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Just got mine in. This sounds so fucking amazing!!! Too early to list a favorite track just yet. Am I the only one who really loves Okinawa/HALO Jump? It’s just so catchy. I’m a frequent skydiver and this is one of the songs from the isolated score I would usually listen to before a jump. It’s so catchy and Bondy in the best way possible.
Stealth Shoot Out is my favorite use of the Bond theme throughout the entire score. Always loved this moment in the film. Such amazing work. Thank you to everyone who played a role in making this happen.
Question, Backseat Pilot (Original). Was that released on any of the previous soundtracks or is it new to this release? I really like it.
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More expanded 007's, please !
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When I first heard this score, right before I saw the movie 25 years ago, I found I really enjoyed it. But also felt it was a little too on-the-nose in carrying forward some very specific Barryisms from earlier Bond scores.
So I tended to think that TWINE was a better integration of the Barry-derived Bond formula with Arnold's own voice. Also, I've always enjoyed the bigger techno influence in the later scores, so that may have been part of my preference.
But hearing the expanded score (I'm through Bike Chase), it really feels better integrated - less reliant and more inclusive of the classic Bond sound. And musically just very well made - good ideas threading through big elaborate action sequences, with clever musical development and activity.
I do tend to think it's a bit of overkill that was already going out of fashion understandably as sound design and effects moved to the forefront. (Which I'm not at all opposed to, personally, though I love film music from the last hunnert years.)
But it's a hoot, and a treat, and a marvelous listen when I'm in the mood for this kind of over-the-top action epic!
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My only fault with Serra's score is that he avoided using the Bond theme. No--a Bond film needs the Bond theme.
He does avoid it but the opening dam sequence features timpani / low drum that bangs out a little bit of it. It's very subtle but it's there.
But agreed, it could have used more Bond theme. It's a very French score, very Serra - stubborn with its own artistic perspective.
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Serra's score works terrific in the movie.
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I'm not a fan of Serra's score, neither in the film nor on album.
Well, let me caveat that.
I think his ‘romantic’ music was right on the money. His ‘suspense’ music is okay. It's his ‘action’ music that drives me nuts, and as we know, they replaced the highlight sequence before release.
However, I don't believe in going back and changing the music on old films once they're released.
That, to me, is a corruption of art.
If we started doing that, it would set a bad precedent.
Silents excepted, that is.
Before you know it, someone wants a version of Star Wars re-scored by Junkie XL.
Or a version of King Kong scored by Hans Zimmer, to get rid of that ‘old-fashioned’ stuff that may have excited people who are now over sixty, but doesn't work for today's teenagers.
Leave finished films alone. Make new ones instead.
Cheers
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Leave finished films alone. Make new ones instead.
THIS ! +100
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I’m a big fan of GoldenEye, its score and the movie. I thought the score did its job of modernizing Bond into the 1990s.
Tomorrow Never Dies did a great job of mixing the old school sound with the new school at the time.
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Today, in 1997, "Tomorrow Never Dies" movie hits the big screen.
Happy 25th Anniversary !
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