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For your ears only: How music brought the new James Bond game to life
Key takeaways
- Conductor Matt Dunkley is testing the limits of the London Chamber Orchestra's brass section.
- They've got just one half-day session to record 32 minutes of music for the new James Bond video game, 007 First Light.
- "It's mostly action music, so if you hate us by the end of it that's totally understandable," composer Alexis Smith warns the musicians as the day begins.
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Mark Savage Music correspondent IO Interactive The Flight - aka Alexis Smith (left) and Joe Henson - are the musicians behind the latest incarnation of James Bond (centre)"Save your lips, because they are a finite resource."
Abbey Road studios, November 2025. Conductor Matt Dunkley is testing the limits of the London Chamber Orchestra's brass section.
They've got just one half-day session to record 32 minutes of music for the new James Bond video game, 007 First Light. And that means four hours of non-stop puffing and blowing.
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