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Agreed.
Very funny my friend. In my opinion the single best thing that came out of Pierce's reign is David Arnold’s Barryesque score after the nightmare of Serra.
For me, it would be Daniel Kleinman, though I am hoping he improves on his work from SF and SP!
Very funny my friend. In my opinion the single best thing that came out of Pierce's reign is David Arnold’s Barryesque score after the nightmare of Serra.
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Serra all the way, baby.
Arnolds scores were better back when the Bond theme was used. And no, i'm not counting a few throwaway bars in the film and the the end credits.
Well there's no accounting for taste.... ;)
Michael Kamen almost did... ;)
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Yep. It’s a BOND film after all.
Actually there's quite a bit I enjoy in his GE soundtrack, though I feel overall it makes the film not hold up as well as some of the other Brosnan's.
Some of his score is pretty good, and I own it, but to say he is better than David Arnold is laughable as well as ludicrous.
But as we know, some people have no taste 😉
I do think Arnold overcooked the Bond theme a bit with TND, but I still can't help but admire him throwing everything he had at it, not knowing if he'd ever get to do it again. The following two scores, however, I think are really overcooked.
Not only is “Surrender” NOT a good title song, but EON made the right decision in rejecting it, even though I don’t care for Sheryl Crow’s effort.
That is all I have to say about this discussion ;) :P
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Arnold used it after Serra disrespected it. The producers were reportedly thrilled with Arnold’s TND score. Serra....not so much. No ‘step in’ was required by other composers when Arnold had the job. Very telling IMO.
My goodness, just because someone else has a different opinion, he/she has no taste? [-X
My own comment about taste was tongue in cheek, hence the winking emoji 👍
Agreed. The Bond Theme loses it's impact when used all the time.
Agreed. Casino Royale is Arnold's best work in the Bond franchise for that exact reason, IMO. The moments you hear the Bond cue in the film really stand out for the reason you've stated and make your hairs stand on end. It also creates more emphasise around these moments as a result. In Dr. No and From Russia With Love I agree that they used it at inappropriate times, but I can excuse this as this was early on in the franchise.
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There's a balancing act between using the Bond cue respectfully and then overusing it and I do feel that Serra struck that balance well, IMO. Barry created his own action tracks and therefore didn't need use the Bond theme constantly throughout his soundtracks, I feel that Serra did the same.
No hard feelings than :)
In this day and age, though, I'd welcome a slight overuse of the Bond theme with open arms.
Arnold used it after Serra disrespected it.
Not quite, The GoldenEye Ouverture is a magnificently atmospherical piece of music and makes excellent use of the Bond Theme. Arnold has done some nice things but he has never matched that.
Ok the Gunbarrel and pre-title sequence score was good. It went downhill from the car chase.