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[MooreDalton]

Regardless if you hate the game or love it I happened to noticed when playing it David Arnold's score stood out especially his take on OHMSS.
I was wondering if there's anything known about him releasing any of the music from the game alot of awesome stuff like for one the orchestral Iced Inc from Die Another Day i am sure that's what it is. If there is something Bond fans need from this game it's the score.

[deth]

I think David Arnold only composed the version of Goldfinger that you hear in the game. The rest was not composed by him,..

[The Cat]

The rest was done by Kevin Kiner, who had previously worked on another project with "theme by David Arnold": the movie version of Wing Commander.

[Odd Jobbies]

Hope they release it. Haven't played the game, but the opening credits sounds great on youtube

 

[QOS4EVER]

I love Arnold's scores but David Arnold is a Taboo around here, Don't you know ?

[The Shark]

Hope they release it. Haven't played the game, but the opening credits sounds great on youtube

 

 

Yuck.

[QOS4EVER]

Hope they release it. Haven't played the game, but the opening credits sounds great on youtube

 

 

Yuck.

Shark ,

I understand where you come from ,

You are definitely a Musician on a professional level

and I am sure you know more about music than the majority of us.

 

But you must realise that Bond must have a grand feel . That essence of Bond's grandeur is somewhat lost in Newman's score. Arnold may be unappealing to your ear but it is Bond

Edited by QOS4EVER, 08 February 2013 - 04:05 PM.

[sharpshooter]

‘Brave New World’, ‘ ‘The Chimera’, and the start of ‘Komodo Dragon’ have a lush, grand sound. I'm hoping like crazy Newman gets to score Bond 24, because he really impressed me. Like, Barry's true successor style. 

[The Shark]

 

Hope they release it. Haven't played the game, but the opening credits sounds great on youtube

 

 

Yuck.

Shark ,

I understand where you come from ,

You are definitely a Musician on a professional level

and I am sure you know more about music than the majority of us.

 

But you must realise that Bond must have a grand feel . That essence of Bond's grandeur is somewhat lost in Newman's score. Arnold may be unappealing to your ear but it is Bond

 

As sharpshooter said, there are plenty of grand, Bondian moments in Newman's score. They're just classier and a bit more restrained.

 

That awful GOLDFINGER update just sounded cheap, cold, and digital to my ears. While Barry's arrangements of that song may sound low-tech and have a much smaller brass section, they have a warmth, earthiness and grit that Arnold's McBarry orchestrations never have. 

 

[larrythefatcat]

I feel, for one, that the '007 Legends' theme is about as (if not more) disappointing as the last time 'Goldfinger' was cannibalized for a Bond theme song...

 

Eric Clapton and Vic Flick would've been soo much better...

[MicroGlobeOne]

I love Arnold's theme for 007 Legends. It's fantastic. I'd love to see a soundtrack release for the game, too.

[larrythefatcat]

After actually listening to the theme again, I don't know why it reads "by David Arnold" considering all of the music within the theme is from 'Goldfinger' and the 'James Bond Theme'.  It should read "Theme by John Barry and Monty Norman." (or, to be more accurate by some accounts, "Theme by John Barry")  I honestly would've been more pleased if the song had at least incorporated some music from all of the pertinent films' theme songs... save 'Die Another Day'.

 

David Arnold obviously composed this in an afternoon... and if he didn't, he's definitely gone downhill.  For the record:  I enjoy his James Bond scores (I even like his 'Goldeneye:  Reloaded' music) and the majority of 'Shaken Not Stirred'... I'm definitely not one of the Arnold-haters around here and I hope he scores another Bond film in the future!  This is just... so disappointing... even when I take into account the previous video game themes performed by Kerli, Mya, Joss Stone, Nicole Scherzinger and Esthero.  It's just a wasted opportunity, in my opinion.

[QOS4EVER]

Shark,

 I thought you were implying that you don't like the heavier theme , I didn't get that you din't like the way Arnold did it and yes now that you pointed out. I agree Barry's sounds better .

 

But Arnold in my  opinion is just amazing in Casino Royale and Quantum . Especially the action cues they are just breath taking

 

 

This is one of the stand outs IMO , Its just pure exciting heart pounding action. Something I believe Newman rearly captures.