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[Bill]

Wow, Kristatos, I... totally agree with that.

I was going to say, "Meh, I don't care -- Arnold's capable", but your post completely changed my mind! Well done.

Glad you agree. But again, Arnold needs a director that will put in the time to work with him. If Mendes does, Arnold is capable of another good score. And I think a lot will depend on the tone of the movie which should pick up where QOS left off, with maybe a little less emphasis on the revenge angle this time around.

Funny that some recent posts mentioned Thomas Newman. I just bought "The Adjustment Bureau" dvd and I must say that I truly enjoyed Newman's score for the film, even paying more attention to it than I did when I saw the film at the theater early this year. I think if Mendes does like Newman as has been mentioned earlier, I would have no problem with him using Newman to score Bond 23. He showed me he can write a simple and coherent action queue which was used several times throughout the movie. And his romantic queues where modern but still very reflective of the scenes in the film. So if Mendes does not prefer Arnold, I'll take Newman as my first choice for a new composer.

And I'll be very honest, if I hear one more person mentioning Michael Giacchino for the next Bond movie composer, I am going to puke! I have heard his MI3 score and I was NOT impressed! He is Brosnan era David Arnold part 2 IMO. He like Arnold did for the Bond theme did a great job scoring the original Mission Impossible theme in nearly the same arrangement as the original tv title theme. But Giacchino's action queues were atrocious and consisted of the same rambling incoherent mess that many of Arnold's Brosnan action queues sounded like! I know I have not heard Giacchino's "Incredibles" soundtrack, but I just don't trust this guy to handle a Bond score. Give me Arnold or Newman any day!

[Rufus Ffolkes]

And I'll be very honest, if I hear one more person mentioning Michael Giacchino for the next Bond movie composer, I am going to puke! I have heard his MI3 score and I was NOT impressed! He is Brosnan era David Arnold part 2 IMO. He like Arnold did for the Bond theme did a great job scoring the original Mission Impossible theme in nearly the same arrangement as the original tv title theme. But Giacchino's action queues were atrocious and consisted of the same rambling incoherent mess that many of Arnold's Brosnan action queues sounded like! I know I have not heard Giacchino's "Incredibles" soundtrack, but I just don't trust this guy to handle a Bond score. Give me Arnold or Newman any day!

I wouldn't judge Giacchino on the basis of MI3 or even Star Trek. MI3 was a pretty mediocre score, but he's done some excellent work for Pixar. Personally, I think his best work was scoring Lost, which definitely had a Barry vibe, without sounding like a slavish knock off.

Edited by Rufus Ffolkes, 12 July 2011 - 02:41 AM.

[The Shark]

Can't hear it, to be honest. Sounds like a very circumscribed use of the orchestra, considering all the possibilities.

[brunoman]

I still believe that Henry Jackman is a good choice to compose Bond 23 in my opinion. He reminds me of Hans Zimmer.

Edited by brunoman, 13 July 2011 - 03:50 AM.

[Royal Dalton]

Zimmer was interviewed on the BBC this morning. The reporter kindly reminded him that he wrote the title music for Going For Gold...

Watching a bit of The Night Watch on BBC2 at the moment. The music, by Nina Humphreys, is quite "Barryesque" at times.

[israel.lopez217]

If the next Bond film is going to have a dark tone, Hans Zimmer is the man for the job with his powerful, psychological music.

However, I am pretty happy with David Arnold. From QoS the intro music for the car chase is perfect, as well as the Talamone clip from Italy. From Casino Royale African Rundown and Miami International are amazing. Before that, Tomorrow Never Dies was a near perfect score as well to my ears...

[talos7]

"if I hear one more person mentioning Michael Giacchino for the next Bond movie composer, I am going to puke!" Well, let me hand you a barf bag Giacchino would be outstanding. The Oceanic theme posted above is beautiful, very "Barry like" without being a ripoff. He and director Brad Bird have done some incredible work together. We'll have to see how Bird's first live action film, MI4, turns out but I have long thought tha a Bird/Giacchino Bond would be fantastic.

[The Shark]

I still believe that Henry Jackman is a good choice to compose Bond 23 in my opinion. He reminds me of Hans Zimmer.

That's exactly why I DON'T want him!

Far too many film composers today sound like carbon copies of Hans Zimmer. The Media Ventures Effect.

if I hear one more person mentioning Michael Giacchino for the next Bond movie composer, I am going to puke!

Add Zimmer to that.

[x007AceOfSpades]

I still believe that Henry Jackman is a good choice to compose Bond 23 in my opinion. He reminds me of Hans Zimmer.

That's exactly why I DON'T want him!

Far too many film composers today sound like carbon copies of Hans Zimmer. The Media Ventures Effect.

if I hear one more person mentioning Michael Giacchino for the next Bond movie composer, I am going to puke!

Add Zimmer to that.

I agree with Henry Jackman. His score to X-Men: First Class was really spot on.

[Satorious]

Not fussed about Jackman myself, I found the score to X-Men clawing and overbearing at times. From memory the only time the score had any real impact on me (and the on-screen action accompanying it) was during the scene where Charles reads Erik's mind and he moves the dish (and this was NOT an action cue). To be fair I think the music was mixed in too loud in the movie which isn't entirely his fault.

I'd go the Alexandre Deplat route myself - because at least he is more traditional and not Zimmereque (which I generally despise - but I'll admit I did appreciate his Inception score). I haven't heard his Potter scores yet though, but I remember thinking that Largo Winch would kind of fun and he'd be an interesting choice given the right material.