When Daniel Craig took over from Pierce Brosnan as everybody's favourite spy, the British secret service underwent a significant transformation – or at least on screen. Casino Royale, the 2006 James Bond film that was Craig's first entry in the series, took on a decidedly gritty tone after the excess of Brosnan's later movies, and picked up stellar reviews for refreshing the franchise.
In fact, Casino Royale was the first Bond film in decades to not open with the signature gun barrel sequence; that comes a little bit later. And don't worry, you still get to hear Monty Norman's famous and enduring Bond theme in the film alongside David Arnold's original score – just not until pretty late in the film as Casino Royale is a bit of an origin story. The Bond theme kicks in only when Bond has finally gone full-Bond.
Nicholas Buc will be conducting this performance by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, who'll play as Bond leaps from towering building to towering build, and from bed to bed. On screen, Craig is joined by Judi Dench as M, Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre, and Eva Green as Vesper Lynd.