why did the Bond films...

...never take Americans seriously until Spy Who Loved Me?

Seriously, the hicks they had on Diamonds are Forever and Live and Let Die are just ridiculous...

and i'll repeat what i said last time...

Michael Kamen's work on License to Kill, where he mixes his typical but impressive strings work like on the Lethal Weapon films with variations on the Bond theme (by both him and Eric Clapton) is brilliant.

Fortunately today, I don't have any meetings so I'll get a chance to hear more of David Arnold's work (after the less than impressive Goldeneye score)...

update: I like.  A LOT.  I'm not a huge fan of drum machine stuff, but Arnold (and Oakenfeld in Die Another Day) really make it work over the layers and variations Arnold has done with the Barry material.