Tomorrow Never Dies: Music From The Motion Picture [Soundtrack]

tomorrow never dies: music from the motion picture [soundtrack]

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Where the previous Bond installment, Goldeneye, profited from the gratifying if belated introduction of actor Pierce Brosnan as an 007 for the '90s and beyond, it suffered from a musical mismatch. Composer Eric Serra had scored several successes with French director Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita, The Professional, The Big Blue) but floundered trying to update a genre whose John Barry-penned scores had long ago become legend. David Arnold's music for Tomorrow Never Dies is arguably less adventuresome than Serra's for Goldeneye, returning largely to Barry's conservative musical pattern for the Bond films. But it's still grandly effective, and probably better than the movie it supports. --Jerry McCulley

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Tomorrow Never Dies: Music From The Motion Picture [Soundtrack]
Tomorrow Never Dies: Music From The Motion Picture
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • John Barry Reborn
  • Arnold brings it back to Bond
  • Oh, our incessent comparisons...
  • A Lesser Effort
  • The name is Arnold. David Arnold!
 Tomorrow Never Dies: Music From The Motion Picture
David Arnold
Manufacturer: A&M
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002GOX
Release Date: 1997-11-25

Tracks:

  1. Tomorrow Never Dies - Sheryl Crow
  2. White Knight
  3. The Sinking Of The Devonshire
  4. Company Car
  5. Station Break
  6. Paris And Bond
  7. The Last Goodbye
  8. Hamburg Break In
  9. Hamburg Break Out
  10. Doctor Kaufman
  11. *-3-Send
  12. Underwater Discovery
  13. Backseat Driver - David Arnold, Alex Gifford Of Propellerheads
  14. Surrender - K.D. Lang
  15. James Bond Theme - Moby

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Where the previous Bond installment, Goldeneye, profited from the gratifying if belated introduction of actor Pierce Brosnan as an 007 for the '90s and beyond, it suffered from a musical mismatch. Composer Eric Serra had scored several successes with French director Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita, The Professional, The Big Blue) but floundered trying to update a genre whose John Barry-penned scores had long ago become legend. David Arnold's music for Tomorrow Never Dies is arguably less adventuresome than Serra's for Goldeneye, returning largely to Barry's conservative musical pattern for the Bond films. But it's still grandly effective, and probably better than the movie it supports. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars John Barry Reborn.......2005-11-10

This score is one of David Arnold's finest works in my opinion since Independence Day. Barry would be proud of the rich use of THEME in this score compared to what some Bond movies lack and NEED. SUPERB, POWERFUL, INGENIOUS, and worthy to jam on your system driving down the road.

5 out of 5 stars Arnold brings it back to Bond.......2003-07-03

David Arnold is the man on this one. After the GoldenEye score came out, many were wondering what happened to the classic Bond styling. Well, it's back, with a twist

Sheryl Crow's theme is definately different for a Bond theme (not necessarily bad), but it actually makes no appearance in the score itself. The song "Surrender" by k.d. Lang acts as the theme for the score in numerous occasions, which is fitting becasue the song itself is much like one of Shirley Bassey's themes. One thing that Arnold did especially well is to bring back the Bond theme. Remember hearing it in GoldenEye? No, you don't. It wasn't there at all, except for the trailor (whcih was by Parodi Fair, but that's another cd)
The twist is the added techno styling to good ol' Bond intruments. Arnold did a great job in keeping stuff up to date, and Moby added to it with the Bond remix at the end of the CD. Great, great stuff.

This CD, however, only has half of the score. If you want the whole score (editor's cut, as it is referrred to), you need the one that just says soundtrack. It's more expensive, and lacks Sheryl Crow, k.d Lang, and Moby's Remix. But it has some key tracks, like the ones at the climax of the movie. If you really are a Bond music fan, buy both.
*Interestingly enough, there is still some music missing, like the music heard at the cocktail party for the Carver Media Group. But it's stil good.

5 out of 5 stars Oh, our incessent comparisons..........2003-01-22

It seems to me that whenever a new Bond score comes out, everyone is quick to get the John Barry microscope out and examine it with great gusto. John Barry is forever slated as the musical genius of the Bond movies, and is seemingly one of a kind. Please, stop comparing people to legends such as him.

That being said, I feel that the current efforts by David Arnold have been absolutely superb. His treatment of the bond "musical feeling" is both innovative and entertaining. It must be a feat to be able to reiterate the same theme so to keep in the back of the audience's mind without being too obviously repetitive. White Knight is the stand-out track in this record, I feel, as whenever I play it again, I can still see the events as they are in the movie.

I feel David Arnold should be applauded for such a great score, that keeps the interest of modern-day audiences while maintaining the Bond sophistication.

3 out of 5 stars A Lesser Effort.......2002-12-27

I will admit being worried about how I would enjoy the movie after buying the soundtrack a few days earlier. The Sheryl Crow title theme is a worthwhile effort, but it was hard to find any tracks that excited me much. Sure, the instantly-recognizable homage to John Barry's style in the early tracks are nice, and the Moby Bond theme is fun, but I couldn't find much life out of this soundtrack. Maybe I was jaded by the movie, which had its share of problems as well. Sure, a must for Bond fans, but somewhat disappointing.

5 out of 5 stars The name is Arnold. David Arnold!.......2002-11-26

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!

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