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James Bond 007 AMV #X: Play Dead (Dead Or Alive)

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Uploaded by on Nov 28, 2007

After 10 videos that were mostly created by somebody else, I have finally made some progress to my own "James Bond 007 AMV Collection"

For a brief history lesson, "The Young Americans" was a film released in 1993. The film's score by David Arnold was his first professional score, just a year before "Stargate."

The song at the end credits, "Play Dead", was co-produced by him and performed by Icelandic singer, Bjork.

In the initial reviews, it was coined as "The theme to a James Bond movie that hadn't been written yet." How fitting that only four years later would he actually become the heir to the composer title of the James Bond franchise after John Barry.

So since it's been nearly ten years now since "Tomorrow Never Dies", his first James Bond movie score, I decided to make this video in dedication to his hard work and creativity in film music.

Taking the theme song "Play Dead", I have dubbed it over collected footage of the Dead or Alive saga of games, mostly DOAX2.

I release it for your entertainment.

Comments and thoughts are always welcome and constructive criticism is preferred. Enjoy!

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  • I never actually heard the very first part (0-0.55) of the song before :O What version of Play Dead is this? Was this how it was in the movie? 'Cause all the versions I heard didn't have this wonderful intro :(

  • The track that precedes the song is called "Leaving London", and it can be found on "The Young Americans" original soundtrack, which can be found on eBay. You can also try looking for it on iTunes.

  • what tune is that in the backround??

  • It is called "Play Dead", by Björk and David Arnold, from the 1993 movie, "The Young Americans".

    As it is also clearly stated in the comments, the purpose of using this song for "The James Bond 007 AMV Collection" was to congratulate Mr. Arnold for over ten years of being the composer of the Bond franchise, since 1997's "Tomorrow Never Dies".

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  • Check out the Nightfire Esthero end crdit song beautiful..... * )

  • I'm not a bond fan but I love Björk and all her stuff!! So real and alive... Great

  • 3:07 damnnn

  • Damn at 3:08

  • Totally worth the 4 minutes and 43 seconds of my time. I love how at 3:15-3:27 the song corresponds and syncs perfectly with whats going on in the DOA trailer. Awesome stuff. 5 stars for sure.

  • 007 and dead or alive xteme 2 together a cross over

  • Audio Video and a boat load of know how

  • Thankyou

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