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Indeed. My own hype is getting ahead of itself, certainly. This could end up being a total non-issue. Time will tell!
Again, go back into my comments on Arnold. My views on his work aren't as cut and dried as you want them to be. I am pointing out that his lack of work is a statement on the industry's views of him, not yours or mine. He's not being hired. If directors wanted him, he'd have work. So draw your own conclusions.
You are free to love Arnold's work all you want. I happen to enjoy much of his work on CR and QoS. I do not like it as much as Newman's work on SF and SP. But that does not mean I hate Arnold.
The bigger consternation, for me, is the "romantic" attitude some fans have toward both Arnold and Campbell. To me, they are part of the past; they are not coming back. And that is a good thing. I appreciate (some of) their work for what they did but I have no desire to see either of them return.
With that, I drop the mic.
Yeah it’s a Bond pastiche. Which is fine, that’s the job he was hired to do for the ad, but I don’t think it’s the future of 007 music.
Uh oh, you said the dreaded P word!
I don’t think it’s a DB5 actually :)
I’d love Pemberton, yes.
I really like Kraemer: he seems a good guy. And his score for MI was excellent- I think he got a bit shafted for the next one.
Agreed. FALLOUT was rather generic.
Well that is the tone of the ad; it’s why it’s full of silver Aston Martins. But it’s not supposed to be a Bond film, and Arnold isn’t writing a Bond score for it.
You are not on any social media or read interviews, we can assume.
He has plenty of work and he is primarily UK based. Currently he is scoring the BBC version of 'Dracula' and a couple of weeks ago he was doing Royal Albert Hall, so please, get your facts straight. He is perfectly content with not doing big budget Hollywood-movies, but luckily, his door is always open for Bond. That was at least what he told JBR, who loves him!
Does people saying stuff on social media prove anything? I'm sure if I went on my dad's facebook it'd be full of climate change denial and pro-Brexit talk, but that doesn't make it fact! :D
Yes, because, although he's fine, he's just not great. Hey; he's better than me(!); he's very talented, I've enjoyed a lot of his stuff. But for Bond I want someone really classy; either someone brand new and full of invention, or an established all-time great. Getting Arnold would be a bit half-hearted, a bit halfway house. He's not really one thing nor the other. He'd do the job but it would be a bit like getting the regular plumber in. I mean, listen to his Good Omens score: it's fine, it works, but it's not exactly an all-time classic: it's wallpaper.
If you guys want new Arnold music incidentally, watch the new Dracula trailer. Sounds like the work of the Sherlock guys to me.
You are correct. When someone on social media is trying to argue that no one during the last ten years have used the word "David Arnold" and "Best Choice" in conjunction with each other, it doesn't prove anything. ;-)
Eh? So you're calling this social media, but accusing someone on it of... not being on it? Okaaay...
Bring us the next genius to defend Arnold please :D
Only Williams and Zimmer are ranked that high, and IMO the latter's music is kinda generic
No, that's not what I am saying. What you are saying is, that nothing written on social media - here or any where else - proves anything. I agree with you. So when someone dismisses Arnold with a "no one thought him the best choice for the last 10 years"-argument, it doesn't prove that he is not up for the task!
Personally, I get excited at the prospect of a new composer. I'm not really looking for a composer to elicit nostalgia but rather compliment the immediate film with their own take, whether it adheres to past films or not. It's why I love Eric Serra's work in GOLDENEYE and feels more special compared to what Arnold brought to the table.
Thanks for hitting the nail on the head.
Safe, familiar, comforting sounds like brosnan era which certainly I would not like. A new composer is always welcome, don't want Arnold or Newman either Romer or someone new.
Strings, guitar, the spoons, I don’t care. Just play the theme.
Here you go. ;)
Ding ding, we have a winner. I think Romer will/would have done this too, for what it's worth. He may/would have fallen somewhere between Arnold and Newman, I think.
Again, he's still the composer until confirmed otherwise.
Cinephiles in general.
Agreed, the general audience only cares about the title song.