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50 Years of Bond: ‘Skyfall’ Score proves Thomas Newman as a versatile composer

Skyfall Composed by Thomas Newman Sony Classical November 6th 2012 It’s been 25 years since John Barry scored The Living Daylights, his final Bond movie, and since then, every composer who’s tackled a Bond score has tried to step out of his shadow, with varying degrees of success. David Arnold racked up 5 Bond movies …

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Theme song for newest Bond movie ‘Skyfall’, performed by Adele, now released

The tradition of iconic songs accompanying the release of every movie in the Bond franchise is a tradition as old as the franchise itself, gaining its own level of importance over the years. Performers such as Tom Jones, Chris Cornell, Madonna, Tina Turner, Carly Simon, A-Ha, Louis Armstrong, and Paul McCartney have performed songs for …

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007 Meets ‘American Beauty’: Mendes Officially Onboard for Bond 23

Escaping the shackles of bankruptcy, the Bond franchise has managed to see the light of day with a film green-lit for 2012, provisionally titled Bond 23. After a critically disappointing sequel (Quantum of Solace), Sam Mendes (American Beauty) has been officially announced to direct new life into Bond’s world of espionage. This will not be …

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New Bond film on ice…for now!

With MGM studios hemorrhaging money and it’s future bleak, Bond producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli have stopped development of the next James Bond film which had been scheduled for release sometime next year. “Due to the continuing uncertainty surrounding the future of MGM and the failure to close a sale of the studio, we …

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