James Bond - THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS Analysis

[Ludwig 1,000]

After THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS, John Barry left the Bond series because he felt limited by the constraints of keeping within the Bond style, but funnily enough, there are as many new and further developed ideas in this score as in any other, and perhaps even more:

http://www.filmmusicnotes.com/john-barrys-james-bond-scores-part-5-of-6-the-living-daylights/

[Wycket 36]

He would have done GoldenEye if they paid him what he wanted. While I would have loved to see what he would have done with that film, at least he went out with a great score. Thanks for the right up, there's some good stuff there.

[Ludwig 1,000]

He would have done GoldenEye if they paid him what he wanted. While I would have loved to see what he would have done with that film, at least he went out with a great score. Thanks for the right up, there's some good stuff there.

Yes, and he was in talks to do Tomorrow Never Dies as well, but they offered him a lower-than-top-dollar fee and also wouldn't have allowed him to participate in writing the song. So he was out once and for all.

Glad you liked the article. I really admire the simplicity of Barry's ideas. IMHO, the best pieces of music are always based on simple ideas.