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Spectre title song - Writing's on the Wall

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  • timmertimmer
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    mcdonbb wrote: »
    =bg= wrote: »
    Soundtrack on Amazon says 'includes instrumental of Sam Smith song..' so it's not on the soundtrack, the actual song.
    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B015EZU1QS/007dossier-20

    Yay! ...btw very close but there's more whining on this thread than in the actual song.
    Good news! No Sam Smith version on the soundtrack. I honestly can't remember what it sounds like anymore. I couldn't get through the second listen attempt.
    Not being on the soundtrack is big bonus. It means I can blast away, on shuffle, without fear of what might turn up.
    Big problem with the SS version of the song, is that it doesn't seem there was much of a collaboration with the soundtrack composer to get a Bondian vibe or at least a movie-specific music vibe with the song. At least I think that's the case. Don't really care about the why anymore though.I just know I have no interest in ever hearing the song again, outside actual viewings of the film.

    In future to avoid such calamity, I think it should be mandatory that the songwriter-singer collaborate with the film's music man - ie the way Barry and Hamlish, Conti etc worked with their artists.
    And also that future Bond film directors, as long as they are not named Sam Mendes, be consulted as well.

    Mendes as punishment for this should be locked in a room and forced to listen to Sam Smith's greatest hits on full blast loop for several hours.

    Crime fits the punishment here, as I am really looking forward to SP, and over the course of my remaining hum-drum life expect to watch the movie probably at least 50x or more, so that's 50 friggin listens ahead of me. %-(


  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Hopefully Newman's score is better than his previous effort. :))
  • brinkeguthriebrinkeguthrie Piz Gloria
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    Murdock wrote: »
    Hopefully Newman's score is better than his previous effort. :))

    agreed. I thought SP was rather downbeat and quiet. we could use a little Barry brass fanfare, no?
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    =bg= wrote: »
    Murdock wrote: »
    Hopefully Newman's score is better than his previous effort. :))

    agreed. I thought SP was rather downbeat and quiet. we could use a little Barry brass fanfare, no?

    It could use some more brass, smooth jazziness and a big dose of Bond theme here and there.

  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    WOTW has definitely grown on me, and I like it, now. I won't say I love it, but I like it, and I am eager to see how it will work with the title sequence.
    =bg= wrote: »
    Soundtrack on Amazon says 'includes instrumental of Sam Smith song..' so it's not on the soundtrack, the actual song.
    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B015EZU1QS/007dossier-20

    Note: "Skyfall" by Adele was not on the OST by Thomas Newman. A disclaimer actually had to be placed on the album's description.
  • timmertimmer
    Posts: 4,622
    Murdock wrote: »
    =bg= wrote: »
    Murdock wrote: »
    Hopefully Newman's score is better than his previous effort. :))

    agreed. I thought SP was rather downbeat and quiet. we could use a little Barry brass fanfare, no?

    It could use some more brass, smooth jazziness and a big dose of Bond theme here and there.
    Yes this is the tonic!!!

  • SarkSark Guangdong, PRC
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    SaintMark wrote: »
    I am highly amused about all the kids throwing their toys out of their prams simply because they do not like something..

    That would be amusing if it happened.
  • RC7RC7
    Posts: 10,512
    Sark wrote: »
    SaintMark wrote: »
    I am highly amused about all the kids throwing their toys out of their prams simply because they do not like something..

    That would be amusing if it happened.

    Exhibit A: https://www.change.org/p/sam-mendes-mgm-save-the-spectre-theme-song?recruiter=396528468&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink

    'I want my dinner, now!'
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    Posts: 11,119
    RC7 wrote: »
    Sark wrote: »
    SaintMark wrote: »
    I am highly amused about all the kids throwing their toys out of their prams simply because they do not like something..

    That would be amusing if it happened.

    Exhibit A: https://www.change.org/p/sam-mendes-mgm-save-the-spectre-theme-song?recruiter=396528468&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink

    'I want my dinner, now!'

    Extra publicity, free marketing......wonderful. Pity the contents of it all is crap and shit :-).
  • Red_SnowRed_Snow Australia
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    The WOTW music video has already been posted here. There are quite a few scenes from the film in it that are not featured in any of the TV spots or trailers. Avoid it if you don't want to be spoiled.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Thanks, pretty good video.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Red_Snow wrote: »
    The WOTW music video has already been posted here. There are quite a few scenes from the film in it that are not featured in any of the TV spots or trailers. Avoid it if you don't want to be spoiled.
    Thanks for giving me a heads up. I did not realize it was posted already and I will avoid, firstly so I don't have to endure the song again until the theatre, and secondly so as not to spoil the film. Merci.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    Red_Snow wrote: »
    The WOTW music video has already been posted here. There are quite a few scenes from the film in it that are not featured in any of the TV spots or trailers. Avoid it if you don't want to be spoiled.

    I like the song even better now. Great music video.

    Indeed, regarding those scenes...
    There's a bit of a reveal when Bond is walking through that archway in the Moroccan desert. Wow. Great shot. The latest trailer didn't show the whole thing.
  • Red_SnowRed_Snow Australia
    Posts: 2,536
    bondjames wrote: »
    Red_Snow wrote: »
    The WOTW music video has already been posted here. There are quite a few scenes from the film in it that are not featured in any of the TV spots or trailers. Avoid it if you don't want to be spoiled.
    Thanks for giving me a heads up. I did not realize it was posted already and I will avoid, firstly so I don't have to endure the song again until the theatre, and secondly so as not to spoil the film. Merci.

    I found it made the song more bearable. But maybe because I was enjoying the new footage so much, that it just became background noise.

  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    I still think some of the lyrics are a little soft. But having listened a few times I like the song.
  • km16km16
    edited October 2015 Posts: 187
    Still not sold. The only thing interesting about that video was the newish footage from the film. The song (along with the clips they chose) make it look like some sorta mushy camp crap from Twilight. In fact, nothing about that music video screamed "James Bond" to me at all.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Oooohh. Harsh. The song has more class than Twilight crap. The strings are very Bondian.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    Posts: 4,582
    km16 wrote: »
    Still not sold. The only thing interesting about that video was the newish footage from the film. The song (along with the clips they chose) make it look like some sorta mushy camp crap from Twilight. In fact, nothing about that music video screamed "James Bond" to me at all.

    Radiohead's "15 Step" was a Twilight song. Gulp.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    edited October 2015 Posts: 11,139
    Oh snap! Wow!

    New footage, I never had a problem with the song but hearing it juxtaposed with some awesome footage just made me like the song even more and more importantly....I think Mendes may just have achieved topping CR.

    Can we talk about scenes from the video or do we keep it to the spoilers thread? I don't want to unintentionally screw anyone over.
  • km16km16
    Posts: 187
    TripAces wrote: »
    km16 wrote: »
    Still not sold. The only thing interesting about that video was the newish footage from the film. The song (along with the clips they chose) make it look like some sorta mushy camp crap from Twilight. In fact, nothing about that music video screamed "James Bond" to me at all.

    Radiohead's "15 Step" was a Twilight song. Gulp.

    Muse also did a Twilight song if I'm not mistaken. Problem is, their track sounded like a Muse track and this video made me feel like I was watching some MTV-style mush.

    The trailers compared to this are like night and day. One is very clearly James Bond and the other.......is like Daniel Craig staring in Romance in Rome.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    Posts: 11,139
    km16 wrote: »
    Still not sold. The only thing interesting about that video was the newish footage from the film. The song (along with the clips they chose) make it look like some sorta mushy camp crap from Twilight. In fact, nothing about that music video screamed "James Bond" to me at all.

    You are aware that love and romance plays a significantly huge role in the Bond mythology?As such, that's the aspect SS focused on, which whether anyone likes it or not, is as much as being completely Bondian as the AM or PPK or any other typical or cliché trope in the lore are.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
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    Red_Snow wrote: »
    The WOTW music video has already been posted here. There are quite a few scenes from the film in it that are not featured in any of the TV spots or trailers. Avoid it if you don't want to be spoiled.

    I am absolutely...stunned. I can't type.
  • MattedwardsukMattedwardsuk
    Posts: 55
    Wowzers, there's that kiss and then Bonds relationship with Swann...adds a real romantic element we've not really seen up until this point.
  • antovolkantovolk
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    First music video with film footage since TND, I believe.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    edited October 2015 Posts: 11,139
    That kiss really looks like Craig and Belluci put their back's into it. I'm calling it now, that's going to be the best Bond...James Bond line since Connery's Dr.No introduction.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
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    http://vk.com/monica_bellucci?z=video-73362_172217552/734cbd801e772f4260

    I also saw the music video to Sam Smith's "Writing's On The Wall". And while the song left 'us' with mixed feelings -it's certainly a 'grower'- the videoclip is absolutely incredibly good! It really focuses on the drama in "SPECTRE". And it WORKS! My god, I really felt touched by both Monica Bellucci's and Lea Séydoux's performances. A bruised Lucia Sciarra, who can barely walk with her whiskey. That little playfulness Madeleine Swann has towards 007 with that curtain in between is just....it really puts a smile on my face :-D! It's so incredible.

    And then there's -again- Hoyte's cinematography. Absolutely breathtaking. You can...feel this energy from both cast and crew, basically screaming to all of us: "Fuck you! We. Made. The. Best. Bond. Film!" And it's not a cliché line anymore...My God, and it feels like 20 years until "SPECTRE" premieres! This is NOT going to be "SkyFall Part 2". This is going to be "SPECTRE"! Eat your heart out you wanna-be-Bond-franchises "Mission: Impossible", "Kingsman" and "Furious 7" :-)!
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    Posts: 11,119
    doubleoego wrote: »
    That kiss really looks like Craig and Belluci put their back's into it. I'm calling it now, that's going to be the best Bond...James Bond line since Connery's Dr.No introduction.

    I think......we're all getting serious orgasms here. And cast and crew of "SPECTRE" are TOTALLY to blaim for that! 8-}
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    edited October 2015 Posts: 11,139
    Yes! I'm secure in my sexuality but dammit, I'm on the verge of fan girling right now.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Loved the song, loved the video, I guess I'm going to love the film. :D
  • SkyfailSkyfail
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    antovolk wrote: »
    First music video with film footage since TND, I believe.


    Casino Royale's had film footage too



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