Skyfall music by Thomas Newman

BleuvilleBleuville Posts: 384MI6 Agent
in James Bond Music
I know we haven't heard it yet, but I think the final ingredient that could enhance or detract from the new Skyfall
film will be the Thomas Newman soundtrack music.

If it's quite different I hope it's as good as Casino Royale with it's orignal themes.
What we don't want is another Goldeneye (not very good-banging dustbins music!)

I would also like to have the soft and loud variation that John Barry used to do,
rather than bland so-so tunes.

Loud bombastic action music that eventually slows down-matching the pace of the film.

Bleuville.
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  • BleuvilleBleuville Posts: 384MI6 Agent
    Bleuville wrote:
    I know we haven't heard it yet, but I think the final ingredient that could enhance or detract from the new Skyfall
    film will be the Thomas Newman soundtrack music.

    If it's quite different I hope it's as good as Casino Royale with it's orignal themes.
    What we don't want is another Goldeneye (not very good-banging dustbins music!)

    I would also like to have the soft and loud variation that John Barry used to do,
    rather than bland so-so tunes.

    Loud bombastic action music that eventually slows down-matching the pace of the film.

    Bleuville.


    Do we have a date for when the soundtrack CD will be out? Probably a week or so before the film.
    if they're late deciding on a theme singer they may be sold separately and not on the soundtrack CD.
    (Like Chris Cornell (You know my Name) and Casino Royale by David Arnold.

    Bleuville.
  • BIG TAMBIG TAM Wrexham, North Wales, UK.Posts: 773MI6 Agent
    I was listening to my DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER soundtrack the other night. Even with a hefty load of (purposefully) cheesy muzak onboard it's chock-full of great themes & stylings. I hope Thomas Newman can provide a similar musical palette. He's certainly capable of it.
  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    Is this part of Thomas Newman's soundtrack of Skyfall? Talk in other Bond forums suggests it might be. It sounds Bondian to me.

    http://www.iflymagazine.com/?locale=nl_nl&utm_source=reminder&utm_medium=mail&utm_content=nlnl&utm_campaign=ifly23&WT.mc_id=1928936%7C6659127%7C81779210%7C257912810%7C1023761&WT.tsrc=email&&&WT.tsrc=email#/bright/cocacola/
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  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    The release of Thomas Newman's Skyfall soundtrack has been put back by a week. It was originally scheduled to be released on the 22nd October. According to Amazon, it will now be released on the 29th October.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0096233ZW/mi6thehomeofj-21
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  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    I think the snippet on the iFly site sounds really good and I think it is indeed from the soundtrack/movie. It sounds too good to have been made just for a commercial.
    1. Ohmss 2. Frwl 3. Op 4. Tswlm 5. Tld 6. Ge 7. Yolt 8. Lald 9. Cr 10. Ltk 11. Dn 12. Gf 13. Qos 14. Mr 15. Tmwtgg 16. Fyeo 17. Twine 18. Sf 19. Tb 20 Tnd 21. Spectre 22 Daf 23. Avtak 24. Dad
  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    Peppermill wrote:
    I think the snippet on the iFly site sounds really good and I think it is indeed from the soundtrack/movie. It sounds too good to have been made just for a commercial.

    Unfortunately, it is not from Thomas Newman's Skyfall soundtrack. KLM has tweeted that the iFly music was developed by themselves. I said unfortunately because I really like it, a very worthy piece of music for a Bond soundtrack/film.
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  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    The cover and soundtrack listing have been revealed. I will place the soundtrack listing under a spoiler tag for those who do not wish to know right now.


    51VChpGMJNL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

    1. Grand Bazaar, (Istanbul) (05.14)
    2. Voluntary Retirement (02.22)
    3. New Digs (02.32)
    4. Severine (01.18)
    5. Brave New World (01.50)
    6. Shanghai Drive (01.26)
    7. Jellyfish (03.22)
    8. Silhouette (00.56)
    9. Modigliani (01.04)
    10. Day Wasted (01.31)
    11. Quartermaster (04.58)
    12. Someone Usually Dies (02.29)
    13. Komodo Dragon (03.20)
    14. The Bloody Shot (04.46)
    15. Enjoying Death (01.13)
    16. The Chimera (01.58)
    17. Close Shave (01.32)
    18. Health & Safety (01.29)
    19. Granborough Road (02.32)
    20. Tennyson (02.14)
    21. Enquiry (02.49)
    22. Breadcrumbs (02.32)
    23. Skyfall (02.32)
    24. Kill Them First (02.22)
    25. Welcome to Scotland (03.21)
    26. She's Mine (03.53)
    27. The Moors (02.39)
    28. Deep Water (05.11)
    29. Mother (01.48)
    30. Adrenaline (02.18)
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  • Lady RoseLady Rose London,UKPosts: 2,667MI6 Agent
    Thats the biggest spoiler I've ever seen !!
  • LexiLexi LondonPosts: 3,000MI6 Agent
    Moore Than wrote:
    The cover and soundtrack listing have been revealed. I will place the soundtrack listing under a spoiler tag for those who do not wish to know right now.

    Thanks for that spoiler tag, I'm trying to stay clear of anything that wil give story lines away...(although that's getting harder) but can't stay away from AJB altogether, caus that would be boring :))

    Roll on Skyfall week!
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  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    I read the track listings on another site and I really wish I hadn't. With the scenes you see in the trailers etc. combined with the track listing of the soundtrack it is very easy to get a pretty good idea about the way the movie is constructed.
    1. Ohmss 2. Frwl 3. Op 4. Tswlm 5. Tld 6. Ge 7. Yolt 8. Lald 9. Cr 10. Ltk 11. Dn 12. Gf 13. Qos 14. Mr 15. Tmwtgg 16. Fyeo 17. Twine 18. Sf 19. Tb 20 Tnd 21. Spectre 22 Daf 23. Avtak 24. Dad
  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    Peppermill wrote:
    I read the track listings on another site and I really wish I hadn't. With the scenes you see in the trailers etc. combined with the track listing of the soundtrack it is very easy to get a pretty good idea about the way the movie is constructed.
    I suspect it will be a fine soundtrack -- not as good as Barry's but more traditionally Bondian than David Arnold's. Adele's song reminds me of Diamonds are Forever the more I hear it, so I wonder if some of Newman's tracks will evoke similarly.

    The one thing about the soundtrack listing that concerns me is how brief the tracks are. I'm not sure that's a bad thing by itself, but many Bond sequences of the past have been met by longer and lush musical cues . . . if I'm reading the description correctly, the longest cuts on the soundtrack are just a little more than five minutes or so.
  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    Some of the music from Thomas Newman's Skyfall soundtrack has been released.

    First Listen aus Thomas Newmans Score zu "Skyfall"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8mtFEITbTk8
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  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    Samples of all the tracks on Thomas Newman's Skyfall soundtrack are now available for you to listen at the link below.

    amazon.de - James Bond - Skyfall
    http://www.amazon.de/James-Bond-Skyfall-Thomas-Newman/dp/samples/B0096233ZW/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/278-0816497-0333664#disc_1
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  • LexiLexi LondonPosts: 3,000MI6 Agent
    Moore Than wrote:
    Some of the music from Thomas Newman's Skyfall soundtrack has been released.

    First Listen aus Thomas Newmans Score zu "Skyfall"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8mtFEITbTk8

    Sounding good....although it is hard to not to have any reference, I enjoy the QOS soundtrack, as I can listen through the film (if that makes sense)

    What's your take on it Moore Than?
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  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    Lexi wrote:
    Sounding good....although it is hard to not to have any reference, I enjoy the QOS soundtrack, as I can listen through the film (if that makes sense)

    What's your take on it Moore Than?

    Obvious thing to mention first. My opinion is liable to change drastically in the coming weeks. My opinion now is based on samples which I have listened to only a couple of times each.

    There was nothing there that jumped out at me and said WOW! Equally, there was nothing that jumped out at me and said RUBBISH! About half a dozen of the tracks sound promising, the rest sound bland/generic. Having said that, I often felt the same way at this stage regarding David Arnold's Bond scores. Much of his music grew on me over time, though he could never do action very well.

    Thomas Newman certainly deserves the benefit of the doubt for now.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    With the couple of samples I've heard, Nothing jumps out as Special, Pretty Bland and
    Generic. Although My view might change on hearing the full score.
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  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    You can listen to thirty minutes of Thomas Newman's Skyfall soundtrack at the link below. There are also cues and tracks from The World Is Not Enough, A View To A Kill, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Tomorrow Never Dies, Moonraker, Casino Royale, Goldfinger, Licence To Kill, Thunderball, The Living Daylights, and Goldeneye.

    SKYFALL AND 50 YEARS OF JAMES BOND
    http://www.cinematicsound.net/skyfall-and-50-years-of-james-bond/
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  • BleuvilleBleuville Posts: 384MI6 Agent
    Lexi wrote:
    Moore Than wrote:
    Some of the music from Thomas Newman's Skyfall soundtrack has been released.

    First Listen aus Thomas Newmans Score zu "Skyfall"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8mtFEITbTk8

    Sounding good....although it is hard to not to have any reference, I enjoy the QOS soundtrack, as I can listen through the film (if that makes sense)

    What's your take on it Moore Than?

    Obviously haven't heard it yet, but 007 magazine in it's film review says the music is a bit all over the place.
    but then David Arnold's music for TNDies was a bit muddled also. (first Bond soundtrack.)
    Arnold got better later and Casino Royale has some nice piano and brass music.
    Michael Kamen's LTKill action music was also a bit frantic, instead of, with John Barry you would've got a tune and
    not jumping about music.

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  • jasper_lamar_crabbjasper_lamar_crabb Posts: 169MI6 Agent
    I've heard most of the score now and i'm afraid it has to be marked down as a disappointment. A lot of the music is either typical Newman that he could have written in his sleep or more typical, generic Hollywood action scoring of the last decade or so. The worst crime is that with the exception of the Bond theme and the theme for Severine there are no other themes or notable motifs in the score, so it has very little personality. Even the highlights become rather tedious after just a few listens.

    This score proves that David Arnold is far better than his detractors like to claim.
  • JimatayJimatay Posts: 126MI6 Agent
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8WZhBYQBvDc

    Bond theme cues from skyfall
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    edited October 2012
    I've now seen the film. While Newman's score is serviceable as generic action music it's often repetitive and it's not particularly Bondian. The score makes minimal reference to Adele's title track - a consequence, probably, of the fact that the track isn't Newman's own work and that he had to write his score to a different schedule (similar to the situation in 'TND' and 'DAD'.) Newman is definitely no 'Son of John Barry' - the compliment paid by Michael G. Wilson to David Arnold. Indeed, at an iconic 'Bondian moment' kicking off the final act of 'Skyfall', a track is used from 'CR' - Arnold's arrangement of Barry's arrangement of the James Bond Theme - rather than any arrangement of Newman's own.
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  • JimatayJimatay Posts: 126MI6 Agent
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Indeed, at an iconic 'Bondian moment' kicking off the final act of 'Skyfall', a track is used from 'CR' - Arnold's arrangement of Barry's arrangement of the James Bond Theme - rather than any arrangement of Newman's own.

    Do you mean "Breadcrumbs?" That is an original Newman piece, though heavily influenced by Arnold's sound.

    Whilst I'm logged in I may as well give my thoughts on the score. They mirror what a lot of people say. The score is so so. It's kind of just there. No memorable themes or moments, and I would have liked a little more use of the James Bond theme in certain moments. It wasn't a bad score, just forgettable.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Jimatay wrote :
    Whilst I'm logged in I may as well give my thoughts on the score. They mirror what a lot of people say. The score is so so. It's kind of just there. No memorable themes or moments, and I would have liked a little more use of the James Bond theme in certain moments. It wasn't a bad score, just forgettable.

    I agree. It's not a bad score but there's nothing great about it either. :#
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  • Bond_James_BondBond_James_Bond +++ Classified +++Posts: 569MI6 Agent
    Moore Than wrote:
    1. Grand Bazaar, (Istanbul) (05.14)
    2. Voluntary Retirement (02.22)
    3. New Digs (02.32)
    4. Severine (01.18)
    5. Brave New World (01.50)
    6. Shanghai Drive (01.26)
    7. Jellyfish (03.22)
    8. Silhouette (00.56)
    9. Modigliani (01.04)
    10. Day Wasted (01.31)
    11. Quartermaster (04.58)
    12. Someone Usually Dies (02.29)
    13. Komodo Dragon (03.20)
    14. The Bloody Shot (04.46)
    15. Enjoying Death (01.13)
    16. The Chimera (01.58)
    17. Close Shave (01.32)
    18. Health & Safety (01.29)
    19. Granborough Road (02.32)
    20. Tennyson (02.14)
    21. Enquiry (02.49)
    22. Breadcrumbs (02.32)
    23. Skyfall (02.32)
    24. Kill Them First (02.22)
    25. Welcome to Scotland (03.21)
    26. She's Mine (03.53)
    27. The Moors (02.39)
    28. Deep Water (05.11)
    29. Mother (01.48)
    30. Adrenaline (02.18)

    In the OST I have, there is also an additional track: 31. Old Dog New Tricks.

    Also on youtube there was another track titled: MI6 Aftermath: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHkhwja1VXo&feature=related

    Are there any other versions of the soundtrack with additional tracks???
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  • BleuvilleBleuville Posts: 384MI6 Agent
    Jimatay wrote:
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Indeed, at an iconic 'Bondian moment' kicking off the final act of 'Skyfall', a track is used from 'CR' - Arnold's arrangement of Barry's arrangement of the James Bond Theme - rather than any arrangement of Newman's own.

    Do you mean "Breadcrumbs?" That is an original Newman piece, though heavily influenced by Arnold's sound.

    Whilst I'm logged in I may as well give my thoughts on the score. They mirror what a lot of people say. The score is so so. It's kind of just there. No memorable themes or moments, and I would have liked a little more use of the James Bond theme in certain moments. It wasn't a bad score, just forgettable.

    Have seen the film, and the music is not up to much. No good themes.
    Bring back David Arnold for future Bond films.
    I've collected every soundtrack CD but I'm not sure whether to bother with this one.

    Bleuville.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I'm in the same position Bleuville. I found the score to be
    utterly forgettable and Don't expect to Buy it, until it
    turns up in a Bargin Bin somewhere. ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    edited October 2012
    Currently listening to it right now. It's ok, I'm only on track 3, but 2 questions come to mind;

    Why are the tracks not in order?

    Why doesn't the title artist feature on the soundtrack these days? If I remember rightly, no DC era soundtrack has had the title song included. Why?
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  • Bond_James_BondBond_James_Bond +++ Classified +++Posts: 569MI6 Agent
    I think that is actually 2 questions mate.

    I'll answer the second one.

    Unfortunately it is down to the simple business of making money. 1 Artist = 1 CD. Otherwise you have to deal with splitting the money earned. Much more simple to have 2 CDs those who want to listen to Adele buy 1 CD, those who want to listen to Thomas Newman buy 1 CD. Those who want to listen to both (Like me) Download them both for free from Piratebay (other Torrent sites are available :-)
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  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    My bad.

    Damn coin gets in the way again.

    Cheers for pointing out my blooper -{
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  • StrangewaysStrangeways London, UKPosts: 1,469MI6 Agent
    The entire soundtrack is available here for free.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL2c-Yn9kOQ
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