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For Bond 24, I am hoping for a lighter touch, but not by a whole lot. Craig's films definitely suit him.
I'm failing to see where you're going with this.
Back on topic: I really hope that Sam Smith is not the performer of the title song for Bond 24. I mean, have you heard "Money on my Mind"?
And I just went to IMDb and it is listed as rumored. So ... no real news yet, I cannot find it mentioned anyway else on the net yet either. But I do hope so.
Well he recently held his very first live concert of some of his work, and finished it with a heavy dose of Bond. Perhaps a little 'I'm back, baby!' nod?
I'm more of a TLD fan than a LTK fan myself. I think the settings of TLD cannot be underestimated in its success: old-world Europe almost always works in the spy genre. It's no coincidence that the Austrian scenes resonate more than the Afghanistan ones.
Which is why, veering back on topic, I don't mind Italy as a setting: old-world Europe, again.
Oh, I can only hope!! :-bd
Oh my giddy aunt, yes please!!!
Thanks for asking him on Twitter, @marketto007. Great he replied (and graciously, of course).
But I am bummed. :(
@Sandy had asked him a few months ago and got the same answer ("as it is Mendes ...") but I was hoping things had changed by now.
Bring back David Arnold, at least he tried to follow in John Barry's footsteps.
The score of Skyfall was the least generic Bond score since 1987!
No it wasn't. Licence to Kill, Tomorrow Never Dies, TWINE, Die Another Day and Casino Royale had great scores. GoldenEye is hit and miss and QoS was heavily lacking the Bond theme. Hardly generic. You don't have to like David Arnold, but you can't call him generic. He knows the Bond sound John Barry created and tried putting his spin on it. I've listened to every Bond score over and over. David Arnold went overboard with the Techno from time to time, but he's got a good body of work.
I don't care about how Bond scores sound on their own. What I care about is how they complement each movie. It's not an accident that Skyfall is the first Bond score to get an Oscar nomination since 1977. (And no, it did not get that nomination just for the "Newman" name.)
Who cares about awards? I'm not talking about awards, I'm talking about quality of music. Skyfall had some good tracks, I'm not bashing the entire score, but the majority of was bland background music that sounds like it was ripped from any by the numbers Zimmer score. Arnold's scores complimented their respective movies. He scored to the movie. Skyfall sounds the other way around. Hell it lifted music from Casino Royale. What does that tell you?
Agreed and Arnold knew that before taking the composer's chair, He loves the work of John Barry, John Barry was his inspiration and even Barry himself gave Arnold his blessing. Newman just took it as another job. He tired being edgy slacking of Adele's theme and the Bond theme and had to be forced by Eon to put some Bond theme in it. That's not dedication, that's laziness. Not saying Newman is bad, his score from Wall-E and his collaboration with Peter Gabriel was amazing, I was brought to tears by that score, but his Skyfall score is not some modern marvel of cinema music. Though maybe I'm being too unfair on him. He's only done one score so far. If he does return, I hope he realizes the importance of the James Bond theme and uses it more often.
Interesting to mention but it is John Barry who suggested David Arnold to Barbara Broccoli to score 'Tomorrow Never Dies' after liking DA's Shaken and Stirred CD.
From an interview he did