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Cowbell! We need more cowbell!!
I don't think there was a bad gunbarrel until the Craig era.
Eh I think Die Another Day’s was pretty ludicrous because of that bullet.
I have updated the OP with some better links, and replaced a dead one. I've also improved certain descriptions of the gunbarrels. You can use that post as a reference guide to create a list that contains a ranking of the gunbarrel music of the 25 James Bond films produced by EON Productions. Use the criteria of your choice. Here's a few suggestions:
-Quality of arrangement
-Originality of arrangement
-Consistency of the gunbarrel music with the rest of the respective film score
-Suitability of the gunbarrel music to the onscreen footage
-Suitability of the gunbarrel music for the style and tone of the film
-"Timelessness" of the gunbarrel music
-Quality of composition (for gunbarrels that don't use the James Bond Theme)
-Simple musical enjoyment
Please send the list via private message to me within the next two weeks (just click on my username, and in the top right, click the message button). Deadline is November 25, 2023.
(Please avoid posting the list here in order to preserve the surprises until after the game is concluded.)
After November 25, I'll take your lists (and mine), create the unified ranking and reveal each gunbarrel from lowest ranked to highest ranked. Hopefully, that'll create an interesting discussion.
Have fun and leave any questions you might have below this post!
For instance I like the TLD gunbarrel in its totality, but musicwise it isn't the most notable one...
Yes, we're playing the long game here!
It's a tough task because the gunbarrel music, to me, is the most hopeful, anticipatory moment of any Bond film, even those that don't deliver...
I had a hard time ranking them myself.
You're welcome @goldenswissroyale!
Same. TBH, I really don't care for the music cutting to the concluding chords of the Bond theme after the gun is fired. I prefer the guitar/strings melody played for 4 bars as Barry usually had it.
John Barry's traditional format works better, IMO than any other arrangement.
This gunbarrel music ranking should prove ridiculously easy for me.
I have received five lists so far. With my own, we have six. Four more people on this thread have manifested their interest in submitting lists.
Deadline is November 25, so one week to go. Remember to send me your list if you haven't done so! And if you're just reading this for the first time, we could also use your list!
Three people who expressed interest in participating have yet to send their lists!
Anyime.
Anyway, time to begin revealing the ranking. You'll find that, since 10 votes isn't that much, we have run into a few ties.
Our lowest-ranked gunbarrel music is Number 21...
SKYFALL
The highest ranking it achieved was 6th place, and the lowest ranking was 25th place. In fact, apart from that 6th place, all the other participants ranked this gunbarrel music between the 22nd and 25th place. Not a lot of love for this one!
Converting the ranking to a score, Skyfall scored a total of 39 points.
I ranked it 23rd. It's a very cool arrangement of the Bond theme, but I don't like the fact it's the B-section we hear, instead of the typical guitar part. The fact the music is tracked from Casino Royale, instead of being a new recording, is another negative.
What do you think? Time to share your thoughts!
I blame Mendes.