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People who slag of Newman for a 'supposed lack of Bond theme' need to go and listen to the QoS soundtrack again.
And Skyfall OST > QoS OST
You get a good Bond tune moment after the boat chase when Bond carries an unconscious Camille.
QoS is still a better Bond score than SF or SP.
Yes they do and they do it big style!
You're not listening closely enough, then. It's heard multiple times.
You would also have to remove the ladies, the opera meeting, the plot of resource domination, the title sequence, the PTS, Mathis and Felix, the beautifully captured exotic locations, the Michael G. Wilson cameo, and Fields drowned in oil. But yes, then you'd probably start to see something that less resembles a James Bond film.
I'm with @boldfinger on this one: QoS screams James Bond like Barry-wrangled brass.
And yes, the James Bond theme is woven throughout the score here.
And the Brosnan era had some seriously good music and score.....wowooow
Sorry but the QoS soundtrack is 100 times better than the Skyfall soundtrack, and I like them both.
Time for new blood on the scoring front I say. We deserve better than what we've gotten in this 'new' post-Cubby era. Far better.
On an unrelated note, the above is at least indicative of the excitement Mendes would funnel into scenes like the Rome chase. Just see the moment at 2:04 when you think the bag has disappeared well off to the left, and then—out of nowhere—it shoots back to center screen.
One of the reasons I really like QoS is that it's such a palette cleanser. It doesn't rely on all the tired old cliches but still has plenty of great Bondian moments.
It feels like a weight has been lifted because Forster is not weighed down by the history.
The film has plenty of faults, like most of them do, but overall I like it.
In tone I feel it's closer to the early Connery films before they became knowing self-parodies.
And Arnold's score helps.