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[MrMoneypenny]

Okay, has anyone heard this:http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37836

HILARIOUS!!!!!!

[[dark]]

Don't know whether this is reliable, but Music from the Movies claim to "have been reliably informed that [David Arnold] is working on the first reels of Quantum of Solace in his London studio as we speak". This article coincided with the "Another Way To Die" announcement.

[Captain Tightpants]

See? Told you - somewhere - that the score is one of the last major things to be done in the film. There's plenty of time for Arnold to work the theme song in.

[MrMoneypenny]

See? Told you - somewhere - that the score is one of the last major things to be done in the film. There's plenty of time for Arnold to work the theme song in.

Is it just me or is anyone else bored with David Arnold? I think he did a great job on Tomorrow Never Dies but after that his scores all sounded the same and rather dull, apart from maybe one or two tracks per film. I think it's time for someone new, like Michael Giacchino (his score for The Incredible was an homage to John Barry), Edward Shearmur (Johnny English) or anyone else for that matter. When I think about the music John Barry did for every single Bond film he did, they all sounded unique and different. Oh well.

[Joey Bond]

See? Told you - somewhere - that the score is one of the last major things to be done in the film. There's plenty of time for Arnold to work the theme song in.

Is it just me or is anyone else bored with David Arnold? I think he did a great job on Tomorrow Never Dies but after that his scores all sounded the same and rather dull, apart from maybe one or two tracks per film. I think it's time for someone new, like Michael Giacchino (his score for The Incredible was an homage to John Barry), Edward Shearmur (Johnny English) or anyone else for that matter. When I think about the music John Barry did for every single Bond film he did, they all sounded unique and different. Oh well.

If you listent to the "Being James Bond" podcast, one of the episodes contains a review of the scores where the host's guest hits the nail on the head. Basically he says that Arnold's action cues ("Backseat driver", "Come in 007, your time is up", "Whiteout" etc) can all be substituted with each other while each Barry soundtrack has a different sound to each film yet you can tell it was Bond. His analogy was like how Emilio Estevez (ie TLD) and Charlie Sheen (ie OHMSS) look nothing like each other but they both look like their father (the Bond theme/'sound').

To answer your question, I think Arnold is doing a decent job considering Barry's shoes he had to fill. Barry is, dare I say, more established with Bond than Connery was. The fact that he still turns in a few decent tracks with each film ("The name is Bond... James Bond", "The end of an Aston Martin", "Blunt instrument" in CR, and "Come in 007, your time is up" is dare I say, even better than some Barry cues) is quite spectacular. But if he was to be replaced, I'd go for Craig Armstrong.

Edited by Joey Bond, 12 August 2008 - 06:13 AM.

[DaveBond21]

Is it just me or is anyone else bored with David Arnold? I think he did a great job on Tomorrow Never Dies but after that his scores all sounded the same and rather dull, apart from maybe one or two tracks per film

Interesting that you should single out TND because Arnold himself said that he threw everything into that score, in case they didn't ask him back to do another one.

[Skudor]

See? Told you - somewhere - that the score is one of the last major things to be done in the film. There's plenty of time for Arnold to work the theme song in.

Is it just me or is anyone else bored with David Arnold? I think he did a great job on Tomorrow Never Dies but after that his scores all sounded the same and rather dull, apart from maybe one or two tracks per film. I think it's time for someone new, like Michael Giacchino (his score for The Incredible was an homage to John Barry), Edward Shearmur (Johnny English) or anyone else for that matter. When I think about the music John Barry did for every single Bond film he did, they all sounded unique and different. Oh well.

I'm bored with David Arnold.

[MrMoneypenny]

See? Told you - somewhere - that the score is one of the last major things to be done in the film. There's plenty of time for Arnold to work the theme song in.

Is it just me or is anyone else bored with David Arnold? I think he did a great job on Tomorrow Never Dies but after that his scores all sounded the same and rather dull, apart from maybe one or two tracks per film. I think it's time for someone new, like Michael Giacchino (his score for The Incredible was an homage to John Barry), Edward Shearmur (Johnny English) or anyone else for that matter. When I think about the music John Barry did for every single Bond film he did, they all sounded unique and different. Oh well.

I'm bored with David Arnold.

Haha! Thank you!

[SecretAgentFan]

Actually, CR made me appreciate David Arnold again (after the lackluster DAD and TWINE scores). But I could imagine that with Bond 23 EON will take a new route. I guess the longer break Wilson is talking about will be used to rethink their approach because after CR and QOS another continuation of the story would not feel fresh anymore. And then another composer could work into the new feeling they are going for with Bond 23.

That´s, of course, pure speculation.

I sincerely hope that the QOS title song will leak soon. Didn´t YKMN leak in August as well?

[Cody]

I'm happy with the choice of artists. I like White and Keys, can't wait to hear their song. Despite its title.

[deth]

he's no John Barry, but he's still alright.

[danslittlefinger]

"We wanted to join the family of Barry, Bassey, Connery and Craig."

Jack White discusses his collaboration with Alicia Keys on 'Another Way To Die'

http://blogs.usatoda...n-j.html?csp=34

This just in:
Jack White has commented for the first time on his upcoming James Bond theme song, Another Way To Die, which features Alicia Keys. The film, Quantum Of Solace, directed by Marc Forster and staring Daniel Craig as James Bond, will be released in Nov. Here's what he says: "After a couple of years of wanting to collaborate with Alicia Keys, it took James Bond himself to finally make it happen. Alicia put some electric energy into her breath that cemented itself into the magnetic tape. Very inspiring to watch. It gave me a new voice, and I wasn't myself anymore. I drummed for her voice and she mimicked the guitar tones, then we joined our voices and screamed and moaned about these characters in the film and their isolation, having no one to trust, not even themselves. Maybe we became them for a few minutes. The Memphis Horns were there to help us out, along with some of Nashville's finest. Might be the first analogue Bond theme in twenty years, I don't know. We wanted to push soul into those tapes, and join the family of Barry, Bassey, Connery and Craig."


(Not much but def a brass section! Very retro!)..

Edited by [dark], 22 August 2008 - 04:06 AM.

[Blonde Bond]

Now I REALLY want to hear what they've come up with

Can't wait.

[danslittlefinger]

Me too, things are hotting up...nearly time for the theatrical trailer too...

[DamnCoffee]

Nice! Thanks for this!

[DaveBond21]

They are singing about Bond and Camille?

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

Well...sounds promising...Im more excited for the trailer though, still somewhat cautious about this.

[Captain Tightpants]

See? White's going for something thematic and relating to the events of the film rather than trying to write a song with he film title in it.

Which is the way it should be.

[Dunph]

Magnetic Tape. Analogue. Memphis Horns.

Words that don't normally get me excited, but I've just started frothing in anticipation for this theme song now.

Shallow, isn't it?

"Pushing soul"

I like the vocabulary.

[stromberg]

"The Memphis Horns along with some of Nahville's finest"

Wow. Sounds extremely promising. Can't wait to hear it.

[Judo chop]

Does Winehouse have Memphis Horns in her song?

I don't THINK so.

[honour]

Awesome. I can't wait to hear it

[deth]

Did he just say Barry? Hiyo!!!

[ImTheMoneypenny]

Memphis Horns, that's got my attention! I'm liking what I'm hearing. I'm really interested to hear the finished song. Thanks for posting this!

[DaveBond21]

I think it's going to be an excellent song, that will get better with each listen.

[Fro]

That's the direction I thought they'd go in... a Stax Records take on a Bond theme.

[Vauxhall]

The addition of horns sounds like a very Ronson-esque angle to this tune. Beautiful.

[Quantumofsolace007]

http://blogs.usatoda...n-j.html?csp=34

This just in:
Jack White has commented for the first time on his upcoming James Bond theme song, Another Way To Die, which features Alicia Keys. The film, Quantum Of Solace, directed by Marc Forster and staring Daniel Craig as James Bond, will be released in Nov. Here's what he says: "After a couple of years of wanting to collaborate with Alicia Keys, it took James Bond himself to finally make it happen. Alicia put some electric energy into her breath that cemented itself into the magnetic tape. Very inspiring to watch. It gave me a new voice, and I wasn't myself anymore. I drummed for her voice and she mimicked the guitar tones, then we joined our voices and screamed and moaned about these characters in the film and their isolation, having no one to trust, not even themselves. Maybe we became them for a few minutes. The Memphis Horns were there to help us out, along with some of Nashville's finest. Might be the first analogue Bond theme in twenty years, I don't know. We wanted to push soul into those tapes, and join the family of Barry, Bassey, Connery and Craig."


(Not much but def a brass section! Very retro!)..

As a guitarist and a bond fan i'm activly Psyched

[Captain Tightpants]

The addition of horns sounds like a very Ronson-esque angle to this tune. Beautiful.

Ronson isn't the only producer in the business ...

[sharpshooter]

(Not much but def a brass section! Very retro!)..

My interest has just been aroused.