People always name Beasts of No Nation and Maniac concerning the films or TV shows where Cary Fukunaga and Dan Romer worked together, and they forget what IMHO is their best collaboration: a short film called "Sleepwaking in the Rift". It has a beautiful score (very different to what we all expect for a Bond movie, but very enjoyable). For anyone who's interested, you can check it out on Vimeo.
According to Romer's Instagram, he's now in London, and he's doing some shopping at the musical instrument shop. Probably for Bond 25 recording sessions.
"A perfect fit for "Bond 25" with his quirky, eclectic unpredictability."
Seems like a bit of an oxymoron, written by someone who knows nothing about Bond scores. Have we ever had a "quirky" Bond score? Apart from the slide whistle in TMWTGG, or much of GOLDENEYE, possibly, which are probably both musical low points in the series.
I wish they could have brought back David Arnold, who surely could have delivered a memorable book end score to CASINO ROYALE.
I'm trying to be optimistic about the film, but frankly I'm losing interest by the day.
Obviously the platonic ideal James Bond (film and score) would be something that makes the viewers feel EXACTLY like they did watching their first / favorite Bond film BUT does not borrow even the tiniest (quantum) amount from a previous Bond.
We live in hope.
If I want a carbon copy of From Russia with Love I will go watch From Russia with Love. (Which I may now do.)
(I didn't use a single abbreviation in this whole post! FTW! Um, damn...)
The legendary Iggy Pop has released a new song titled "James Bond". He performed David Arnold's amazing version of "We Have All The Time In The World" for the 1997 Arnold's cover album "Shaken & Stirred."
