Timeline for Is there a music theory explanation behind what gives (recent) James Bond theme songs their tense, dramatic, dark mood?
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| Feb 19, 2020 at 3:16 | vote | accept | Mark White | ||
| Feb 14, 2020 at 17:21 | comment | added | Michael Curtis | @MarkWhite, cool. I added an answer. No Time to Die sort of quotes the vamp of the old Bond theme, but the first two songs I looked at don't actually use it for the main tune. That's sort of the format for Bond films. A lot of them use the original John Barry theme along with a totally new, featured song which might quote the original theme in some clever ways, but the main melody of the song is unique. | |
| Feb 14, 2020 at 17:12 | answer | added | Michael Curtis | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 14, 2020 at 15:55 | comment | added | Mark White | @MichaelCurtis Sorry, I mainly use SE for CrossValidated and SO. I'm not particularly knowledgeable: I took music theory in high school, have played the guitar for a while, played piano as a kid, etc. Mainly just wondering if there's an obvious thing to someone smarter than I on what gives these their similar vibe. The first comment above might just be the answer: They're variants based on the main Bond Theme. | |
| Feb 14, 2020 at 15:35 | comment | added | Michael Curtis | Can you give some indication of your understanding of theory and what you have already analyzed in this music? You're asking for a comparison of six themes! According to the forum rules requests for analysis are not even "on topic." | |
| Feb 14, 2020 at 14:16 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | The three-note (or three-chord) minor sequence up-down-repeat has been used by myriad spy movie and tv themes. The song "Secret Agent Man" comes to mind. | |
| Feb 14, 2020 at 9:24 | comment | added | Ian | I am not deep enough into music theory, but I know this from an analysis of Skyfall by Adele: If you play Cm and play a progression where you replace the fifth with a minor sixth, major sixth and back to minor sixth you will get the "bond chord progression". | |
| Feb 14, 2020 at 2:47 | history | asked | Mark White | CC BY-SA 4.0 |