Spectre (Bond 24)

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dastardly00 wrote: »

Is everyone avoiding this thread like I am so as not to see any spoilers? No posts in over a month! :eek:

Anyway, Sam Smith has been confirmed for the theme song for Spectre.

https://twitter.com/samsmithworld/status/641144368418693120

It is supposedly written by Thom Yorke and features Ellie Goulding also

AMKC

Simon2015 wrote: »

Not a fan of Sam Smith.

Noel Gallagher was linked with the bond theme awhile ago. He would of been a much better choice IMO.

Not a fan of either but am really glad that Noel Gallagher did not get it can,t stand it. Would have put me off going to see the film.

StringerBell

Thats a little silly isnt it

sky88

dont think his voice sounds like a bond theme that you think of when thinking classic bond themes.

i actually thought adeles song was better then film itself. was a huge letdown i thought, but hopefull that this will be a good one

BuilderPlumber

sky88 wrote: »

dont think his voice sounds like a bond theme that you think of when thinking classic bond themes.

i actually thought adeles song was better then film itself. was a huge letdown i thought, but hopefull that this will be a good one

I enjoyed Skyfall and QoS too but SPECTRE will probably answer the questions that seemed unresolved in them and in Casino Royale as well. It is harder getting used to Bond films as a total continuity when we were used to them as more or less standalones in the old days.

Did anyone else feel that Skyfall in its concluding climax was more like a classic Western than a Bond film? I also felt that Quantum of Solace had Mad Max written all over it: you have the scarcity plot, the barren setting, a Thunderdome like fight and the part at the end where Bond leaves the bad guy to drink the stuff in the desert and drives away (which is very like the end scene of Mad Max 1).

mzungu

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

Did anyone else feel that Skyfall in its concluding climax was more like a classic Western than a Bond film?

Reminded me more of Home Alone for adults :pac:

Sad Professor

mzungu wrote: »

Reminded me more of Home Alone for adults :pac:

Straw Dogs in other words.

mzungu

Sad Professor wrote: »

Straw Dogs in other words.

True dat!

FortuneChip

Decent tune.
Quiet understated though.

Still no "You Know My Name"

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-sam-smiths-elegant-james-bond-theme-song-for-spectre-20150925

eviltimeban

Listening now... certainly starts like a Bond theme!

Thom Yorke had nothing to do with, it was written by Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes.

That falsetto is almost unbearable....

Could do with some drums...two minutes in and still sounds like an intro.

Hang on, there aren't any drums!

The orchestration is nice, but the vocals... don't think I'm going to be able to listen to this much longer.

4 minutes later. The orchestration is really nice. The song is *OK*. Will have to see how it ties in with the opening credits.

eviltimeban

Second listen and I have to say, it has grown on me. The falsetto is almost comical, but I'm a sucker for big orchestras.

pixelburp

I think it sounds exactly how most people would imagine a Bond theme-tune at this stage, which I guess is part of the template: very little individuality to speak of really. I know nothing of Sam Smith mind you, being one of those old geezers who doesn't listen to modern pop music but seems like a waste to get someone well-known to just a tune the same as the last half-dozen ones.

humanji

It's probably just me, but the orchestra sounds very synthesized. I'm not keen on the song at all. There's no punch to it. The falsetto made me wince and the whole song just seems to drone on.

SnakePlissken

FortuneChip wrote: »

Decent tune.
Quiet understated though.

Still no "You Know My Name"

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-sam-smiths-elegant-james-bond-theme-song-for-spectre-20150925

The title of that report concludes that this is the first bond song to be sung by a British male since 1965? Is Paul McCartney suddenly not British?

Loughc

humanji wrote: »

There's no punch to it. The falsetto made me wince and the whole song just seems to drone on.

This sums up how I feel about EVERY Sam Smith song.

eviltimeban

SnakePlissken wrote: »

The title of that report concludes that this is the first bond song to be sung by a British male since 1965? Is Paul McCartney suddenly not British?

Nah he's Irish, man!

They might mean solo male, as Live and Let Die was credited to "Paul McCartney and Wings".

Which, btw, is the best Bond song!

loyatemu

Best Bond theme is this (not really a "song" as such...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8XNBpIkQpU

Red King

Song is awful. No punch to it, never gets going. Voice is comical, delivery awful.

Orchestration is nice.

They should have gotten Adele again. I say that as someone who can't stand her, but she delivered with Skyfall.

And Yes OHMSS is the best title music.

loyatemu

they should've gone with Radiohead as was rumoured.

ricero

Not mad at all about the song. No real build up in it.

this is the best bond song and also a song for one of the most underrated bond films

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQKaujX6R-U

allibastor

FortuneChip wrote: »

Decent tune.
Quiet understated though.

Still no "You Know My Name"

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-sam-smiths-elegant-james-bond-theme-song-for-spectre-20150925

True that, Great song for a new bond, has to be one of the better songs!

Red King

loyatemu wrote: »

they should've gone with Radiohead as was rumoured.

Good god no. Maybe if they finally kill off Bond and the whole film is a wake.

Sad Professor

It should have been Lana Del Rey.

eviltimeban

Sad Professor wrote: »

It should have been Lana Del Rey.

Nah. All she wants to do is get high on the beach!

Red King

What is it with his enunciation, or lack of? Really annoying. Reaction online has been bad, really bad.

ohnonotgmail

The song is no Goldfinger and Sam Smith is no Burley Chassis

Avatar MIA

FortuneChip wrote: »

Decent tune.
Quiet understated though.

Still no "You Know My Name"

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-sam-smiths-elegant-james-bond-theme-song-for-spectre-20150925

Dreadful

StringerBell

I attempted to listen to the song, I couldnt get through it tbh it was irritating.

Any chance they can do a different one?

eviltimeban

StringerBell wrote: »

I attempted to listen to the song, I couldnt get through it tbh it was irritating.

Any chance they can do a different one?

Think the writing's on the wall with this one!

Red King

It looks set to be the first Bond theme to reach number 1 in the charts.

Meanwhile Bond fans seem to think it is the worst theme yet.

loyatemu

Red King wrote: »

Meanwhile Bond fans seem to think it is the worst theme yet.

It's not as bad as the Madonna one.

Simon2015

I heard that Spectre is going to be 3 hours long. Thats way too long for a Bond film. I think the producers have given Mendes far too much control over this.

Kev W

loyatemu wrote: »

It's not as bad as the Madonna one.

It's not far off.

ohnonotgmail

Simon2015 wrote: »

I heard that Spectre is going to be 3 hours long. Thats way too long for a Bond film. I think the producers have given Mendes far too much control over this.

i would be really surprised if they released a 3 hour cut. The daniel craig bonds have all been 2hours or thereabouts.

eviltimeban

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

i would be really surprised if they released a 3 hour cut. The daniel craig bonds have all been 2hours or thereabouts.

Except for Quantum of Solace which was about half an hour!

ohnonotgmail

eviltimeban wrote: »

Except for Quantum of Solace which was about half an hour!

106 minutes apparently. Just checked. It probably just seems longer.

eviltimeban

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

106 minutes apparently. Just checked. It probably just seems longer.

I put on QOS the other day and I couldn't watch it, it just seemed strangely rushed and weird...

At least Skyfall took it's time to establish the story. Hopefully Spectre will do the same (and therefore I don't mind a longer movie).

tricky D

Looking like 150-160 mins, probably at the upper end.

http://www.slashfilm.com/spectre-running-time-unlimited-ticket/
http://www.designntrend.com/articles/60720/20150911/spectre-bond-24-set-longest-running-007-movie-date.htm

ohnonotgmail

tricky D wrote: »

Looking like 150-160 mins, probably at the upper end.

http://www.slashfilm.com/spectre-running-time-unlimited-ticket/
http://www.designntrend.com/articles/60720/20150911/spectre-bond-24-set-longest-running-007-movie-date.htm

that is just far too long for a bond film.

Simon2015

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

that is just far too long for a bond film.

If Spectra is anything like Skyfall it cound be another snoozefest.

BuilderPlumber

3 hours is the longest ever for a Bond film. Most are around 2 hours with some an 1 hour and 40 minutes and others maybe going to 2 hours and 10 minutes.

Some of the shorter Bonds dispense with story and character development. Quantum of Solace I felt was a great action movie albeit bereft of much of a story. It seemed to delve into conspiracy theories akin to the Illuminati, freemasons, etc. being entrenched into every government and world entity. The central theme of resource scarcity worked much better in a Mad Max film than a Bond film and with that plot, a Thunderdome style fight and the Mad Max 1-style ending, this film was obviously inspired by this series.

Quantum of Solace dispensed with the character development of Casino Royale and Skyfall and just got into the action and never really let up. It is probably the most action packed Bond of them all and if one likes non-stop action, this film is for you. SPECTRE I assume will be more like Craig's other 2 films and there is a lot of character development here about Blofeld, how he is connected to Bond's past and why Bond and the secret service have not been aware of SPECTRE/Quantum for years.

eviltimeban

It's not gonna be 3 hours long.

Goldstein

Red King wrote: »

It looks set to be the first Bond theme to reach number 1 in the charts.

Meanwhile Bond fans people with ears seem to think it is the worst theme yet.

FYP
It really is a truly terrible song.

BuilderPlumber

Goldstein wrote: »

FYP
It really is a truly terrible song.

I thought Duran Duran went to No. 1 with A View to a Kill. Guns & Roses took their cover of Live and Let Die to No. 1 too I thought??

Kev W

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

I thought Duran Duran went to No. 1 with A View to a Kill. Guns & Roses took their cover of Live and Let Die to No. 1 too I thought??

Duran Duran got to no. 1 in Ireland and the US and no. 2. in the UK.

The Guns N Roses cover wouldn't count anyway but only got to 5 in the UK. I can't find its Irish chart position but it wasn't no. 1 and it made something like 33 in the US.

Red King

GNR at their peak could have made a very interesting Bond theme.

Red King

Sam Smith has secured the Uk No: 1 this week.

Avatar MIA

Says more about the state of the charts than anything else.

StringerBell

Red King wrote: »

Sam Smith has secured the Uk No: 1 this week.

It is just a mockery and indictment of how charts are these days.

Course, all you have to do is sell about 3000 copies now to get close to number 1

Red King

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4_48wELLSM