"title sequence for ""Spectre"". A contemporary artist usually sings during the title sequence and an instrumental version of the main track may also be featured as a leitmotif during the film, which repeats in various moods. Writing for ""Rolling Stone"", Andy Greene says that ""James Bond title songs, as a rule, have the name of the movie in the chorus,"" though he notes that this is not always the case. ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" has an entirely instrumental credit sequence, though the film features an alternate theme, ""We Have All the Time in the World"", sung by Louis Armstrong."
"Hearted Melody"", with Sherman Edwards; the 1962 Joanie Sommers hit ""Johnny Get Angry"" also with Edwards; and ""99 Miles From L.A."" with Albert Hammond, recorded by Hammond and later Art Garfunkel. With Paul Hampton, David co-wrote the country standard ""Sea of Heartbreak"", a hit for Don Gibson and others. David contributed lyrics to three James Bond film themes: in addition to ""The Look of Love"" from ""Casino Royale"" with Bacharach, he wrote ""We Have All the Time in the World"", with John Barry and sung by Louis Armstrong for the 1969 film ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", and in 1979,"
"on the charts, which may partly be attributed to Bassey's failure to promote the single, given the last minute decision and the way in which it was quickly recorded to meet the schedule. As with ""We Have All the Time in the World"" back in 1969, Hal David wrote the lyrics. Paul Williams's original lyrics were discarded. Finally in 2005, Bassey sang the song for the first time outside James Bond on stage as part of a medley of her three Bond title songs. An instrumental strings version of the title theme was used in 2007 tourism commercials for the"
"2005, a BBC survey found that it was the third most popular love song played at weddings. In addition to My Bloody Valentine, ""We Have All the Time in the World"" has been covered by Iggy Pop, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Vic Damone, Michael Ball, Giorgia Todrani, The Puppini Sisters, Tindersticks, The Pale Fountains, Shirley Bassey (for a later withdrawn album of Bond themes), Thomas White and Alfie Boe. Iggy Pop's version plays during the end credits of the film ""The Jacket"". John Barry cited ""We Have All The Time In The World"" as one of his favourite Bond compositions, saying"
"Theme"" and ""I Never Miss"". Arnold added two new themes to the final score, both of which are reused in the following film, ""Die Another Day"". The title song, ""The World Is Not Enough"", was written by David Arnold with Don Black and performed by Garbage. It is the fifth ""Bond"" theme co-written by Black, preceded by ""Thunderball"", ""Diamonds Are Forever"", ""The Man with the Golden Gun"", and ""Tomorrow Never Dies"". IGN chose ""The World Is Not Enough"" as the ninth-best James Bond theme of all time. In 2012 Grantland ranked the song as the second-best Bond song of all-time,"
"World"" by Louis Armstrong, have gone on to become as well known as the main themes, while other songs remain exclusively linked to the film in which they appear. Some songs have been dubbed for the foreign versions of the films. A number of songs were written as potential Bond themes but went unused. These include: Bond music has inspired a number of cover albums in a variety of genres, including the 2007 album ""Mister Bond – A Jazzy Cocktail of Ice Cold Themes"" (lounge), """" featuring David Arnold collaborating with several contemporary artists. The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra"
"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"
"end credits is David Arnold's ""Casino Royale"" track ""The Name's Bond…James Bond"". Despite this, the film's score was composed by Thomas Newman, who also incorporated the ""James Bond Theme"" throughout the entire film. In ""Spectre"", the theme appears at the beginning of the film as part of the opening gunbarrel sequence, indicating a return to the franchise's classic roots of 1962–2002. Over 70 cover versions of the ""James Bond Theme"" have been recorded by artists such as: American electronica musician Moby produced a remixed version of the theme entitled ""James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version)"" for the Bond film ""Tomorrow Never"
"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"
"mid-December 1982. The completed lyrics for ""All Time High"" would include the line ""We're two of a kind"" which in the movie is spoken by the Octopussy (played by Maud Adams) to James Bond (Roger Moore), and the title evidently refers to the key aerial sequences featured in the movie. Prior to Rita Coolidge being assigned the ""Octopussy"" theme, Mari Wilson was a contender, a British singer whose retro-image evoked the mid-'60s when the Bond series originated; but Wilson's lack of a US-profile led to a negative decision. In January 1983, the producer of ""Octopussy"": Cubby Broccoli, stated that he"
"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"
"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"
"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 Ramone produced the song, while recording and mixing of the track is credited to Stephen Short. The soundtrack"
"the main themes of three films in the James Bond series. Although Martin did not produce the theme for the second Bond film, ""From Russia with Love"", he was responsible for the signing of Matt Monro to EMI, just months prior to his recording of the song of the same title. Martin also produced two of the best-known James Bond themes. The first was ""Goldfinger"" by Shirley Bassey in 1964. The second, in 1973, was ""Live and Let Die"" by Paul McCartney and Wings for the film of the same name. He also composed and produced the film's score. In"
"The World Is Not Enough (song) ""The World Is Not Enough"" is the theme song from the eponymous 1999 James Bond film, performed by American-Scottish alternative rock band Garbage. The song was written by composer David Arnold (who also scored the film) and lyricist Don Black, previously responsible for four other Bond songs, and was produced by Garbage and Arnold. ""The World Is Not Enough"" was composed in the style of the series' title songs, in contrast with the post-modern production and genre-hopping of Garbage's first two albums. The group recorded most of ""The World Is Not Enough"" while touring"
"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."
"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"
"played throughout the film as a substitute for the ""James Bond Theme"". A new recording of the classic theme, titled ""The Name's Bond…James Bond"", only plays during the end credits to signal the beginning of the character's new arc as the 21st century version of James Bond. Although that is the first time the theme is played in its entirety, the first bars of the song (the chord progression) appeared as a slow background music in seven moments throughout the movie: after Bond's conversation with M (during his flight), after winning the Aston Martin, when he makes his first appearance"
"the time, Moby's highest-peaking single on the chart. The song features two samples of dialogue from the Bond films: Pierce Brosnan saying ""Bond, James Bond"" as heard in ""GoldenEye"", and the conversation between Bond and Auric Goldfinger in ""Goldfinger"": ""Do you expect me to talk?"" / ""No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die."" 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"
"1971 James Bond film, ""Diamonds Are Forever"" as performed by Shirley Bassey and layered it with lush arrangements featuring instruments such as live drums, horns, strings and a harpsichord that all build in intensity with his voice. ""Late Registration""s longest track, the seven-minute-long ""We Major"", implements exuberant, amplified backing vocals and a ""splashy disco groove"" featuring a bassline, electric piano Glissandos and horns. The melody of ""Hey Mama"" is laced with a folksy looped ""La-la-la"" vocal sample from ""Today Won't Come Again"" by Donal Leace, while its beat is produced by Tin Pan Alley-styled Drums. Additionally, it contains vocoder-processed background"
"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"
"10 seen below) on an Enhanced CD version. The 2003 release, by EMI, restored the original soundtrack music sans dialogue. The original music video of ""All Time High"" shows Rita Coolidge in very soft focus in what appears to be an Indian palace, but which is actually one of the film's locations, the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, England. Original Release/2003 Remastered Version: 1997 release: 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"
"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"
"Albert Broccoli. One of Saltzman's major objections was to the innuendo in the lyrics. Bassey would later return for a third performance for 1979's ""Moonraker"". Tracks 13-21 were not released on the original soundtrack. The title song is frequently sampled by modern artists: Diamonds Are Forever (soundtrack) Diamonds Are Forever is the soundtrack by John Barry for the seventh James Bond film of the same name. ""Diamonds Are Forever"", the title song with lyrics by Don Black, was the second Bond theme to be performed by Shirley Bassey, after ""Goldfinger"". The song was also recorded in Italian by Bassey as"
"when the ""007 Theme"" is used in a Roger Moore Bond film; it is as of 2017 the last time it has been heard in a Bond film. Another link between the soundtracks of ""Moonraker"" and ""Diamonds Are Forever"" is the inclusion of a track titled ""Bond Smells a Rat"". The two tracks are not related to each other. Unusually, the score was recorded in Paris—all of Barry's previous Bond scores had been recorded at London's CTS Studios. The film's production base was in France and it was decided the film would be scored there as well. Like some Bond"
"the only film to have more than one opening theme. The ""James Bond Theme"" reached 13 in the UK Singles Chart, and remained in the charts for 13 weeks. The opening credits of ""From Russia with Love"" were accompanied by an instrumental version of the main theme, arranged by John Barry and written by Lionel Bart. A single by The John Barry Orchestra reached 39 in the U.K. At the film's end, a vocal version by English singer Matt Monro is heard. This song spent 13 weeks in the U.K. charts, peaking at 20. ""Goldfinger"" was the third soundtrack composed"
"Fountains of Wayne, recorded the song with his new band, Look Park, for the multi-artist compilation album, ""Songs, Bond Songs: The Music Of 007"". The World Is Not Enough (song) ""The World Is Not Enough"" is the theme song from the eponymous 1999 James Bond film, performed by American-Scottish alternative rock band Garbage. The song was written by composer David Arnold (who also scored the film) and lyricist Don Black, previously responsible for four other Bond songs, and was produced by Garbage and Arnold. ""The World Is Not Enough"" was composed in the style of the series' title songs, in"
"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"
"You Only Live Twice (song) ""You Only Live Twice"", performed by Nancy Sinatra, is the theme song to the 1967 James Bond film of the same name. The music was by veteran Bond film composer John Barry, with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. The song is widely recognized for its striking opening bars, featuring a simple 2-bar theme in the high octaves of the violins and lush harmonies from French horns. It is considered by some to be among the best James Bond theme songs, and has become one of Nancy Sinatra's best known hits. Shortly after Barry's production, Sinatra's producer"
"Die Another Day (song) ""Die Another Day"" is the theme song from the James Bond film of the same name by American singer and songwriter Madonna. The song initially leaked onto the internet in early October 2002 prior to the official release, prompting radio to play the track. It was released commercially as a single on October 22 by Maverick Records and was later included on the singer's ninth studio album, ""American Life"" (2003), and her greatest hits compilation, ""Celebration"" (2009). Following the release of the previous Bond single, ""The World Is Not Enough"", MGM wanted a high-profile artist for"
"performer in the history of the series. Originally, British pop duo Pet Shop Boys was asked to compose the soundtrack, but backed out when they learned that they should not provide a complete soundtrack but merely the opening theme song. In a departure from conventions of previous Bond films, the film uses different songs over the opening and end credits. The song heard over the end credits, ""If There Was A Man"", was one of two songs performed for the film by Chrissie Hynde, of the Pretenders. The other song, ""Where Has Everybody Gone"", is heard as source music in"
"""Billboard"" Hot 100. Alpert would later contribute a trumpet solo to the title song of the ""unofficial"" 1983 James Bond film ""Never Say Never Again"" (which was sung by Alpert's wife, Lani Hall). The film features the song ""The Look of Love"" performed by Dusty Springfield. It is played in the scene of Vesper Lynd recruiting Evelyn Tremble, seen through a man-size aquarium in a seductive walk. ""The Look of Love"" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song. The song was a Top 10 radio hit at the KGB and KHJ radio stations. It was heard again in"
"series of Bond films. In 1997 the Sony Corporation acquired all or some of McClory's rights in an undisclosed deal, which were then subsequently acquired by MGM, whilst on 4 December 1997, MGM announced that the company had purchased the rights to ""Never Say Never Again"" from Taliafilm. , Eon holds the full adaptation rights to all of Fleming's Bond novels. The ""James Bond Theme"" was written by Monty Norman and was first orchestrated by the John Barry Orchestra for 1962's ""Dr. No"", although the actual authorship of the music has been a matter of controversy for many years. In"