Tomorrow Never Dies (soundtrack)

Infobox Album
Name= Tomorrow Never Dies
Type= soundtrack
Artist= David Arnold


Released=Start date|1997|11|27
Recorded=1997
Genre=
Length=
Label=A&MExtra chronology 2
Artist= James Bond soundtrack
Type = Soundtrack
Last album = "GoldenEye"
(1995)
This album = "Tomorrow Never Dies"
(1997)
Next album = "The World Is Not Enough"
(1999)
Misc= Extra album cover 2
Upper caption=
Type= soundtrack


Lower caption=Cover of 2000 release

"Tomorrow Never Dies" is the soundtrack of the 18th James Bond film of the same name.

David Arnold composed the score of "Tomorrow Never Dies", his first full Bond soundtrack. Arnold came to the producer's attention due to his successful cover interpretations in "" — which featured major artists performing classic James Bond title songs.

The theme tune was chosen through a competitive process. There were approximately twelve submissions; including songs from Swan Lee,
Pulp, Saint Etienne, Marc Almond, Sheryl Crow and David Arnold.cite video | people = | year =2006 | title =James Bond's Greatest Hits | url = | medium =Television | location =UK | publisher =North One Television] Sheryl Crow's song was chosen for the main titles while David Arnold's song "Surrender" featuring k.d. lang was used for the end titles. "Surrender," written by Arnold with lyrics by Don Black is a bold, classic-style James Bond theme song. Both songs have the phrase "tomorrow never dies", making this the only film with two legitimate theme songs.

The score itself follows John Barry's classical style in both composition and orchestration, together with modern electronic rhythms present in most cues. In addition, themes from "Surrender" appear in various places throughout the score, mainly in the action cues, but it can also be heard in the dramatic "All in a Day's Work" track.

The DVD version of the film has an "isolated music track" allowing the viewer to watch the film with just the background music.

Scoring of the film had not been completed when the soundtrack was released so on Start date|2000|1|11 a second album was released by Chapter III Records which removed the theme songs, Moby's Bond theme remix and "Station Break", and had additional music, as well as an interview with David Arnold. [cite web|title=Tomorrow Never Dies |url=http://www.bondmusic.de/english/Disc-TomorrowNeverDies.html |accessdate=2008-02-10 |work=Bond Music]

Track listing

All music was composed by David Arnold, except where noted.

1997 release

#"Tomorrow Never Dies" – Sheryl Crow (Sheryl Crow, Mitchell Froom) – 4:47
#"White Knight" – 8:30
#"The Sinking of the Devonshire" – 7:07
#"Company Car" – 3:08
#"Station Break" – 3:30
#Paris and Bond" – 1:55
#"The Last Goodbye" – 1:34
#"Hamburg Break In" – 2:52
#"Hamburg Break Out" – 1:26
#"Doctor Kaufman" – 2:26
#"*-3-Send" – 1:17
#"Underwater Discovery" – 3:37
#"Backseat Driver" – Propellerheads – 4:37
#"Surrender" – k.d. lang (David Arnold, Don Black) – 3:56
#"James Bond Theme" – Moby – 3:12

2000 release

#"White Knight" – 8:29
#"Sinking of the Devonshire" – 7:06
#"Company Car" – 3:07
#"Paris And Bond" – 1:55
#"Last Goodbye" – 1:33
#"Hamburg Break In" – 2:53
#"Hamburg Break Out" – 1:24
#"Doctor Kaufman" – 2:27
#"*-3-Send" – 1:15
#"Backseat Driver" – 4:34
#"Underwater Discovery" – 3:36
#"Helicopter Ride" – 1:34
#"Bike Chase" – 6:44
#"Bike Shop Fight" – 2:42
#"Kowloon Bay" – 2:27
#"Boarding the Stealth" – 4:38
#"A Tricky Spot for 007" – 2:48
#"All in a Day's Work" – 5:09
#"Exclusive David Arnold Interview" – 11:02

References