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Ain’t that the truth?
TLD is the very best JB score imo. Nothing controversial to speak highly of OP or AVTAK either, as they're both above par.
My favorite Barry score is AVTAK.
I like TLD score a fair bit, but it's not one I return to that much.
His last Bond score was one of his best IMO
GE, TMWTGG, AVTAK and DAF are also among my favourites.
The worst ones are SF and SP for me.
Definitely agree on SF/SP.
OHMSS, TB, DAF, FRWL, LALD and AVTAK are probably the scores I listen most to - followed by the rest of the Barry scores and the Arnold scores. Controversially perhaps, but I can also enjoy the funky scores of TSWLM and FYEO.
DN, LTK and GE don't do much for me, but I still prefer them over SF/SP.
Least favorites: DN, TMWTGG, FYEO, LTK, and SP.
All my least favorites still have some highlights for me.
Dammit men! after what you and @RC7 have said today, I'm going to make a very cold and very stiff, tall drink. Head into my den. Put on my Beats.... and let the magic happen...
(clothing optional)
Agreed. Some decent motifs but in the end it comes up woefully short, primarily on account of the action scoring being weak. It's not Newman's strong suit imho.
For me, TMWTGG, MR and AVTAK > OP and TLD. All good though.
OP and TLD are too similar. I wish Barry had used the drum machine for the TLD GB. Would've been distinctive, as well as appropriate given the rest of the score.
Of the post-Barry ones, I like the LTK GB. In the Music of James Bond documentary, at the end, the interviewed people sing the Bond theme. Michael Kamen goes nuts, almost headbanging to it. I sense that same enthusiasm in his GB. Exciting and dangerous.
Conti also injected some adrenaline into his GB. It was great. Barry's GBs tended to be more restrained and/or sedate, so shaking things up from time to time with other composers was a good idea.
Edit: I think he also grew a little bored with the James Bond Theme. During the making of OHMSS, he asked Peter Hunt, "do we have to have that Bond theme in there again?" Of course, his lack of a composer credit for it might've had something to do with his lack of enthusiasm.
I find them soothing and calming.
Sounds decadent... :)
Kinky.....
The thing is that I Iove that repeated phrase in TLD. Whereas in TMWTGG those "DUH"s start to strain my patience near the end. Sometimes repetition is good, sometimes it's not.
1). I am not positively in love with Sean Connery's Bond the way everyone else is. I was born in 1991 and so when I grew up Brosnan was my Bond and while I have seen every Bond film in the franchise and while I do appreciate Connery as the original Bond, he's just not my favorite. Either way, I've always hated trying to hone in on a single Bond as my favorite I'd rather say that they were each individually perfect for the era in which they played the character.
2). I actually genuinely liked 'Quantum of Solace' and I feel like it was actually a decent follow up to 'Casino Royale'. It certainly had its problems but I'd prefer 'Quantum of Solace' to 'Octopussy' or 'Diamonds are Forever' any day.
+1
I'm a bit similar in that I like Connery as Bond but he's never once come remotely near to being one of my favourite Bonds. As a child when it was only ever a choice between Connery or Moore (given that OHMSS was the film no one ever spoke of back in the 80s) I preferred Roger Moore.
Dalton went immediately to the top of the pack when he debuted and at times I've really respected Lazenby's contribution. In some respects Lazenby best captures the physical 'silhouette' of Fleming's Bond for me in the film series. I probably prefer Craig too as it's the more serious style of the Lazenby/Dalton/Craig films that I return to the most and rank the best.
Which means that other than Brosnan who's always been my least favourite Bond by a country mile, Connery probably ranks fifth in my affections. Which seems quite bloody ridiculous really given how great and iconic Connery was! If I'd been introducted to Bond as child via the Fleming novels first perhaps I may have felt differently.
-Maud Adams, though compatable with Moore, gives a very mannered performance (Moore by contrast gives one of his best).
-the direction and use of stunt doubling is very clunky at times
-Many of the interior locations look like sets.
-the silliness goes a step too far on several occasions (the opening feels like it could have been from a Naked Gun film).
That said I do like the overall story and there are some highly effective suspenseful moments.
Agree with a lot of this. OP was the first Bond film i saw at the cinema since LALD and launched my interest in the world of James Bond, so its kind of special to me.
-Maud Adams is bloody awful in it
-The silliness does go too far especially in the Elephant hunt sequence and that bit where Moore zooms into the girls chest with the camera is horribly embarrassing.
-But the story is a good one and the chasing the bomb scenes are exciting and suspenseful.
-Moore is excellent in it and his confrontation with Orloff is a highlight.
-Great action which unfortunately is sometimes marred by the slapstick.
-Superb score from Barry, which was also the first Bond score i'd ever got.
Where was it in your rankings and where is it now ?
Completely agree with all these points. Never understood why Agda isn't Octopussy instead of Maud. She's so much more interesting and misterious.
Magda,Rossy ;)
I'm a huge OP fan and always have been. The only problem I have with it is the juvenile humour which goes too far, and the ending at the Monsoon Palace which is very anticlimactic and silly with all those circus girls jumping around and Q being a buffoon. If that were stripped out, this would easily be a top 10 flick for me.