Casino Royale Genre
- I am heartened to know that Casino Royale, first published in 1953, was the first James Bond book James Bond. This is my first Ian Fleming's (1908-1964) novel about MI6 agent called James Bond.
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Casino Royale is a great, gripping spy thriller and arguably the finest of all the James Bond films. While it is slightly too long and a little too candid with some of its product placement, it. M explained how Bond's next objective was to thwart and frustrate Le Chiffre's desire to recoup his losses. He had set up a high-stakes poker tournament/game of Hold 'Em at the Casino Royale in Montenegro located in SE Europe ('Ten players, $10 million dollar buy-in, $5 million rebuy. Winner takes all, potentially $150 million').
It’s tough to say that a movie franchise generating revenue in the hundreds of millions per picture is in need of an overhaul. But the Bond pictures have been stale and predictable for years. In certain ways this is unavoidable. Bond is a super-hero, and the action genre, of which these movies are a sub-set, has a tendency to deteriorate into a string of stunts and action set pieces.
The obvious difference that accounts for the revitalization of the Bond franchise is getting a new actor to play the part. But the crucial changes in the new Bond have nothing to do with acting or directing and everything to do with story structure. Put simply, the writers have moved the character away from god and myth and toward the real and the dramatic.
This shift is apparent right from the start when the film establishes the new Bond’s physical bona fides. Which is a fancy way of saying this guy can believably kill someone with his bare hands. This is not the suave but slight Bond who dispenses with his enemies using a few karate chops. This Bond has a long, brutish fight to the death in a grimy bathroom. No fancy technology. Just messy, ugly hand-to-hand combat.
Casino Royale also uses the Batman Begins technique of giving the hero a recognizable weakness and need. This is still James Bond, superhero. But he is clearly troubled by his coldness and his inability to love. And he is not proud of the fact that he treats women as conquests and only sleeps with women who are married (and even gets them killed as a result).
A third structural area where this Bond moves toward the real and the dramatic is the opponent. The villain here is not the evil World Dominator, a mythical figure with no effect on the audience. The opponent here is someone who funds terrorism. His attacks are against real people and their deaths make an emotional difference to the audience.
Perhaps the biggest change here is the most difficult one to see, which is the shift from action to plot. Most Bond films are a sequence of stunts with no plot. There are certainly some big action set pieces in Casino Royale. But they are grounded in a developing plot. Plot is the most complex of the major writing skills and involves, among many other things, using the full 22 steps of every great story (see the Great Screenwriting Class). But one of the keys to plot is creating opposition not primarily from strangers but from those closest to the hero. Casino Royaledoes this much better than most Bond films and it makes a huge difference.
Films like Casino Royale, Superman Returns, Spider-Man, The Incredibles and Batman Begins show that sound story structure techniques don’t just work in serious dramas. They work just as well in super-hero myth stories. And if you don’t know what these techniques are, you’re not in the game.
| Casino Royale: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
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| Released | November 14, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Film score | |||
| Length | 74:20 | |||
| Label | Sony Classical | |||
| Producer | David Arnold | |||
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| Source | Rating |
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| ScoreNotes | B |
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Casino Royale: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The soundtrack to the 2006 film Casino Royale was released by Sony Classical on November 14, 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[edit]
Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced on July 26, 2006 that Chris Cornell, the former Audioslave and Soundgarden lead singer, composed and would sing 'You Know My Name', the Casino Royale title song.[1] Cornell collaborated with David Arnold who composed the film's score. Cornell was first reported to be writing and performing the song on July 20, 2006 by the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat. 'You Know My Name' is the first theme song since 1983's Octopussy to use a different title than the film, and Cornell is the first male performer since a-ha (in 1987's The Living Daylights). It is only the fourth Bond theme (after the opening medley of Dr. No, the instrumental theme from On Her Majesty's Secret Service and 'All Time High' from Octopussy) to make no reference to the title of the film. The soundtrack was completed early in the morning on October 11, 2006.[2] The soundtrack was released on November 14, 2006.
Various names were reported in the media prior to the announcement, some reports going so far as to have the performers apparently claim they were working on the theme. This list includes Tina Turner[3] who previously sang 'GoldenEye' for the 1995 Bond film of the same name, and Tony Christie.[4]
Title song and tracks[edit]
The Casino Royale title song 'You Know My Name' by Chris Cornell is not featured on the soundtrack album, but released separately as a single. However, motifs from the song serve as Bond's theme throughout the film, e.g. the tracks 'I'm the Money' and 'Aston Montenegro', feature two different instrumental renditions of its chorus. The 'You Know My Name' CD single was released on December 11, 2006.
Some cues for the movie that did not make the final selection of tracks for the soundtrack album are available as bonus track downloads in iTunes from the iTunes Store.
The traditional James Bond Theme builds throughout the film before appearing in its full form over the end credits as track 25, 'The Name's Bond . . . James Bond', on the official album.
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'African Rundown' (Contains the film's title theme 'You Know My Name' (instrumental)) | 6:52 |
| 2. | 'Nothing Sinister' | 1:27 |
| 3. | 'Unauthorised Access' | 1:08 |
| 4. | 'Blunt Instrument' (Contains the 'James Bond Theme', originally composed for the Dr. No soundtrack and 'You Know My Name' (instrumental)) | 2:22 |
| 5. | 'CCTV' | 1:30 |
| 6. | 'Solange' | 0:59 |
| 7. | 'Trip Aces' (Contains the 'James Bond Theme' and 'You Know My Name' (instrumental)) | 2:06 |
| 8. | 'Miami International' (Contains the film's title theme 'You Know My Name' (instrumental)) | 12:43 |
| 9. | 'I'm the Money' (Contains the film's title theme 'You Know My Name' (instrumental)) | 0:27 |
| 10. | 'Aston Montenegro' (Contains the film's title theme 'You Know My Name' (instrumental)) | 1:03 |
| 11. | 'Dinner Jackets' (Contains the film's title theme 'You Know My Name' (instrumental)) | 1:52 |
| 12. | 'The Tell' | 3:23 |
| 13. | 'Stairwell Fight' | 4:12 |
| 14. | 'Vesper' | 1:44 |
| 15. | 'Bond Loses It All' | 3:56 |
| 16. | 'Dirty Martini' (Contains the 'James Bond Theme',) | 3:49 |
| 17. | 'Bond Wins It All' (Contains the 'James Bond Theme', and 'You Know My Name' (instrumental)) | 4:32 |
| 18. | 'The End of an Aston Martin' | 1:30 |
| 19. | 'The Bad Die Young' | 1:18 |
| 20. | 'City of Lovers' | 3:30 |
| 21. | 'The Switch' (Contains the 'James Bond Theme', and 'You Know My Name' (instrumental)) | 5:07 |
| 22. | 'Fall of a House in Venice' (Contains the 'James Bond Theme', and 'You Know My Name' (instrumental)) | 1:53 |
| 23. | 'Death of Vesper' | 2:50 |
| 24. | 'The Bitch Is Dead' (Contains the 'James Bond Theme') | 1:05 |
| 25. | 'The Name's Bond... James Bond' (Contains the 'James Bond Theme') | 2:49 |
| Total length: | 74:20 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'Licence: 2 Kills' | 2:38 |
| 2. | 'Reveal LeChiffre' | 1:25 |
| 3. | 'Mongoose vs. Snake' | 1:16 |
| 4. | 'Bombers Away' | 0:27 |
| 5. | 'Push Them Overboard' | 0:27 |
| 6. | 'Bedside Computer' | 0:41 |
| 7. | 'Beep Beep Beep Bang' | 0:37 |
| 8. | 'Inhaler' | 0:27 |
| 9. | 'Brother from Langley' | 1:41 |
| 10. | 'Prelude to a Beating' | 1:17 |
| 11. | 'Coming Round' | 1:11 |
| 12. | 'I'm Yours' | 1:04 |
| 13. | 'Running to the Elevator' | 0:28 |
| Total length: | 87:59 | |
See also[edit]
Casino Royale Movie 1967
References[edit]
Casino Royale 2006 Cast
- ^'Chris Cornell Has Written and Will Perform the Main Title Song for CASINO ROYALE'. 2006-07-26. Retrieved 2006-07-26.
- ^'David Arnold'. Archived from the original on 2006-11-16. Retrieved 2006-11-17.
- ^'Tina Turner links herself to Casino Royale theme song'. MI6.co.uk. 2006-06-21. Retrieved 2006-06-21.
- ^'Tony Christie Writing 'Royale' Theme Song?'. CommanderBond.net. 2005-10-02. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2006-06-21.