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Also noticed Corinne is misspelled Corrine on the track list. While both spellings of the name exist, the actual spelling of the actress and character’s name is the former.
Other than that, this is an absolutely magnificent release; it ends a lifelong journey for me: looking for a great MR score.
What I like about that cue is that when the guitar riff of the theme ends, it's kind of carried on very quietly in the background by some other instruments, just sort of echoing it for a line. It's a nice little touch.
I noticed the clarinet doing that. In my reconstruction, I only included the very last note of that "echoing" phrase, because I couldn't hear the preceding notes. In fact, I remember even doubting about that last note.
Even doing a sort of foreign-themed version is very unusual for him, he didn't do that a huge amount with the music. Obviously there's the Rio-themed version of Moonraker later in the film, and a bit of vaguely Indian-themed stuff in Octopussy (a touch of Russian), but not a huge amount elsewhere that I can think of. I guess Golden Gun goes a bit eastern.
The sly Bond theme of Look After Mr. Bond.
The violas playing so high at 0:30 in Venini Glass.
The unused part of Venice Boat Chase, which sounds comedic but not too comedic. And its use of triplets.
Mardi Gras, a surprise highlight to me, one of my favorite tracks from the album and these films in general. How it keeps building with more instrumentation, strings, palms, more and more people singing and shouting... And the strange suspended string/woodwind notes in the middle part, which I imagine where meant to create suspense as Bond examines the warehouse. Great contrast there between festive atmosphere and intrigue.
How the Flight in Space chords were part of the Moonraker theme at one point. They would've worked very nicely. A bit of Bondian drama to start things up.
The ticking clock pizzicato of I Bid You Farewell.
The uplifting lyricism of Jaws Lends a Hand, very Barry but not typically heard in that way in a Bond score.
How certain decorative notes of Bond Arrives in Rio (played in groups of two by guitar/woodwind/pizzicato) were in the unused Moonraker versions (played on piano/pizzicato).
The unused music makes the score feel more substantial and rounded.
To be fair they've always been in the end titles funky version.
That is mad, it sounds like something from his Beyondness of Things period. I can't figure out where it was going in the film!
I suppose it's when Jaws helps Bond leave the station. The first bit sounds like Jaws starting to bend the metal, and then I imagine the happier music signals that his effort has paid off.
Yeah, I hear it too.
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One thing I like in Venice Boat Chase is how after the pause in the Bond theme when the coffin falls off the boat, the theme comes back, but now with sustained strings, until the main melody starts. A subtle touch to break monotony and repetition, it sounds so obvious in hindsight, but I'm sure it wasn't necessarily so in the first place.
"Hang Glider Crash" is nice to have, that major to minor progression reminding me a lot of You Only Live Twice.
And I really liked hearing the awkwardly-titled "It Could Have Its Compensations", slightly different from the old "Miss Goodhead Meets Bond". The chord change about a minute in, accompanying the shot of Holly in bed in the Hotel Danieli, is just exquisite.