Director
Martin Campbell
and new 007
Daniel Craig
brought an earthy tenacity to the increasingly showy and predictable
James Bond
franchise with
Casino Royale
, by taking the martini-slamming secret agent back to his roots, or more specifically, his very first mission. This afforded
Tomorrow Never Dies
and the
World Is Not Enough
tunesmith
David Arnold
the perfect opportunity to reinvent the dated
spy
music (sappy love themes, endless
orchestral
bursts accompanying a speeding boat or snowmobile, the inevitable three-note guitar motif that has become more effective in television commercials and parody films than in the real thing) that has long been associated with the character, an opportunity that now awaits the next composer in line. ~ James Christopher Monger