Like John Barry, David Arnold has left his own mark in the music of James Bond. In this case, he has established what can be called the “suspense motif”, which is a descending, repetitive four-note motif that can be heard in most of the Bond movies he has scored, starting with Tomorrow Never Dies. It is usually an underlying motif playing under the main melody, and is usually orchestrated with piano trills, high strings, horns, blaring trumpets, and an underlying snare drum. This motif can be heard in:

• Tomorrow Never Dies — “Station Break”, “*-3-Send”, “Underwater Discovery”
• The World Is Not Enough — “Pipeline”, “Submarine”
• Die Another Day — “Antonov”
• Casino Royale — “Miami International”, “Dirty Martini”, and very briefly in “African Rundown”

See also:

• 007 Theme, The
• Bond films: Soundtrack
• Bond films: Title themes
• James Bond Theme