Episode 19: James Bond - Part 2

Art of the Score

Nicholas Buc

Education, Tv & Film, Music

5 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2018

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 19 we continue our ambitious attempt to analyse every James Bond score ever. Having covered the Connery classics in Episode 18, we’re now onto the 1970s, 1980s, and even the early 1990s, covering Moore, Dalton, and a little bit of Brosnan as James Bond goes from funk to disco to acid jazz and even a little early hip-hop. Join us as we look at some of the kitschiest Bond music out there – and, some of the all-time greats. Episode notes: 3:38 – Roger Moore’s more George (Aston) Martin Bond music 9:11 – The 1970s funk boat chase 12:45 – Nick has a problem with The Man With the Golden Gun’s parallel motion 16:43 – The Spy Who Wrote A Fantastic Opening Song 18:10 – James ‘Disco Stu’ Bond 24:30 – The singing pyramids 28:33 – The Space Who Loved Me 32:45 – Bossa, James Bossa 35:38 – Bill Conti’s For Your Funk Only 43:40 – John Barry’s finale: Octopussy, A View To A Kill, and The Living Daylights 49:12 – Dalton’s daylight drum machine 54:50 – Michael Kamen’s License to Trill 1:01:04 – Bond’s power ballad romance 1:04:50 – Serra’s synth sound for Goldeneye and the sonic reinvention of James Bond 1:13:34 – Acid James 1:17:40 – Escaping the Archives 1:19:04 – Goldeneye’s Tank Chase and John Altman’s replacement music We love to hear from our listeners – get in touch via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and if you like The Art of the Score, please take a moment to subscribe, rate and comment.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Art of the Score, the podcast that explores, demystifies and celebrates some of the
0:18.5	greatest soundtracks of all time from the world of film,
0:21.3	TV and video games.
0:23.0	I'm Andrew Poxson.
0:24.2	And in each episode, we'll be joined by Daniel Golding and Nicholas Buck,
0:27.7	as we check out a soundtrack we love, break down its main themes,
0:31.3	explore what makes the score tick,
0:33.3	and hopefully impart our love of the world of soundtrans.
1:06.6	Music and hopefully impart our love of the world of sound trends. In episode, we continue our dive into the world of spies and espionage with part two of our analysis of James Bond, that amazing franchise that has existed over the last 50 years.
1:16.9	Having exhausted the Connery era in part one, we set out to tackle the movies of the 70s through to the early 90s with the Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan eras.
1:24.2	And of course, the great music from George Martin, Marvin Hamlisch, Bill Conti, and of course more from the great John Barry.
1:29.9	And joining me, still in his tuxedo, but I guess it is after 5pm, is composer,
1:36.7	arranger, orchestrator, conductor and owner of the one and only Australian Martin. It's Nicholas Buck. Did you get that joke there, Nick? The Australian Martin, it's like an Austin
1:42.0	Mark. It's a Bond joke, Nick. It's totally fantastic.
1:45.3	And I've got finished my martini.
1:46.9	I'm about to start my second.
1:48.6	And I can't think of a better way to do it than with you guys by my side.
1:52.4	Oh, that's so nice.
1:53.5	And sitting next to me is the guy who loved me.
1:57.2	Is a writer, critic, composer, university lecturer.
2:00.4	And often locally in Melbourne here,
2:02.7	referred to as the James Bond of Brunswick. It's Dan Golding. How you doing, Dan?
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