Rate The Best Bond Tracks (Oil Fields - David Arnold)

Considering we're having to start afresh, in a cross between Fahrenheit 451 and Noah's Ark, here's one of the old classics.

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Today's track is 007 and Counting from DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971), composed by John Barry (1933=2011).

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9/10

Class. Though when the track gets to 2.45 and you're looking at LS's avatar, it's even better.

9/10, please Sharky

9/10

Sounds great, but verges on excessive repetition.

9/10

Superb, and I agree that jiggling booty compliments it well.

8.5/10

9/10

8/10

Fine stuff, but not the absolute best of Barry.

8/10. (Not keen on awarding numerical vales for music, but I guess that's how this works.)

Magnificent work - the opening bars make my hairs stand on end. Love the use of the sustain pedal. All those harmonics floating around...

One of my favourites:

9.5/10.

9/10

Almost too reminiscent of 'Space March' for me, but it's a fantastic and suspenseful piece by the master.

Hey, Sharky, you should post that Godawful Prague Philharmonic version for contrast. :x

Where's those low sustained piano chords, the major 7ths in the second half of the chord progression, the thudding flatwound bass and harp, wire brush martial rhythm on the snare drum, glockenspiel playing semiquavers (not flutes playing quavers), and 4 alto flutes? It also doesn't tight, and precise enough. The Prague recording studio has poor acoustics (ill-defined reverb), the digital recording process lacks the magic of the 8 track analogue recording, and the orchestra and conductor sound drunk or half asleep.

Nic Raine sucks the life of Barry's Bond work, and turns it into wallpaper music.

In a better note, I like Rich Douglas's remix of the cue. At least it does the original some justice.

That was horrible. Like sex with a condom.

Sir John. Accept no imitations.

EDIT: Sharky, the Rich Douglas is not bad, as you say. Wouldn't mind fahn fahn fahning auf der autobahn with that on the iPod.

I bought "The James Bond Collection" about 5 years ago. I think I spent $30 on it at the time.

There are only a handful of faithful tracks on it and I don't mind some of the main theme instrumentals. That version of "007 and Counting" sounds like a completely different track. I can't even be bothered to rip it to my PC. I'd rather use the space for porn or something.

As for the original, I give it a 9.5/10. A really gorgeous piece of Bond music.

8.5/10

Decent Barry. There are other tracks from DAF I enjoy a lot more.

7/10

Not my favourite.

10/10. Terrific space music from Barry recalling Capsule in Space in YOLT and foreshadowing Flight Into Space in MR.

9/10

Terrific track

9/10

9/10.

Taking Slumber Inc. out of the equation, I'd argue that this would be my favourite track on the soundtrack... A kind of funkier version of Capsule In Space...

Satorious wrote:

A kind of funkier version of Capsule In Space...

World domination can be sexy.

Satorious wrote:

9/10.
A kind of funkier version of Capsule In Space...

Interesting. I once debated this with sharky..... ;)

FieldsMan wrote:

Satorious wrote:

9/10.
A kind of funkier version of Capsule In Space...

Interesting. I once debated this with sharky..... ;)

Yes. FieldsMan's the nitwit who was convinced this was the same cue as Capsule in Space.

10/10. Has me fearing an iminent laser attack from space. Glad I'm not a Chinese soldier.
Hopefully Tiff can put the right cheek forward and get that tape swapped out.