Spectre title song - Writing's on the Wall

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  • Posts: 3,164
    Skyfail wrote: »
    antovolk wrote: »
    First music video with film footage since TND, I believe.


    Casino Royale's had film footage too



    Ahh okay, I stand corrected then.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    The World Is Not Enough also had film footage, but to be precise, there are two versions around, one with the footage, one without it.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    Why was there no official video for Skyfall?
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    edited October 2015 Posts: 11,139
    There was.

    It was a lyric video
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    edited October 2015 Posts: 4,585
    doubleoego wrote: »
    There was.

    The video I have often seen was the "lyric" video. Was that the official video?

    BTW, folks: playing that WotW video crashed my browser both times...on separate computers. I think I'd proceed with caution.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    Indeed it was.
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    I mentioned it on different thread, I might as well mention it here: I love everything about the song, except Sam Smith's voice.
  • Posts: 198
    Wow, from what I just saw in Sam Smith's music vid I am stunned by Lea Seydoux... I get the impression she might be a fantastic successor to the fabulous Diana Rigg! And the imagery of the scenes I saw were also stunning, fantanstic!
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    That was amazing. I even liked Smith's vocals this time. I keep having Spectre dreams and getting teased with new footage only makes me want to see it more. :P
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    WOTW has hit the charts globally quite nicely, it will stay for a long time in the charts because once Spectre opens many people will go and download it immediately after seeing the movie.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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  • SandySandy Somewhere in Europe
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    Very, very pleased with the video! The images just add to the song beautifully, I'm officially sold /:)
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    FYI the official release of the video on Smith's YouTube channel is at 0:07AM UK time.
  • Posts: 183
    Watching the video definitely enhanced the song for me-and I quite liked it before. And @doubleoego I agree, THAT kiss will not have had Mendes saying "cut, cut, guys can we inject a bit more passion into it please"!

    The video put a whole new spin on the song too. According to SS himself it is from Bond's perspective but the video shows to me you can happily take it from the Bond woman's perspective too.
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    Will watch the video tomorrow. Need sleep!!!! I-)
  • Trigger wrote: »
    Watching the video definitely enhanced the song for me-and I quite liked it before. And @doubleoego I agree, THAT kiss will not have had Mendes saying "cut, cut, guys can we inject a bit more passion into it please"!

    The video put a whole new spin on the song too. According to SS himself it is from Bond's perspective but the video shows to me you can happily take it from the Bond woman's perspective too.

    Agreed as well. I'm liking the song more now with those sensual scenes of Bellucci and Seydoux. What a lucky actor Craig is!

    I'm very happy to see a proper music video this time around, even if Smith is still not my cup of tea. But he is less annoying on video than I expected.
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
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    While I'm never going to be it's biggest fan, I've warmed a little more to the song and can see in the context of the film how it will work to a degree.

    The video does give it a better showcase, just very pumped for the film and as I'm not colour grading expert this element is not going to bother me, I'm just looking forward to seeing the film not doing a thesis on it.
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    Trigger wrote: »
    Watching the video definitely enhanced the song for me-and I quite liked it before. And @doubleoego I agree, THAT kiss will not have had Mendes saying "cut, cut, guys can we inject a bit more passion into it please"!

    The video put a whole new spin on the song too. According to SS himself it is from Bond's perspective but the video shows to me you can happily take it from the Bond woman's perspective too.

    You really 'feel' how incredible the acting is there. And Sam Mendes is right. And I always wanted it / said it: NOT just Bond girls for the good looks only please. Not just too many new breakthrough-actors please. I want beauty AND terrific experienced actors. And it's already showing off.
  • I gather the song took Sam Smith 20 minutes to write.
    20 minutes?
    THAT long??
    Sorry, in my opinion the 'Writing's on the Wall' for this latest and hugely disappointing Bond title song. But, what do I know? - the song's already No 1 in the UK hit parade, the first Bond theme to top the UK charts! UNBELIEVABLE!
  • marketto007marketto007 Brazil
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    antovolk wrote: »
    First music video with film footage since TND, I believe.

    We had footage from the film in You Know My Name as well. :)
  • does the music video have any spoilers?
  • Posts: 187
    I gather the song took Sam Smith 20 minutes to write.
    20 minutes?
    THAT long??
    Sorry, in my opinion the 'Writing's on the Wall' for this latest and hugely disappointing Bond title song. But, what do I know? - the song's already No 1 in the UK hit parade, the first Bond theme to top the UK charts! UNBELIEVABLE!

    You're not wrong. Sam Smith may claim the charts don't lie and that may make a song popular but it doesn't make it good. Gangnam Style speaks for itself.

  • Posts: 187
    doubleoego wrote: »
    km16 wrote: »
    Still not sold. The only thing interesting about that video was the newish footage from the film. The song (along with the clips they chose) make it look like some sorta mushy camp crap from Twilight. In fact, nothing about that music video screamed "James Bond" to me at all.

    You are aware that love and romance plays a significantly huge role in the Bond mythology?As such, that's the aspect SS focused on, which whether anyone likes it or not, is as much as being completely Bondian as the AM or PPK or any other typical or cliché trope in the lore are.

    Rrrrrrrrrright. I'm well aware that sex and women play a role in the James Bond canon but romance? All of like, what, three times maybe? And even then he gets weird and hesitant and finds them overly annoying at points and has trouble committing meanwhile this song and the clips they picked to play leave the impression that our dear 007 is some sweeping storybook romantic like, as I said previously, some BS out of an MTV-esque Twilight montage. Sorry, gag. Maybe Sam Smith's vision of 007, but not accurate.

    I cold go into a whole spiel here about how even with Tracy he was sorta forced into the situation as a means to get closer to Blofeld. I'd call it more in the heat of the moment smitten than full blown love, finding some resemblance of happiness in an f-ed up situation and clinging to it.

    And to that point, Bond cannot love. His profession doesn't allow it so this sort've sappy, melodramatic love ballad sticks out like a sore thumb. Bond's life will never allow such a thing to exist and at best, if this film does by chance feature a sweeping love story, the 'lover' in this equation will either be gone by next film or killed in some spectacular fashion either on or off screen.

    That's just the way it goes.
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    km16 wrote: »
    doubleoego wrote: »
    km16 wrote: »
    Still not sold. The only thing interesting about that video was the newish footage from the film. The song (along with the clips they chose) make it look like some sorta mushy camp crap from Twilight. In fact, nothing about that music video screamed "James Bond" to me at all.

    You are aware that love and romance plays a significantly huge role in the Bond mythology?As such, that's the aspect SS focused on, which whether anyone likes it or not, is as much as being completely Bondian as the AM or PPK or any other typical or cliché trope in the lore are.

    Rrrrrrrrrright. I'm well aware that sex and women play a role in the James Bond canon but romance? All of like, what, three times maybe? And even then he gets weird and hesitant and finds them overly annoying at points and has trouble committing meanwhile this song and the clips they picked to play leave the impression that our dear 007 is some sweeping storybook romantic like, as I said previously, some BS out of an MTV-esque Twilight montage. Sorry, gag. Maybe Sam Smith's vision of 007, but not accurate.

    I cold go into a whole spiel here about how even with Tracy he was sorta forced into the situation as a means to get closer to Blofeld. I'd call it more in the heat of the moment smitten than full blown love, finding some resemblance of happiness in an f-ed up situation and clinging to it.

    And to that point, Bond cannot love. His profession doesn't allow it so this sort've sappy, melodramatic love ballad sticks out like a sore thumb. Bond's life will never allow such a thing to exist and at best, if this film does by chance feature a sweeping love story, the 'lover' in this equation will either be gone by next film or killed in some spectacular fashion either on or off screen.

    That's just the way it goes.

    I smell troll on you.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited October 2015 Posts: 23,883
    km16 wrote: »
    doubleoego wrote: »
    km16 wrote: »
    Still not sold. The only thing interesting about that video was the newish footage from the film. The song (along with the clips they chose) make it look like some sorta mushy camp crap from Twilight. In fact, nothing about that music video screamed "James Bond" to me at all.

    You are aware that love and romance plays a significantly huge role in the Bond mythology?As such, that's the aspect SS focused on, which whether anyone likes it or not, is as much as being completely Bondian as the AM or PPK or any other typical or cliché trope in the lore are.

    Rrrrrrrrrright. I'm well aware that sex and women play a role in the James Bond canon but romance? All of like, what, three times maybe? And even then he gets weird and hesitant and finds them overly annoying at points and has trouble committing meanwhile this song and the clips they picked to play leave the impression that our dear 007 is some sweeping storybook romantic like, as I said previously, some BS out of an MTV-esque Twilight montage. Sorry, gag. Maybe Sam Smith's vision of 007, but not accurate.

    I cold go into a whole spiel here about how even with Tracy he was sorta forced into the situation as a means to get closer to Blofeld. I'd call it more in the heat of the moment smitten than full blown love, finding some resemblance of happiness in an f-ed up situation and clinging to it.

    And to that point, Bond cannot love. His profession doesn't allow it so this sort've sappy, melodramatic love ballad sticks out like a sore thumb. Bond's life will never allow such a thing to exist and at best, if this film does by chance feature a sweeping love story, the 'lover' in this equation will either be gone by next film or killed in some spectacular fashion either on or off screen.

    That's just the way it goes.
    Fair points.

    I said a little while back that this was getting tiresome from my perspective. When we look back on the DC run, we'll have Vesper, and then apparently someone else, within the space of '4' films. It seems a little excessive given what has come before. Nevertheless, if that's the way they want to play it with DC, and if that's how he wants his run to go (I'm sure he had quite a say in this) then so be it. I don't think they should have gone this route personally, because it makes it difficult for the next actor....since DC seems to have monopolized the 'meaningful relationship' angle/card.

    I've not seen the video (don't intend to) & am assuming that this 'romance' will not pervade the entire film (at least I hope to god not). This is likely being done to 'sell records' and create hype for the film. As I said before, if it does that job, then it's a job well done.

    As long as I don't hear that song again until movie night, I shall remain positive and enthusiastic about this film.
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    doubleoego wrote: »
    That kiss really looks like Craig and Belluci put their back's into it. I'm calling it now, that's going to be the best Bond...James Bond line since Connery's Dr.No introduction.
    That Brozzer line (put your back into it) was one of Broz's best moments, followed shortly by "no they left a long time ago" or something to that effect.
    Re Bond James Bond, we shall see. Maybe.
    Meantime I have all of Sean's utterances of the line tied for first.

  • edited October 2015 Posts: 725
    I too am starting to come around a bit. I can now see that the song is exactly what Mendes and EON wanted. They did not want a harder edged song, they wanted a lush, romantic song with a catchy melody line to no doubt emphasize what is happening in the film. The video helped to put that in perspective for me after I watched it a few times as it helped put the emphasis on the visuals of Bond and the Bond girls, and off of Smith's singing. I guess Smith gave EON the style of song they wanted, and they liked the fact that he is both British, and very much the flavor of the month.

    So his voice just bothered me a lot less in the video, also although I'm not a Smith fan, I guess I'm just getting more use to the song which does have a distinct melody. The song should work even better when it is playing over DK's no doubt brilliant opening credits, and those visuals should be what the audience will be focused on, not Smith who will be even more in the background than in the video. I still think it would have sounded better with a strong female voice, but it is what it is.
  • marketto007marketto007 Brazil
    edited October 2015 Posts: 3,277
    Finally online.

  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    I like how he doesn't mouth the final two words.
  • Posts: 2,599
    Nice music video. Great how they didn't use any action sequences. For a Bond film one would be hard pressed to find too many character driven scenes for the music video.
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