“I’m such a huge fan of the interpolation of the song into the score and for it to hold hands with a composer… whenever I listen to a John Barry song, I feel the movie and the entirety of it.”
DAVID ARNOLD
As Pierce Brosnan’s best Bond bullet Tomorrow Never Dies marks its twenty-fifth anniversary, Mark O’Connell talks in-depth to five-times Bond composer David Arnold about his musical influences, his landmark 1997 Shaken and Stirred album and who nearly appeared on its musical bill, what makes a good Bond song and score, his love for k.d. lang’s 007 anthem and working with Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.
“If you do it honestly and enthusiastically with a real sense of knowing that the film is king and an awareness of its history — but also the possibilities of its future – you can do your best stuff.”
DAVID ARNOLD on scoring the bond films
A big musical thanks to David Arnold and k.d. lang for their time, insight, Bond candour and artistry.
For more chat with Arnold and singer k.d. lang, Mark O’Connell talks to both artists about joining Bond’s jukebox of immortality, their favourite 007 anthems and their experiences taking on Commander Bond’s musical baton for Yahoo Movies :
