Arnold's Best Tracks...

What are some of your favorite Bond tracks from David Arnold?

Here are a few that I've compiled:

Excellent rendition of the Bond theme:


I don't mind the toned-down techno shit here. Not too annoying.:


A romantic, Barry-esque theme:


Nice use of the main theme in this one:


Probably the only part of CASINO ROYALE's score that I enjoy:


I wish this theme would return in the later films, if Arnold gets a call back (and I'm sure he will):

White Knight
Hamburg Break In / Break Out
Back Seat Driver

Come in 007, Your Time is Up
Caviar Factory (although I find it a bit frantic now)
Submarine

Hovercraft Chase
Iced, Inc.

Blunt Instrument

Time to Get Out
Pursuit at Port a Prince

I found the last two soundtracks to be overly complicated and difficult to follow.

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Probably the only David Arnold tracks I could fuck too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK9H4BFQdsM&feature=relmfu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTJjvElgBmY

Nice trip-hop vibe.

I have all but QOS and TND oddly. TND I have a fair smattering of from the extended version but don't tend to listen much. Of those I give a second look at:

TND:

White Knight (partial to the brassy scream which I think accompanies 007 raking the airfield from the cockpit)
Backseat Driver (ish)
Company Car
All in a Day's Work (latter half)

Sinking the Devonshire (only for that choir bit when the Devonshire's crew get up to abandon ship)

TWINE
Come in 007, Your Time Is Up
Welcome to Ba'ku
Caviar Factory

DAD I just give up now. Hovercraft Chase had that bit in the first 10 seconds or so then descends into noise, Antonov where the Bond theme ramps up at the end and....meh

Maybe if it had that Bond theme as Bond walks into the hotel.

Largo's Shark wrote:

Probably the only David Arnold tracks I could fuck too.

How does that work? Do you have them on vinyl? Because that's the only recording medium I can think of that has a hole in it.

Tomorrow Never Dies
-Company Car
-Paris And Bond
-Hamburg Break Out
-Backseat Driver
-Mission Briefing*

The World Is Not Enough
-Show Me The Money
-Come In 007, Your Time Is Up
-Welcome To Baku
-Casino
-Ice Bandits
-Elektra's Theme
-Caviar Factory
-Gunbarrel / Bilbao Bank*

Die Another Day
-Welcome to Cuba (Film version)*
-Cuban Car*
-Sword Fight*

Casino Royale
-Mongoose Vs. Snake
-African Rundown
-Blunt Instrument
-Solange
-I'm The Money
-Aston Montenegro
-Dinner Jackets
-Vesper
-I'm Yours
-City Of Lovers
-Running to the Elevator
-The Name's Bond... James Bond

Quantum Of Solace
-Time To Get Out
-Inside Man
-Bond In Haiti
-Night At The Opera
-Talamone
-Bolivian Taxi Ride

*Bootleg

Big fan of Arnold's so I'll just try limit it to five for each soundtrack:

TND:
Paris and Bond
Wai Lin's theme
Back Seat Driver
Helicopter Ride
Hamburg Break In

TWINE:
Body Double
Elektra's Theme
Come In OO7, Your Time Is Up (including the cue when the boat shoots out of MI6)
Casino
Welcome to Baku

DAD
Kiss of Life
Peaceful Fountains of Desire
Welcome to Cuba
A Touch of Frost
(Can't remember it's name, but the cue when Bond kills Zao and rescues Jinx)
(Plus the unreleased Wheelchair access)

CR
The Switch
City of Lovers
Bond arrives in Nassau
Death of Vesper
CCTV

QOS
Time To Get Out
Night At The Opera
Inside Man
Pursuit at Port Au Prince
No Interest in Dominic Greene

Oddly enough Arnolds score for Casino Royale was voted into the top 100 soundtracks by Classic FM listeners....odd in that I think it is easily his weakest overall score. When he uses the Bond theme I can generally dig his music even if it is often on sufferance of an orchestration that is on the verge of losing all structure. His best work is either end of his contribution imo, TND's 'White Night' and 'Back Seat Driver' are my favourite action scores of his while QOS has the best scoring for quieter moments 'Night at the Opera' etc.

Much like James Horner though his best work usually comes of as a pastiche of someone much more talented.