No Time To Die Review: 7 Ups & 3 Downs

By Jack Pooley / September 30, 2021

2. Hans Zimmer's Killer Score

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Hans Zimmer is basically a dream choice to score a Bond film, and he totally delivers above and beyond what audiences will be expecting.

Zimmer ingeniously blends the classic brassy Bond themes fans expect and want with his own flashier, pulsing, operatic sensibilities to deliver a score quite unlike any other in the series.

Zimmer also makes the inspired decision to use Louis Armstrong's "We Have All the Time in the World" as a leitmotif throughout the film to highly nostalgic and emotional effect.

As much as Zimmer has a tendency to phone it in on "lesser" projects, he undeniably brings his A-game to No Time to Die, and the result is one of the most explosive and affecting scores the franchise has ever seen.