"""Dr. No"" with his arrangement of the Bond Theme. A Bond film staple are the theme songs heard during their title sequences sung by well-known popular singers. Several of the songs produced for the films have been nominated for Academy Awards for Original Song, including Paul McCartney's ""Live and Let Die"", Carly Simon's ""Nobody Does It Better"", Sheena Easton's ""For Your Eyes Only"", Adele's ""Skyfall"", and Sam Smith's ""Writing's on the Wall"". Adele won the award at the 85th Academy Awards, and Smith won at the 88th Academy Awards. For the non-Eon produced ""Casino Royale"", Burt Bacharach's score included ""The"
"songs have won the Academy Award for Best Original Song: ""Skyfall"" by Adele and ""Writing's on the Wall"" by Sam Smith. The briefest of ""James Bond themes"", this composition started off the ""Opening Titles"" music of ""From Russia with Love"". It was heard in the ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" film trailer. WLS (AM) used the theme in the mid-1960s for their secret agent radio serial ""The Wild Adventures of Peter Fugitive"" that appeared on ""The Art Roberts Show"". ""007 Theme"", not to be confused with the ""James Bond Theme"", is an adventure theme composed by John Barry in 1963"
"first James Bond theme song to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song (garnering McCartney his second Academy Award nomination and Linda her first). In the Academy Award performance of the song, entertainer Connie Stevens dressed in a ""silver-lamé outfit"" with a Native American-looking headdress ""descended from the ceiling"" and then was ""variously lifted and tossed about"" by dancers dressed in various colours until she left the scene. The song lost to the eponymous theme song from the musical film ""The Way We Were"". In Wings' live performances of the song, the instrumental break featured flashpots and"
"the Academy Award for Best Original Song, as did Bill Conti's ""For Your Eyes Only"", which was performed by Sheena Easton. It was not until the 2013 Oscars that a Bond theme song finally won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the theme song from ""Skyfall"" by Adele. Thomas Newman's score also got the first nomination for Academy Award for Best Original Score in the series since Hamlisch's own for ""The Spy Who Loved Me"", while winning the Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. Adele's song also won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual"
"James Bond Theme The ""James Bond Theme"" is the main signature theme of the James Bond films and has featured in every Eon Productions Bond film since ""Dr. No"", released in 1962. The piece has been used as an accompanying fanfare to the gun barrel sequence in almost every James Bond film. The ""James Bond Theme"" has accompanied the opening titles twice, as part of the medley that opens ""Dr. No"" and then again in the opening credits of ""From Russia with Love"" (1963). It has been used as music over the end credits for ""Dr. No"", ""Thunderball"" (1965), ""On"
"released. The single became the first Bond movie theme to reach number one in the UK Singles Chart. It also reached the top 10 in a few other European countries, but unlike other James Bond themes, it was not as successful outside Europe, only peaking at number 43 in Canada and Australia and number 71 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Only the instrumental version of the song appeared on the film's official soundtrack album. The song won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Award for Best Original Song at"
"but felt that it was too soon to tell how the song would fit into the wider canon of Bond theme songs. Neil McCormick of the ""Daily Telegraph"" was less complimentary, describing the song as ""classy"" but at the same time, ""overly predictable"". The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, which had been the first Bond theme to receive an Academy Award nomination since the 1982 song ""For Your Eyes Only"" and was the first Bond theme to win the award. It also won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Song, the Golden Globe for Best Original"
"to the first James Bond movie Dr No, and has been credited with writing the ""James Bond Theme"", the signature theme of the James Bond franchise. Norman has received royalties since 1962 for the theme, but it was arranged by John Barry after the producers were dissatisfied with Norman's music. Barry claims that he actually did write the theme, but nevertheless, Mr. Norman won two libel actions against publishers for claiming that Barry was the composer, most recently against The Sunday Times in 2001. During the trial, Barry testified on the stand that he had composed the James Bond Theme,"
"Media. Sam Smith's ""Writing's on the Wall"" from ""Spectre"" would also win the Oscar for Best Original Song. Duran Duran and John Barry's ""A View To A Kill"" topped the singles charts in the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100, the only Bond theme to hit 1 in the United States. No James Bond theme had topped the charts in the UK until Sam Smith's ""Writing's on the Wall"" entered the charts at number one on 2 October 2015. Several of the later films have alternative theme songs, often during the closing credits. ""The Living Daylights"" featured The Pretenders performing ""If There"
"Sebastian Faulks was the first James Bond novel to receive its own theme song. Also called ""Devil May Care"", the song was written and recorded by Cardiff band SAL and was available on the UK audiobook release of the novel. James Bond music The ""James Bond"" film series from Eon Productions features numerous musical compositions since its inception in 1962, many of which are now considered classic pieces of British film music. The best known of these pieces is the ubiquitous ""James Bond Theme"". Other instrumentals, such as the ""007 Theme"" or ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", and various songs,"
"time. ""Skyfall"" received various accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Original Song, Brit Award for British Single of the Year, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, thus making it the first Bond theme to win all the aforementioned awards. During the 85th Academy Awards, Adele performed the song live for the first time. In early 2011, Sony Pictures President of Music Lia Vollack suggested to the James Bond film producers at Eon Productions that they ask Adele to record a"
"be entitled ""A Walking Stick Full of Bagels"", and musical versions of the 1954 Kingsley Amis novel, ""Lucky Jim"", and his 1970s musical, ""Quick Quick Slow"". Norman is famous for writing the music to the first James Bond movie, ""Dr. No,"" including the ""James Bond Theme"", the signature theme of the James Bond franchise. Norman has received royalties since 1962 for the theme. However, as the producers were dissatisfied with Norman's arrangement, John Barry re-arranged the theme. Barry later claimed that it was actually he who wrote the theme, but Norman won two libel actions against publishers for claiming that"
"James Bond music The ""James Bond"" film series from Eon Productions features numerous musical compositions since its inception in 1962, many of which are now considered classic pieces of British film music. The best known of these pieces is the ubiquitous ""James Bond Theme"". Other instrumentals, such as the ""007 Theme"" or ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", and various songs, such as Shirley Bassey's ""Goldfinger"", Paul McCartney's ""Live and Let Die"", Carly Simon's ""Nobody Does It Better"", Sheena Easton's ""For Your Eyes Only"" and Duran Duran's ""A View to a Kill"" have also become identified with the series. Two Bond"
"For Your Eyes Only (soundtrack) For Your Eyes Only is the soundtrack for the 12th James Bond film of the same name. The theme song was written by Bill Conti (music) and Michael Leeson (lyrics), and performed by Sheena Easton. The song was later nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe in 1982. Easton also made Bond film history as the first (and, to date, only) artist to perform the theme song on-screen during the opening title sequence. Originally, the band Blondie was approached to write and perform the theme song for the film. They produced a song"
"James Bond film, and was originally titled ""Run James Run"". Wilson wrote and recorded an unrelated song with this same title for his 2015 album ""No Pier Pressure"", but was not released until 2017 for the compilation """". According to AFM sheets and Brad Elliot: Pet Sounds (instrumental) ""Pet Sounds"" is an instrumental composed and produced by Brian Wilson and is the 12th track on the 1966 album ""Pet Sounds"" by American rock band the Beach Boys. Originally called ""Run James Run"", Wilson intended it to be used as the theme of a James Bond film. It was then titled"
"""Skyfall"" rose to number 2 on the UK Singles Chart with sales of 92,000 copies bringing its overall sales to 176,000, and ""Skyfall"" entered the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 at number 8, selling 261,000 copies in the US in its first three days. This tied ""Skyfall"" with Duran Duran's ""A View to a Kill"" as the highest-charting James Bond theme song on the UK Singles Chart; a record surpassed in 2015 by Sam Smith's ""Writing's on the Wall"". ""Skyfall"" has sold more than two million copies worldwide and earned Adele the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Academy"
"Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969), ""The World Is Not Enough"" (1999), ""Casino Royale"" (2006), ""Quantum of Solace"" (2008), ""Skyfall"" (2012), and ""Spectre"" (2015). Monty Norman has been credited with writing the ""James Bond Theme"", and has received royalties since 1962. Norman collected around £485,000 in royalties between the years 1976 and 1999. For ""Dr. No"", the tune was arranged by John Barry, who would later go on to compose the soundtracks for eleven James Bond films. Courts have ruled twice that the theme was written by Monty Norman, despite claims and testimony by Barry that he had actually written the"
"greatest hits compilation, """". Among the most successful Bond theme songs, ""Nobody Does It Better"" received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song where it lost to ""You Light Up My Life"", as well as a Golden Globe Award nomination. At the 20th Annual Grammy Awards held in 1978, ""Nobody Does It Better"" received a nomination for Song of the Year and Simon was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. In 2004, the song was also honored by the American Film Institute as the 67th greatest song as part of their 100 Years Series. Lyrically, ""Nobody Does It"
"a theme for James Bond given to them by Monty Norman. Barry was hired and the result was one of the most famous signature tunes in film history, the ""James Bond Theme"". (Credit goes to Monty Norman, see here.) When the producers of the Bond series engaged Lionel Bart to score the next James Bond film ""From Russia with Love"" (1963), they discovered that Bart could neither read nor write music. Though Bart wrote a title song for the film, the producers remembered Barry's arrangement of the James Bond Theme and his composing and arranging for several films with Adam"
"then upcoming ""Tomorrow Never Dies"", to recommend Arnold as the film's composer. Arnold also went on to score four subsequent Bond films: ""The World Is Not Enough"", ""Die Another Day"", ""Casino Royale"" and ""Quantum of Solace"". Sole compositional credit for the ""James Bond Theme"" is assigned to Monty Norman, who was contracted as composer for ""Dr. No"". Some 30 years later, in 2001, the disputed authorship of the theme was examined legally in the High Court in London after Norman sued ""The Sunday Times"" for publishing an article in 1997 in which Barry was named as the true composer; Barry"
"tax problems, John Barry returned to do his ninth Bond score. Barry made frequent references to the James Bond Theme to reinforce ""Octopussy"" as the official Bond film, given that motif could not be featured in ""Never Say Never Again"", and opted to include only subtle references to the music of India, avoiding instruments such as the sitar for feeling that authentic music ""didn't work dramatically"". He also wrote opening theme ""All Time High"" with lyricist Tim Rice. ""All Time High"", sung by Rita Coolidge, is one of seven musical themes in the James Bond series whose song titles do"
"given to Bond by Q, it was also a Geiger counter in the plot. ""Thunderball"" was the third James Bond score composed by John Barry, after ""From Russia with Love"" and ""Goldfinger"". The original title song was entitled ""Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang"", taken from an Italian journalist who in 1962 dubbed agent 007 as Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. The title theme was written by Barry and Leslie Bricusse; the song was originally recorded by Shirley Bassey, and later rerecorded by Dionne Warwick, whose version was not released until the 1990s. The song was removed from the title credits"
"Octopussy (soundtrack) Octopussy is the soundtrack for the eponymous thirteenth James Bond film. The score was composed by John Barry, the lyrics by Tim Rice. The opening theme, ""All Time High"" is sung by Rita Coolidge and is one of six Bond film title songs or songs that are not named after film's title. The original compact disc released in 1985, by A&M Records, was recalled because of a printing error, and became a rarity. In 1997, the soundtrack was released, by Rykodisc, with the original soundtrack music and some film dialogue, (additional tracks, No. 3, No. 7, and No."
"their scores. The Spy Who Loved Me (soundtrack) The Spy Who Loved Me is the soundtrack for the tenth James Bond ""The Spy Who Loved Me"". The soundtrack is one of only two Bond soundtracks to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. The other score nominated was ""Skyfall"" (2013). The theme song ""Nobody Does It Better"" was composed by Marvin Hamlisch with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager and was performed by Carly Simon. It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song but lost to ""You Light Up My Life"". It was one of five"
"For Your Eyes Only (song) ""For Your Eyes Only"" is the theme tune to the 12th James Bond movie, ""For Your Eyes Only"", written by Bill Conti and Mick Leeson, and performed by Scottish singer Sheena Easton. The song reached number four on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and number eight on the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards in 1982. The song is written by Bill Conti and Mike Leeson. Conti – who was also responsible for the film's score – had originally written the song thinking about Donna Summer or"
"The Spy Who Loved Me (soundtrack) The Spy Who Loved Me is the soundtrack for the tenth James Bond ""The Spy Who Loved Me"". The soundtrack is one of only two Bond soundtracks to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. The other score nominated was ""Skyfall"" (2013). The theme song ""Nobody Does It Better"" was composed by Marvin Hamlisch with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager and was performed by Carly Simon. It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song but lost to ""You Light Up My Life"". It was one of five Bond theme"
"Bond was shown to be wearing a watch by Omega, and he has since worn Omega watches in every subsequent production. The theme song, ""GoldenEye"", was written by Bono and the Edge, and was performed by Tina Turner. As the producers did not collaborate with Bono or the Edge, the film score did not incorporate any of the theme song's melodies, as was the case in previous James Bond films. Swedish group Ace of Base had also written a proposed theme song, but label Arista Records pulled the band out of the project fearing the negative impact in case the"
"Know My Name"", which Cornell co-wrote and performed and which accompanies the opening titles for the 2006 James Bond film, ""Casino Royale"". ""You Know My Name"" is the first theme song since 1983's ""Octopussy"" to use a different title than the film, the first ever sung by a male American, and the first ever title theme song that did not appear on the soundtrack album. ""You Know My Name"" won a 2006 Satellite Award in the category of Best Original Song, and a 2007 World Soundtrack Award in the category of Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The"
"songs to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The other four were ""Live and Let Die"" in 1973, ""For Your Eyes Only"" in 1981, ""Skyfall"", and ""Writing on the Wall"". ""Skyfall"" went on to win the award in 2013 and ""Writing on the Wall"" won in 2016. It was the first theme song with a title different from the film's, although the phrase ""the spy who loved me"" is in the lyrics. Hamlisch states in the documentary on the film's DVD that the song's opening bars were influenced by a riff in a Mozart tune. The"
"was originally proposed as the opening credits music, only to be replaced by the eponymous title track as sung by Tom Jones. ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" featured an instrumental theme tune, something which remains unique amongst the post-""From Russia with Love"" films, and included a vocal theme in the form of Louis Armstrong's performance of ""We Have All the Time in the World"", written by John Barry and Hal David. A number of Bond films include one (or more) additional songs in the soundtrack. Some of these pieces of music, such as ""We Have All the Time in the"
"Llorenna. The song was referenced and then performed by Mark Wahlberg and Norah Jones in the film ""Ted"". All Time High ""All Time High"" is a 1983 single release by Rita Coolidge introduced as the theme song for the James Bond film ""Octopussy"". ""All Time High"" marked the return of regular James Bond theme composer John Barry after his absence from the ""For Your Eyes Only"" soundtrack for tax problems. He wanted to work again with Don Black, but his commitments to the musical ""Merlin"" forced Barry to seek another lyricist. Tim Rice quickly accepted the invitation. Barry's friend Phil"
"Barry was the composer, most recently against ""The Sunday Times"" in 2001. In the made-for-DVD documentary ""Inside Dr. No"", Norman performs a music piece which he wrote for the stage several years earlier entitled ""Bad Sign, Good Sign"", that resembles the melody of the ""James Bond Theme"" in several places. Norman collected around £600,000 in royalties between the years 1976 and 1999 for the use of the theme since ""Dr. No"". Monty Norman Monty Norman (born 4 April 1928) is a singer and film composer best known for composing the ""James Bond Theme"". Norman was born Monty Noserovitch in Stepney"
"2005, it was honoured as the 22nd greatest quotation in cinema history by the American Film Institute as part of their 100 Years Series. Monty Norman was invited to write the soundtrack because Broccoli liked his work on the 1961 theatre production ""Belle"", a musical about murderer Hawley Harvey Crippen. Norman was busy with musicals, and only accepted to do the music for ""Dr. No"" after Saltzman allowed him to travel along with the crew to Jamaica. The most famous composition in the soundtrack is the ""James Bond Theme"", which is heard in the gunbarrel sequence and in a calypso"