Goldeneye: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack From The United Artsits Film
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Composer: Eric SerraEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); Russian (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1995-11-14
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
- Goldeneye - Tina Turner
- The Goldeneye Overture: Part 1: Half Of Everything Is Luck/Part 2: The Other Half Is Fate/Part 3...
- Ladies First
- We Share The Same Passions: Part 1: The Trip To Cuba/Part 2: The Same Passions
- A Little Surprise For You: Part 1: Xenya/Part 2: D.M. Mychkine
- The Savernaya Suite: Part 1: Among The Dead/Part 2: Out Of Hell/Part 3: The Husky Tribe
- Our Lady Of Smolensk
- Whispering Statues Part 1: Whispers/Part 2: Two Faced
- Run, Shoot, and Jump
- A Pleasant Drive in St. Petersberg
- Fatal Weakness
- That's What Keeps You Alone
- Dish Out Of Water: Part 1: A Good Squeeze/Part 2: The Antenna
- The Scale To Hell: Part 1: Boris And The Lethal Pen/Part: 2: I Am Invincible
- For Ever, James
- The Experience Of Love
Music reviews of Goldeneye: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack From The United Artsits Film
Music Review: Golden Soundtrack
Rating: 5 Stars
This is one of the Best Bond Soundtracks out there. Barry is great but people can go different from the "norm" of Bond music and Serra did that, making Goldeneye the movie that it was, the edgy, suspenseful and dark 90s Bond film.
The synth just makes it so dark and intense that I love listening to it. All of the tracks are good, some are a bit tedious at points but all have highlights.
1. GE Overture - As Golrush said, he likes this and I do too, and I never noticed the Goldfinger homage until I thought about it, and it was used to great effect. The timpani gives it quite a modern sound showing that Bond is in the 90s but also an intense and "sneaky-sneaky" feeling.
2. Ladies First - This track could also be called the "Everyone except JFF hates this" track. It's a fun, bouncy piece that shows that the race is intense yet somewhat relaxed at the same time, it also outlines the glamour and sexiness of Xenia and also Bond showing how similar they are.
3. We Share The Same Passions - Beautiful love theme created by Serra with a lush orchestral backing and it oozes romance and picturesque locales, like the beach in Cuba and Monte Carlo.
Golrush, where you read about the piece being "too beautiful" is on Bondsmellsarat, I go there too. I think it's great personally and Serra struck gold here.
@Golrush: Could you please tell me where I could find info on Altman and his affiliation with the "romance" tracks?
4. A Little Surprise For You - Sleek. That's the word to describe the front half of this cue. It just screams out, technology is around us and at the same time that it's being put to bad use. It also shows the suspense of them hijacking it and Bond being captured. The second half is the march into the Archives, and though it's harder to hear in the film, it's very well done, especially the chanting and the drums which adds to the overall eerieness and seriousness of the scene.
5. The Severnaya Suite - A very Barry-esque track with some deep sounding brass backing up the beautiful strings, reminiscent of We Share The Same Passions, only in a more suspenseful way. Beauty once again outlining Natalya's triumph over the baddies.
6. Our Lady of Smolensk - Created to outline the Russian Orthodox church that Natalya's out with chimes and chanting backing the synth, it's a very creepy and unsettling track, and quite effective in the scene, only sad thing is it's too short to really capture full enjoyment.
7. Whispering Statues - A suspenseful first half with Russian chanters outlining the "something's not right about all this" aspect in the scene at the statue park. The synth piano kicks in at 1:37 with some creepy yet beautiful melodies that work so well you just love 'em.
8. Run, Shoot, And Jump! - Action track that is so wonderfully used in the sequences during the film as it has blaring noises all the way round and is even a pleasant thing to listen to, to boot with the pseudo brass and the looming strings.
9. A Pleasant Drive in St. Petersburg - The most controversial track in the Bond franchise, allegedly so hated by the producers that they got Altman to do the real thing. Well, here's what I think. Serra composed something great right here but it's use in the tank chase is a YES! However, when he crashes through the wall, it should open with a brassy Bond theme and then fade into the intended track, as when I watched a YouTube rescoring of it, it surprisingly worked very well, and does way better than that weird brass track (it has this weird Russo-Asian thing going on that I just don't want to talk about...).
10. Fatal Weakness - The suspense of the impending doom of the train and the hostage situation with Natalya is done well here with the held out synth instruments and the increased tempo toward the end.
11. That's What Keeps You Alone - Another rendition of We Share The Same Passions played in a much more bold way. Very effective in the analyzing of Bond and the love scene thereafter.
12. Dish Out of Water - A very catchy tune is placed here for the fight with Xenia and I love it. Then the dish rises and you have synth and what sounds like brass working together to create a "DUN DUN DUN, IT'S THE SATTELITE" feeling.
13. The Scale to Hell - Another pretty much unused track in the movie, as the "Boris Pen" part was replaced by Fatal Weakness and the Cradle Fight was replaced by Run, Shoot, And Jump! but it's a good listen. The Boris Pen would work pretty well I think, but for the Cradle Fight, while it's good to listen too, is once again a bit too relaxed for two former friends going at it for a final time when the world's safety is on the line.
16. The Experience of Love - Another knocked track, Serra's song is mellow but I still think it's very nice.
Why do people bash this score? Because it's not Barry? Because it's techno/synth and might become dated? It's so stupid, because all the music here is brilliant. Barry is wonderful, don't get me wrong, MR, OP, AVTAK and especially TLD are among the best in the series, but doesn't it all get tedious after awhile? Here's a Barry album. Yay, orchestra, more orchestra, trumpets, hey the Bond theme, hey the theme song, hey THE BOND THEME, that never gets old at all. Arnold is worse, specifically in DAD, or shall I call it "If I run out of things to do, I'll just put MORE BOND THEME!" It's not like Christopher Walken was there pressuring him to add "More, More Bond Theme!" and while the Bond theme is essential, Arnold butchered it in TWINE and DAD.
Serra's is among the best, and you naysayers just need to listen carefully because it fits in with the dark, sleek and cool feel of the movie.
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