MI6 has it on good authority that the five-time 007 composer David Arnold is not signed on to score the 23rd James Bond film, Skyfall.
Arnold, who has composed music for every Bond adventure since 1997′s Tomorrow Never Dies has the prestigious job of musical directing the 2012 Olympics in London.
In his place EON has purportedly sought out American Thomas Newman, who has worked on a number of Sam Mendes productions to date.
His credits include: American Beauty, Road to Perdition and more recently The Help and The Iron Lady.
Legendary Bond composer John Barry passed away last year – whoever fills the position has a immense task ahead of them with the standards set by both Arnold and Barry, stalwarts of 007 music.
About Skyfall – James Bond 23 (2012)
The new Bond movie will star Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Albert Finney and Judi Dench, produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The 007 screenplay will be written by regular James Bond scribes Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, working with John Logan (Gladiator & The Last Samurai). Director of American Beauty and Road To Perdition, Sam Mendes will be directing the new James Bond movie. MGM and Sony Pictures Entertainment in a joint statement on 2nd June 2011 announced that “Bond 23″ will go on release in the UK on Friday, 26th October, 2012 and in the USA on 9th November 2012. The first major announcement from EON Productions and Sony Pictures came on 3rd November 2011 in London when the principle cast was announced, along with a rough plot line. In Skyfall, Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
#1 by alan funkle on 4 January 2012 - 4:41 pm
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legendary composer arnold? personaly for me the bond series has sucked since they canned john barry’s beautiful cool bond music after Moore. They tried to get it back with the weakly scored Goldeneye (the last mediocre bond movie). Brosnan had the cool bond voice, its a pity he didnt have the john barry music to go with it instead of the watered down barry music.
If bond doesnt return barrys score its like watching star wars without the john williams music. much ado about nothing and a stale horse gone on long before its due date. Music is 80% of a franchise series. Most sequal franchises tank after they drop original music (terminator, star trek, superman etc.).
#2 by alan funkle on 4 January 2012 - 11:49 pm
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no he is not. learn to voice your opinion and not tell others what thiers are. that is what i do when i make statements on the web. this is why i say personaly for me.
#3 by Rick Pannell on 5 January 2012 - 9:22 am
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Personally, I’m sorry to see that David Arnold is not scoring this movie, although I think his best work was Tomorrow Never Dies (which would have been even better if they had used the kd lang song for the opening credits – it contained the “hooks” that were used throughout the score). Good luck Mr. Newman (any relation to Randy?).
#4 by Grant M on 6 January 2012 - 9:38 am
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Newman is an absolute master of his craft. Not surprised he’s on board given previous connections with Mendes but listen to the score for American Beauty, Shawshank Redemption and Road to Perdition….it’s some of the most memorable music in recent movie history and certainly added a lot of atmosphere and feeling to the scenes…a great addition to what is already a stellar gathering of talented professionals.