At about a minute or so in the music then introduces us to what is essentially the main theme of the score the rather epic melody from You Know My Name, the fantastic song written for the film by David Arnold together with the legendary though sadly late singer Chris Cornell.

Let’s get stuck in.Īfrican Rundown breaks the album into a sprint right off the bat, with frantic bursts of brass setting a rapid action tone with loud percussion tearing along dramatically in the background. Where better to start of course than not only with a David Arnold endeavour, but the one for arguably one of the (if not the) best Bond movie Casino Royale. There was a new James Bond movie on the release horizon when I wrote this review (oh, well), so I felt it was high time I tackled a few more albums from the rather legendary Bond score discography on this site. David Arnold’s excellently-crafted Casino Royale score sports an epic main theme, several incredible action setpieces and a final Bond theme rendition that’s simply out of this world.