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I did like the scene set to Air on the G String though in Moonraker.
Worst, for me at least, is California Girls. I understand musical irony in film, Mister Sandman at the beginning of Halloween 2 being a great example of that, but they keep the action in AVTAK going and Moore's unfortunate physical absence in it makes it rather pathetic I dare say.
This song is not what the thread is about, I'm afraid, @zebrafish. Barry composed it for this score, and as such it is not an unoriginal track. ;-)
I disagree with this comment though.
1) MR is not one the worst Bond movies ever made to all Bond fans out there. I myself have a soft spot for it in fact.
2) A film's score should not be judged by the film itself. That logic holds little ground. Whatever the quality of the film, Barry's MR score is arguably one of his best efforts ever. The use of the 007 Theme is always a welcome thing, no matter which film gets blessed with it. Even the terrible climax of DAF to some degree benefits from the 007 Theme IMO. Another example: I think Conan The Destroyer is vastly inferior to Conan The Barbarian but Polendouris' score for this film is one of my favourite film scores ever.
Moonraker is a heavily flawed Bond film no question, but it's not one of the worst Bond films ever made... for me, the 2 worst are The Man With The Golden Gun and Die Another Day..
@DarthDimi.. i'll echo your statement about scores should not be judged by the films they are attached to.. DAD is easily the worst Bond movie to be filmed yet, but Arnold's score is actually pretty good.. "Hovercraft Chase" "Some Kind Of Hero" "Welcome To Cuba" "White Out" "Iced Inc." and "Antonov" are all among some of Arnold's best work IMO..
now in terms of this thread's topic at hand..
- "Underneath The Mango Tree"in Dr. No ...now, i am only adding this because I am not sure if it was a song previous to the film, or if it was written for the film itself.. i know it's on the soundtrack, so my guess is that it was for the film - but oh well lol.
- "London Calling" in Die Another Day ...am a fan of The Clash, and i thought this was a nice little touch to the film - the film may be garbage, but i dare to find one person who doesn't still toe tap and bob their head when this song comes on..
- "Boom Boom" in Skyfall ... i love this part in the movie, as both an overtop entrance befitting someone like Silva - but also a nice nod to the film 'Apocalypse Now', with the helicopter blasting music on approach..