Gunbarrel + PTS music + title song

Barbel

David Arnold has said, and I'm paraphrasing, that seeing the first reel of YOLT was a gigantic influence on him: in those few minutes, the audience got the James Bond Theme, "Capsule In Space", and the title song. All great stuff, of course.

What, in your opinion, is the best combination of gunbarrel, PTS music, and main title song?

I'd say OHMSS ranks pretty high, but there are plenty other contenders!

Matt S

YOLT and OHMSS are the strongest overall in all 3 departments.

I give honourable mention to DAF for a very strong gunbarrel and main title song and to TLD for a very strong gunbarrel and PTS music, whilst neither being weak in the other departments. After those: FRWL, GF and TB. As much as I love Barry's Moore gunbarrels, the PTS music and main title songs just aren't as special.

BruceMurdock

My top 5.

1. OHMSS
2. AVTAK
3. TB
4. GE
5. TLD

Just great gunbarrels and music across the board.

Matt S

I would have mentioned AVTAK if it didn't have the California Girls cover. I like the Beach Boys, but AVTAK doesn't use the original version, and even if they did use the original it still would have turned great stuntwork into a joke.

Barbel

(Sidenote- Adrian Baker, who performed the cover, would work extensively with the actual Beach Boys both live and in the studio. He's one of a bunch of singers and musicians who stood and in some cases such as Jeff Foskett still stand in for official members who had died, left the band for a while, fallen out with Mike Love, etc)

Sir Miles

It's OHMSS for me -{

And you're damn lucky QoS doesn't have a gunbarrel or else that would be it ! :v

Sir Hillary Bray

Agree that OHMSS is the best, but I also love TSWLM for this. I know "Bond '77" is not everyone's cuppa, but I love it, and the segue from that to the ski jump to the parachute to the hands closing to "Nobody Does It Better" is wonderful.

Matt S

Sir Hillary Bray wrote:

Agree that OHMSS is the best, but I also love TSWLM for this. I know "Bond '77" is not everyone's cuppa, but I love it, and the segue from that to the ski jump to the parachute to the hands closing to "Nobody Does It Better" is wonderful.

TSWLM has a terribly weak gunbarrel. The rest of it I agree with.

Barbel

Sir Miles wrote:

QoS doesn't have a gunbarrel

Or a decent title tune!

Sir Miles

Barbel wrote:

Sir Miles wrote:

QoS doesn't have a gunbarrel

Or a decent title tune!

Correct ! It's bloody awesome :007)

heartbroken_mr_drax

There are quite a few to choose from as many of the GB to title songs alone are brilliant without thinking about the music! here are my top picks:

Goldfinger - short, sharp PTS that has an excellent jazzy influence, but purely iconic sound. Smashes into Bassy's Goldfinger - hard to beat.

Thunderball - great GB, excellent roaring Cheteau Fight music full of the Bond theme. Heads into the excellent Thunderball by Jones so well.

You Only Live Twice - Capsule in Space is an incredible piece of music, IMO this even beats the GB and TS. So good.

Diamonds are Forever - it helps that the title song is so good, but the manhunt music is comical and cool, it's a brief PTS too.

The Spy Who Loved Me - heavily influenced by what's on screen, but like DAF, the title song lifts this one. The PTS of TSWLM is a work of pure brilliance.

The Living Daylights - none of the three elements are particularly out of this world, but they come together perfectly.

Goldeneye - the gunbarrel rules, the Goldeneye overture is brilliant and the title song (superficially) kicks the film of so well.

The World Is Not Enough - my favourite gunbarrel, and while this PTS is long, Come in 007 is a great piece of music followed by the excellent Garbage title song (matched by excellent titles too).

Die Another Day - apart from the bullet sound effect, the gunbarrel music is huge, the soundtrack that follows is excellent with the drum work and Madonna's song still sounds cool.

Barbel

heartbroken_mr_drax wrote:

Madonna's song still sounds cool.

I was happily agreeing with you right till the end...

Golrush007

From Russia With Love is one that I'd nominate as a great example.

I really like the gunbarrel music.
'Stalking' is a great piece of tension-building, suspenseful music in the PTS.
I love the instrumental main title, starting with the fast high impact intro, then the jazzy rendition of FRWL with the organ, and then moving into an excellent arrangement of the James Bond theme.

All three elements are winners for me. It might not be my favourite overall (that might be Goldfinger, or You Only Live Twice) but since it hadn't been mentioned yet, I thought I'd give it a shout.

James Suzuki

I'm not a Thomas Newman fan, but I thought Grand Bazaar, Instanbul was a great action piece in Skyfall, plus the intro music when Bond appears out of the shadows. Adele's song is fantastic, plus the visuals.
All it's missing is a gunbarrel....
I must mention Goldeneye because I do like the Goldeneye Overture a lot, plus the Tina Turner song with the Cold War visuals. Updated Gunbarrel is welcomed as well

heartbroken_mr_drax

Barbel wrote:

heartbroken_mr_drax wrote:

Madonna's song still sounds cool.

I was happily agreeing with you right till the end...

Hah! I had to throw a cat amongst the pigeons!

MilleniumForce

Licence to Kill. The soundtrack is already very tense and built up in just the first few minutes of the film, really setting up the film. Plus the theme is one of the best.

Tomorrow Never Dies would be top if Surrender was the theme.

For Your Eyes Only is pretty good as well.

Shady Tree

DAF. A Gunbarrel arrangement which oozes dangerous cool; pop violence in Manhunt, then a sexy segue from the orchestral stab and zoom on the cat's eye - into a main title masterpiece.

Mr_Osato

Goldfinger: Great gun barrel, PTS music is amazing too. And then the title song. Perfect.

OHMSS: a close second.

YOLT: completes the top 3. Probably my favourite title song. Magical.