Re: Film Scores

On Thu, 30 Dec 2010, Peter T. Chattaway wrote:

>> Another one I've been listening to a lot lately is the "Dances With 
>> Wolves" score (though I can't remember who the composer is).
>
> John Barry (his other scores include Out of Africa, Somewhere in Time 
> and most of the first 15 James Bond movies).

Hmmm, if memory serves, the Bond movies he scored are:

  -- 1963 -- From Russia with Love
  -- 1964 -- Goldfinger
  -- 1965 -- Thunderball
  -- 1967 -- You Only Live Twice
  -- 1969 -- On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  -- 1971 -- Diamonds Are Forever
  -- 1974 -- The Man with the Golden Gun
  -- 1979 -- Moonraker
  -- 1983 -- Octopussy
  -- 1985 -- A View to a Kill
  -- 1987 -- The Living Daylights

And the ones he *didn't* score are:

  -- 1962 -- Dr. No (music by Monty Norman)
  -- 1973 -- Live and Let Die (music by George Martin)
  -- 1977 -- The Spy Who Loved Me (music by Marvin Hamlisch)
  -- 1981 -- For Your Eyes Only (music by Bill Conti)
  -- 1989 -- Licence to Kill (music by Mark Kamen)
  -- 1995 -- GoldenEye (music by Eric Serra)
  -- 1997 -- Tomorrow Never Dies (music by David Arnold)
  -- 1999 -- The World Is Not Enough (music by David Arnold)
  -- 2002 -- Die Another Day (music by David Arnold)
  -- 2006 -- Casino Royale (music by David Arnold)
  -- 2008 -- Quantum of Solace (music by David Arnold)

As you can see, David Arnold is the only composer besides Barry who has 
scored more than one Bond film -- and I think he's also been the most 
successful, by far, at replicating the Barry "sound" even as he adds his 
own unique elements to the mix.

Also, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig are the only Bond actors whose films 
have never been scored by Barry.  Barry covered most of Sean Connery and 
Roger Moore's films, as well as George Lazenby's one-and-only film and 
Timothy Dalton's first film.  (Interestingly, Barry did not score either 
Connery or Moore's first films -- though he did score their *last* films.)

Also, it wasn't until Serra scored GoldenEye in 1995 -- six years after 
Kamen scored Licence to Kill -- that *two* Bond films in a row were scored 
by someone other than Barry.  Prior to that, Barry might have taken a film 
off every now and then, but he always came back for the *next* one.

Hmmm, I just realized, of the 22 Bond films, precisely 11 were scored by 
Barry and 11 were scored by not-Barry.

Incidentally, while Monty Norman gets official credit for scoring the 
first Bond film, including the iconic 'James Bond Theme', Barry has long 
claimed that the version of the theme which we hear in the actual movie 
was arranged by him (and maybe co-written or re-written by him?) -- but 
Norman has firmly resisted sharing credit for the tune, and I've heard at 
least one soundtrack buff claim that he knows who *really* scored the tune 
but he's not going to tell anyone until all the rival parties are dead.

And so on, and so on.  Want any more trivia?  :)

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