May 23rd, 2008 at 1:44 pm
After Amy Winehouse, the ‘Quantum of Solace’ creators have now approached Beyonce to sing the always popular Bond theme. Amy Winehouse’s spokesman confirmed “She didn’t like the track they were working on and felt it was the wrong thing to get involved in.“
John Barry, who made the well known ‘Dr. No’ theme song, is also involved. He was surprised when his music was so frequently used in the 1962 movie, since his payment for the job was rather unsubstantial. But it turned out quite well for the now 74 year old composer. He composed the music for another 11 Bond movies after ‘Dr. No.’
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:15 am
No, Amy is not doing that James Bond theme as rumored earlier after all. It is true, she and her producer Mark Ronson were working on it, but Ronson now states it would take ’some miracle of science’ to complete the song. I’d say Amy Winehouse knows all about those ‘miracles of science,’ but that might just be me.
When the news broke last week, Ronson was already cautious by saying an Amy Winehouse Bond theme was just speculation. And now he adds the rehab singer is ‘not ready to record any music.’ Is she ever?
The score for ‘Quantum of Solace’ will be composed by David Arnold, who also did the score for ‘Casino Royale’ and the three Bonds before that. The first official glimpse of ‘Quantum of Solace’ will be given by a trailer at the release of Sony’s ‘Hancock,’ July 2.
May 2nd, 2008 at 1:30 am
It must be that time again in Hollywood. After Hilary Swank, Nicole Kidman now also committed to a biopic. Kidman will play Dusty Springfield, an Amy Winehouse type of girl. Not only because of her voice, but also because of her drug and alcohol abuse. Some themes may not be uncommon to Nicole Kidman, since much of Springfield’s trouble took place when she moved to Hollywood in the seventies.
Kidman will also produce the movie, which will be written by Michael Cunningham, the writer of ‘The Hours.’ And while this project is financed by Fox, Universal is working on a similar movie. Creating a situation resembling the two Truman Capote biopics that went head to head, Universal is currently developing a Dusty Springfield biopic with Kristin Chenoweth.
