What makes the Bond musical ‘sound’?
This week Warren Ringham of Q The Music returns to the show to talk about the James Bond sound and his life as a performer dedicated to 007. We discuss the challenge of composing an original Bond-esque song as Warren has just completed his first composition. Along the way we tackle mainstream journalists writing about Bond music; Bond themes as a snapshot of their musical era and embracing the contemporary; melody replaced by rhythm and ambiance in much modern film scoring; Newman’s scores and where to from here with Zimmer; and the atmospheric scoring of Moonraker, Thunderball and From Russia With Love.
We then transition to Warren’s personal story, growing up in a musical family, attending Music college and then 15 years of building the Q the Music tribute band. He notes the particular challenge of arranging the Bond music for his group and his commitment to creating an authentic Bond sound; Q the Music’s little flourishes or takes on some of the Bond themes; the buzz of the live performance; writing and performing a 20 minute medley for the 50th Anniversary event at Piz Gloria; and what might happen if he met his musical hero.
The recording took place in the UK and New Zealand.
Paul Atkinson is a co-founder of MI6-HQ.com and the magazine MI6 Confidential
Warren Ringham is the founder of Q The Music (qthemusicshow.com)
This podcast is copyright Pretitles LLC © 2020
Music credit 'Spy & Die' by Jay Man
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0154: Tomorrow’s News Today
0153: Unmade Bond 17 (1991)
0152: The Lost Adventures
0151: Unmade Bond 17 (1990)
0150: There Is No Substitute
0149: Unmade Warhead
0148: The Lost Daylights Tape
0147: Unmade Bond 24
0146: Happy Anniversary Mr. Bond
0145: Debrief: No Time To Die
0144: Double Or Nothing
0143: Debrief: Spectre
0142: Debrief: Skyfall
0141: Debrief: Quantum of Solace
0140: Debrief: Casino Royale
0139: Debrief: Die Another Day
0138: Debrief: The World Is Not Enough
0137: Debrief: Tomorrow Never Dies
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