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It's pretty bad ass during the OHMSS Piz Gloria attack.
If I'm not mistaken, EMI Unart is owned by Sony/ATV, which used to be a joint venture between Sony and Michael Jackson's estate. The Jackson estate sold their half of the venture to Sony earlier this year for $750m.
If Sony ultimately owns the rights to the publishing contract, then there really shouldn't be any issue with using Norman's theme, as long as they compensate him.
Hints are heard when Bond opens the car boot in the PTS
Very interesting. You've been more informative than my Google searches were.
@Murdock I wonder if Sony was being litigious with the rights to the Bond theme with games that were not exclusive to their console. I don't know why they wouldn't have done it earlier on, and then suddenly start though.
That would get boring real fast. The Bond theme should certainly be used but only sparingly and at key moments.
In MAN OF STEEL they did NOT use John Williams' SUPERMAN Theme.
And it was total gash, kind of proving @Murdock's point.
Superman theme wouldn't have saved MOS from being shite but it would have improved it.
Nope, It had a bland unmemorable score that I don't even remember. Thematic music in film is important. It gives the movie it's own feel. When the music has no memorable themes, it's just sonic wallpaper and a chore to listen to. Give me Williams over Zimmer any day.
A perfect example of a score that seemed to compete and overshadow what was on screen imho is Pemberton's work on both The Man From Uncle and The Game. In both cases, he composed very nice melodies, but I felt it overshadowed the film rather than working within it.
Jackman's work on Kingsman on the other hand was just about perfect. The same goes for Kraemer on MI-RN.
I agree 100% The beauty of the CR score is that, with the noted exception, it manages to avoid using the establish Bond theme(s) while at the same time being pure Bond.
As I mentioned earlier in this thread, I thought Arnold overused it during the Brosnan years. I've heard others argue that he didn't. I haven't counted the instances of its use during that time, but I suspect I 'feel' that way because his other melodies weren't up to the job (To my ears), and so the Bond theme just stood out whenever he used it.
Barry on the other hand had so many strong melodies in any one film that the Bond theme just seemed like an extension of his work in each film, rather than a 'got you' moment like it did in Arnold's Brosnan era films.
I think he uses it a perfect amount and doesn't overdo it and I do actually now think it's a really good soundtrack...
Shoot me!
Newman was less impressive on SP, but then I feel that about every aspect of that film in comparison to its predecessor, and not just the soundtrack.
Trouble is he re-used just a bit too much of his SF score for SP.
But you're right, the score for SF matches the visuals perfectly.
Wikipedia claims that there are seven uses of the Bond theme in CR. I cannot really hear all these, but aside from the credits it was used in "Trip Aces" "Bond Wins It All" and to greatest effect in "Dirty Martini" to score Bond's cathartic revival.
Wikipedia also claims that there seven uses of the Bond theme in QOS. Now this is a little more clear, although it's still subtle. Key moments were the end of the car chase (Time to Get Out), the end of the boat chase (Pursuit at Port au Prince), entering the hotel room with Fields (Field Trip) and the ending scene (I Never Left). In my opinion, used to chilling effect as Bond escapes custody of Mi6 (Oil Fields).
SF is therefore a breakthrough in that we finally had quite a few bombastic uses of the Bond theme. We had our first sustained use during the main film as well in "Breadcrumbs" where the guitar riff lasts for a full minute. It is also a false claim that the guitar riff was only used once by Newman. He used it another time at the end of Granborough Road which is clearly heard in the film after the Komodo Dragon fight.
Finally, SP uses the Bond theme multiple times. However, some uses are brief and often not on the soundtrack (e.g. the gunbarrel music). Bond theme is almost always clear and audible when used. One sustained arrangement in "Los Muertos Vivos Estan" and a very powerful rendition in "Detonation" to score Bond's rescue of Madeleine.
We have yet to have a sustained use of the Bond theme over an action scene, although we came close with "Westminster Bridge" from SP.
I'm the one who wrote "seven uses of the Bond theme in CR" on Wikipedia. The theme appears in "Blunt Instrument", "Trip Aces", "Dirty Martini", "Bond Wins It All", "The Switch", "Fall of a house in Venice", "The Bitch is Dead".
In QoS it appears in "Time to get Out", "Inside man" (although it's subtle), "Bond in Haiti", "Pursuit at Port au prince" (appears twice), "Bolivian Taxi Ride", "Field Trip", "Oil Fields", "Perla de las Dunas", "The dead don't care about vengeance" (same arrangement used in "Inside Man") and "I Never Left". There is one brief reference to Bond theme as Bond escapes from CIA men after his conversation with Felix.
What about the Gun-Barrel, that was an inexcusable crime.
Bringing Dench M back too, that instantly reduced the reboot to absurdity.
Q and Moneypenny nowhere to be seen in two movies. A grave mistake.
Let's just hope the next tenure will not toy with those beloved things. Just glad Cubby had not to experience the crimes his daughter committed.
Judi's part of the Bond family, It made sense, plus EON's always done casting choices like that. No brainer.
Q and Moneypenny weren't in every Bond novel either, it's not that bad.
What Barbara did wasn't crimes. She was taking risks and trying new things. That's not always a bad thing. She's trying to keep the series fresh and relevant. Did she make all the right choices? No but to call them crimes is a major overreaction. And aside from SF I thought you liked all of Daniel's films.
Of course I like them, all 3 are in my top 10. But certainly not because of the missing or mutilated GB, missing MP and Q.
The GB is a crime.
Dench I liked but you can't call it a reboot and then bring the same actress into it. It's just not logical and confusing.
It's almost unthinkable how far to the top QOS could make it in my ranking had it included a proper GB, different editing style and one or two scenes with Q and Moneypenny.
It's like some delicious grand Birthday cake that you get to eat but someone has already taken of the icing on the cake.
It's still a tasty cake but something that would make it a perfect experience is missing.
Taking away the GB and taking away things like "shaken not stirred" were plain stupid and served no purpose whatsoever and for certain were not bringing anything new to the films.
With Dench they pretty much felt she was irreplaceable and overlooked that aspec of the new timeline.
@ BondJasonBond006, QoS would most certainly be raised a few notches in my ranking as well had it included the GB opening, more Bondian less Bourne editing, maybe a classic Moneypenny flirtation bit, and dare I say "Bond. James Bond". IMO, Connery should have been the only Bond who wasn't mandated to speak the iconic introduction in each film. No one else gets a pass. Practice makes perfect, and I felt Craig's delivery of the line in SP sucked.