CR Theme tune
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I didnt know where to put this post so i thought i'd start a thread...did anyone else notice that the start of Chris Cornell's theme tune 'You Know My Name' is like a modernised version of the start of OHMSS? :v
Well i did anyway! -{
Well i did anyway! -{
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Chris Cornell's single version emphasizes the guitars a bit more. I guess so that it doesn't freak out his Soundgarden/Audioslave fans.
BTW: The song will be on his upcoming solo album. And he allegedly made the decision to keep it off the official soundtrack release. Too bad, since I'd like to have a version of the movie remix.
And you're right, there is a similarity between the opening of 'You Know My Name' and the opening of 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'. Well spotted.
The intro song (thanks to youtube) is different (sadly is not the one that he post in his myspace site (i REALLY like that more orchestral version) and it is absurdly cutted out in the last part (they cut the last "the coldest blood run trough my veins" but has a terrible editing in that part. you can really hear that something is missing. (why don't but like 5 seconds more in the title sequence to make it even?
I really enjoyed the song. I know nothing of Chris Cornell's work, but David Arnold's hand is very evident in the tune - he uses the classic "Bondian" melody notes and chords: the opening figure uses the first three notes of the minor scale (la, te and do), the same three notes as Monty Norman's Bond Theme, and many other themes in the series, and the chorus uses the chord sequence minor chord I - major chord VI - major chord IV, the same as Barry's OHMSS theme, and again, this harmonic progression appears in several Bond scores.
These elements help to give the song a definite "Bond" flavour, which has been less evident in the most recent theme songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjR0y7mGUOE
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