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[level007]

Shirley Bassey And David Arnold Team Up For New Album

James Bond veterans to release album of brand new material

Shirley Bassey returns to the studio

David Arnold discusses his upcoming collaboration with the James Bond songstress

A James Bond reunion for Shirley Bassey's new album

New studio album includes contributions from David Arnold, John Barry and Don Black

Preview Dame Shirley Bassey's The Performance

Selected album tracks available to preview and download

Hi Everyone !

Here is a great news for all bond music lovers !

David Arnold is currently producing the new album of Shirley Bassey !

you can read it here: http://www.dameshirleybassey.com/

enjoy

julien

[littlenellie]

Shirley Bassey And David Arnold Team Up For New Album

James Bond veterans to release album of brand new material

Shirley Bassey returns to the studio

David Arnold discusses his upcoming collaboration with the James Bond songstress

Check this out

http://www.dameshirleybassey.com/

[DamnCoffee]

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[DamnCoffee]

Now wouldn't it be sweet, if the producers already had the Bond 23 title artist in mind.

[jaguar007]

Now wouldn't it be sweet, if the producers already had the Bond 23 title artist in mind.

my thoughts exactly.

[MattofSteel]

Wow, this is phenomenal news! I cannot wait to hear their work.

Can you imagine how hard, and how fast the metaphorical "house" would come down if their collaboration led to something Bond-23-Title-Song-related? While refusing to let my hopes get that far up, I can't think of a more fan-uniting decision in terms of direction with the next film after the rightfully controversial QOS.

Still, wow.

[Qwerty]

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[DaveBond21]

I'd really like to hear the results of this collaboration. Good news...

[Mr Teddy Bear]

Wow, this is phenomenal news! I cannot wait to hear their work.

Can you imagine how hard, and how fast the metaphorical "house" would come down if their collaboration led to something Bond-23-Title-Song-related? While refusing to let my hopes get that far up, I can't think of a more fan-uniting decision in terms of direction with the next film after the rightfully controversial QOS.

Still, wow.

God, I hope not.

[The Ghost Who Walks]

Wow, this is phenomenal news! I cannot wait to hear their work.

Can you imagine how hard, and how fast the metaphorical "house" would come down if their collaboration led to something Bond-23-Title-Song-related? While refusing to let my hopes get that far up, I can't think of a more fan-uniting decision in terms of direction with the next film after the rightfully controversial QOS.

Still, wow.

God, I hope not.

I second that.

[MattofSteel]

Really? Is it too nostalgic? Too much like a freakishly-old Leonard Nimoy showing up and taking Chris Pine by the hand through the new Star Trek movie?

Well, I'd be amused.

[Qwerty]

Should be fun. Will definitely be interesting to see what they come up with.

[QOS007]

Now wouldn't it be sweet, if the producers already had the Bond 23 title artist in mind.

my thoughts exactly.

Agreed I would absolutely love to hear what bond like song they have on that cd because come on, they will be tempted and they should at least try it. how bad could it possibly be with her amazing voice. i might get my hopes up for this collabo for Bond 23(cant be worse than another way to die)

[MrMoneypenny]

Wow, this is phenomenal news! I cannot wait to hear their work.

Can you imagine how hard, and how fast the metaphorical "house" would come down if their collaboration led to something Bond-23-Title-Song-related? While refusing to let my hopes get that far up, I can't think of a more fan-uniting decision in terms of direction with the next film after the rightfully controversial QOS.

Still, wow.

God, I hope not.

I second that.

Me too. Don't get me wrong, I adore Dame Shirley and like what Arnold does, and that album will be fantastic. But honestly, Bond 23? Can we move on? Yes, Goldfinger was and is the ultimate Bond song. Diamonds Are Forever is an amazing song as well, but lets be honest here, Moonraker was just a plain boring song. Could the both of them recreate the magic of the two first songs? I'm sure they could, unfortunately, I think it would sound like a parody! If the producers are afraid to become 'Too Bond', they certainly not going to go for a Shirley Bassey song. Why not give new talent a chance? I mean, Duffy anyone? As talented as Bassey, is respected by her peers and his a huge fan base! As for Arnold, I've said it many times before, I'm bored with his scores. Tomorrow Never Dies was his best score of all the ones he did. The rest was just rehash. They need somebody like Michael Giacchino (The Incredibles, MI III), Ed Shearmur (Johnny English) or Alexandre Desplat (The Queen). Now then I would be happy and excited!

[level007]

Sorry mr Moneypenny, but i disagree with you.

The composer you mentioned all took their inspiration from David Arnold Bond's score.
Which is a mix of the 60's barry and modern action music (with some electronic stuff)
If you listen to Johnny English from Shearmur or "l'enquete Corse" from Desplat, which are fun score for sure, you'll see that they are parodying Arnold style of music for the Bond.

To do a Parody of a bond score is much easier than to make a real bond score in my opinion.

Saying that his music is still a rehash from TND is completly wrong for me. They is clearly a difference between the brosnan period and the Craig one.
WHy because the movies are so different.

Arnold can't score a bond movie like Barry did, even barry could'nt do it today because the movies are so different.

back on the subject, i'm sure Arnold could do a bond song for Shirley Bassey that would sound so fresh and different from her Goldfinger sound.

Maybe this is why he's doing this album with her to prove the producers that she would be the irght one for BOnd 23. Don't forget that he almost did the "shaken and stirred" album only to be apppointed as the new bond composer :-)

[Zorin Industries]

They need somebody like Michael Giacchino (The Incredibles, MI III), Ed Shearmur (Johnny English) or Alexandre Desplat (The Queen).

No they don't. Otherwise all you get are composers that make their work sound derivative. Bond needs a new sound. And the score for JOHNNY ENGLISH is awful.

[dee-bee-five]

Should be worth buying. I'm not sure a Bassey/Arnold CD collaboration has very much to do with Bond 23, although I can understand the eagerness of some fans to make the connection. And I would be very surprised if La Bassey sang over the opening credits.

But the end credits? A classy Bassey modern retro number...? I, for one, could live with that...

[Bucky]

while i would love to have bassey do a song for bond 23, i would love having barry do the score even more. i dont think arnold has done a bad job and i have actually rather enjoyed the last couple, but barry is simply the man with the golden touch when it comes to bond scores.

i wonder why the producers have not tried to get him to do one, i know he hasnt composed a score in a while but i think he was originally supposed to do the score for the incredibles.

[Zorin Industries]

while i would love to have bassey do a song for bond 23, i would love having barry do the score even more. i dont think arnold has done a bad job and i have actually rather enjoyed the last couple, but barry is simply the man with the golden touch when it comes to bond scores.

i wonder why the producers have not tried to get him to do one, i know he hasnt composed a score in a while but i think he was originally supposed to do the score for the incredibles.

Different reasons....

He is not in the best of health.

He claims he gave the series all he could.

His last film was 27 years ago - more than the time he spent doing the series originally.

He got his hands "burnt" at the hands of the last title performers (A-Ha were far from savoury colleagues by all accounts).

He hasn't done a score since, I believe, ENIGMA (great soundtrack by the way).

The times have moved on. Bond's moved on.




I do agree though. There is a great fantasy score yet to come from Mr Barry. He respects David Arnold. Could they maybe work together on Bassey's closing song for BOND 23....? (!).

[Bucky]

thanks zorin. i wasnt aware of the reasons

[double o ego]

Hmm, interesting.

[deth]

while i would love to have bassey do a song for bond 23, i would love having barry do the score even more. i dont think arnold has done a bad job and i have actually rather enjoyed the last couple, but barry is simply the man with the golden touch when it comes to bond scores.

i wonder why the producers have not tried to get him to do one, i know he hasnt composed a score in a while but i think he was originally supposed to do the score for the incredibles.

Different reasons....

He is not in the best of health.

He claims he gave the series all he could.

His last film was 27 years ago - more than the time he spent doing the series originally.

He got his hands "burnt" at the hands of the last title performers (A-Ha were far from savoury colleagues by all accounts).

He hasn't done a score since, I believe, ENIGMA (great soundtrack by the way).

The times have moved on. Bond's moved on.




I do agree though. There is a great fantasy score yet to come from Mr Barry. He respects David Arnold. Could they maybe work together on Bassey's closing song for BOND 23....? (!).

all good points, except his last one was 22 years ago, not 27.

[B. Brown]

This should be interesting, at least.

Bassey for Bond 23?

[DaveBond21]

while i would love to have bassey do a song for bond 23, i would love having barry do the score even more. i dont think arnold has done a bad job and i have actually rather enjoyed the last couple, but barry is simply the man with the golden touch when it comes to bond scores.

i wonder why the producers have not tried to get him to do one, i know he hasnt composed a score in a while but i think he was originally supposed to do the score for the incredibles.

Different reasons....

He is not in the best of health.

He claims he gave the series all he could.

His last film was 27 years ago - more than the time he spent doing the series originally.

He got his hands "burnt" at the hands of the last title performers (A-Ha were far from savoury colleagues by all accounts).

He hasn't done a score since, I believe, ENIGMA (great soundtrack by the way).

The times have moved on. Bond's moved on.




I do agree though. There is a great fantasy score yet to come from Mr Barry. He respects David Arnold. Could they maybe work together on Bassey's closing song for BOND 23....? (!).

all good points, except his last one was 22 years ago, not 27.

And John Barry has publicly stated he does not like the new Bond movies.


http://debrief.comma...p;hl=John Barry

[Professor Dent]

Interesting collaboration. Looking forward to see what they come up with.

[MattofSteel]

while i would love to have bassey do a song for bond 23, i would love having barry do the score even more. i dont think arnold has done a bad job and i have actually rather enjoyed the last couple, but barry is simply the man with the golden touch when it comes to bond scores.

i wonder why the producers have not tried to get him to do one, i know he hasnt composed a score in a while but i think he was originally supposed to do the score for the incredibles.

Different reasons....

He is not in the best of health.

He claims he gave the series all he could.

His last film was 27 years ago - more than the time he spent doing the series originally.

He got his hands "burnt" at the hands of the last title performers (A-Ha were far from savoury colleagues by all accounts).

He hasn't done a score since, I believe, ENIGMA (great soundtrack by the way).

The times have moved on. Bond's moved on.




I do agree though. There is a great fantasy score yet to come from Mr Barry. He respects David Arnold. Could they maybe work together on Bassey's closing song for BOND 23....? (!).

all good points, except his last one was 22 years ago, not 27.

And John Barry has publicly stated he does not like the new Bond movies.


http://debrief.comma...p;hl=John Barry

I agree with all the points, but I wouldn't phrase it like that. It's not that he "dislikes the new Bond movies," insofar as he's simply done with the franchise. I mean he worked on what, 11 of them? More? He himself was musically exhausted by the end, and probably never thought they could keep going with any manageable form of originality of entertainment. He's not obligated to see and enjoy every new one as it comes along.

All that being said - yes, he's long since been retired and would have no reason to put himself through the arduous task of composing a new film score.

[Mr. Blofeld]

while i would love to have bassey do a song for bond 23, i would love having barry do the score even more. i dont think arnold has done a bad job and i have actually rather enjoyed the last couple, but barry is simply the man with the golden touch when it comes to bond scores.

i wonder why the producers have not tried to get him to do one, i know he hasnt composed a score in a while but i think he was originally supposed to do the score for the incredibles.

Different reasons....

He is not in the best of health.

He claims he gave the series all he could.

His last film was 27 years ago - more than the time he spent doing the series originally.

He got his hands "burnt" at the hands of the last title performers (A-Ha were far from savoury colleagues by all accounts).

He hasn't done a score since, I believe, ENIGMA (great soundtrack by the way).

The times have moved on. Bond's moved on.




I do agree though. There is a great fantasy score yet to come from Mr Barry. He respects David Arnold. Could they maybe work together on Bassey's closing song for BOND 23....? (!).

all good points, except his last one was 22 years ago, not 27.

And John Barry has publicly stated he does not like the new Bond movies.


http://debrief.comma...p;hl=John Barry

I agree with all the points, but I wouldn't phrase it like that. It's not that he "dislikes the new Bond movies," insofar as he's simply done with the franchise. I mean he worked on what, 11 of them? More? He himself was musically exhausted by the end, and probably never thought they could keep going with any manageable form of originality of entertainment. He's not obligated to see and enjoy every new one as it comes along.

All that being said - yes, he's long since been retired and would have no reason to put himself through the arduous task of composing a new film score.

Mind you, however; that was before the Craig films came along...

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Shirley Bassey returns to the studio

David Arnold discusses his upcoming collaboration with the James Bond songstress

[delfloria]

None of the new artists chosen in the last 20 years for Bond have even come close to creating a classic Bond theme. (K.D. Lang was close) Lets get real. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Time to go back to the basics and hit one out of the park. Yes, for Bassey and 23.

[Aris007]

Bring Dame back for title!