"was used in many other films, including by Simmons again in ""The Wild Geese"", where Simmons also doubled for Richard Burton. Upon retirement, Simmons wrote an autobiography entitled ""Nobody Does It Better"" titled after the theme song for the 1977 Bond film ""The Spy Who Loved Me"". Bob Simmons (stunt man) Bob Simmons (Fulham, London, England, 31 March 1922 – 21 October 1987) was an English actor and stunt man, best known for his work in many British made films, most notably the James Bond series. Simmons was a former Army Physical Training Instructor at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst who"
"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"
"""Casino Royale"", commercials used the song's title, ""Nobody Does It Better"", as a catch phrase. Included in the March 2007 DVD release of ""Casino Royale"" was the documentary featurette ""Bond Girls Are Forever""; a version of ""Nobody Does it Better"" performed by Faith Rivera is heard over the closing credits. Teaser posters for the 1983 Bond film, ""Octopussy"", featured the tagline: ""Nobody does it better... thirteen times"" (this was the 13th official James Bond film). The song was featured over a montage of James Bond film clips featuring the character Q; this was included on the VHS release (as well"
"Better"" is a ""lust-drunk anthem"" about James Bond's sexual prowess. ""Nobody Does It Better"" has been covered a number of times and has been featured in many non-Bond films, including ""Mr. & Mrs. Smith"" (2005), performed by 8mm. ""Little Black Book"" (2004), ""Lost in Translation"" (2003) and """" (2004) also used the song. Brazilian singer Fafá de Belém sang and wrote Portuguese lyrics from this song, called ""Meu Homem"". George Wright covered the song in his 1984 album ""Red Hot and Blue"". Singer/Actress Julie Andrews included the song on her 1987 album ""Love, Julie"" (also titled ""Tea for Two"" internationally)"
"was rumoured that ""No Good About Goodbye"" was intended for ""Quantum of Solace"", however David Arnold said 'No Good About Goodbye' was never intended as a Bond song. Paul McCartney's performance of ""Live and Let Die"" was the first Bond theme song to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song; it reached 2 as a U.S. single, and 9 on the U.K. charts. George Martin's work in the song won the Grammy for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists. Marvin Hamlisch's (music) and Carole Bayer Sager's (lyrics) ""Nobody Does It Better"" (performed by Carly Simon) received a nomination for"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"""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"
"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"
"fright. In the appearance, she sang two songs: ""Half A Chance"" and her signature song, ""You're So Vain"". In 1977, Simon had a surprise international hit with the million-selling gold single ""Nobody Does It Better"", the theme to the James Bond film ""The Spy Who Loved Me"". Simon's second-biggest U.S. hit, after ""You're So Vain"", was 1977's biggest Adult Contemporary hit, where it held at No. 1 for seven straight weeks. The single peaked one step behind Debby Boone's mega-hit ""You Light Up My Life"" on ""Billboard's"" Pop Singles chart from October 22 to November 5, 1977 and received Grammy"
"every Eon Bond film since ""Dr. No"" in 1962, with the exception of ""Moonraker"" in which Bond was not seen with a pistol. Walther wanted to debut its new firearm in a Bond film, which had been one of its most visible endorsers. Previously the P5 was introduced in ""Octopussy"". Bond would use the P99 until Daniel Craig reverted to the PPK as 007 in ""Quantum of Solace"" in 2008. Barbara Broccoli chose David Arnold to score ""Tomorrow Never Dies"" on a recommendation from prolific James Bond films composer John Barry. Arnold had come to Barry's attention through his successful"
"""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"
"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"
"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"
"she sang on Rush's song ""Time Stand Still"" on the album ""Hold Your Fire"". The single is credited as ""Rush (featuring Aimee Mann)"". In 1995, she recorded a cover version of Harry Nilsson's ""One"" on the album ""For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson"" and in 1996, ""Baby Blue"" on the Badfinger tribute album ""Come and Get It"". In 1997, Mann recorded a cover of ""Nobody Does It Better"", the theme song of the James Bond film ""The Spy Who Loved Me"", on the album """". In 2001, Mann recorded covers of The Beatles' ""Two of Us"" with Michael"
"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"
"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 film's production team wanted an early rough draft of the song so elements of its melody could be incorporated into the main score. Director Michael Apted thought the use of ""Nobody Does It Better"" as a love theme throughout ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" very effective, and he wanted Arnold to use that as a reference point. Arnold wanted a theme song marrying the ""classic Bond sound"" with the electronica that would influence most of his score. An orchestra would be required as audiences expect traditional elements in a Bond film, and without them ""The World Is Not Enough"""
"in the Academy Award-winning song ""The Windmills of Your Mind""—and was performed by Lani Hall. Fleming's estate, financially backed by Eon Productions and MGM, made a final attempt to block the film in the High Courts in London in the spring of 1983, but this was thrown out by the court and ""Never Say Never Again"" was permitted to proceed. When ""Never Say Never Again"" was released, it grossed $9.72 million ($ million in dollars) on its first weekend, which was reported to be ""the best opening record of any ""James Bond"" film"" up to that point and surpassing ""Octopussy""s"
"Minister Harold Wilson. The theme song ""Nobody Does It Better"" was composed by Marvin Hamlisch, written by Carole Bayer Sager, and performed by Carly Simon. It was the first theme song in the series to be titled differently from the name of the film, although the title is in the lyrics. It was nominated for Best Song but lost to ""You Light Up My Life"". The song met immediate success and is featured in numerous films, including ""Mr. & Mrs. Smith"" (2005), ""Little Black Book"", ""Lost in Translation"", and """" (2004). In 2004, it was honoured by the American Film"
"anniversary of the release of ""Dr. No"", the first James Bond film. A 12-inch single featuring unofficial remixes of the song was sold in Germany to promote the song. The song was not included on , marking the second time in the Bond series that the theme song was split from the soundtrack album, following ""You Know My Name"" from ""Casino Royale"" in 2006. Wilson and Broccoli still asked composer Thomas Newman to include a reference to ""Skyfall"" in the film's score ""so that it didn't appear as a kind of 'one off' at the top of the movie"". Newman"
"song through his earphones several times and the song starts up a few times when he appears on screen. An instrumental version plays during the fight between Necros and Agent Green-4 at the MI6 safe house, and then again when Necros and Bond fight aboard the Soviet cargo plane. Where Has Everybody Gone? ""Where Has Everybody Gone?"" is a song by English-American rock band the Pretenders. It was one of two songs recorded by the band for the 1987 James Bond film ""The Living Daylights"", the other being ""If There Was a Man"". ""Where Has Everybody Gone?"" peaked at number"
"You Only Live Twice (soundtrack) You Only Live Twice is the soundtrack for the fifth James Bond film of the same name. It was composed by Bond veteran John Barry. At the time, this was his fourth credited Bond film. The theme song, ""You Only Live Twice"", was sung by Nancy Sinatra, the first non-British vocalist of the series, with music by Barry and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. The soundtrack has previously been available in two versions on CD – the first, a straight reissue of the LP soundtrack, and the second, an expanded reissue including several previously unreleased tracks."
"Tomorrow Never Dies (song) ""Tomorrow Never Dies"" is the song, performed by Sheryl Crow, which served as the theme song to the James Bond film of the same name. The song was co-written by Crow and the song's producer Mitchell Froom, and became her fifth UK Top 20 hit, peaking at No. 12 in 1997. Another song, ""Tomorrow Never Dies"", written by the movie's composer David Arnold and performed by k.d. lang, was originally produced as the official theme tune. When Crow's song became the official theme the k.d. lang song was relegated to the end credits, and renamed ""Surrender""."
"2007 DVD and Blu-ray editions of ""Casino Royale"". A new 2012 version was shown on the Sky Movies 007 channel in the UK to include ""Quantum of Solace"" and ""Skyfall"". Emmy award–winning singer and songwriter Faith Rivera performed a rendition of ""Nobody Does It Better"" over the closing credits of the documentary. There would be several roles available for female actors offered casting in a ‘Bond Film’: the principal character, whose motives are sometimes uncertain, those who contribute to the task-at-hand, those who undermine it, often with consequences, and quixotic confederates. There are of course gray areas, numerous indefinites, as"
"It is heard during the Bond–Tracy courtship montage, bridging Draco's birthday party in Portugal and Bond's burglary of the Gebrüder Gumbold law office in Bern, Switzerland. Barry recalled Armstrong was very ill, but recorded the song in one take. The song was re-released in 1994, achieving the number three position during a 13-week spell in the UK charts. A Hal David song entitled ""Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?"" performed by Danish singer Nina also featured in the film in several scenes. The theme, ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", is used in the film as an action theme"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"sometimes excitingly, often with style"" with the villain ""slightly more contemporary and plausible than usual"", bringing ""some subtler-than-usual satire into the film"". James Berardinelli described it as ""the best Bond film in many years"" and said Brosnan ""inhabits his character with a suave confidence that is very like Connery's."" However, in the ""Los Angeles Times"", Kenneth Turan thought a lot of ""Tomorrow Never Dies"" had a ""stodgy, been-there feeling"", with little change from previous films, and Charles Taylor wrote for Salon.com that the film was ""a flat, impersonal affair"". The title song sung by Sheryl Crow was nominated for a"
"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"
"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"