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Skyfall (soundtrack)
''Skyfall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is the 2012 soundtrack album to the 23rd James Bond Skyfall, film of the same name. Released by Sony Classical on 29 October 2012 in the United Kingdom and on 6 November 2012 in the United States, the music was composed by Thomas Newman. This is Newman's first Bond soundtrack, making him the ninth composer to score a Bond film. The score won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, BAFTA Award for Best Film Music at the 66th British Academy Film Awards. In 2013, it became one of two Bond scores to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 85th Academy Awards. The other to be nominated was the The Spy Who Loved Me (soundtrack), score from ''The Spy Who Loved Me (film), The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977). Development Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced on 9 January 2012 that Thomas Newman, frequent collaborator of ''Skyfall'' director Sam Mendes, would score ''Skyfall''. On describing how the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Newman
Thomas Montgomery Newman (born October 20, 1955) is an American composer, conductor and orchestrator. He is best known for his film scores, earning accolades of six Grammy Award, Grammy Awards, an Emmy Awards, Emmy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Film Awards, and 15 nominations for Academy Awards. In a career that has spanned over four decades, he has scored numerous films including ''The Player (1992 film), The Player'' (1992), ''The Shawshank Redemption'' (1994), ''Meet Joe Black'' (1998), ''American Beauty (1999 film), American Beauty'' and ''The Green Mile (film), The Green Mile'' (both 1999), ''Pay It Forward (film) , Pay It Forward'' (2000), ''In the Bedroom'' (2001), ''Road to Perdition'' and ''White Oleander (film), White Oleander'' (both 2002), ''Finding Nemo'' (2003) and its sequel ''Finding Dory'' (2016), ''Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (2004), ''Cinderella Man'' (2005), ''WALL-E'' (2008), the ''James Bond'' films ''Skyfall'' (2012) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spy Who Loved Me (film)
''The Spy Who Loved Me'' is a 1977 spy film, the tenth in the List of James Bond films, ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It is the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond filmography, James Bond and the second to be directed by Lewis Gilbert. The film co-stars Barbara Bach and Curt Jurgens. The screenplay was by Christopher Wood (writer), Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum, with an uncredited rewrite by Tom Mankiewicz. The film takes its title from Ian Fleming's 1962 novel ''The Spy Who Loved Me (novel), The Spy Who Loved Me'', the tenth book in the List of James Bond novels and stories, James Bond series, though it does not contain any elements of the novel's plot. The storyline involves a reclusive megalomaniac named Karl Stromberg who plans to destroy the world and create a new civilisation under the sea. Bond teams up with Soviet Union, Soviet agent Anya Amasova to stop Stromberg all while being hunted by Stromberg’s powerfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macau
Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by population density, densely populated region in the world. Formerly a Portuguese Empire, Portuguese colony, the territory of Portuguese Macau was first leased to Portugal by the Ming dynasty as a trading post in 1557. Portugal paid an annual rent and administered the territory under Chinese sovereignty until 1887, when Portugal gained perpetual colonial rights with the signing of the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking. The colony remained under Portuguese rule until the 1999 handover to China. Macau is a Special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of China, which maintains separate governing and economic systems from those of mainland China under the principle of "one country, two systems".. The unique blend of Port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Craig
Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968) is an English actor. His accolades include two National Board of Review Awards, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. After training at the National Youth Theatre in London and graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1991, Craig began his career on stage. He began acting with the drama '' The Power of One'' (1992), and had his breakthrough role in the drama serial '' Our Friends in the North'' (1996). He gained prominence for his supporting roles in films such as '' Elizabeth'' (1998), '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001), '' Road to Perdition'' (2002), ''Layer Cake'' (2004), and ''Munich'' (2005). Global stardom came from his portrayal of secret agent James Bond in the action film '' Casino Royale'' (2006), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He reprised the role in four subsequent instalmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bond (literary Character)
Commander (Royal Navy), Commander James Bond is a character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the protagonist of the ''James Bond'' series of List of James Bond novels and stories, novels, James Bond in film, films, James Bond (comics), comics and James Bond in video games, video games. Fleming wrote twelve Bond novels and two short story collections. His final two books—''The Man with the Golden Gun (novel), The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1965) and ''Octopussy and The Living Daylights'' (1966)—were published posthumously. The character is a Secret Intelligence Service, Secret Service officer, code number 00 Agent, 007 (pronounced "double-O[]-seven"), residing in London but active internationally. Bond was a composite character who was based on a number of British Commandos, commandos whom Fleming knew during his service in the Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom), Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Know My Name
"You Know My Name" is the theme song of the 2006 James Bond film '' Casino Royale'', performed by American musician Chris Cornell, who wrote and produced it jointly with David Arnold, the film's composer. The track was leaked onto the internet on September 20, 2006, and later released as an official single on November 13, 2006 through Interscope Records. It was not included in the ''Casino Royale'' soundtrack, but appeared on Cornell's 2007 second solo album, '' Carry On''. The film producers chose Cornell because they wanted a strong male singer. Cornell and Arnold tried to make the song a replacement theme for the character instead of the "James Bond Theme" reflecting the agent's inexperience in ''Casino Royale'', as well as an introduction to Daniel Craig's grittier and more emotional portrayal of James Bond. It was a hit throughout Europe, reaching the top 10 in eight countries, including No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart. It sold 148,000 copies in 2006 in the UK, and has sold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Cornell
Christopher John Cornell ( Boyle; July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017) was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and the primary lyricist for the rock music, rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. He also had a solo career and contributed to numerous movie soundtracks. Cornell was the founder and frontman of Temple of the Dog, a one-off tribute band dedicated to his late friend, musician Andrew Wood (singer), Andrew Wood. Several music journalists, fan polls and fellow musicians have regarded Cornell as one of the greatest rock singers of all time. Cornell is considered a key figure of the 1990s grunge movement with an extensive songwriting history, a nearly four-octave vocal range and a powerful Belting (music), vocal belting technique. Cornell released four solo studio albums, ''Euphoria Morning'' (1999), ''Carry On (Chris Cornell album), Carry On'' (2007), ''Scream (Chris Cornell album), Scream'' (2009), and ''Higher Truth'' (2015); the live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adele
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (; born 5 May 1988) is an English singer-songwriter. Regarded as a British cultural icon, icon, she is known for her mezzo-soprano vocals and sentimental songwriting. List of awards and nominations received by Adele, Her accolades include 16 Grammy Awards, 12 Brit Awards (including three for Brit Award for British Album of the Year, British Album of the Year), an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. After graduating from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a record deal with XL Recordings. Her debut album, ''19 (Adele album), 19'', was released in 2008 and included the UK top-five singles "Chasing Pavements" and "Make You Feel My Love#Adele version, Make You Feel My Love". ''19'' was named in the top 20 best-selling debut albums ever in the UK. She received the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Adele released her second studio album, ''21 (Adele album), 21'', in 2011. It became the world's List of best-selling albums of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyfall (Adele Song)
"Skyfall" is a song recorded by British singer Adele for the James Bond film of the same name. It was written by Adele and producer Paul Epworth and features orchestration by J. A. C. Redford. Eon Productions invited the singer to work on the theme song in early 2011, a task that Adele accepted after reading the film's script. While composing the song, Adele and Epworth aimed to capture the mood and style of the other Bond themes, including dark and moody lyrics descriptive of the film's plot. "Skyfall" was released at 0:07 BST on 5 October 2012 as part of the Global James Bond Day, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of '' Dr. No'', the first James Bond film. "Skyfall" was praised for its lyrics, production and Adele's vocal performance, with numerous music critics and publications ranking it among the best Bond themes. The song was a global success, topping the charts in eleven countries and reaching the top five in various other regions. It peaked at numb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casino Royale (2006 Soundtrack)
''Casino Royale: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''. The soundtrack to the 2006 film '' Casino Royale'' was released by Sony Classical on 14 November 2006. The music was composed by David Arnold and is Arnold's fourth soundtrack for the popular James Bond movie series. Frequent collaborator Nicholas Dodd orchestrated and conducted the score. Development Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced on 26 July 2006 that Chris Cornell, the former Audioslave and Soundgarden lead singer, composed and would sing " You Know My Name", the '' Casino Royale'' title song. Cornell collaborated with David Arnold who composed the film's score. Cornell was first reported to be writing and performing the song on 20 July 2006 by the Finnish newspaper ''IltaАЬА-Sanomat''. "You Know My Name" is the first theme song since "All Time High" by Rita Coolidge from 1983's ''Octopussy'' to use a different title than the film, and Cornell is the first male performer since a-ha (in 1987' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony
The closing ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympics, also known as A Symphony of British Music, was held on 12 August 2012 in the Olympic Stadium, London. The chief guest was Prince Harry representing Queen Elizabeth II. The closing ceremony was created by Kim Gavin, Es Devlin, Stephen Daldry, David Arnold and Mark Fisher. The worldwide broadcast began at 21:00 BST (UTC+1) and finished on 13 August 2012 at 00:11, lasting three hours and eleven minutes. The stadium had been turned into a giant representation of the Union Flag, designed by Damien Hirst. Around 4,100 people partook in the ceremony; which reportedly cost £20 million. The 2012 Summer Olympics were officially closed by Jacques Rogge, who called London's games "happy and glorious." The ceremony included a handover to the next host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro and saw the Olympic flame extinguished and the Olympic flag lowered. The main part of the evening featured a one-hour symphony of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Arnold
David Arnold (born 23 January 1962) is an English film composer whose credits include scoring five James Bond films (1997-2008), as well as ''Stargate'' (1994), ''Independence Day'' (1996), ''Godzilla'' (1998), '' Shaft'' (2000), '' 2 Fast 2 Furious'' (2003), '' Four Brothers'' (2005), ''Hot Fuzz'' (2007), and the television series '' Little Britain'' and '' Sherlock''. For ''Independence Day'', he received a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television, and for ''Sherlock'', he and co-composer Michael Price won a Creative Arts Emmy for the score of " His Last Vow", the final episode in the third series. Arnold scored the BBC / Amazon Prime series ''Good Omens'' (2019) adapted by Neil Gaiman from his book '' Good Omens'', written with Terry Pratchett. Arnold is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. Career While attending a Sixth Form College in Luton, Arnold became friends with director Dann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
