Gunbarrel + PTS music + title song

BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
David Arnold has said, and I'm paraphrasing, that seeing the first reel of YOLT was a gigantic influence on him: in those few minutes, the audience got the James Bond Theme, "Capsule In Space", and the title song. All great stuff, of course.

What, in your opinion, is the best combination of gunbarrel, PTS music, and main title song?

I'd say OHMSS ranks pretty high, but there are plenty other contenders!

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  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    YOLT and OHMSS are the strongest overall in all 3 departments.

    I give honourable mention to DAF for a very strong gunbarrel and main title song and to TLD for a very strong gunbarrel and PTS music, whilst neither being weak in the other departments. After those: FRWL, GF and TB. As much as I love Barry's Moore gunbarrels, the PTS music and main title songs just aren't as special.
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  • BruceMurdockBruceMurdock OhioPosts: 133MI6 Agent
    My top 5.

    1. OHMSS
    2. AVTAK
    3. TB
    4. GE
    5. TLD

    Just great gunbarrels and music across the board.
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  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    I would have mentioned AVTAK if it didn't have the California Girls cover. I like the Beach Boys, but AVTAK doesn't use the original version, and even if they did use the original it still would have turned great stuntwork into a joke.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    (Sidenote- Adrian Baker, who performed the cover, would work extensively with the actual Beach Boys both live and in the studio. He's one of a bunch of singers and musicians who stood and in some cases such as Jeff Foskett still stand in for official members who had died, left the band for a while, fallen out with Mike Love, etc)
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,417Chief of Staff
    It's OHMSS for me -{

    And you're damn lucky QoS doesn't have a gunbarrel or else that would be it ! :v :D
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  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    Agree that OHMSS is the best, but I also love TSWLM for this. I know "Bond '77" is not everyone's cuppa, but I love it, and the segue from that to the ski jump to the parachute to the hands closing to "Nobody Does It Better" is wonderful.
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  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Agree that OHMSS is the best, but I also love TSWLM for this. I know "Bond '77" is not everyone's cuppa, but I love it, and the segue from that to the ski jump to the parachute to the hands closing to "Nobody Does It Better" is wonderful.

    TSWLM has a terribly weak gunbarrel. The rest of it I agree with.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Sir Miles wrote:
    QoS doesn't have a gunbarrel :D

    Or a decent title tune! :D
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,417Chief of Staff
    Barbel wrote:
    Sir Miles wrote:
    QoS doesn't have a gunbarrel :D

    Or a decent title tune! :D

    Correct ! It's bloody awesome :007)
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  • heartbroken_mr_draxheartbroken_mr_drax New Zealand Posts: 2,073MI6 Agent
    There are quite a few to choose from as many of the GB to title songs alone are brilliant without thinking about the music! :D here are my top picks:

    Goldfinger - short, sharp PTS that has an excellent jazzy influence, but purely iconic sound. Smashes into Bassy's Goldfinger - hard to beat.

    Thunderball - great GB, excellent roaring Cheteau Fight music full of the Bond theme. Heads into the excellent Thunderball by Jones so well.

    You Only Live Twice - Capsule in Space is an incredible piece of music, IMO this even beats the GB and TS. So good.

    Diamonds are Forever - it helps that the title song is so good, but the manhunt music is comical and cool, it's a brief PTS too.

    The Spy Who Loved Me - heavily influenced by what's on screen, but like DAF, the title song lifts this one. The PTS of TSWLM is a work of pure brilliance.

    The Living Daylights - none of the three elements are particularly out of this world, but they come together perfectly.

    Goldeneye - the gunbarrel rules, the Goldeneye overture is brilliant and the title song (superficially) kicks the film of so well.

    The World Is Not Enough - my favourite gunbarrel, and while this PTS is long, Come in 007 is a great piece of music followed by the excellent Garbage title song (matched by excellent titles too).

    Die Another Day - apart from the bullet sound effect, the gunbarrel music is huge, the soundtrack that follows is excellent with the drum work and Madonna's song still sounds cool.
    1. TWINE 2. FYEO 3. MR 4. TLD 5. TSWLM 6. OHMSS 7. DN 8. OP 9. AVTAK 10. TMWTGG 11. QoS 12. GE 13. CR 14. TB 15. FRWL 16. TND 17. LTK 18. GF 19. SF 20. LaLD 21. YOLT 22. NTTD 23. DAD 24. DAF. 25. SP

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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Madonna's song still sounds cool.

    I was happily agreeing with you right till the end... :#
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    From Russia With Love is one that I'd nominate as a great example.

    I really like the gunbarrel music.
    'Stalking' is a great piece of tension-building, suspenseful music in the PTS.
    I love the instrumental main title, starting with the fast high impact intro, then the jazzy rendition of FRWL with the organ, and then moving into an excellent arrangement of the James Bond theme.

    All three elements are winners for me. It might not be my favourite overall (that might be Goldfinger, or You Only Live Twice) but since it hadn't been mentioned yet, I thought I'd give it a shout.
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    I'm not a Thomas Newman fan, but I thought Grand Bazaar, Instanbul was a great action piece in Skyfall, plus the intro music when Bond appears out of the shadows. Adele's song is fantastic, plus the visuals.
    All it's missing is a gunbarrel....
    I must mention Goldeneye because I do like the Goldeneye Overture a lot, plus the Tina Turner song with the Cold War visuals. Updated Gunbarrel is welcomed as well
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  • heartbroken_mr_draxheartbroken_mr_drax New Zealand Posts: 2,073MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Madonna's song still sounds cool.

    I was happily agreeing with you right till the end... :#

    Hah! I had to throw a cat amongst the pigeons!
    1. TWINE 2. FYEO 3. MR 4. TLD 5. TSWLM 6. OHMSS 7. DN 8. OP 9. AVTAK 10. TMWTGG 11. QoS 12. GE 13. CR 14. TB 15. FRWL 16. TND 17. LTK 18. GF 19. SF 20. LaLD 21. YOLT 22. NTTD 23. DAD 24. DAF. 25. SP

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  • MilleniumForceMilleniumForce LondonPosts: 1,214MI6 Agent
    Licence to Kill. The soundtrack is already very tense and built up in just the first few minutes of the film, really setting up the film. Plus the theme is one of the best.

    Tomorrow Never Dies would be top if Surrender was the theme.

    For Your Eyes Only is pretty good as well.
    1.LTK 2.AVTAK 3.OP 4.FYEO 5.TND 6.LALD 7.GE 8.GF 9.TSWLM 10.SPECTRE 11.SF 12.MR 13.YOLT 14.TLD 15.CR (06) 16.TMWTGG 17.TB 18.FRWL 19.TWINE 20.OHMSS 21.DAF 22.DAD 23.QoS 24.NSNA 25.DN 26.CR (67)
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    DAF. A Gunbarrel arrangement which oozes dangerous cool; pop violence in Manhunt, then a sexy segue from the orchestral stab and zoom on the cat's eye - into a main title masterpiece.
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  • Mr_OsatoMr_Osato Posts: 398MI6 Agent
    Goldfinger: Great gun barrel, PTS music is amazing too. And then the title song. Perfect.

    OHMSS: a close second.

    YOLT: completes the top 3. Probably my favourite title song. Magical.
    OHMSS, FRWL, DN, GF, CR, GE, SP, YOLT, TB, TSWLM, LALD, TLD, TND, FYEO, SF, MR, TMWTGG, TWINE, OP, AVTAK, DAF, LTK, QOS, DAD

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