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But I do think it's easily the worst Bond score and if you listen to it outside of the film it sounds awful. The original tank chase music would've ruined one of the best action scenes of the series.
Shame because I really love the movie itself. You'd think since they were really pulling out all the stops for the movie that they'd bring John Barry back.
Not the same bloke who played Nick Cotton in Eastenders though!
And why lots of people complains about "A Pleasant Drive in St. Petersburg"?
Maybe it would be even better.
So, I like the GE's music. It's better then e. g. TMWTGG's one.
That's the thing about GE. It's underrated in certain areas and imo, overrated in many. The whole satellite fight and dish falling on the villain, bloodless fights...others may not care but this was all a denial to Dalton fans. Sure, the friendship betrayal story was Dalton-esque but the way censorship ruined the Ninja Turtle moves, Batman at the time had some effect on Bond too. I did like the way Bond was singled out at times especially in Russia. He was a stranger in Moscow, as they say. The world had moved on without him in a sense.
The score is not dated, I cannot see how that would be possible as it is a very airy kind of soundtrack, it is nothing like the Drum 'n Bass from the next fella that will be seen as dated much sooner.
I like it as an identifiable sound for a good 007 movie, the next three movies sound mostly the same.
That said I tend to like Serra's work.
''Ladies First'' basically screams the early 90s. A product very much of it's time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7CNGN0bWlU
Not my favorite Bond score by any means, but I like most Bond scores, and I think Serra's score is underrated by many.
edit: Oddly enough, was just listening to this today...
edit2: GoldenEye Overture is definitely, in my opinion, a classic Bond track.
I am not sure what a '90's vibe is, but that piece of music is allright and even better with the movie.
You think so? :O
For me it's one of the worst pieces of sound ever produced in a Bond film.
I think a lot of the criticism is also aimed at Serra's handling of the bond theme. For me that's probably the only version of that legendary music that does not hit home with me.
To be fair, though, I do like a lot of the film's instrumental music. Like the Casino scene, Bond and Natalya on the beach, etc...
True. This is my favorite piece of music from the score.
Agree. That is a good tune. My personal favourite is this one though. It took some time to find, as i thought the piece was associated with Natalya, but apparantly its proper name is "The Severnaya Suite"... For me this is on par with anything Davd Arnold wrote. This is "personal Serra style" in a good way: