Never Say Never Again Eon Edition (* unfinished project *)

For those that are disappointed with the change in direction from Goldeneye to Never Say Never Again, I am sorry.

The fact of the matter is, Never Say Never Again got a proper HD treatment, Goldeneye did not.

My computer isn’t the best with HD, but it is James Bond, not Star Wars.

I will be making a new intro sequence for this movie. I don’t want to be lazy and use the Thunderball sequence. I’m treating this as a separate film.

Thankfully with it being a Connery bond, I can go all brass and class with the soundtrack. I will be using Barry tracks, and a few outside sources. I’ve actually got the gut of my soundtrack compiled.

No I will not use the Never Say Never Again song in this film. Yeah, the Phyllis Hyman version is good, but if I’m going to go the Eon Bond route, I’m going all out.

Sure it’s the 80’s in this Bond, but aside from the technology, it still seems retro at points, so I’m going to play that up.

The Aluminum Falcon said:

Excellent work, EyeShotFirst! I never really felt Eric Serra's score worked particularly well (not a particular fan of his work in general). This is a great musical substitute. I always felt Goldeneye was really a traditional Bond film, that mysteriously lacked the traditional Bond-esque score. Keep up the good work.

Thanks, I'm going to do a lot more extensive work. It's going to take a while with working, but thankfully my computer is a lot faster than it used to be, so editing isn't going to kill me.

WheresBlackhawk said:

How about other Barry scores with a Bond-ish feel to create some character themes... like The Specialist? 

Does anyone even remember that movie anyway?
(I only remember that it was bad, but the music SOUNDED like a Bond flick)

I don't know if I've even seen that movie. I'll look into it.

WheresBlackhawk said:

It's a Stallone flick.

You can hear soundtrack clips on amazon.

That will be perfect for Goldeneye. Thanks for the heads up!!!

For other soundtracks, try King Kong (76) Out of Africa, Peggy Sue Got Married, Black Hole.

In the past, I have taken the non-theme cues from Moonraker, Octopussy, and A View to a Kill, and broken them up removing and saving the sections with standard Barry like bond motifs and flourishes, and discarding anything that would would refer to the films main title or other character's themes.  Then I would edit and mix the saved Bond bits into the cues from King Kong (76) Out of Africa, Peggy Sue Got Married, Black Hole. 

This would leave me with new original bond cues by John Barry.

Remember that you just need to remove all the motifs and flourishes that would identify what movie the cue is from by the Main title or character themes.

Just keep the generic bits, and jumble them together adding the Bond theme into the mix when required...

Hope that made sense .  

Edit: you might also want to use some sections and bits from cues on the "The Deep" and "Dances With Wolves" soundtracks for darker sections of the film.  

I haven't abandoned this project guys. I'm waiting for the blu ray LOL.

Updated!

Have you seen the "Never Say McClory Again" edit? It's a good place to look for ideas; based on the fact that you said you're not simply putting in the Thunderball intro I'm guessing you have.


Am I the only person who wasn't too impressed with the NSNA blu screens I've seen? The skintones are so orange sometimes. Then again, maybe it's just how it was filmed; the '80s could get really weird sometimes.

The Aluminum Falcon said:

EyeShotFirst said:

Updated!

Excellent. Most excellent. The fan edit bkev mentions definitely is worth checking out for ideas. Blofeld's Cat made his edit like a tribute to the series, using music from each movie.

Personally, I'd love to see Connery act to this theme (yes, I know it's associated with another bond but its classic Barry).

Good luck on this!

You're gonna like this edit then. All the music is going to be from Dr. No to Diamonds are Forever.

This Bond while set in the 80's, isn't going to be an 80's movie. this is Connery Bond. The music will bring it where it belongs.

SilverWook said:

Any idea what you'll use for the the title song? Is it possible to mix and rearrange the textless title sequences from the UE DVD's together to make a new sequence?

Damn shame they dropped those from the Blu Rays.

I didn't even know NSNA was out of print already, and commanding bloated prices on Ebay. :(

I've got the title song already planned out. My plan is to create an all new title sequence. It won't be easy, but After Effects should help me some.

SilverWook said:

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

If there was only a way to put the real M, Q, and Miss Moneypenny into the movie. ;)

That's the one sad thing about it. Even finding a way to get the aston martin in the film would be cool.

OperationBedlam said:

There's a deleted scene from TWINE that has the DB5 driving to the funeral after the credits.  You could use it as an alternate Shrublands arrival scene perhaps.

 

 

There were too many people there, but....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcFS3vOvCQI&hd=1

So basically this edit is going to be an AVCHD. Sorry, I can't do blu ray. Most likely I'll be doing this in 720p. If I had a more capable computer, I'd go 1080.

I'm debating on gritting it up and aging the look and sound of the film. Not a full blown grindhouse, but a little tarnish.

I'm in the middle of a big move, so I haven't gotten much time, but I have done some work to it.