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Arnold Bonds With Bond

G M. Stathis | cedar city, utah USA | 10/17/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"It is interesting to revistit David Arnold's first entry in the James Bond musical saga, "Tomorrow Never Dies," now that he is about to release his third score in the series,"Die Another Day." Arnold was given the rather daunting assignment of taking Bond into a new era but somehow create a musical bridge to the scores written by John Barry. He succeeded with what is now generally considered the best of the non-Barry 007 scores. Indeed, the full score, which sadly is only partially represented on this soundtrack recording, is one of the best of the entire series. The vocals are good, but they are also somewhat confusing. The song "Tommorow Never Dies-Surrender" is clearly the thematic basis of much of the score, but was not used as the title tune (it is presented over the end titles). Too bad, because aside from being an important part of the musical treatment, it is also the better song. The music for the pre-credit sequence, "White Knight," is a perfect example of Arnold's fine effort to both pay homage to Barry and put his stamp on Bond. It is a fantastic piece that integrates the traditional James Bond Theme, Barry's use of brass, and Arnold's new devices including his "Surrender" theme. After hearing this cue, I was sold on Arnold as the successor to Barry. Something closer to a full treatment of the score was later released by Chapter III Records (and is now out of print), but even it left out some cues. In two Bond scores Arnold has demonstrated dynamic skills in developing love themes, action music, dramatic cues, jazz and electronic interpretations. This is a worthy effort and leaves us wanting more from Arnold. The good news is that like James Bond, David Arnold will return."

Love It

G M. Stathis | 08/02/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I listened to the soundtrack recentley and loved every minute of it except for Sheryl Crow's theme song Tomorrow Never Dies. To be honest it is tolarable but her voice is two raspy to be really effective only the first minute is good you think alright a good song but drom then on it goes down hill. Now to the music From David Arnold i must say he has revived the 007 music business to legendary JOhn Barry's level. The music is awesome my favorite track is White Knight which starts out with the usual bond music and then to a wonderful 8:00 minute track that will keep you listening to the very end. Also The Sinking Of The Devonshire is real good. And last but not least is the Arnold produced song Surrender which is awesome with the trumpet fanfare. Then sung with Gusto from KD Lang it is awesome this should have been the theme song but KD probably not hip enought to have that honor. Buy it if you like Bond music and also i Can't wait for the soundtrack to The World Is Not Enough also by David Arnold."

The name is Arnold. David Arnold!

Devin Zydel | New York | 11/26/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Enter David Arnold as the new James Bond composer, with his magnificent vibes of music that give Tomorrow Never Dies a fantastic style of music to the film. Sheryl Crow gives us her sizziling title song that delivers very well. k.d. Lang provides the absolutely top of the notch, powerful, stunning end title song- Surrender. With the arresting voice like Shirley Bassey and the slam-bang tunes of David Arnold, Surrender suceeds on all levels. Moby provides his own, and equally stunning version of the James Bond theme also.
Many of the tracks have a techno flavor that give real buzz, such as Hamburg Break Out, Backseat Driver and Dr. Kaufman. Tomorrow Never Dies is filled with exciting, mysterious and stunning music that can definetly show that David Arnold will be with the James Bond series for quite some time!"