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Best/Worst Bond Score

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  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
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    Glad to see some love for the score of The Spy Who Loved Me. That being said, the score for Octopussy was better, IMO.
  • nobodydoesitbetternobodydoesitbetter
    Posts: 1,021
    I recently read a comment on IMDB that the producers wanted to replace the score (the worst in my opinion) of Goldeneye with something far better. However they only had 12 days to do it. As a result they couldn't replace the whole score and only rescored the tank chase. Anyone know if there is any truth in this.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    nobodydoesitbetter wrote: »
    I recently read a comment on IMDB that the producers wanted to replace the score (the worst in my opinion) of Goldeneye with something far better. However they only had 12 days to do it. As a result they couldn't replace the whole score and only rescored the tank chase. Anyone know if there is any truth in this.

    Not sure, but they wanted to rescore NSNA. There wasn t time for it.
  • OHMSS69OHMSS69
    edited December 2015 Posts: 2,341

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  • mepal1mepal1
    Posts: 1,098
    nobodydoesitbetter wrote: »
    I recently read a comment on IMDB that the producers wanted to replace the score (the worst in my opinion) of Goldeneye with something far better. However they only had 12 days to do it. As a result they couldn't replace the whole score and only rescored the tank chase. Anyone know if there is any truth in this.

    Interesting, i hadn't heard that story, but it could be true, as the score for GE is so underwhelming.
    The trouble with EON and the film studio, is they don't allow any extra time in the production of the Bond films, to correct any issues that they may dislike about the film.
    This was noted in particular, when MGW stated that they were not happy about some issues of QOS, but there wasn't anytime left to re-edit the film.

    Going back to GE, however mediocre the score for that film was, it is still vastly better than the absolute shite score of NSNA.

  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited December 2015 Posts: 23,883
    My understanding is that the 12 days was the time given to rescore the tank sequence only, and that this was the only sequence they wanted to rescore. I could be wrong, but I'm sure I read that somewhere.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    I can understand why they chose to focus on that particular track. The original is awful. A lot worse than any of the tracks used in the film IMO.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    OHMSS has the best score.

    SPECTRE has the worst.
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
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    Worse than GE? Wow.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    Yep. GE's score at least has a personality to it and some memorable sounds. SPECTRE's score is a non entity.
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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    If we're counting unofficial movies, then NSNA. Otherwise DN (it's not bad, but it pales in comparison to every other soundtrack).
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    OHMSS: Best
    FYEO: Worst
  • daltondalton
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    Worst is definitely Never Say Never Again. Not much of a contest there, really.

    Best? Probably, for my money, The Living Daylights. I also rather liked the scores for Licence to Kill and GoldenEye, as unpopular as they seem to be.
  • mepal1mepal1
    Posts: 1,098
    dalton wrote: »
    Worst is definitely Never Say Never Again. Not much of a contest there, really.

    Best? Probably, for my money, The Living Daylights. I also rather liked the scores for Licence to Kill and GoldenEye, as unpopular as they seem to be.

    Regarding LTK, score is ok, but it was really overbearing at times, particularly in the tanker chase towards the end of the film.

  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    mepal1 wrote: »
    dalton wrote: »
    Worst is definitely Never Say Never Again. Not much of a contest there, really.

    Best? Probably, for my money, The Living Daylights. I also rather liked the scores for Licence to Kill and GoldenEye, as unpopular as they seem to be.

    Regarding LTK, score is ok, but it was really overbearing at times, particularly in the tanker chase towards the end of the film.

    I agree. Maybe Newman is rather reticent at using the Bond theme but Kamen flogs it to death in the most repetitive score of the series.

  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
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    My top 3 are YOLT, TLD and OHMSS
    Least favorites: GE and the non-official NSNA
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,134
    dalton wrote: »
    Worst is definitely Never Say Never Again. Not much of a contest there, really.

    Best? Probably, for my money, The Living Daylights. I also rather liked the scores for Licence to Kill and GoldenEye, as unpopular as they seem to be.

    I like those too. I remember there were quite a few Serra fans in the days of Keeping the British End Up. I feel as if I'm the only one right now . :(
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
    Posts: 5,185
    GE had a great soundtrack. That movie is the definitive Bond film for me as it was my first and at that time i had zero idea how a Bond Movie is supposed to be or sound. After watching all the others i can understand that some old school fans might object to Serras musical taste, and i have to admit that there are one or two tracks on GE that did not age very well, especially the music from the car chase with Xenia.

    BUT that soundtrack is pure 90's to me, it perfectly fits the movie, and is quite dark. I for one love it when people try something new. it is my favorite together with Skyfall because Serra and Newman both brought a fresh perspective to their respective movies. David Arnold for me is quite boring, and plays it a bit too save. only exception is CR that one was good.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
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    And Barry?
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
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    Barry is the master of course, the original. There is nothing bad to say about him. I would say my favorite of his is OHMSS.
    But his time is over and i rather have a new guy with his own style trying new things than have a lukewarm Barry copy, it will never be the same anyway
  • SerialHitmanSerialHitman Plotting my revenge
    Posts: 45
    Best: TB/LTK
    Worst: DAD
  • IGUANNAIGUANNA
    Posts: 1,296
    The Best one for me is Diamonds Are Forever (but I donot watch the film much).
  • GBFGBF
    Posts: 3,197
    Here is my Score ranking. You see I am a Barry fan:

    01) AVTAK
    02) OHMSS
    03) YOLT
    04) TLD
    05) MR
    06) GF
    07) OP
    08) DAF
    09) TB
    10) TND
    11) TWINE
    12) SF
    13) FYEO
    14) LALD
    15) CR
    16) LTK
    17) TSWLM
    18) FRWL
    19) TMWTGG
    20) QOS
    21) SP
    22) DAD
    23) DN
    24) GE

  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
    Posts: 4,589
    Best- TLD
    Worst- FYEO
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    Best: TLD
    Worst: DN
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    Simply Sublime (chronological order)-
    GOLDFINGER
    YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    MOONRAKER
    FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    A VIEW TO A KILL
    THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS

    Très Bien-
    FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    THUNDERBALL
    DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    LIVE AND LET DIE
    THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
    THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    OCTOPUSSY

    Passable-
    LICENCE TO KILL
    GOLDENEYE
    TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    SKYFALL

    Awful and/or bland -
    DR. NO
    THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    DIE ANOTHER DAY
    CASINO ROYALE
    SPECTRE


    Best? Probably MOONRAKER
    Best non-Barry? FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

    Worst? SPECTRE
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    Posts: 11,139
    MayDayDiVicenzo wrote: »
    Simply Sublime (chronological order)-
    GOLDFINGER
    YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    MOONRAKER
    FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    A VIEW TO A KILL
    THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS

    Très Bien-
    FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    THUNDERBALL
    DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    LIVE AND LET DIE
    THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
    THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    OCTOPUSSY

    Passable-
    LICENCE TO KILL
    GOLDENEYE
    TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    SKYFALL

    Awful and/or bland -
    DR. NO
    THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    DIE ANOTHER DAY
    CASINO ROYALE
    SPECTRE


    Best? Probably MOONRAKER
    Best non-Barry? FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

    Worst? SPECTRE

    Yep
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
    Posts: 4,589
    Hmm I feel like I'm the only one who prefers Spectres score to Skyfalls. I actually enjoyed it, especially when we first see Bond arrive in Rome and the subsequent funeral scene.
  • Ottofuse8Ottofuse8
    edited February 2016 Posts: 832
    Best: the living daylights
    Worst: Goldeneye
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    Best - A View To a Kill/OHMSS.
    Worst - Skyfall/Spectre.
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