The New Bond Film Theme

[HowieBass]

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1443196664' post='2873069']
The Propellerheads cover is a cracking version...

[media]http://youtu.be/7O1_0hikl-A[/media]
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Massive +1 for this!

[tauzero]

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1443175204' post='2872789']
There hasnt been decent Bond theme since before Maccas Live and Let Die.
[/quote]

Fixed that for you.

[ezbass]

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1443194550' post='2873036']
Yes, that was a good one. I also liked the instrumental theme from OHMSS -- some damned fine music on that film's soundtrack.
[/quote]Those soaring John Barry string arrangements always give me goosebumps.

[Lynottfan]

It was just as miserable as the Adele one, I hope the film's a damn sight better than this song.
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[Lozz196]

As a lifelong Bond fanatic, all I can say about this song is, I firkin hate it.

[E sharp]

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1443196664' post='2873069']
The Propellerheads cover is a cracking version...

[media]http://youtu.be/7O1_0hikl-A[/media]
[/quote]
Loved this then , and now too .

The bit at 6:50 when the bass comes in is awesome - especially with headphones cranked right up

[rorysmith]

What about this one?

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/sep/25/spectre-by-spectres-james-bond-alternative-theme-listen

[Funky Dunky]

This is what you get when you let some flavour of the month do the Bond theme.

Sam Smith sounds like he should haunt houses, to me - but what do I know?

[0175westwood29]

i listened to the first few seconds, and thought well it sounds like a rip off of some old bond music.........

after skyfall tho this really is horse crap!

[Big_Stu]

Weedy song that they've tried to bolster with Bond style big orchestra - and failed.
Maybe the theme's crash and burn is a Bond analogy?

[scalpy]

Sounds like an incredibly expensive GCSE composition. That won't pass.

[the boy]

It's fairly bad to be fair. But Sam is givin it a good go. Play it one more time. Sam??????? Are you listening? I said 'play it again '........"play it again …............,,,,.?

[rodney72a]

[quote name='0175westwood29' timestamp='1443216904' post='2873254']
after skyfall tho this really is horse crap!
[/quote]

So was Skyfall. (Apart from the comedy drum fill into the chorus, obviously.)

Edited September 26, 2015 by rodney72a

[rodney72a]

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1443175204' post='2872789']
There hasnt been decent Bond theme since Maccas Live and Let Die.
[/quote]

Actually, there were quite a few...

Nobody Does It Better, For Your Eyes Only, The Living Daylights, Licence To Kill, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough. Some even rate A View To A Kill.

Edited September 27, 2015 by rodney72a

[steve-bbb]

I actually feel quite sorry for him. He is being used by the industry SyCo types and will no doubt eventually be abused by them too. I also doubt highly, that unlike somebody like say Jon Anderson, he won't be able to sing in that range or register in the latter stages of his career

As for the tune, it sounds of the calibre that Rihanna ought to have written the lyrics

Edited September 26, 2015 by steve-bbb

[vmaxblues]

just wrong, and him bragging about writing it in 20 minutes....

[TimR]

The David Arnold films definitely have the best soundtracks. With the The Propellorheads he really bought something modern to them.

[lowdown]

David Arnold scores moved the Bond scores on, I wouldn't say they were better than the John Barry scores.
The Barry scores were right for the time era, same as the Arnold music.
Both brilliant (IMO of course).

Small bit of trivia - This will be the first Bond film without Derek Watkins (RIP) on Trumpet.
I think he was 17/18 when he recorded 'Dr.No'.

A mix of both here.
(Check out the Piano clam on beat one at 00:08 )

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Edited September 26, 2015 by lowdown

[gapiro]

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1443189097' post='2872974']
I liked Chris Cornell's Remember My Name for Casino Royale.
[/quote]

Yeah, you know my name is a quality song

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnzgdBAKyJo"]https://www.youtube....h?v=YnzgdBAKyJo[/url]

Edited September 26, 2015 by gapiro

[Marvin]

To be fair there have been several real stinkers in the past, so this effort isn't unique

[TimR]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1443255831' post='2873416']
David Arnold scores moved the Bond scores on, I wouldn't say they were better than the John Barry scores.
The Barry scores were right for the time era, same as the Arnold music.
Both brilliant (IMO of course).

Small bit of trivia - This will be the first Bond film without Derek Watkins (RIP) on Trumpet.
I think he was 17/18 when he recorded 'Dr.No'.

A mix of both here.
(Check out the Piano clam on beat one at 00:08 )



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I agree.

I think the 90s was when I went from just playing music to fully appreciating how tunes were constructed.

So maybe I was being a bit biased.

But I think the David Arnold arrangements are so much more intricate. Maybe music has progressed that way.

Up to this Sam Smith effort anyway.

Will be interesting to hear how the rest of the score holds up.

[KevB]

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1443215340' post='2873239']
This is what you get when you let some flavour of the month do the Bond theme.
[/quote]

This isn't a new thing though, it might sound a bit strange but in the era in which they were made the likes of Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Louis Armstrong etc then later Sheena Easton, Duran Duran, Aha were very much popular artists in the 'now'.

[Funky Dunky]

You're right, Kev. My comment actually looks a bit silly now.

But the song still sucks. As a marker of talent - Sam Smith wrote this in twenty minutes, which is five minutes longer than it took Chris Cornell to write Black Hole Sun.

It should be like with actors - Chris Cornell should get a five film deal to do the theme songs etc. Is Shirley the only artist to do more than one theme song?

I have no idea why we're getting so upset and protective about this issue, but.....we are, rather, aren't we?

[TimR]

No. We're just discussing a song.

It's only a song. But the guy will make millions for it.

[KevB]

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1443271831' post='2873533']
You're right, Kev. My comment actually looks a bit silly now.

But the song still sucks. As a marker of talent - Sam Smith wrote this in twenty minutes, which is five minutes longer than it took Chris Cornell to write Black Hole Sun.

It should be like with actors - Chris Cornell should get a five film deal to do the theme songs etc. Is Shirley the only artist to do more than one theme song?

I have no idea why we're getting so upset and protective about this issue, but.....we are, rather, aren't we?
[/quote]

It wasn't a dig, its just that the Bond films have always tried to pick artists that were fairly high on people's radar at the time the films came out or were at least shot. Off the top of my head I think SB is the only 'multi themer' as a singer. I think that 'Moonraker' was a bit unintentional in that someone else was slated to do it, studio time booked but then fell ill and SB was drafted in as an emergency. I wonder if she ever regretted it as, particularly compared with Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever, the Moonraker theme is a bitof a forgettable turkey.
Edit - just wiki'd it, Johnny Mathis was supposed to do it but didn't finish it (no illness mentioned) so SB brought in a matter of weeks before film premiere. Apparently Kate Bush was considered at one point! but remember this was 1979 when KB was a newish regular charting performer.

Edited September 26, 2015 by KevB