Contents
- 1 James
Bond
- 2 Other
work
- 3 References
- 4 External
links
James Bond
Arnold was a Bond fan from an early age and also a fan of Bond
composer John Barry. In 1997
Arnold produced Shaken
and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project,
an album featuring new versions of the themes from various James Bond
films. The album featured a variety of contemporary artists including Jarvis
Cocker, Chrissie Hynde and Iggy Pop; a
version of You Only Live Twice by Björk was recorded
but not included on the album. John Barry, the
composer of many of the themes on the album, was complimentary about
Arnold's interpretation of his work; "He was very faithful to the
melodic and harmonic content, but he's added a whole other rhythmic
freshness and some interesting casting in terms of the artists chosen
to do the songs. I think it's a terrific album. I'm very flattered."
Barry contacted Barbara Broccoli, producer of the
then upcoming Tomorrow Never Dies,
to recommend Arnold as the film's composer.
He has scored the three subsequent films; The World Is Not Enough,
Die Another Day
and Casino Royale.
As well as the scores Arnold also co-wrote the themes for The
World Is Not Enough, Casino Royale and
the end title music for Tomorrow Never Dies.
Other work
David Arnold wrote the Björk-performed song "Play Dead" for the 1993 movie The Young Americans (film)
(his first film score). The following year he scored Stargate
(1994) and the year later Last of the Dogmen (1994). After
writing the score for Independence Day, Arnold
wrote the score to the 1998 film adaptation of Godzilla.
Other projects David Arnold has worked on include: A
Life Less Ordinary (1997), Wing Commander (1999) (Themes
only), The Musketeer (2001), Changing
Lanes (2002), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), the remake
of The Stepford Wives (2004), Four
Brothers (2005), and Hot Fuzz (2007).
Arnold also composed the theme music for several British
television series, including the 2000 remake of Randall and Hopkirk
(Deceased) and Little
Britain. Arnold appeared in a Little
Britain episode as one of the advisors of the Prime Minister
(portrayed by Anthony Stewart Head). In 2001,
he provided a new arrangement of Ron Grainer's Doctor Who
theme music for a series of audio dramas from Big Finish Productions. That
same year, he composed the music for the film Zoolander.
He has recently completed work with Massive
Attack, Natasha Bedingfield, Chris
Cornell and Shirley Manson.
Arnold is the second cousin of Irish singer-songwriter
Damien
Rice. He is not related to British composer Sir
Malcolm Arnold and should not be confused with David Arnold, a
former player and current conductor for the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra who is also involved in writing, arranging and producing
music for radio, television and films.
References
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Burlingame, Jon. "Bonding with the Score: David Arnold blends the
traditional with the modern in music for 'Tomorrow Never Dies.'", Los
Angeles Times, Times Mirror Company, 1997-12-18. Retrieved on
2007-01-01.
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Macnee, Patrick (Narrator). The Bond Sound: The Music
of 007 [DVD (Documentary)].
External links
Preceded by
Éric Serra
1995 |
James Bond film score composer
1997–current |
Succeeded by
Incumbent |
v • d • e
The James Bond title
themes
"Official" (EON Productions) films
John Barry & Orchestra
"James
Bond Theme" • Matt Monro "From Russia with
Love" • Shirley Bassey "Goldfinger" •
Tom Jones "Thunderball" • Nancy
Sinatra "You Only Live
Twice" • John Barry "On Her
Majesty's Secret Service" • Shirley
Bassey "Diamonds Are
Forever" • Paul McCartney & Wings
"Live and Let Die" •
Lulu
"The Man with the
Golden Gun" • Carly Simon "Nobody
Does It Better" • Shirley Bassey "Moonraker" • Sheena
Easton "For Your Eyes
Only" • Rita Coolidge "All
Time High" • Duran Duran "A View to a Kill" •
a-ha "The Living
Daylights" • Gladys Knight "Licence To
Kill" • Tina Turner "GoldenEye" •
Sheryl
Crow "Tomorrow Never
Dies" • Garbage "The World Is Not
Enough" • Madonna "Die Another Day" • Chris
Cornell "You Know My Name"
"Unofficial" (licensed, non-EON)
films
Herb
Alpert and the Tijuana Brass "Casino Royale" • Lani Hall "Never
Say Never Again"