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They had to bring in someone else to rescore the GE tank chase as Serra wasn't using the Bond theme enough.
Give the audiences what they want.
CR deliberately didn't use the Bond theme for obvious reasons:
http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/interview_david_arnold_cr2_jbtheme.php3
The other reasons why the song wasn't woven more in to the soundtrack was simply studio interference in selecting the song/artist late in the game.
Precisely. CR and QoS are excellent film scores even outside of the Bond world. Looking back at TND through DAD you can not even tell they're the same composer. I think Arnold perfectly matched the tone the producers wanted with their re-booted franchise. A splash of the Bond theme but ultimately a new and fantastic sound for the films. That's also why the hired him for TND. Something new with a dash of old.
Does 'something new with a splash of the past' not perfectly describe their goals with Skyfall? It was Arnold's film to score.
Note also that the only person to my knowledge who acknowledged publicly there was budget cuts during the shooting is not back (Deakins).
On the set on one of the biggest French movie where I was demonstrating some previz prototypes, I saw the director just 1/4 of a second away from punching the assistant director in the face, the fist was closed and the motion almost started. Officially, all was fine...
For the record, I just asked Arnold, though I doubt I'll get an answer :-\"
"I haven't heard those rumours.im assuming as it's Sam Mendes again,it'll be Tom Newman."
I think he was very clear, also he answered very quickly without hesitation. I was hoping for an ambiguous answer or no answer at all but this direct answer took be aback as well.
What do you mean by that??? All I'm saying is that it's funny that the producers loved all the Arnold scores yet none of them received an Oscar nomination. Then the first score they are not happy with since GoldenEye gets the first Academy Award nomination for a Bond score since 1977!
I hope you don't believe that was the reason for Deakins not returning. Even if they knew about Deakins talking to the public about budget cuts and even if they were mad at him for doing that there is no way that had anything to do with his departure from the franchise. I don't think he ever wanted to work on more than one Bond film.
By the way, there is absolutely no reason for them to hide the budget cuts ever since the movie had it's premiere. They should be proud of making a movie far superior to QOS for probably far less money.
So it turnes out all that JamesPage knows is that there was friction between Newman and the producers. He just assumes Newman won't be back and he also just assumes that if Newman won't be back then surely Arnold would return. The fact that they had no talks with Arnold so far speaks volumes.
So Newman had a few creative disagreements, big deal, that's the name of the game, that's filmmaking.
I'm betting Newman will be back working with Mendes. Deakins clearly feels, from what he's expressed that we know about, that he's done Bond now and he wants to pursue other creative avenues, and no doubt, he's already deeply involved in another film project which might, quite possibly, clash with Bond 24 in terms of filming schedule.
Me too. Though I liked about half of Newman's score. There wasn't enough Bond theme! Dammit, It's a James Bond movie USE THE DAMN THEME! I'm sick of this generic Hans Zimmer sound alike crap.
The Bond theme was used often enough in Skyfall. Seriously, how much more Bond theme do you want? If the composer uses the theme as often as it was used in TND for example then it completely loses it's impact. Why are you so sure Arnold would use the Bond theme more often in Bond 24 anyway? He barely ever used it in CR and QOS...
I don't care about the Bond theme. All I care about is that the director gets to choose the composer without the producers interfering.
It most certainly did not. TND had perfect use of the Bond theme. It never lost it's impact, That's silly. I care about the theme because it's a James Bond movie. I want theme, not themeless background music.
Furthermore, nothing is confirmed. We don't know if Newman is coming back but I'll say this, if he can't adhere to the simple requirement of incorporating the title theme as part of his score and make appropriate use of the Bond theme, then he should decline to return; it's as simple as that. These are Bond movies, a distinct sub genre in it's own right.
The fact is that these composers, songwriters and music editors thought that the score of Skyfall was one of the five best scores of 2012 and they did not think that any of the scores by David Arnold was good enough for a nomination.
Yes, the same people that denied John Barry for almost 30 years; very credible.
Paid for what? Celebrities don't get paid to attend the Academy Awards. They may receive pricy gift bags, but they don't receive a check for attending/presenting, just the hosts do.
I think he means they are paid to 'act', so why the need for badly delivered lines, courtesy of a teleprompter.
Apologies for riding slightly off topic there.
No. All I'm saying is that to claim that the Oscars are a joke and they don't mean anything is ridiculous.
John Barry? Do you mean the 5 time Academy Award winner John Barry?
Yep. Two or three instances per film is totally sufficient.
TND was probably the worst score ever in a Bond film. I'm not completely down on Arnold, BTW, but why anybody thinks this techno-hackery is a good score is beyond me.
Major disagreement PK! TND's score is very light on the techno. In an interview with Arnold, he broke down how he scored it. PTS to London. (Bond is Back, traditional Bond music. Orchestral typical Bond stuff. Hamburg (Non heavy techno elements.) Then once they get to Saigon to the very end. (Asian instrumentation with heavy orchestra stuff for the climax on the stealth boat.) TND does not have the worst Bond soundtrack! The only time DA went overboard with the techno was in TWINE. If you want bad Bond soundtracks, I suggest you listen to TSWLM's score.
Logan give me a Bond filM, give DC his FRWL he's always wanted and don't give that Notting Hill pseudo action director an excuse to make another SF.