJK91
    edited June 2012 Posts: 1,310
    It's not THAT bad, really. But honestly, listening to this makes me feel even more confident with EON dropping Arnold for Skyfall.
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
    Posts: 8,231
    It's good. Reminds me a bit of Barry's 70's renditions.
  • SirHenryLeeChaChingSirHenryLeeChaChing
    Posts: 3,494
    Neither great or horrible, just average. DC, you are so predictable =))
  • PDJamesBondPDJamesBond
    Posts: 669
    I can't say I absolutely love it but it's rather good.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    SirHenryLeeChaChing wrote:
    DC, you are so predictable =))

    well ?? it's an appallingly unoriginal version of the Bond theme. Arnold has been putting his Vic Flick guitar everywhere. He has failed to do the most important thing of all with the Bond theme in 2006.
  • MattMatt
    Posts: 154
    Must agree with DC here, it sounds quite tired and generally a bit 'meh' - lacking its usual bombastic sound!
  • SirHenryLeeChaChingSirHenryLeeChaChing
    Posts: 3,494
    DaltonCraig007 wrote:
    SirHenryLeeChaChing wrote:
    DC, you are so predictable =))

    well ?? it's an appallingly unoriginal version of the Bond theme. Arnold has been putting his Vic Flick guitar everywhere. He has failed to do the most important thing of all with the Bond theme in 2006.

    OK, I'll bite. What should Arnold done to the theme in 2006?

  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited June 2012 Posts: 15,723
    SirHenryLeeChaChing wrote:
    OK, I'll bite. What should Arnold done to the theme in 2006?

    Each Bond had his signature Bond theme. Connery with guitars, Lazenby with synths, Moore with strings, and Dalton with electronic beat. Serra continued that trend with giving a unique Bond theme with drums for Brosnan. But what has Arnold done ? Guitars, guitars and guitars. He has factually failed to give Craig his signature Bond theme, since he only gave him the Vic Flick guitar already used in TWINE.

    No matter how much you love Arnold, you have to admit he is a hack at versality, and completly failed in the Bond theme department. There are hundreds of existing arguments, how hard could it have been for Arnold to pick only *one* of them instead of the already used Vic Flick guitar ? As it stands, the CR end credits Bond theme is a catastrophe, an infamy.

  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
    edited June 2012 Posts: 5,745
    DaltonCraig007 wrote:
    SirHenryLeeChaChing wrote:
    OK, I'll bite. What should Arnold done to the theme in 2006?

    Each Bond had his signature Bond theme. Connery with guitars, Lazenby with synths, Moore with strings, and Dalton with electronic beat. Serra continued that trend with giving a unique Bond theme with drums for Brosnan. But what has Arnold done ? Guitars, guitars and guitars. He has factually failed to give Craig his signature Bond theme, since he only gave him the Vic Flick guitar already used in TWINE.

    No matter how much you love Arnold, you have to admit he is a hack at versality, and completly failed in the Bond theme department.


    I guarantee you'll get something unique with Newman. That theme will forever be Craig's, whether or not it continues.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited June 2012 Posts: 15,723
    JWESTBROOK wrote:
    I guarantee you'll get something unique with Newman. That theme will forever be Craig's, whether or not it continues.

    I hope so. I don't want Craig's era ruined by Arnold's appalling music, and his hack status at versatility.

    I mean really, surely it wouldn't have killed Arnold to come up with another instrument than the Vic Flick guitar ? Is he such a hack and an incompetent composer he can only compose the Bond theme for the guitar ?
  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
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    DaltonCraig007 wrote:
    JWESTBROOK wrote:
    I guarantee you'll get something unique with Newman. That theme will forever be Craig's, whether or not it continues.

    I hope so. I don't want Craig's era ruined by Arnold's appalling music, and his hack status at versatility.

    I mean really, surely it wouldn't have killed Arnold to come up with another instrument than the Vic Flick guitar ? Is he such a hack and an incompetent composer he can only compose the Bond theme for the guitar ?

    He seems rather naive when it comes to Bond. I don't feel like he's ever been a fan of the films, and he only got the job for creating a hack CD of rehashed, electronic classics. While my favorite work of him has been on Craig's era, I don't think he knows the Bond sound, and frankly hasn't tried to create it/one. He pales in comparison to all other composers.

    At least Serra brought something new, and would have created EXTREMELY unique sounds.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    Posts: 15,723
    If Serra had returned, the GE soundtrack would always be a one-off, as Serra would have made something completly different again for TND, to preserve GE's uniqueness. If you honestly believe Serra would have re-done a GE-esque soundtrack for TND, you're a bit daft.
  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
    Posts: 5,745
    DaltonCraig007 wrote:
    If Serra had returned, the GE soundtrack would always be a one-off, as Serra would have made something completly different again for TND, to preserve GE's uniqueness. If you honestly believe Serra would have re-done a GE-esque soundtrack for TND, you're a bit daft.

    Excuse me? Are you that eager for a fight. I said, and I quote, 'Serra would have created EXTREMELY unique sounds.'

    Does that sound like I said they'd all be like GE? Why have the mods allowed you to stay on these boards. Your just insulting.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,359
    This arrangement, sounds like a rushed version of "The name's Bond...James Bond" from Casino Royale. I'd like to hear a new arrangement of He's Dangerous from AVTAK, that song always has me craving more. :3
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited June 2012 Posts: 15,723
    JWESTBROOK wrote:
    DaltonCraig007 wrote:
    If Serra had returned, the GE soundtrack would always be a one-off, as Serra would have made something completly different again for TND, to preserve GE's uniqueness. If you honestly believe Serra would have re-done a GE-esque soundtrack for TND, you're a bit daft.

    Excuse me? Are you that eager for a fight. I said, and I quote, 'Serra would have created EXTREMELY unique sounds.'

    Does that sound like I said they'd all be like GE? Why have the mods allowed you to stay on these boards. Your just insulting.

    I wasn't talking about you. I was saying 'you' as in 'anyone'. Basicly I said 'if anyone believes Serra would have re-done a GE-esque soundtrack for TND, he's a bit daft.'

    I didn't mean *YOU* were the daft person, I was saying 'you' in a general sense. I thought of that sentence in french, and translated it litteraly in english.... I see now that it wasn't proper english. Sorry if you were offended, I wasn't saying *you* were daft, but *anyone* who thought Serra would do a GE #2 was daft.

    ''Serra would have created EXTREMELY unique sounds.'' that's what you said. A very simply sentence to understand... what makes you think I would insult you for the saying the very opposite of that sentence ? I would be the daft one if I didn't unserstand your post. But I did understand your post, and I wasn't calling you daft, @JWESTBROOK.
  • X3MSonicXX3MSonicX https://www.behance.net/gallery/86760163/Fa-Posteres-de-007-No-Time-To-Die
    Posts: 2,635
    Jubilee's good, but for me is too simple and it feels like the Casino Royale version, with a mix over it.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    look @JWESTBROOK, I apologize if you were offended, but I wasn't saying you were daft. That sentence wasn't directed at you. I am sorry if you thought I was insulting you, but I wasn't.
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    I listened to it and it's not that bad, nothing special or unique but for the anniversaries included it could be quite a fitting theme to put in, not much else to say on the issue really
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    Nice to hear that iconic tune again in such an appropiate setting! :-bd
  • bondsumbondsum
    Posts: 3,333
    DaltonCraig007 wrote:
    If Serra had returned, the GE soundtrack would always be a one-off, as Serra would have made something completly different again for TND, to preserve GE's uniqueness. If you honestly believe Serra would have re-done a GE-esque soundtrack for TND, you're a bit daft.

    I must be daft then because I have no faith that Serra would have composed a better score for TND. It might have been "different" but so was GE... as in awfully different to the canon.
  • killerkanekillerkane
    Posts: 7
    It's the same asCR !!!nomatter what it's still bond let's enjoy it And hope for a even newer version !!!!!!
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