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"If you notice it, maybe its working too hard, or maybe it's too loud. It's all very delicate in the end"
Barry on scoring Bond. "Keep it big,bold and classy"
Bring back Arnold. Yes he did suffer in Brosnans last 2 but CR was just brilliant, QOS wasn't too bad but can only score according to what he sees on screen.
The PTS with Bond walking across the rooftops was a good score but the rest was pretty forgettable
Very harsh. It wasn't that bad. Or was it?
Shawshank Redemption, Road to Perdition, The Green Mile, Meet Joe Black, A Series of unfortunate events, Little Women and so on. I would include Skyfall in this list. I love that score.
Err, I think a lot of people do realise that.
This is precisely why you hear so many people on here saying they'd have preferred Arnold over Newman.
Newman's score sounds like filler music in a TV series...especially the Denbeigh scenes. The reuse of themes is inexcusable especially when the original track is not memorable to begin with.
If Spectre had a better score, it would make its flaws easier to swallow. But the movie gives us so much time to dwell on its inconsistencies. At least YOLT my previous most disliked film is paced and scored well and you get lost in spectacle
Now here's a question: if someone out there was to rescore SP using the OHMSS soundtrack how much do people think it would improve their enjoyment of the film?
Personally I think it could add a 10-15% boost onto my own rating for the film.
The scene where Bond flies the plane between the trees is simply pleading for a full on rendition of the OHMSS theme.
I must say it's a lot better than that Newman guy, George Martin he composed is own style which was kind of different from barry, but anyway much better than the crappy score of skyfall and Spectre.
I've always thought that George Martin did a fantastic job on LALD. He did a few good things as a producer with some lads from Liverpool I hear too :)
I agree
+1
"City of Lovers" is (almost) on a par with Barry.
They are a bit slower pace but I think they would have fit well in SP. I do plan on rescoring the action scenes when the movie comes out so that's something to look forward too. ;)
Agreed. I'd compare it to AVTAK. Lots of lousy scenes (such as Bond grilling Stacey at the chateau) but the score always elevates it. Barry will never be replaced.
It's the same sound he started in TND, just less use of the Bond theme. The only score that was close to being radically different from all his other Bond scores was DAD with its heavy emphasis on electronics.
Besides, he's better off in TV land. If Newman turns down the next film, I hope EON looks for someone other than Arnold.
Exactly. A Bond score should feel unique to that film.
Good though that is, I find it a little derivative of this, which I prefer:
EDIT: upon listening to Both tracks I can hear where Snow Job got some of it's influence, Sadly that variation of He's Dangerous isn't on youtube anymore.
Then came TLD and he really had a new sound again....unfortunately, it was the last from him for this series. I really wish he could have developed that TLD synthesizer thing further.
I agree though, both scores fit like a glove.
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