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The idea behind Edward Shearmur's score for the film Johnny English is simple. The picture is a James Bond parody in which British comedian Rowan Atkinson transfers his Mr. Bean character, a rude, ignorant Englishman, into the spy genre. (The original version of the screenplay was even written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, the writers of the two previous actual Bond films, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day.) So, Shearmur's job, which he has executed efficiently in the past in such similar exercises as Charlie's Angels, was to produce music that recalled the music from a Bond film, i.e., the souped-up sound of John Barry and Monty Norman. He achieves this without trouble, employing the same slashing strings and twangy guitar effects so familiar from the Bond series. The music has something more of an electronica/dance music style (recent Bond scores have had that, too), but is lacking the sense of humor you might hope for in a satire. Johnny English is oriented more toward European than American audiences, and the inclusion of a high-profile leadoff song by Robbie Williams, who, as of 2003, was a big international music star but hadn't yet broken in America, underscores that. The same might be said about the inclusion of female string quartet Bond's "Kismet." (Note that the final track, "Agent No. 1," isn't really 15 minutes long. It runs four minutes, followed by nine minutes of dead silence, then a two-minute piano and trumpet coda, one of the more irritating "hidden tracks" to be found on a CD, since the gap is so long and what finally turns up isn't worth waiting for.)
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A Man For All Seasons (Hans Zimmer)
KENNY ARONOFF, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hans Zimmer, Composer, Producer - Robbie Williams, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al clay, Producer - Heitor Pereira, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - GEOFF ZANELLI, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dee Lewis, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Robert Williams/The In Good Company Co Ltd
Johnny English - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Howard Goodall)
Ed Shearmur, Conductor, MainArtist - London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Goodall, Composer - Edward Shearmur, Composer - The Johnny English Band, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Decca Music Group Limited
Ed Shearmur, Conductor, MainArtist - London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Goodall, Composer - Edward Shearmur, Composer - The Johnny English Band, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Decca Music Group Limited
Ed Shearmur, Conductor, MainArtist - London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Goodall, Composer - Edward Shearmur, Composer - The Johnny English Band, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Decca Music Group Limited
Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Composer, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 Decca Music Group Limited
Ed Shearmur, Conductor, MainArtist - London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Goodall, Composer - Edward Shearmur, Composer - The Johnny English Band, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Decca Music Group Limited
Moloko, MainArtist - ROISIN MURPHY, Composer - Mark Brydon, Composer
℗ 2002 The Echo Label Ltd.
Ed Shearmur, Conductor, MainArtist - London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Goodall, Composer - Edward Shearmur, Composer - The Johnny English Band, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Decca Music Group Limited
Ed Shearmur, Conductor, MainArtist - London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Edward Shearmur, Composer - The Johnny English Band, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Decca Music Group Limited
Haylie Ecker, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, Ensemble, MainArtist - Howard Goodall, Composer - Edward Shearmur, Composer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eos Chater, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Universal Music Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Ed Shearmur, Conductor, MainArtist - London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Goodall, Composer - Edward Shearmur, Composer - The Johnny English Band, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Decca Music Group Limited
Ed Shearmur, Conductor, MainArtist - London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Edward Shearmur, Composer - The Johnny English Band, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Decca Music Group Limited
Ed Shearmur, Conductor, MainArtist - London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Goodall, Composer - Edward Shearmur, Composer - The Johnny English Band, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Decca Music Group Limited
Mike Watson, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Andersson, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bjorn Ulvaeus, Producer, Vocals, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Agnetha Fältskog, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lars O. Carlsson, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Lasse Wellander, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Abba, MainArtist - Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ola Brunkert, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Kajtek Wojciechowski, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1979 Polar Music International AB
Ed Shearmur, Conductor, MainArtist - London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Edward Shearmur, Composer - The Johnny English Band, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Decca Music Group Limited
Ed Shearmur, Conductor, MainArtist - London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Edward Shearmur, Composer - The Johnny English Band, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Decca Music Group Limited
Ed Shearmur, Conductor, MainArtist - London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Edward Shearmur, Composer - The Johnny English Band, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
The idea behind Edward Shearmur's score for the film Johnny English is simple. The picture is a James Bond parody in which British comedian Rowan Atkinson transfers his Mr. Bean character, a rude, ignorant Englishman, into the spy genre. (The original version of the screenplay was even written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, the writers of the two previous actual Bond films, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day.) So, Shearmur's job, which he has executed efficiently in the past in such similar exercises as Charlie's Angels, was to produce music that recalled the music from a Bond film, i.e., the souped-up sound of John Barry and Monty Norman. He achieves this without trouble, employing the same slashing strings and twangy guitar effects so familiar from the Bond series. The music has something more of an electronica/dance music style (recent Bond scores have had that, too), but is lacking the sense of humor you might hope for in a satire. Johnny English is oriented more toward European than American audiences, and the inclusion of a high-profile leadoff song by Robbie Williams, who, as of 2003, was a big international music star but hadn't yet broken in America, underscores that. The same might be said about the inclusion of female string quartet Bond's "Kismet." (Note that the final track, "Agent No. 1," isn't really 15 minutes long. It runs four minutes, followed by nine minutes of dead silence, then a two-minute piano and trumpet coda, one of the more irritating "hidden tracks" to be found on a CD, since the gap is so long and what finally turns up isn't worth waiting for.)
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About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:27
- Main artists: Edward Shearmur
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2003 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 2003 Decca Music Group Limited
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