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Good, at least I know some film terminology then, haha!
I feel like I’ve done this before, because he is in fact my second favourite composer after John Barry. Not only is he a favourite in the World of 007 but in general film music as well. His soundtracks for Le grand bleu, Nikita and Léon are nothing short of brilliant. Mixing synth and classical instruments provides these films with a very distinctive sound and atmosphere.
Same goes for our beloved GoldenEye, which I consider to be the best Bond soundtrack not coming from John Barry. The industrial soundscapes mixed with piano, violins and choirs fit the post Soviet and Russian theme perfectly. Moreover, many people might have difficulties telling the Brosnan entries apart from one another, but GE always stands out and in my opinion that’s largely due to its unique music score as well.
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I love the GE score as well. For me, it's:
1. John Barry
2. David Arnold
3. Eric Serra/George Martin
Well that certainly is a controversial opinion. To me Serra's score is the one outstanding feature which makes GE a very dated film. Mind you, Armold's entries in the nineties didn't fare much better. But at least he made up by composing CR in a Bondian way.
Age is never an issue to me.
I don't fully agree. Some films (Thunderball, OHMSS, etc) don't feel dated at all. They're set in their timeframe for sure, but they work perfectly in their storytelling. GE imo has a strong nineties feel, not as if it is set in the nineties, but that is made in the nineties. Just as much as Timothies films are very much eighties (tv) movies. It takes me awy from the story and makes it look like a relic.
Another not-Bond example is Top Gun. It's very well made and to my mind a classic. It may have been made in the eighties but it doesn't feel like an eighties movie. Sure you can see it, I mean the romance is as shy and prudish as can be, but it works and I'm drawn into the film. Then it doesn't matter. The Herbie films, on the other hand, are definately relics and the stories hardly work anymore.
The issues with the story aside, had the CGI been used far less and more refined in the bits it was employed, DAD's naturally shot scenes also look timeless.
All I know is that Maibaum tops the list with Mankiewitz firmly at the bottom (and that with some margin...).
2. Christopher Wood
3. Bruce Feirstein
4. Tom Mankiewicz
5. Purvis & Wade
6. Paul Haggis
7. Roald Dahl
8. John Logan (the absolute worst)
His Batman script was godawful.
Aside from Simon Raven's added dialogue, Peter Hunt had an uncredited hand in the script.
It's ironic that TMWTGG was almost the last film in the series.
Yet despite it's obvious flaws, I somehow just like it... and I am not really able to explain why. ;))
It's a film starring Roger Moore. That's enough for me to have a good time! :-D
I am also very fond of the score. It puts a unique stamp on the film. Definitely the best non Barry score in the series.
No arguments there! George Martin did a fantastic job on it.
Come to think of it, however, it's also a TMWTGG adaptation.
This is a point too many miss. Roger may not always hit all the highs, but he's a darn good time.
I thoroughly agree, but risk wasn't on the filmmaker's minds at the time, especially since the budget had decreased.
I think for the book to be truthfully adapted a not so high budget would be needed.
For most of the film perhaps not, but filming a faithful version of the keelhauling, the explosion of Mr. Big's yacht, and the sharks eating everyone would have cost a lot more than the film's actual climax, which occurred in a bargain-basement supervillain's lair with two sharks.
The 'climax' is really lame for a Bond film. It's all over far too quickly.
Luckily there's that cool fight on the train to as an extra bonus.
I miss that, the henchman turning up for a final reel showdown. They missed a trick with Mr. Hind in SP, imagine that great train scrap was at the end!