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TF scores the latest soundtracks…

No Time To Die

After all the time in the world, Hans Zimmer’s 007 entry docks with all bases sumptuously covered. Weaponised with choice retro homages and heavyweight rhythmic scoring, No

Time ranges freely from Cuban frolics to insidious villain cues. Comparisons include (curiously) Ludwig Göransson’s Tenet score, but the highstakes end stretch is pure Zimmer: huge, tense and – for ‘Final Ascent’ – sweepingly gorgeous.

Halloween Kills

You can’t beat perfection, but father/ son duo John/Cody Carpenter and Dan Davies take a good stab for Michael’s latest homecoming. Spacious and jittery, the old themes dignify a stop-start opening stretch, before Kills hits its stride with the malevolent ‘Rampage.’ Febrile effects, death’shead guitars and high-suspense synths offer expansive scare-scoring: sometimes mournful (‘It Needs To Die’), sometimes maximalist (‘Unkillable’), always oozing with mood.