THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH – David Arnold
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton The nineteenth James Bond film, The World Is Not Enough, is significant for two reasons. Firstly, it marks the only the third occasion in history that the same actor...
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Original Review by Jonathan Broxton You know, I’m beginning to think that David Arnold is running out of ideas. When he burst onto the film music scene in 1996/97 with Stargate, Independence Day and so...
View ArticleCASINO ROYALE – David Arnold
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton When you think about it in terms of numbers, the James Bond franchise is pretty damn impressive. 007’s screen history reaches back 40 years, comprises 21 movies, and...
View ArticleQUANTUM OF SOLACE – David Arnold
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton The re-boot given to the James Bond franchise with Casino Royale in 2006 was possibly the best thing that could have happened to 007. The film itself was arguably...
View ArticleSKYFALL – Thomas Newman
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton Coming in to write the music for your first James Bond movie must be a massively daunting task. In composing the score for Skyfall, Thomas Newman – the multi-Oscar...
View ArticleA VIEW TO A KILL – John Barry
THROWBACK THIRTY Original Review by Jonathan Broxton A View to a Kill is the fourteenth official film in the James Bond canon, and the seventh and last to star Roger Moore as the fictional British...
View ArticleSPECTRE – Thomas Newman
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton The 24th official James Bond film, the fourth starring Daniel Craig, and the second directed by Sam Mendes, Spectre apparently concludes a four-movie storyline,...
View ArticleTHE LIVING DAYLIGHTS – John Barry
THROWBACK THIRTY Original Review by Jonathan Broxton The Living Daylights is the fifteenth entry in the James Bond film series and the first to star Timothy Dalton as the British secret agent. Dalton...
View ArticleGOLDFINGER – John Barry
100 GREATEST SCORES OF ALL TIME Original Review by Craig Lysy Producers Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman wished to capitalize on the burgeoning success of the Bond franchise, but could not proceed...
View ArticleLICENCE TO KILL – Michael Kamen
THROWBACK THIRTY Original Review by Jonathan Broxton The second – and last – James Bond film to star Timothy Dalton was 1989’s Licence to Kill, directed by John Glen from a screenplay by Michael G....
View ArticleNO TIME TO DIE – Hans Zimmer
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton After what feels like an eternity, wherein the film suffered delay after delay after delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 25th James Bond film No Time To Die has...
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