“Adrenaline” closes with Eastern-flavored electro kinetics. Newman’s knack for injecting orchestral organics with elements of electronic music is prevalent throughout the Skyfall score-especially in the outstanding “Komodo Dragon.” There, the classic Bond theme song resonates through a grand orchestra, while off in the distance the pitter-patter of mechanized rhythms slowly builds and overtakes the movement in the middle. In “Quartermaster,” the near-human voices of grainy woodwinds rub against the labyrinthine logic of looped electronic textures. This is balanced by the following “Voluntary Retirement,” where soft brass arrangements swell and exhale alongside the gradual layering of skittering rhythms. “Grand Bazaar, Istanbul” opens with an air of urgency as dramatic orchestral strikes bite and snap over a foreboding trill and hints of Eastern music tones. 2 Text Bold by House Industries, with some erosion effect added. The film title on the poster was likely designed using a font called Neutraface No. In the film, James Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as a former MI6 operative called Raoul Silver comes back to haunt her. 2012’s Skyfall was the first James Bond film scored by Thomas Newman, who also soundtracked The Shawshank Redemption, Road to Perdition, Away We Go, and Finding Nemo. Skyfall is the 23 rd spy film in the James Bond series.
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