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1. "Mujahadin and Opium"
2. "Hercules Takes Off"
3. "The Sniper Was a Woman"
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This CD is chock full of good things. Along with the other choices mentioned, I'd like to give a shout-out to "Airbase Jailbreak." It has the very exciting action riff in it, and it's also full of this film's unique, moody atmosphere that plays so well. Barry delivered a new signature feeling in each of his 11 Bonds, and with TLD he really went out on a high note.
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Mar 15, 2014 - 10:44 PM
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Zoragoth
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Brilliant score and I think Barry was inspired by a new Bond.
I wonder! I question whether Barry was accurately conveying his true feelings about the project when, as i have read, he said he thought Dalton wrong for the part, and that LD like other Bonds of the recent past had just become too tired and formulaic, and therefore he was happy to be done with them.
And then again, he wrote that fabulous score, along with OHMSS, one of my favorite Bond scores. I think he was indeed inspired, by Dalton, by the more serious tone and atmosphere, and a romance that actually had some sincerity to it. Like OHMSS!
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'Mujahadin And Opium'! Classic Barry style and form.
Exactly!
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Brilliant score and I think Barry was inspired by a new Bond.
And then again, he wrote that fabulous score, along with OHMSS, one of my favorite Bond scores. I think he was indeed inspired, by Dalton, by the more serious tone and atmosphere, and a romance that actually had some sincerity to it. Like OHMSS!
And let's not forget the sturdy pop collaboration with Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders---a great love ballad and rock song that complement, rather than distract from the more serious scoring. The best pop of the 80s Bonds, for sure...
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My favorite Barry score. Favorite tracks are the uptempo and modern ones, produced by Paul Staveley O'Duffy...
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Dalton was the last Bond I saw in the cinema. I loved the idea he wanted to do a more genuine Fleming Bond, and do it as a more serious acting role. No disrespect to the two that followed, but he should have managed a couple more before being replaced. I got the impression it was the American side of production that wanted that. The irony is that with Daniel Craig they've gone back to basics, and so Dalton was ahead of his time.
The soundtrack was one of my first cds, and I was impressed with it. My soft spot for the film is also helped by the fact that I was working in the advertising department of a local newspaper. In Sheffield they opened a new cinema with the film, and we sold advertising in the free promotional pull-out for the day of opening, for which a bonus was free tickets to see it. I managed to get an ad for sf/comic shop I was a regular in on the cover, and a local bookshop generously gave me the movie's poster, and two mini-posters when they finished with them. It's definitely one of the best posters, and it seems strange that they never featured that Bond pose in the camera iris before.
My only regret is that I didn't in on the opening ceremony attended by actress Caroline Munro. But you can't have everything.
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And as a Doctor Who fan I should add that it was a privilege to see Tim Dalton as a Time Lord (infact Rassilon himself!) in a story.
Anyway I too love the Pretenders tracks. So much so I bought the 12" single of them.
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Brilliant score and I think Barry was inspired by a new Bond.
I wonder! I question whether Barry was accurately conveying his true feelings about the project when, as i have read, he said he thought Dalton wrong for the part, and that LD like other Bonds of the recent past had just become too tired and formulaic, and therefore he was happy to be done with them.
And then again, he wrote that fabulous score, along with OHMSS, one of my favorite Bond scores. I think he was indeed inspired, by Dalton, by the more serious tone and atmosphere, and a romance that actually had some sincerity to it. Like OHMSS!
Yes, he did say he thought Dalton was wrong for Bond. He seemingly also felt the Bond films were creatively bankrupt by this time and seemed to have nothing but hatred for having to work with A-Ha.
So where did this great score come from if he was that disenchanted? Well, he was a professional who cared a lot about Cubby Broccoli and always seemingly went out to do the best by Broccoli.
Maybe Barry's inspiration wasn't by how good he thought Dalton was, but (as with OHMSS) how much help he think the film needed to keep the Bond audience engaged.
Interesting.
Either way, apparent displeasure with the experience aside, this is indeed a score that rocks.
My favourite track is ... impossible to identify.
Cheers
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It's a great score all the way. Hard to pick a favourite track, but I'll go for "Hercules Takes Off", because it's most definitely James Bond music, but with a modern twist which actually works and sounds effortlessly unforced. These little nods to the times can date quite badly (in the case of disco, for example), but this is a cracking great track in one of my favourite Bond soundtracks.
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My favourite track is ... impossible to identify.
Cheers
This.
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