SPECTRE theme song released - Writing's On The Wall by Sam Smith
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This sums it up well. I actually really enjoy the instrumental for the song and his vocals are fine until the falsetto. That just kind of kills it. It doesn't sound good at all.
But that one line is killing me. "I never shoot to miss." I mean... who does shoot to miss? It's like he wanted to work in a line about guns because it's a Bond film but that just sounds really dumb. It's really not an awful song like some people are saying but it's just a little baffling with some of the decisions they made while making it like the falsetto. I think it will sound fine if you watch it during the movie but as a single, it just doesn't really hit you as being a great song.
But I think half the people were bound to be disappointed and blasting whatever the song was regardless of who sang it because Skyfall was such a good one. And probably because it's Sam Smith and I'm assuming there are plenty of people who don't care for him. Did people really get this worked up over the Quantum of Solace song?
Bu bu but terrible villain, writing and plot.
Bu bu but ruining the mystique of Bond with an entire location centered around his past with no emotional impact.
Bu bu but awful death scenes.
wait, holy shit, that's why some people don't like skyfall? .. really?
I always thought it was something.. I don't know, more deep than that? that's hilarious. Skyfall was fine.
obin_gam
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Since when has internet rage been deep?
PsihoPerihelion
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There's some nice, classic Bond orchestrations in there, but the lyrics and his FUCKING VOICE kill any enthusiasm you can have for this song. You picked wrong, Bond producers.
Still the GOAT.
Still the GOAT.
obin_gam
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And they can still do it as good live today as they did back then: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4hGkULRCcg
lol, so defensive.
anyway, the other stuff you say is valid criticism. just saying home alone isn't valid though.
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Messypandas
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Quantum of Solace was called Another Way to Die GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT
it's just another way to shit
paradise_circus
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In some alternate universe Marian Hill will do the James Bond song.
Writings on the wall sounds like a James Bond song though... it's neither good nor bad.
Writings on the wall sounds like a James Bond song though... it's neither good nor bad.
I think it is. The home alone element came off goofy as fuck. Arming M via traps etc should never occur in a Bond film, ever.
crazyrabbits
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The funny thing is that before Craig, the last Bond to try the "dark and serious" route (Dalton) got raked over the coals by people because they expected him to be lighter and funnier like Moore.
Craig's version is the closest to the books, which a lot of people don't seem to get. Hell, Skyfall is practically the character verbatim - he gets the job done, but fucks it up horribly (and loses lots of people) in the process.
That being said, the ending of Skyfall made it clear (if not a homage) that things would be getting back to more familiar ground via the Universal Exports office.
Bish, some people in here claim it's better than Skyfall's theme. Lock the door, set the light bulb traps, grab the chainsaw.
Yes, listen to the very first words:
I've been near
The word near got autotuned way too much lol. Can't believe that got through.
Listened through it, thought it was a really weak song, after Casino Royales "You Know My Name" and Skyfalls "Skyfall" this just feels like a wet blanket. There's a serious lack of oomph or punch to the song, I said in a topic many months ago that I didn't like Sam Smith and really don't want him to be singing the song, it's nice to know I feel kind of vindicated, I think it will be one of my most disliked bond themes.
I would have even preferred they went against tradition and just got Adele again, at least it would have been a hearty ballad instead of this whimper of a song we got instead. Or Chris Cornell, or hell, both, or Ellie Goulding like rumoured, or anyone else with a different song.
How very disappointing, I hope the song doesn't speak for the quality of the film. CR and SF both had great themes and were great films, QoS had a terrible one and was rather naff.
I would have even preferred they went against tradition and just got Adele again, at least it would have been a hearty ballad instead of this whimper of a song we got instead. Or Chris Cornell, or hell, both, or Ellie Goulding like rumoured, or anyone else with a different song.
How very disappointing, I hope the song doesn't speak for the quality of the film. CR and SF both had great themes and were great films, QoS had a terrible one and was rather naff.
mariachi507
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These "Home Alone" comments are starting to annoy me. It's starting to seem like the go-to comment when someone wants to criticize the film but doesn't quite know what to say. The traps sequence takes up a total of two to three minutes of screentime, and Skyfall has plenty of issues that can be picked apart.
Edit: Seems like I'm not the only who's noticed.
QuicheFontaine
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Well, it's meant to be "here", but he's a mumbler
Jawmuncher
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I'm still a really big fan of the Die Another Day theme from Madonna, it's ridiculous but I still love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfvD_brrrTc
Also thought the Everything or Nothing theme from Mya for the game was good as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65r86dOSPIY
Guess I just like the stuff that sounds different. Not of fan of the slower pieces that have been with bond for awhile now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfvD_brrrTc
Also thought the Everything or Nothing theme from Mya for the game was good as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65r86dOSPIY
Guess I just like the stuff that sounds different. Not of fan of the slower pieces that have been with bond for awhile now.
mariachi507
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Why not? She's there, might as well be useful. It's not like they were chucking bricks or paint cans at Silva's guys. She flips a light switch which causes these makeshift shrapnel filled grenades to take a few people out, then she uses her gun.
On to the topic of the thread. The song is just bland as bland can be. The strings are nice and Bond-like, but that's about all its got going for it.
I don't think I'll ever intentionally listen to the song again, apart from when I watch the film
By contrast, I listen to A View to a Kill and On Her Majesty's Secret Service all the time because the former is a perfect example of what a bond song should be and the latter is unrelentingly badass.
Oh, speaking of OHMSS's theme...at least that's coming back in SPECTRE. Oh shit yes.
By contrast, I listen to A View to a Kill and On Her Majesty's Secret Service all the time because the former is a perfect example of what a bond song should be and the latter is unrelentingly badass.
Oh, speaking of OHMSS's theme...at least that's coming back in SPECTRE. Oh shit yes.
redmetal86
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You could even say "blinding heights".
Nah, its another good one.
The three title themes David Arnold wrote (Surrender, TWINE and You Know My Name) were all great and expertly woven throughout the main score of the films too.
Not remotely.
Not really, no.
A View to a Kill is one of the worst films, yet the best theme song of the series.
Diamonds are Forever is a terrible film, yet has a really good theme.
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