Thomas Newman will compose the score for Skyfall
David Arnold has composed the scores for the last five Bond movies, but he is unavailable this time around, due to his position as the musical director for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Thomas Newman has scored over 50 feature films in his career, and has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards. His latest work includes scores for The Adjustment Bureau, The Help, and The Iron Lady.
Skyfall comes to theaters November 9th, 2012 and stars Ralph Fiennes, Daniel Craig, Helen McCrory, Javier Bardem, Tonia Sotiropoulou, Bérénice Marlohe, Judi Dench, Naomie Harris. The film is directed by Sam Mendes.
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MovieWiz001
I wonder how he does action?
5 months agoby @moviewiz001Flag
Oliver Jolliffe
I love this! no offence David arnold but your replacement excites me. Newman is a brilliant composer and has worked with mendes allot so they have a closeness. This movie is going to be classic!
5 months agoby @Oliver-JolliffeFlag
K-Man
Wow, that's weird. I was just watching American Beauty (literally just turned it off 10 minutes ago), which is another Sam Mendes film composed by Thomas Newman. One of the things that you, or at least I, always notice immediately about that film is how Thomas Newman's music ties in well with Mendes's style of filmmaking. It compliments every scene so perfectly. Same thing goes for Road to Perdition......it just works.
Anyways, as soon as I finished watching it I started wondering if Sam Mendes was going to continue using Newman, who seem to work together on everything, simply because a James Bond film is so different in comparison to the films they usually collaborate on (I think what I mean to say is, James Bond is a bit more mainstream than some of Mendes' other films that Newman worked on) and I didn't know if he was going for an overall different feel or if he wanted bring Newman on and see what he could do with it (I personally like the second option).
Well, know we know and I'm SO glad that he is using Newman. The two are an amazing team and I cant wait to see what BOTH of these guys bring to the Bond franchise. This only heightens my anticipation for the film!
The song: Arose - Thomas Newman is, hands down, the best song in American Beauty and it works so perfectly in the scene! Listen to the link below and tell me that you don't feel like you are dreaming or in a trance. AMAZING!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHj70JA89s0&list=FLzq3KDQ5_XCffrgszjBLidg&index=1&feature=plpp_video
5 months agoby @k-manFlag
JohnPreston
It would be nice if MovieWeb credited where it got its news stories, almost copied and pasted this time.
www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=9922
5 months agoby @JohnPrestonFlag