Even from just the samples of the new Moonraker release, it's evident some of John Barry's score was hacked up in the film.
You can hear it in the Freefall and I Bid You Farewell samples. The Freefall sample contains a parts of the Bond theme we don't hear in the film edit, and I Bid You Farewell has the accompanying percussion dialled out in the film edit.
Barry was famously unhappy with how his score was dubbed. I used to think it was just the mix he was complaining about.
When I heard music in the Freefall sample that was not in the film edit, I went back to study the film. I'm convinced that the film edit takes just one segment of John Barry's recorded cue and repeats it, so it's on slice played twice.
I can't wait to hear the full cue on the CD to confirm my suspicion.
Edit: since posting, Moonraker CD producer Neil Bulk has confirmed my suspicion. He's also stated the same thing happened with the Globes Destroyed cue.
He's also confirmed there are six unused cues (albeit likely short) on this CD.
That's going to make this CD even more of a revelation than we might have thought.
I discovered the John Barry 'Moonraker' reel-to-reel tapes in tea chests in a lock-up garage at Pinewood Studios in 1990, when I was given carte blanche to sort through all EON Productions' storage facilities to create an exhibition for a weekend convention I produced there.
Even from just the samples of the new Moonraker release, it's evident some of John Barry's score was hacked up in the film.
You can hear it in the Freefall and I Bid You Farewell samples. The Freefall sample contains a parts of the Bond theme we don't hear in the film edit, and I Bid You Farewell has the accompanying percussion dialled out in the film edit.
Barry was famously unhappy with how his score was dubbed. I used to think it was just the mix he was complaining about.
When I heard music in the Freefall sample that was not in the film edit, I went back to study the film. I'm convinced that the film edit takes just one segment of John Barry's recorded cue and repeats it, so it's on slice played twice.
I can't wait to hear the full cue on the CD to confirm my suspicion.
Edit: since posting, Moonraker CD producer Neil Bulk has confirmed my suspicion. He's also stated the same thing happened with the Globes Destroyed cue.
He's also confirmed there are six unused cues (albeit likely short) on this CD.
That's going to make this CD even more of a revelation than we might have thought.
#Moonraker #JohnBarry
I discovered the John Barry 'Moonraker' reel-to-reel tapes in tea chests in a lock-up garage at Pinewood Studios in 1990, when I was given carte blanche to sort through all EON Productions' storage facilities to create an exhibition for a weekend convention I produced there.
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