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The Spy Who Loved Me Composer Marvin Hamlisch passes away aged 68

M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
edited August 2012 in News Posts: 4,520
Rip :((

http://www.nu.nl/film/2878408/bekroonde-filmcomponist-marvin-hamlisch-dood.html
http://www.imdb.com/news/ni33608951/
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  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited August 2012 Posts: 13,355
    Wow. I'm shocked. It's true.

    Right now, I don't know what to say.

    RIP.

    It's said he died after a "brief illness", how sad.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    RIP


  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Sigh...another member of the Bond family dying in this special year. Too many RIPs have been written already... RIP.
  • St_GeorgeSt_George Shuttling Drax's lovelies to the space doughnut - happy 40th, MR!
    edited August 2012 Posts: 1,699
    Just sixty-eight? That's relatively young nowadays. Sad news, indeed - a great composer and a fine contributor to the world of Bond, in my eyes, at least. RIP.

    By the way, I've tidied up the thread title slightly...
  • SirHenryLeeChaChingSirHenryLeeChaChing
    Posts: 3,494
    Yecccccch. Hated disco Bond music. Great scene though, and one of the best PTS' in the series.

    Hamlisch had some good musical moments in the film, but I never cared for the overall direction. I'm not a fan of his overall body of work compared to other film composers. But it was nice to see that his TSWLM work was remembered in the article.

    R.I.P Marvin
  • DiscoVolanteDiscoVolante Stockholm, Sweden
    Posts: 1,347
    No!

    I'm one of the few (?) who really likes his funky TSWLM soundtrack. Bond '77 is fantastic.

    Rest in peace, Marvin Hamlisch :(

  • MuddywMuddyw
    Posts: 198
    I love this soundtrack a lot!
  • forgotmyusernameforgotmyusername
    Posts: 2,782
    Love the funky vibe. Thank you thank you, may you find peace.
  • bondsumbondsum
    Posts: 3,333
    It's strange how, at the time, I really liked Hamlisch's score for TSWLM. It seemed very hip and far more ultra-modern than Conti's belated "disco" score did for FYEO. I guess time hasn't been so kind to Hamlisch's Bond score though I still think there's some beautiful themes in there. It's a shame he wasn't available for FYEO when Barry wasn't available as I'd lke to have heard more from this classy composer.

    RIP, Marvin
  • JWPepperJWPepper You sit on it, but you can't take it with you.
    Posts: 512
    A great composer! Rest in Peace.
  • SirHenryLeeChaChingSirHenryLeeChaChing
    Posts: 3,494
    I would call the LALD soundtrack "funky". Big difference there. Hamlisch does "disco" and admittedly tried to cash in on that craze as did the movie on "Jaws". The FYEO intro by Conti sounds almost exactly like the TSWLM intro. But with "Rocky" elements that characterized his style.

  • echoecho 007 in New York
    Posts: 6,304
    Maybe at the Oscars "in memoriam" next year they will play "Nobody Does It Better."
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,994
    "A Chorus Line" is one of my favourite musicals. If only for that, he deserves his place in music history. His body of work was quite impressive, and he didn't just do "disco". A great composer in every respect. However, he wasn't right for Bond, IMHO.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,183
    Not good. Not good. NOT GOOD!

    Man, I didn't need this news today. I'm saddened. Nobody Does It Better says it all.

    R.I.P.
  • gt007gt007 Station G
    Posts: 1,182
    What a shock. 68 is indeed quite young.

    His score for THE SPY WHO LOVED ME is really good and Nobody Does It Better is one of the best title songs in the series.

    RIP.
  • SandySandy Somewhere in Europe
    Posts: 4,012
    Another one, there have been a few in the past few months unfortunately. Rest in peace.

    DiscoVolante wrote:
    No!

    I'm one of the few (?) who really likes his funky TSWLM soundtrack. Bond '77 is fantastic.

    I also like the soundtrack, I don't know why it gets so much hate, I guess it's because it's so different (I think that is a good thing).
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    Posts: 12,837
    TSWLM is probably my 3rd favourite Bond score behind TLD and LALD. RIP.
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    So sad how many of the Bond family have passed away this year. RIP Marvin!
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    Bob Holness, George Leech, now Marvin Hamlisch. Who else have we lost? Three isn't "so many", is it?
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,138
    Such sad news. Without a doubt the wonderful score for TSWLM, was one of the contributing factors in my overwhelming interest in Bond. Especially in those early days.
    Nobody Does It Better is not only a Bondian classic, but a movie great as well.
    RIP Marvin, and thank-you for your part in movie history.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    OK, after searching we've lost Bob Anderson, Bob Holness, John Lowry, Robin Ian Evelyn Milne Stuart de la Lanne-Mirrlees, George Leech, Harry Myers and Marvin Hamlisch. That's seven too many.
  • MrBondMrBond Station S
    Posts: 2,044
    No.... This came as a shock, even though i'm not a fan of his work in TSWLM he did make Nobody Does It Better and that was a very good contribution. I am sad though, and at such " young " age to...

    R.I.P my condolences to his family.
  • darrenrdarrenr
    Posts: 84
    SO sad to hear this...... TSWLM was the first bond movie that I really got into, at the age of 6. The Lotus, Barbara Bach,jaws etc all made an impact on me and the overall soundtrack fitted that time (even the star wars music had "groovy" 70's versions in the charts)

    For sure "nobody does it better" is right up there not too far behind Goldfinger for me as an all time best Bone theme tune

    RIP Marvin....... I hope you and John Barry can write some fabulous music together now!
  • MartinBondMartinBond Trying not to muck it up again
    Posts: 862
    "only" 68. He always seemed so proud of what he did for Bond in interviews, and he cóuld be proud of his camp-yet-cool score. A loss for the Bond-family, even more in this special year.

    thoughts go out to friends & family.
  • EllisEllis
    Posts: 224
    Several years ago, after Casino Royale, the British Film Academy honored the Broccoli family with an award for their contributions to the British Arts. Roger Moore was the presenter. When Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson went on stage to accept the award, the song that was played, as they went up, was "Nobody Does It Better". I think that the Bond franchise will ALWAYS be accompanied by this song.

    This is a great loss to the music industry. Marvin's songs were part of 3 of my favorite movies...The Spy Who Loved Me, The Way We Were and The Sting. 68 is too young...and I'm 60.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    Barbra Streisand has released the following statement:

    "I'm devastated. He was my dear friend. He's been in my life ever since the first day I met him in 1963, when he was my rehearsal pianist for "Funny Girl." He played at my wedding in 1998... and recently for me at a benefit for women's heart disease. The world will remember Marvin for his brilliant musical accomplishments, from "A Chorus Line" to "The Way We Were," and so many others, but when I think of him now, it was his brilliantly quick mind, his generosity, and delicious sense of humor that made him a delight to be around. Just last night, I was trying to reach him, to tell him how much I loved him, and that I wanted to use an old song of his, that I had just heard for the first time. He was a true musical genius, but above all that, he was a beautiful human being. I will truly miss him."
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    The opening ski theme always reminded me of "We Should be Dancing" by the Bee Gees - I suppose that was the idea.

    A shame another Bond veteran has passed on :(

    RIP
  • RC7RC7
    Posts: 10,512
    SaintMark wrote:
    RIP


    My favourite moment from my favourite film. Brilliantly Bond.


  • EllisEllis
    edited August 2012 Posts: 224
    On the CBS Evening News tonight, Bob Schieffer introduced the segment on Marvin with the words: "Nobody did it better". The fact that he won an Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Grammy, Golden Globe and a Pulitzer....the man was amazing.
  • fassbonder007fassbonder007
    Posts: 126
    He did a great job on "The Sting", too.

    Rip
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