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The David Arnold James Bond Project Shaken And Stirred
PROPELLERHEADS GAVE THE MAIN THEME FROM ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE THE PROPULSIVE TREATMENT, SPAWNING THE ALBUM’S SOLE UK TOP 10 SINGLE IN THE PROCESS
"Without Bond music, you haven’t got a Bond film,” David Arnold once told the BBC. The Grammy-winning composer would know, having scored all five of 007’s missions from Tomorrow Never Dies to Quantum Of Solace. But he first aligned himself with the ageless secret agent on a star-studded tribute to the contrasting eras of supersuave Sean Connery and unashamedly hammy Roger Moore.
Arnold insists that 1997’s Shaken And Stirred wasn’t a concerted attempt to throw his hat into the James Bond ring but simply a fun way of honouring the sweeping, cinematic John Barry arrangements that he grew up listening to. Whatever the intentions, Barbara Broccoli was impressed enough with its 11 revamps to offer him the soundtrack gig for Pierce Brosnan’s second outing: cue the start of the franchise’s most musically adventurous, and often most divisive, period (see Madonna’s Die Another Day as proof).