Who knew?
“They contacted me and I went and met [English film composer known for his Bond work ] David Arnold, and he played me the all the multitracks from the sessions, and I just took away whatever sounds I wanted. I think I had, like, a day to make this piece of music — the deadline was really tight. A week later it was on at the premiere. It was a little bit weird for me because the kind of melodies and riffs they use in the James Bond music is so different from what I’d normally use. You just couldn’t get away from the James Bond–ness of it. It was just, like, there, in every little string sound I was given. But I guess that’s the point in some ways.”
We’re trying to think of some thing good to say about this because Mr. Kieran Hebden aka experimental electronic musician/producer Four Tet is great, but “Quantum of Solace” was pretty much forgettable and so bad even someone we love like Matthiew Amalric (the main villain), came off as a wailing fool. File under: things we should’ve known we probably were just too lazy to discover at the time. A bad movie will do that to you. Someone should tap Hebden’s amazing beat prowess and extraordinary sonic collages for a film score, but Bond? Hmm, maybe not so much. [Vulture]
