The Sweeney wrote:Dr. No wrote:Kristatos wrote:I just double checked and it seems that Newman was not the main composer on Three Kings, he just had a couple of his pieces used on the soundtrack. So he has never really done an action movie before, his scores tend to be for films like The Shawshank Redemption. Hard to imagine what a Bond score by him will be like.
I know Shawshank it is one of my favorite films although not one I watch often, I can't place the sound track. Maybe its good thing what some composers strive for. I just do not think this is a good move at this point.
Bond should be memorable.
Shawshank is a great film, and superb score, particularly the end theme when Freeman finally gets to the beach.
Newman usually does sweeping slow scores, so it is going to be interesting to see how he adapts to action music. Then again, Barry was more famous for his majesticall sweeping too, yet had no problem when it came to action scores.
I am actually not too bothered that Arnold is not doing this one. It will be a change to see someone else take over the reigns for a movie. I felt sometimes Arnold's music was too techno in places, maybe he can learn a few pointers from Newman, who knows.
Sounds like Mendes is getting artistic control over the movie anyway, which can't be a bad thing. The less fiddling from Babs and Mickey, the better.......
Mate this is what people though with the last art house Bond movie was being made. Everyone hoped they had learned a lesson from Quark, however I'm seeing a few warning signs already. Might as well rename it nominate me.
The Ghost Writer should have received some sort of nod, its genera pretty much assured it wouldn't. Brozza was a powerhouse in that film. A films genre can hurt it greatly. Babs appears willing to let her Boy Lollipop try to make Bond so socking and uncomfortable from what it had been for 50 years it will get the attention of her peers and win her some recognition.
The danger of making an Oscar bait film is they can press it too hard. Their biggest problem is how on earth can anyone stop Craig from going "Full Retard" blowing all of Mende's Oscar work strait to hell.
Problem with the kind of film Mendes free hand to make is the audience has expectations of what a
Bond Film should be, including the score. No matter what they say he is looking to "challenge' the audience with a drastic shift is how Bond stories have been traditionally told. A series running on fumes shouldn't try so hard to stall the engine.
The other result of all this rare air is it practically guarantees Craig is gone after this, no way he will ever get this much control or this much"talent" again. Might as well go out on film he undoubtedly will think is his best. Look at it this why they are throwing everything including the kitchen sink at this one, what are the chances of this happening again in Craig's lifetime.