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Tomorrow Never Dies's soundtrack (I'm talking about the game) is just a bunch of techno remixes of Bond theme. Really.
Every. Single. Track. (with a couple of "Surrender" cues, which, guess what, was made by David Arnold).
TWINE's (the game, again) score was based on Arnold's score for the movie.
I've listened to the other games' scores, they're just generic and boring scores, while Nightfire's score is made by remixing various theme songs like OHMSS, LALD, etc.
What a stupid article. There are thousands of people in the entertainment industry who would want to be involved in the next Bond film. Will they write articles about every single one of them?
If anything QoS showed he had NO CLUE WHATSOEVER in what direction to go and really come up with anything not borrowed from JB and be really good. QoB showed his limitations as a composer.
Newman or somebody new with real skills, please.
Mainly because Forster kept interfering with him and he had only a few short weeks to compose the score, can't really blame Arnold for that as John Barry has a similar situation happen to him with TMWTGG.
And still TMWTGG has a soundtrack with an identity and a sound of its own, which proves that a genius does not need so much time to create good material.
Did you know that Ennio Morricone did write and conduct the soundtracks of OUTITW & TGTBTU before Sergio Leone started filming, he used the music to set a mood for his actors.
Let's be honest here, TMWTGG's score is pretty much based on the title song used over and over again.
That's absolute rubbish.
QOS has a lot of identity. And being a genius didn´t keep Barry from doing a lot of boring soundtracks (a lot of his non-Bond material)
Yes I concur the QoB is absolute rubbish as a soundtrack both in the movie and stand alone.
I'd watch it over a good few entries in a heartbeat personally. I much rather see Arnold coming up with his own ideas as opposed to fire up the JB theme when he's lacking ideas. Both CR and QOS saw him without his safety net and he didn't do too badly.
Are there better composers out there to score Bond, I would say yes but EON like their family and Arnold is one of them and he will return no doubt.
Anyone thinking that we'll get scores like the genius of John Barry again are dreaming.
Barry was a one off and a musical genius, there is only a handful of film composer that can be mentioned alongside him.
He not only influenced film music but informed popular culture full stop, his sound influenced the likes of the Beatles, his sound has pretty much seeped into most musical genres, his legacy is untouchable, no film composer today will ever do that again.
I'm not a musician, so I cannot look at the soundtracks with that kind of critical appreciation ... but I appreciate what Barry brought to the series very much; and I also appreciate Arnold's efforts to be creative and yet also to bring us some of the Barry influence here and there. Arnold seemed to respect the intent and tone of the Bond films far more than Newman. And for sure it seems that Arnold's ego was never too big.
Newman just needs to incorporate some other things, step up his game, and put his heart into making a good Bond soundtrack. Which I think he can do. So if he is on board, then I really hope he tries this time.
I don't think you have to be a musician to appreciate music. Of course a musician understands music much better than a non-musician, but that doesn't mean the latter is an idiot.
Moreover, even an idiot could understand that Arnold's scores are way better than Newman.
Just compare "Backseat driver" with "Shangai Drive", "City of Lovers" with "Severine", "What's keeping you awake" with "Mother", "Antonov" with "Deep Water" and so on.
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I do sincerely hope we have seen the last of him in the 007 franchise. Family or not.
As for DA improving, I am willing to believe anybody who says so. But his music has NO cohesion in a soundtrack and any of his songs can be in any of the two efforts DA made without JB safety net. He showed that coming up with a cohesive soundtrack and an exciting new score is yet way beyond his skills.
The best music in QoB was nothing DA composed but a rather more talented fellow whose music is still played after his death. ;)
Why do you think he's so bad? What tracks has he composed that offend you so badly?
First he was a drum 'n bass copy of John Barry, then he was let loose with the possibility of creating a new 007 identity away from the John Barry created music. In two movies he did some nice pieces of music but it lacked any identity and was more elevator worthy music, nothing exciting at all.
Newman was not a great improvement but his music showed some depth and was overall cohesive as a soundtrack. That said I would not mind a talented new name on the ticket that gets the same shot as Arnold, create a new musical direction and make it sound exciting.
Star Trek has gotten an exciting new sound why should the 007 franchise deserve anything less.
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