Synchronicity strikes again! Just as I was about to reach the soundtrack for Casino Royale in my collection, Patrick (H) Williams just so happened to release a video essay about Daniel Craig's five film run as James Bond. At time of writing it is only available on Nebula, but might have moved over to You Tube by the time somebody discovers and reads this particular entry.
Then again, nobody is reading blogs all that much anymore. Are they?
What was interesting was how the shadow of 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service was cast over the Craig era from the very beginning.
Composer David Arnold described his score for Casino Royale as a being serious and dramatically rooted, as the film's grounded and character focused approach did not allow for any tongue-in-cheek frivolity or outright silliness.
Arnold also said his score was something of a close musical cousin to John Barry's music for On Her Majesty's Secret Service, in that the James Bond theme was not used for color or punctuation at any point during the film proper and was used only for the end credits. Which makes for an awesome album closer as well.
There were no liner notes for this Sony Masterworks CD release, but trumpet player Derek Watkins did get a loving shout out congratulating him on performing his 21st Bond movie score. That means Watkins' trumpet can be heard in every single EON Bond from Dr. No right through to Casino Royale. An impressive and charming piece of movie music trivia.
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