"a single in either the U.K. or U.S. – and score to be among the weakest of his contributions to the series: ""It's the one I hate most... it just never happened for me."" Certainly the title song is notable for having suggestive lyrics, and during a TV celebration for the series' 40th anniversary, Lulu's performance was introduced with reference to its being the raunchiest of all Bond songs. For the first time, the song's end theme is not a straight reprise of the opener, as it begins with different lyrics (subsequent films followed suit with variations in arrangement, ahead"
"Lulu (singer) Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie; 3 November 1948) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. She is internationally known, but especially by UK audiences in the 1960s. Later in her career she had hits internationally with ""To Sir with Love"" from the 1967 film of the same name and with the title song to the 1974 James Bond film ""The Man with the Golden Gun"". In European countries, she is also widely known for her Eurovision Song Contest 1969 winning entry ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"", and in the UK for her 1964 hit ""Shout"", which was performed at the closing"
"Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey song) ""Goldfinger"" is the title song from the 1964 James Bond film ""Goldfinger"". Composed by John Barry and with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, the song was performed by Shirley Bassey for the film's opening and closing title sequences, as well as the soundtrack album release. The single release of the song gave Bassey her only ""Billboard"" Hot 100 top forty hit, peaking in the Top 10 at No. 8 and No. 2 for four weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart, and in the United Kingdom the single reached No. 21. The song finished at"
"GoldenEye (song) ""GoldenEye"" is a song performed by Tina Turner, and the eponymous theme song for the 1995 James Bond film, ""GoldenEye"". Released as a single in November 1995, the song was a big chart hit in Europe, topping the Hungarian Singles Chart and reaching the top five in Austria, Finland, France, and Switzerland, as well as number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. It was less successful outside the continent, reaching number 43 in Canada, number 63 in Australia, and number two on the US ""Billboard"" Bubbling Under Hot 100. The song was written by Bono and The Edge"
"the instrumental score versions of songs, while the main musicians (on Goldfinger: Vic Flick) were given the main film theme song to solely record, to be featured at the beginning of the film. Co-producer Harry Saltzman is said to have hated the song as too old fashioned for 1960s youth culture and only agreed to use it when persuaded by Albert Broccoli Originally, Newley recorded a version of the theme song, but it was later re-recorded with Bassey's voice for the film and soundtrack album. In 1992, Newley's version was released for the 30th Anniversary of James Bond on film,"
"for the film. Swedish pop band, Ace of Base also recorded a song that was optioned to the studio. Ace of Base's ""The GoldenEye"" was later reworked into ""The Juvenile"" which appeared on their ""Da Capo"" album in 2002. GoldenEye (song) ""GoldenEye"" is a song performed by Tina Turner, and the eponymous theme song for the 1995 James Bond film, ""GoldenEye"". Released as a single in November 1995, the song was a big chart hit in Europe, topping the Hungarian Singles Chart and reaching the top five in Austria, Finland, France, and Switzerland, as well as number 10 on the"
"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"
"be performed by Shirley Bassey, after ""Goldfinger"" in 1964. In an interview for the television programme ""James Bond's Greatest Hits"", composer John Barry revealed that he told Bassey to imagine she was singing about a penis. Bassey would later return for a third performance for 1979's ""Moonraker"". The original soundtrack was once again composed by John Barry, his sixth time composing for a Bond film. With Connery back in the lead role, the ""James Bond Theme"" was played by an electric guitar in the somewhat unusual, blued gun barrel sequence accompanied with prismatic ripples of light, in the pre-credits sequence,"
"Shirley Bassey Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, (; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer whose career began in the mid-1950s, best known both for her powerful voice and for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films ""Goldfinger"" (1964), ""Diamonds Are Forever"" (1971), and ""Moonraker"" (1979). In January 1959, Bassey became the first Welsh person to gain a No. 1 single. In 2000, Bassey was made a Dame for services to the performing arts. In 1977 she received the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist in the previous 25 years. Bassey has been called ""one of"
"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"
"GoldenEye (soundtrack) GoldenEye: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the United Artists film is the soundtrack to the 17th James Bond film of the same name and was composed by Éric Serra. It was released by EMI on November 14, 1995. Serra composed and performed a number of synthesizer tracks, including the radically reworked version of the ""James Bond Theme"" that plays during the gun barrel sequence, while John Altman and David Arch provided the more traditional symphonic music. The producers hired composer John Altman to write a more traditional, orchestral score piece for the tank-chase scene in St. Petersburg. Serra's"
"morning on October 11, 2006. The soundtrack was released on November 14, 2006. Various names were reported in the media prior to the announcement, some reports going so far as to have the performers apparently claim they were working on the theme. This list includes Tina Turner who previously sang ""GoldenEye"" for the 1995 Bond film of the same name, and Tony Christie. The ""Casino Royale"" title song ""You Know My Name"" by Chris Cornell is not featured on the soundtrack album, but released separately as a single. However, motifs from the song serve as Bond's theme throughout the film,"
"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"
"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"
"the Bond theme but orchestral hits though the surf guitar makes returns soon after. The gunbarrel of the Pierce Brosnan film ""GoldenEye"" opened with a synthesized arrangement by Éric Serra which plays the guitar riff on (almost indistinct) kettle drums. A more traditional rendition by John Altman is heard in the film during the tank chase in St. Petersburg. This version of the ""James Bond Theme"" is not included in the ""GoldenEye"" soundtrack. David Arnold's gunbarrel arrangements in ""Tomorrow Never Dies"" and ""The World Is Not Enough"" dropped the guitar melody line, jumping straight from the tune's opening to its"
"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"
"We Have All the Time in the World ""We Have All the Time in the World"" is a James Bond theme and popular song sung by Louis Armstrong. Its music was composed by John Barry and the lyrics by Hal David. It is a secondary musical theme in the 1969 Bond film ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", the title theme being the instrumental ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service,"" also composed by Barry. The song title is taken from Bond's final words in both the novel and the film, spoken after his wife's death. Armstrong was too ill to play his"
"version based on the James Bond Theme. The guitar riff heard in the original recording of the theme was played by Flick. The prospect, however, fell apart and Gladys Knight's song and performance was chosen, later becoming a Top 10 hit in the United Kingdom. The song was composed by Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen and Walter Afanasieff, based on the ""horn line"" from ""Goldfinger"", which required royalty payments to the original writers. At 5 minutes 13 seconds it is the longest Bond theme, though 45 single releases featured a shorter edit, running 4 minutes 11 seconds. The music video"
"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,"
"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"
"You Know My Name ""You Know My Name"", performed by Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, is the theme song to the 2006 James Bond film, ""Casino Royale."" Cornell wrote it jointly with David Arnold, the soundtrack's composer. The film producers chose Cornell because they wanted a strong male singer. Cornell and Arnold tried to make the song a replacement theme for the character instead of the ""James Bond theme"" reflecting the agent's inexperience in ""Casino Royale"", as well as an introduction to Daniel Craig's grittier and more emotional portrayal of Bond. The single sold 148,000 copies in 2006 in the UK,"
"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"
"it was the finest piece of music he had written for a Bond movie; also because of the pleasure of working with Louis Armstrong. We Have All the Time in the World ""We Have All the Time in the World"" is a James Bond theme and popular song sung by Louis Armstrong. Its music was composed by John Barry and the lyrics by Hal David. It is a secondary musical theme in the 1969 Bond film ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", the title theme being the instrumental ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service,"" also composed by Barry. The song title is"
"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"
"Cash, B. B. King, Tina Turner, Ronnie Wood, Jah Wobble, Holger Czukay, Jay-Z, and Rihanna. The Edge connected with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois collaborator Michael Brook (the creator of the infinite guitar, which he regularly uses), working with him on the score to the film ""Captive"" (1986). From this soundtrack the song ""Heroine"", the vocal of which was sung by a young Sinéad O'Connor was released as a single. He also created the theme song for season one and two of ""The Batman"". He and fellow U2 member Bono wrote the theme of the 1995 James Bond film ""GoldenEye""."
"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"
"gun control measures, opposes military intervention in Syria, and supports fighting climate change. Sheryl Crow Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Her music incorporates elements of pop, rock, country, and blues. She has released ten studio albums, four compilations, a live album, and has contributed to a number of film soundtracks. Her songs include ""All I Wanna Do"", ""If It Makes You Happy"", ""My Favorite Mistake"" and the theme song for the 1997 James Bond film ""Tomorrow Never Dies"". She has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. Crow has garnered nine Grammy"
"remastered edition to be the best score of the James Bond series, giving it five out of five stars. MacDonald wrote that the score was ""big and ballsy, mainly jazz and orchestral fusion, with Shirley Bassey belting out the fantastic title song."" He added that the remastered edition's sound quality was ""impeccable"". The soundtrack was the first James Bond soundtrack to reach No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" 200. Source: Following the success of her performance on the title track, Shirley Bassey sang the title song for two later Bond films, ""Diamonds Are Forever"" and ""Moonraker"". John Barry used the ""Goldfinger"""
"""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"
"after producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman were worried that a theme song to a James Bond film would not work well if the song did not have the title of the film in its lyrics. Barry then teamed up with lyricist Don Black and wrote ""Thunderball"", which was sung by Tom Jones, who according to Bond production legend, fainted in the recording booth when singing the song's final note. Jones said of it, ""I closed my eyes and I held the note for so long when I opened my eyes the room was spinning."" Country musician Johnny Cash"
"Songs: The Music Of 007"". Another Way to Die ""Another Way to Die"" is a song by American musicians Jack White and Alicia Keys. Written and produced by White as the theme song to the 2008 James Bond film ""Quantum of Solace"", it was released as a single in the United States on September 30, 2008 and in Europe on October 20, 2008. The song—which features White on vocals, guitar and drums and Keys on vocals and piano—is the first duet in the Bond film series, and was nominated for Best Short Form Music Video at the 2009 Grammy Awards,"
"composed by David Arnold. For every Bond movie which John Barry scored, he orchestrated a slightly different version of the Bond theme, as can be heard during the gun barrel sequence. These specialised Bond themes often reflected the style and locations featured in the movie, and the actor playing Bond. The ""James Bond Theme"" and its variations found in the movies are played during many different types of scenes. Early in the series, the theme provided background music to Connery's entrances. It was not until ""Goldfinger"" that John Barry began to use the theme as an action cue. Since then,"
"goes awry. On 27 May 1974, BBC1 screened ""Bruce Forsyth Meets Lulu"" a special variety TV show for the UK bank holiday. In 1974, she performed the title song for the James Bond film ""The Man with the Golden Gun"". Two slightly different versions of the song were used, at the start and end respectively; James Bond was mentioned in the end version. Released as a single, it is the only Bond film title track not to chart as a single in either the United Kingdom or the United States. The same year she covered David Bowie's songs ""The Man"