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There's the song theme, but that's about it for regularly-occurring tunes, isn't it? Even the Bond theme is used more as a motif than a melody. There are melodies written by Barry, Eilish, Norman but not much by Zimmer that I could spot. Oddly Cuba Chase even seems to be based on the two-note chase motif which Newman came up with! As well as his gunbarrel of course (itself an adaptation of Arnold's one).
It's an odd, hand-me-down score.
I downloaded Laurent's version which he shared earlier in the thread- much appreciated, Laurent.
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I I’ve missed this. What did he do?
It's gone now I'm afraid.
Which two-note chase motif (from Newman) is that specifically, @mtm? Do you have a timestamp from a Skyfall/Spectre track to reference? I'd be curious to compare later once I've listened to NTTD.
Brilliantly put.
I'm curious too.
Honestly I've heard a few bits here and there which reminded me of Pursuit at Port Au Prince and Backfire, but they were so short that they were probably mere coincidences.
I can definitely hear Backfire here and there, and as someone who really dislikes Newman's score for Spectre, thematically speaking I kind of appreciate the references (whether intentional or not) to it in Zimmer's score.
The whole album is a thing of beauty. A love letter to John Barry and David Arnold, but ultimately Zimmer's love letter to Bond. He's poured his heart and soul into this.
Can't wait to get the vinyl and to hear it in tbe film itself.
Well pretty much the main thing you hear playing in the Rome chase: from around 12 seconds in Backfire. Compare to 4.35 in Cuba Chase (the early part of Cuba Chase is based around that and built from it). They're two notes I think from the kind of callback part of the bebop section of the Bond theme, they have Bond-ish resonance.
In terms of listenability, I apply some simplistic tests.
Can I iron my work shirts to it? - yes.
Will it make me drive a good 20 mph over the speed limit with it blaring in my car? - yes. Do certain tracks give me goosebumps? - again that's a triple yes.
I'd say my only very minor gripe, and it's really minor, is that there was a track in the trailers when Nomi was driving towards the military plane and I loved that cue. Now it's either composed by someone for the trailer or it's not made it onto the soundtrack, but I really loved that.
As others have said it really evokes other Craig films. I love the Cuba Chase and it's got a David Arnold Quantum vibe, which I like. Then there's What Have you done? - which is almost Live and Let Die with a hint of something more sinister, it's such great fan service.
That it could be Arnold, Barry, or even Newman - is for me the secret sauce of this soundtrack when taken as a whole.
Norway Chase has these little tinkles, that to me is pure OHMSS but it's intermixed with these dark repetitious drones. Sure there are odd bits of Dark Knight Rises - Rise, but on the whole, Zimmer seems to have really tapped into the magic without going too far into the unknown. And, it all moves along at such a frenetic rate but not at the cost of melody. It's pure suspense and threat and I think maybe that feeling of real danger has been missing for a bit.
I think my standout favourite track is The Factory - it's got the ever-present danger and then 4 mins in it goes crazy.
As stated above, considering it's a leak and hasn't officially released, we're attempting to stop any active sharing/posting of the link here at this time. The link provided last night is indeed dead and likely yanked by the higher ups since its official release date has yet to come.
The final track sounds a lot like Zimmer's work on The Thin Red Line ("Journey to the Line.") This isn't a complaint, just an observation.
I have to admit, I really like hearing some old, familiar tracks infused into this soundtrack, even picked up on some Goldfinger vibes in "What Have You Done?" What is missing is a sweeping, gorgeous theme for the female lead(s). Arnold and Newman had this: Solange, Vesper, Severine, Donna Lucia, Madeleine. Each is epic.
Also, I am fairly certain that some of these tracks are out of order. I also think that this soundtrack is incomplete: we'll find that there are several tracks in the film that were not included here.
I downloaded Laurent's version which he shared earlier in the thread- much appreciated, Laurent.
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I could not let the link for hours... glad some of them caught it ;-)
Also for some reason the slow version of OHMSS titles that plays in Good to have you back really puts me in mind of Barry’s arrangements for The Living Daylights.
Specially the “where has everybody gone” melody in the track Afghanistan Plane.
Yeah the Eilish track seems to be a theme for Bond & Madeline’s relationship..?
Definitely yes.
I can’t get over how good Final Ascent is.
That's a good spot.
Yeah it's definitely an alternative version. I'd say the sessions will be fun to listen to for these kinds of things. Zimmer does a lot of that.
True. But I think all of Newman's music for SF and SP was on the OSTs, so now I am a little spoiled.
I found the Norway chase to echo it a bit in places. The score has something for everyone.
That's the vibe I've been getting from the comments. I'm very excited.