Hello!
I'm fairly new to the forums and quite obviously several months late to the party here. But I couldn't resist once I ran across this edit in the IFDB listing! It looks phenomenal. I'm a longtime fan of NSNA - saw it in the theaters as a kid and thoroughly enjoyed it (more than Octopussy, actually). I also remember reading about the movie - it's yearslong gestation in coming to be, the actualy production itself - in Starlog magazine (...remember that?). I also saw a brief "Making of..." feature from the old "Lights! Camera! Action!" show on Nickelodeon, hosted by Leonard Nimoy.
I was relatively new to the Bond series at that time, but was already a devoted fan. I got a big kick out of seeing NSNA in the theaters, although watching it as an adult I can't help but catch the flaws (Some of those orignal shots/edits are cringeworthy, and the less said about the soundtrack by Michel Legrand, the better). But in spite of all that, the film remains an enjoyable romp.
I'm truly looking forward to checking this out! I want to thank the editor for all of the meticulous work and love put into this.
My only regret is that I didn't catch this earlier, in its development. I don't know whether any of you are familiar with Rich Douglas - ? He's a composer and a massive James Bond fan. He's done a lot of his own renditions of a lot of the classical Barry themes and incorporated them into his own original material. He's also done his own soundtracks to some nonexistent Bond stories (kind of a proof of concept album kind of thing). You can find a lot of his stuff on YouTube. If I were in charge of the Bond movies, I'd hire him to do the soundtracks in a heartbeat! His stuff is a kind of blend of Barry and David Arnold.
And... He did his own rescore of NSNA! It's actually pretty darned good! Had I known about this project sooner, I'd have suggested using some of his tracks.
But I also more than understand using as much of the original Barry pieces as possible to maintain that classic Bond sound & feel.
In any event,
THANK YOU, World of James Bond, for doing this!