Your Favourite Bond Soundtracks?
chrisisall
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To me, John Barry is inextricably connected with Bond (since he *really* wrote the theme & all),
and his stuff ranges from merely great to ultimately awesome.
For ME, Goldfinger & DAF are my favourites... however I've not heard AVTAK or TLD for a long time, so that could change soon....
Oh, and I adore the LALD score btw.
What are YOUR favourite Bond scores?
and his stuff ranges from merely great to ultimately awesome.
For ME, Goldfinger & DAF are my favourites... however I've not heard AVTAK or TLD for a long time, so that could change soon....
Oh, and I adore the LALD score btw.
What are YOUR favourite Bond scores?
Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
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#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
If you mean the theme songs then, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, A View to a Kill, Living Daylights, License to Kill, Golden Eye, Tomorrow Never Dies, World and You Know My Name. I don't like any of the themes from the Connery films.
1: Brosnan 2: Craig 3: Moore 4: Dalton 5: Connery and 6: Lazenby
Wow! I never thought I'd see that comment. To each his own, I know, but those are the classics, man!!!
1: Brosnan 2: Craig 3: Moore 4: Dalton 5: Connery and 6: Lazenby
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As for my favourite piece of Bond music, it is The Wedding from YOLT. I must have heard it a thousand times by now but it never fails to blow me away.
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
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OHMSS, is my favourite Film, novel and soundtrack. -{
Well, the book & soundtrack are tops, at any rate...
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
I also just watched TLD the other night for the first time since the 80's, and it's soundtrack is an instant addition to my favourites list!
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
Runners-up are:
You Only Live Twice - some of John Barry's most accomplished work in my opinion, even though YOLT is my least favourite Bond film.
Goldfinger - the classic Bond sound at its best.
From Russia With Love - less scale than Barry's later scores but still quintessential Bond.
The Living Daylights - A fresh flavour added to Barry's sound, and a memorable farewell for the master.
As you can see, John Barry clearly dominates my favourites. From the other composers, my favourites are:
Tomorrow Never Dies - David Arnold's debut is still probably my favourite of his scores. It has a nice mix of old school and modern Bond.
Casino Royale - Nice to see Arnold's music standing on it's own in this one, since he doesn't really have the Bond theme to turn to whenever he is stuck.
Live And Let Die - just a lot of fun to listen to!!
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
LALD's gunbarrel is also great.
And, I really enjoy the GE gunbarrel as well, despite it being totally different in style to the rest.
Least favorite is Quantum of Solace. I hated that it was CG and at the end of the movie. I don't mind the CG gun barrel if it's for a Bond video game, but not for the films. I hope they get it right in Skyfall.
1: Brosnan 2: Craig 3: Moore 4: Dalton 5: Connery and 6: Lazenby
Living Daylights is fantastic as well......
1. You Only Live Twice (The movie is a favorite of mine and the soundtrack as well.)
3. Diamonds Are Forever (Not a favorite but a very lush soundtrack)
'To Hell with Blofeld', from Diamonds are Forever. Of course, this is undoubtedly the most common tune throughout Sean Connery's run (isn't the core version just called '007'?), except for the Bond theme itself, but the version that played at the end of Diamonds are Forever seemed particularly exciting and action-packed.
'Hercules Takes Off', from The Living Daylights. Just a great action theme, that played throughout the fantastic airfield scene. It was then followed almost immediately by 'Inflight Fight', which played during the INCREDIBLE fight with Necros (probably my favourite Bond stunt, made all the more exciting by the fact that Dalton did it himself, without a stuntman).
And last, but definitely not least - and by that, I do mean the best ever - 'We Have All the Time in the World', from On Her Majesty's Secret Service. A lot of people have listed this already, and... well, words literally cannot describe it. An incredibly moving piece of music.
Of course, there are definitely other great pieces throughout the series, but these are the only ones currently stuck in my head
Barry produces two earth-shattering themes ("Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" and the title piece) and makes his most effective uses of the "007" theme ever. The underwater sequences are beautifully underlined, and the Bond theme crops up in haunting extracts from time to time.
Personal favorite is YOLT and the Space Capsule, James Bond-Ninja, and Mountains and Sunsets
After that OHMSS, DAF, Moonraker,TLD
Non-Barry I like LALD, TSWLM, and FYEO. Of Arnold's scores I think TND and CR are the best. I don't rate LTK or GE too highly. Serra's score being the worst, of course I didn't have a Nintendo 64 so that score for wasted not hold any positive memories and I kept going back to the feeling of disappointment in having such a flash in the pan composer and being so low key.
My favorite parts are bombastic Barry themes: 007, Underwater Mayhem, Dawn Raid on Fort Knox, Opening Titles on FRWL, Capsule in Space, 007 and Counting, A Drop in the Ocean, OHMSS theme.
DAF and YOLT gunbarrels are the best. They sound so beefy. I think is low brass or maybe something else. Barry's scores of Connery era has absolutely the best arrangements. They don't use those instruments these days unfortunately. GoldenEye and David Arnold's gunbarrels are also cool.