Talking about David Arnold… Is the film being scored already or will it only happen later in editing? My question is because the film score usually has some tone of the main title song and if it is being scored then maybe they could be revealing the singer/song soon.
i’d say they have been working on bits and pieces assuming Romer is still composing, but safe to assume that it won’t have a Barry or TND Arnold level interpolation of the main theme
They certainly have assembled a rough cut (the recent pick up shots might have been a result from that or planned in advance for small details) and for that they will have put on a temp score (put together from other scores, but since Romer was announced a couple of months back he might have already put down some demos for it, too).
With a release date in April it will be important to have the film ready in March at the latest. Now, composers unfortunately most of the time have only a few weeks to do the score to the final edit. Which means: probably in February/early March the score has to be written and recorded. Which also means: they must have a composer (if not Romer) signed.
Since for the last three decades the song was mostly done by artists favored by the record label attached to the distributor it is unfortunately not a given for the score to use that melody. But I´m sure an artist has been chosen already and will be revealed as the next step in the PR strategy, probably in January. The song itself will be released in March (always ahead of the film).
If Romer indeed has been replaced or will be replaced in February (should his score be considered as not working) it will be highly interesting which composer can be brought in to work under this time constraint.
The Zimmer factory now has a connection to EON through “The Rhythm Section”, and since Hans & Co are team collaborators they can always be relied on to deliver on time. Personally, I rather like Zimmer when he has time and a director like Nolan who does not allow him to give greatest hits mixes…
I hope we dont get the Zimmer factory - Zimmer himself is busy with Dune (Tenet is scored by Ludwig Goransson). I’m pretty sure Romer is still around and the rumours were just a bunch of wishful thinking from people who heard one score of his they didn’t like
This past week Eilish did a cover of “New York, New York” for Apple TV’s The Morning Show. I didn’t want to risk posting a YouTube link of it here but you can easily search for it. Shows her range a little more…
As much as I loved Quantum, I thought Alicia Keyes and Jack White were terrible but apparently they managed to top themselves with that one. Bravo
Adele was in the spotlight for a while and so was Sam Smith. Billie Eilish is a very seasonal affair. I would be genuinely surprised if EON went that route
Hard to know, EON do seem to take pitches from people the director and studio want, which is where Radiohead’s Spectre came from. She may well have pitched, but odds are against us ever hearing it, even if she did.
I love shirley bassey but she is not necessarily the barometer of good music
Billie Eilish is fine - I’m not convinced that James Bond would particularly benefit from her participation, nor would she/her management see the value of associating her with James Bond (not convinced there is much crossover fanbase) - but give her an orchestra and a twangy guitar and im sure she could do just as good a job as Sam Smith.
haha i know i try to every day - but she genuinely seems perfectly talented - not exactly the right fit for Bond neccessarily, but shes young and creative and is doing well so kudos to her for that - shes actually not too dissimilar to Shirl when she started, in being young and provocative lyrically. I love that she doesn’t know or care who Van Halen are and wish I lived in such a world sometimes