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[Rich Douglas]

Just put the finishing touches on this suite of Bond music and thought I'd release it exclusively here at CBn. The music utilizes absolutely no electronic synthesizers or beats and was done in the style of John Barry rather than David Arnold (although the 4 minute action cue at the end has some Arnold influences). You guys are bound to LOVE this one! Not only is it the longest piece of bond music I've done to date (comes in at about 9 minutes) but it also sounds the best in my opinion.

License Renewed - Suite
(Gunbarrel and Takedown / Drugged / MI6 Arrival / Infiltration / Chase and Finale)

http://www.richdougl...wedSuite_RD.mp3

Enjoy!

Rich

[Professor Dent]

Wow, glad I decided to see what was happening on CBn this Sunday night. How ever long you spent putting this together, it was worth it. This is a stunning piece of music. Bravo, Rich!

[BryanHerbert]

I'm Speechless with admiration. Well Done Rich, absolutely brilliant!!!!

[saint007]

VERRRY NICE, GREAT BLEND OF CLASSIC BARRY AND ARNOLD!

[FLEMINGFAN]

The link will not open for me. Is there an alternate?

[DamnCoffee]

Wow, this is amazing.

You've done it again! BRILLIANT work.

Do I detect some Goldfinger inspiration for the beginning of 'Drugged'?

[Marcato]

i can also make a suite but it will still sound like that poor old MIDI but the beginning is clearly inspiration from DAFs "Gunbarrel and Manhunt" (where is Ernest Stavro Blofeld - Speak up darling")

Edited by Marcato, 26 October 2009 - 05:08 PM.

[Mr_Wint]

Great work.

You mention Arnold & Barry but I think it sounds more like Jerry Goldsmith (especially his 13th warrior score)

[Eric Stromberg]

Absolutely outstanding. Are you trying to put Arnold out of work?!

[Rich Douglas]

Glad everyone is enjoying it so far!

Mharkin - Good call... but more of my influence definitely came from Thunderball rather than Goldfinger.

Mr. Wint - GREAT work . I didn't want to mention the numerous Goldsmithian influences I threw into this piece as well. Just wanted to see if anyone picked up on them and thought it'd be interesting to hear a Goldsmith like take on bond music.

Rich

[Harry Fawkes]

This is what the James Bond I know is all about! Arnold should take note! It is superb!

Well bloody done Rich!

[The Shark]

It's big improvement Rich, sample libraries really come into play here. The flute solo in particular shines out.

Though you do need to work on the Bond-harmonies a bit. i.e. the classic Em6 chords at the beginning of the gun-barrel. and the brass and wood wind stabs of minor/major 9th chords (basically a polychord of C minor and G major). Those dissonances help evoke that classic Barry sound.

Good luck.

The Shark.

[DAN LIGHTER]

Minutes 1.52,4.57 and 5.55 sticked out as favorite points......very very very good Rich.

And to think you got the whole orchestra to do that in your room just to post up on a fan site is very kind of you.

Its brilliant

[Double-0-7]

Excellent work, Rich. My pulse always skips a beat when I find a post originated by you, and this time you have really outdone yourself.

[Luke Pietnik]

That's really nice Rich. I'm sure I'll be listening to that on the bus in the not-too-distant future. It really evokes that Soviet/60s Bond era.

I think your score warrants a film, really.

[deth]

crazy! Love it!!!

[Dan Gale]

Rich
This is terrific stuff but to a non-musical music lover such as myself, it is both awe inspiring and confusing. I love the sound but I have no idea how you've created it! I assume that's part of the magic, but it SOUNDS like you have a full orchestra at your disposal. To write music for a film that doesn't exist and to pay and orchestra to play it just so you can post it on a forum would be folly of the highest order, so I'm assuming you've either played these instruments yourself (again, highly unlikely) or they're flawless samples manipulated with software. Could you explain, simply (short words...), how you're doing this? I don't know a treble cleft from my oboe so excuse the twattishness of this question.

And where else we can hear your work?

Thanks

Dan

[Rich Douglas]

Once again, THANKS!!!

Dan - I did play every instrument you hear, but not in the way you're thinking. I played / sequenced all of those instruments heard in that piece of music (and everything I do musicwise) on a dell inspiron laptop... everything you hear is 100% digital and was played via a keyboard hooked to an external soundcard. However, the sounds don't come from the keyboard... they come from various instrument sample libraries that contain gigabytes upon gigabytes of individual instruments which were sampled and when loaded are chromatically playable via a keyboard. If you're curious to know more, google "software sampling" and/or digital music creation... you'll find a wealth of info on the subject.

If you want to hear more of my music, you can stream tons of cues from my website: http://www.richdouglas.net

OR

You can download two albums I released on itunes:

Nero Bloom:
http://itunes.apple....istId=313683520

Vegas Chronicles:
http://itunes.apple....istId=313453898

Rich

[Gobi-1]

Nice work as always.

[Dan Gale]

Thanks Rich. I see. Wow. My only experience of this is midi keyboards on GarageBand and they sound very obviously like samples. To an untrained (but not completely, I hope, out of touch) ear, it really does sound like you have paid an orchestra to sit down and play. Very well done.

I hope you have plenty of work. It would be interesting to hear someone with your talent and techniques rescore DR NO, LICENCE TO KILL or G*OLDENE*E, films that have scores that impact the overall effectiveness of the film. Specifically LTK which has no score over the tanker chase. I know not playing music is as important as playing it, but that scenes strikes me as a tiny bit at odds with the rest of the movie (when music does appear toward the end, it's bits repeated from earlier in the movie). Can I plant the seed in your mind? Either new material or something akin to the rest of the score?

Just an idea. And I understand it's not something you can just pull out your backside!

[Rich Douglas]

Garage Band is GREAT for starting out for sure.. but I totally understand what you mean.. sounds uber synthy.

I've actually recently did a new score (and did an all new sound design pass) for the entire goldeneye pre-titles sequence.

Watch it here:

PART 1


PART 2
http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

Download the GE_Rescored Tracks here:
http://www.richdougl...RichDouglas.mp3
http://www.richdougl...RichDouglas.mp3

Once again, ALL of my bond music (for the most part) can be downloaded here:
http://www.richdouglas.net/bond/

Rich

[Double-0-7]

Those links should keep me busy for a while!

[Mr. Blofeld]

Fantastic as ever, Rich, but the guitar still sounds fake, I'm afraid; I know it's a synth-guitar, but everything else sounds remarkably realistic, so why not this?

Also, the cue from 5:11 on sounds a lot like this, don't you think?

[The Shark]

Fantastic as ever, Rich, but the guitar still sounds fake, I'm afraid; I know it's a synth-guitar, but everything else sounds remarkably realistic, so why not this?

Also, the cue from 5:11 on sounds a lot like this, don't you think?

That video was terrible. Like a dodgy parody of David Arnold, no recognisable melodic texture or harmony, just Arnoldisms.

[MattofSteel]

That video was terrible. Like a dodgy parody of David Arnold, no recognisable melodic texture or harmony, just Arnoldisms.

As much as I detest parts of Serra's GE score, I've always thought the way they approached that little bit of the antenna confrontation was rather well done. Perhaps insofar as the absence of score at various points heightened the danger level.

[ACE]

FANtastic stuff, Rich.
When it comes to reinvigorating the classic Barry Bond sound, I guess you've got a licence renewed. Could even win a Tony.
Keep up the good work.
Can't wait for the finished result of all the efforts

[QOS007]

Rich Douglas,
I'm seriously considering changing my mind and saying that you should take over for David Arnold now. I think your style is closer to John Barry's then Arnolds. Keep adding to that Bond portfolio on your website, its wonderful!!

[Mr. Blofeld]

Fantastic as ever, Rich, but the guitar still sounds fake, I'm afraid; I know it's a synth-guitar, but everything else sounds remarkably realistic, so why not this?

Also, the cue from 5:11 on sounds a lot like this, don't you think?

That video was terrible. Like a dodgy parody of David Arnold, no recognisable melodic texture or harmony, just Arnoldisms.

Not quite; Lloyd only uses the Bond theme once, in the final moment where Bond kicks Trevelyan off the tower (Arnold used the Bond theme all the time in the Brosnan scores, remember?)... but would you just listen to the music from 0:30 on and see how incredibly similar it is?

[Rich Douglas]

Same vibe... DIFFERENT theme... nuff said. He and I were going for very similar Arnoldesque action writing.

The guitar still sounds just fine to me... just because it's not tinny like guitar work in previous bond scores doesn't make it sound fake.

Rich

[Eric Stromberg]

Rich,
A question from the technically challenged. My iPod won't recognize .mpga files. Is there a way I can save your music downloads so that I can enjoy them on my iPod? I tried to find a converter online with no luck. thanks