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Ordered of course. Quite the upgrade.

I suspect it's likely s different recording (for the soundtrack CD). If not, perhaps the song consisted of more than one recording, or had she looping of the instrumental material for the song? The full instrumental for the song was released on the sing's CD single, and it's funny that it has a bleed-through of some kind with the vocals very quietly audible. While I would prefer to have a properly mastered instrumental of the song, I'm not going to miss it with the album instrumental version presented, and the song included in the right place on CD 1.

I know that LLLR has a good relationship with David Arnold, so that gives me hope for Casino and Quantum. Hopefully Casino will include the film version / mix of You Know My Name, IMHO one of the best songs. What an amazing time to be a Bond score fan.

The 3 remaining anniversary scores for this year would be fantastic for a Black Friday batch. Or sooner of course.. But the 2027 anniversary projections would be AMAZING. Seeing the Craig bond scores tackled is an excellent surprise.

Having the song in with the score (it wasn't on the OST as everyone here knows) is really cool. As usual, LLLR put out a definitive release. The additional material is also excellent, IMHO (I really like Thomas Newman's Bond scores, I know many are less enthused by them). I'm hoping later this year they release more classic Bond scores (I suspect some are on the way). I was pleasantly surprised to see Craig-era scores being tackled.

Been listening to this one. Lots of fun. Sounds great also.

Mine is awaiting shipment. I have a tracking number. So they're working through them as usual. We'll get it when we get it, and they are working as fast as they can.

I was basing my speculation on the way recording license fees have a recording date cutoff that (if I remember correctly) made it financially unfeasible to release. If it can be done, I'll be very happy. 8 Classics to go.

Based on @Jay's summary, it looks like we're at this stage: 2025: A View To A Kill (40th) - Missed, might be coming. GoldenEye (30th) - Missed, might be coming. Spectre (10th) - Missed, might not be possible (too new) 2026: Diamonds Are Forever (55th) - We got it !! Yay !! For Your Eyes Only (45th) - Might be coming Casino Royale (20th) - Might be possible, but perhaps too new? No Time To Die (5th) - Too new, unlikely. 2027: Dr. No (65th) - I think inevitable, but nothing can be added. You Only Live Twice (60th) - I think this is coming. The Spy Who Loved Me (50th) - Likely coming.. The Living Daylights (40th) - This is probably coming. Skyfall (15th) - I think too new. 2028: From Russia With Love (65th) - Inevitable, but not expandable unfortunately. Quantum of Solace (20th) - Probably too new. It's fun reading the tea leaves, and I'm hoping we get all of the classic 20 scores in La-La Land's amazing style. Timing is always wonky due to delays of al sorts, but La-La Land are doing an amazing job in producing definitive versions of these scores, and I'm listening to some of these scores for the first time isolated from the films.

That Moonraker release was phenomenal.

Cool. Ordered of course. Samples sound great!

I can tell you the LLL set is fantastic for all the scores and I think they are all pretty much definitive. If you want a one-and-done presentation of the classic Ape scores, this is it.

Ah, gotcha.

The text "00 status confirmed" says he's a newly minted double-oh, two kills (first messy, second easier "considerably"). So that tells me he's a double-oh after the opening credits. Not sure what "fully fledged" would mean beyond that.

I don't think we know how much time has passed between Quantum and Skyfall, and we also don't know how many missions he would have been on. There is also dialog in Casino Royale reminding the audience that the life expectancy of a double-oh is very short, which speaks to how dangerous and grueling it is to be a double-oh. It would have been nice to have a lot of adventures on the screen between Quantum and Skyfall, but it does show a logical progression for the character to be far more seasoned at least. It serves as a kind of thematic thread for Skyfall showing that the old can be made new, and yet also bring forward the best of what came before if that makes sense. I think the film does it's best to take the more contemporary takes on James Bond's world to redirect to some of the more classic elements (the old office, Moneypenny, re-introducing an older style Q) so that more classic style adventures could take place. Of course SPECTRE and NO TIME TO DIE basically run through where the classic adventures would be more fittingly retold, but the idea was there.