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The Spy Who Loved Me (soundtrack)
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The Spy Who Loved Me

Soundtrack album by Marvin Hamlisch

Released
1977
Recorded
April 1977
Label
EMI
Producer
Frank Collura (Reissue)
Marvin Hamlisch chronology

Funny Lady
 (1975) The Spy Who Loved Me
 (1977) The Absent-Minded Waiter
 (1977)
James Bond soundtrack chronology

The Man with the Golden Gun
 (1974) The Spy Who Loved Me
 (1977) Moonraker
 (1979)


Re-release cover



Singles from The Spy Who Loved Me
1."Nobody Does It Better"
 Released: 1977

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).


Contents  [hide]
1 Theme song
2 Soundtrack
3 Track listing
4 See also
5 References

Theme song[edit]
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 is one of four Bond theme songs to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The other three were Live and Let Die in 1973, For Your Eyes Only in 1981, and Skyfall, which won the award in 2013.
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 driving disco rhythm to "Bond '77" is very similar to the Bee Gees' 1976 single "You Should Be Dancing".
The theme song became a hit that is still popular today and has been featured in numerous films including the recently released Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Little Black Book (2004), Lost in Translation and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004). In 2004, the song was honoured by the American Film Institute as the 67th greatest film song as part of their 100 Years...100 Songs countdown.
Soundtrack[edit]
The film's soundtrack was composed by Marvin Hamlisch, who filled in for veteran John Barry due to his being unavailable for work in the United Kingdom due to tax reasons. The soundtrack, in comparison to other Bond films of the time, is more disco-oriented and included a new disco rendition of the "James Bond Theme", titled "Bond 77".
An element of the Barry style remains in the suspenseful film sequence in which Bond and Amasova try to track down Jaws at an antiquated site in Egypt. The accompanying Hamlisch music echoes Barry's "Stalking," from the pre-credit fantasy sequence of From Russia with Love, featuring Bond (Sean Connery) and villain Red Grant (Robert Shaw).
A large percentage of the music in the film was re-recorded for the soundtrack album and, therefore, does not sound exactly like the music in the film, the track "Bond '77" being the most obvious. It is a cue that was recorded several times specifically for different moments of the film (the opening ski chase, the car chase on land, then underwater and the gun battle with the troops on the Liparus). The soundtrack album uses a different 'medley' version, slower in pace, which features aspects of most of the variations of the track used throughout the film, compiled into one song. This version was also released as a 7" single on United Artists records (the track "Ride to Atlantis" was the B-Side). The main theme by Simon also differs in the film; it has a fade out on the album/single but in the film's opening titles, it has a more abrupt ending, finishing with a long electronic note. The track "Anya" on the album does not feature in the film. There are also many cues used in the film that have yet to appear on any soundtrack release.
The "Bond '77" recordings featuring in the film are the soundtrack's most disco-influenced part; the rest is every bit as classic as any Barry Bond soundtrack featuring high brass, lush strings and sweeping melodies. The soundtrack to the 1981 Bond film For Your Eyes Only by Bill Conti is far more disco-oriented, featuring funky guitars, bongos and a lot of electronic synthesizers.
Track listing[edit]
1."Nobody Does It Better (Main Title)" – Carly Simon – 3:29
2."Bond 77" – 4:19
3."Ride to Atlantis" – 3:28
4."Mojave Club" – 2:13
5."Nobody Does It Better (Instrumental)" – 4:43
6."Anya" – 3:19
7."The Tanker" – 4:24
8."The Pyramids" – 1:37
9."Eastern Lights" – 3:22
10."Conclusion" – 1:37
11."Nobody Does It Better (End Title)" – Carly Simon – 3:25
In addition, Hamlisch incorporates into his score several pieces of classical music. As Stromberg feeds his duplicitous secretary to a shark, the villain plays Bach's "Air on the G String". He then plays the second movement's opening string section, Andante, of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 as Atlantis rises from the sea.
"Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat, Op. 27 No. 2" by Chopin crops up later, as reportedly does an excerpt from Saint-Saëns' "The Aquarium" from The Carnival of the Animals.
Finally, Hamlisch cheekily segues his score into an excerpt from that of David Lean's 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia when Bond and Anya Amasova are wandering through the desert; according to a documentary on the DVD, this idea was originally a joke by one of the film editors who played the music over the dailies of the scene. It became a trend, with the subsequent two films in the series similarly referencing 'classic' film music within their scores.
See also[edit]
Outline of James Bond
References[edit]



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 "007 Theme" (John Barry) ·
 "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (John Barry) ·
 "Bond 77" (Marvin Hamlisch)
 

Soundtracks
Dr. No ·
 From Russia with Love ·
 Goldfinger ·
 Thunderball ·
 You Only Live Twice ·
 On Her Majesty's Secret Service ·
 Diamonds Are Forever ·
 Live and Let Die ·
 The Man with the Golden Gun ·
 The Spy Who Loved Me ·
 Moonraker ·
 For Your Eyes Only ·
 Octopussy ·
 A View to a Kill ·
 The Living Daylights ·
 Licence to Kill ·
 GoldenEye ·
 Tomorrow Never Dies ·
 The World Is Not Enough ·
 Die Another Day ·
 Casino Royale ·
 Quantum of Solace ·
 Skyfall
 

Eon films
 themes
"Kingston Calypso" ·
 "From Russia with Love" ·
 "Goldfinger" ·
 "Thunderball" ·
 "You Only Live Twice" ·
 "We Have All the Time in the World" ·
 "Diamonds Are Forever" ·
 "Live and Let Die" ·
 "The Man with the Golden Gun" ·
 "Nobody Does It Better" ·
 "Moonraker" ·
 "For Your Eyes Only" ·
 "All Time High" ·
 "A View to a Kill" ·
 "The Living Daylights" ·
 "Where Has Everybody Gone?" ·
 "Licence to Kill" ·
 "If You Asked Me To" ·
 "GoldenEye" ·
 "Tomorrow Never Dies" ·
 "The World Is Not Enough" ·
 "Die Another Day" ·
 "You Know My Name" ·
 "Another Way to Die" ·
 "Skyfall"
 

Non-Eon films
 themes
"Casino Royale" ·
 "The Look of Love" ·
 "Never Say Never Again"
 

Compilations
Shaken and Stirred ·
 The Incredible World of James Bond ·
 The Best of Bond...James Bond
 

Related articles
Eon films secondary songs ·
 Non-Eon films secondary songs
 

 


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The Spy Who Loved Me (film)
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service (soundtrack)
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Album cover art by Terence Gilbert

Soundtrack album by John Barry

Released
1969
Recorded
October 1969
Label
EMI
Producer
Phil Ramone
John Barry chronology

The Lion in Winter
 (1968) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
 (1969) Diamonds Are Forever
 (1971)
James Bond soundtrack chronology

You Only Live Twice
 (1967) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
 (1969) Diamonds Are Forever
 (1971)



Singles from On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1."We Have All the Time in the World"
 Released: 1969


Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating
Allmusic 5/5 stars[1]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service ("OHMSS") is the soundtrack for the sixth James Bond film of the same name.
The soundtrack to this film was composed, arranged, and conducted by John Barry; it was his fifth successive Bond film.
The opening theme proved a challenge; the convention was to include the film's title in the opening song's lyrics; the film became the first in the series since From Russia with Love to deviate from this rule. Barry felt it would be difficult to compose a theme song containing the title "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" unless it was written operatically, in the style of Gilbert and Sullivan. Leslie Bricusse had considered lyrics for the title song[2] but director Peter R. Hunt allowed an instrumental title theme in the tradition of the first two Bond films. (Though From Russia with Love had a song at the end, played by Matt Munro) The track is notable for its incorporation of the Moog synthesizer in its recurring bassline. Its distinctive sound would become a mainstay of soundtracks in the 1970s.
The theme, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", is used in the film as an action theme alternate to Monty Norman's "James Bond Theme", as is the case with Barry's previous "007" theme. "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was remixed in 1997 by the Propellerheads for the Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project album. Barry-orchestrator Nic Raine recorded an arrangement of the escape from Piz Gloria sequence and it was featured as a theme in the trailers for Pixar's 2004 animated film The Incredibles.
Norman's "James Bond Theme", first played in Dr. No, was heard for the last time in a Bond film to date. The 1962 version was used throughout Sean Connery's tenure from 1962 to 1967. Since then, the Bond theme has been rearranged in many ways after On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Barry also composed the love song "We Have All the Time in the World" sung by Louis Armstrong. With lyrics by Burt Bacharach's regular lyricist Hal David, 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. "We Have All the Time in the World" is often mistakenly referred to as the opening credits theme. It was Armstrong's last recorded song (he died of a heart attack two years later.). At the time, the song barely made an impact on the charts. A second song, "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?" also features in the film, performed by Danish singer Nina, being included to underscore several scenes.


Contents  [hide]
1 Track listing
2 Track listing (in chronological order, as they appear in the film)
3 See also
4 References

Track listing[edit]
1."We Have All the Time in the World" – Louis Armstrong
2."This Never Happened to the Other Feller"[A]
3."Try"
4."Ski Chase"
5."Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?" – Nina
6."On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Main Title)"
7."Journey to Blofeld's Hideaway"
8."We Have All the Time in the World (Instrumental)"
9."Over and Out"
10."Battle at Piz Gloria"
11."We Have All the Time in the World/James Bond Theme"
12."Journey to Draco's Hideaway"
13."Bond and Draco"[A]
14."Gumbold's Safe"
15."Bond Settles In"
16."Bond Meets the Girls"
17."Dusk at Piz Gloria"
18."Sir Hilary's Night Out (Who Will Buy My Yesterdays?)"
19."Blofeld's Plot"
20."Escape from Piz Gloria"
21."Bobsled Chase"



A.^ Jump up to: a b contains the "James Bond Theme", originally composed for the Dr. No soundtrack

 In 2003, the soundtrack was re-released with additional tracks (tracks 12 to 21); the liner notes state that these additional tracks contain "previously unreleased music within cue". Due to legal reasons, the additional tracks were placed after the tracks making up the original soundtrack. In both the original soundtrack and its re-release, the tracks are not in the chronological order in which they occur in the film.
Track listing (in chronological order, as they appear in the film)[edit]
1."This Never Happened to the Other Feller"
2."On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Main Title)"
3."Try"
4."We Have All the Time in the World (Instrumental)"
5."Journey to Draco's Hideaway"
6.Bond And Draco
7."We Have All the Time in the World" – Louis Armstrong
8."Gumbold's Safe"
9."Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?" – Nina
10."Journey to Blofeld's Hideaway"
11."Bond Settles In"
12."Bond Meets the Girls"
13."Dusk at Piz Gloria"
14."Sir Hilary's Night Out (Who Will Buy My Yesterdays?)"
15."Blofeld's Plot"
16."Escape from Piz Gloria"
17."Ski Chase"
18."Over and Out"
19."Battle at Piz Gloria"[A]
20."Bobsled Chase"
21."We Have All the Time in the World/James Bond Theme"
A.Jump up ^ In the movie, the first half of the track does not appear, and The James Bond Theme, the original Monty Norman and John Barry's arrangement from Dr. No, plays instead
See also[edit]
Outline of James Bond
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ AllMusic review
2.Jump up ^ "Goldfinger – The Reunion | Event Information". Bondstars.com. Retrieved 4 March 2012.


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Themes
"James Bond Theme" (Monty Norman) ·
 "James Bond Is Back" (John Barry) ·
 "007 Theme" (John Barry) ·
 "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (John Barry) ·
 "Bond 77" (Marvin Hamlisch)
 

Soundtracks
Dr. No ·
 From Russia with Love ·
 Goldfinger ·
 Thunderball ·
 You Only Live Twice ·
 On Her Majesty's Secret Service ·
 Diamonds Are Forever ·
 Live and Let Die ·
 The Man with the Golden Gun ·
 The Spy Who Loved Me ·
 Moonraker ·
 For Your Eyes Only ·
 Octopussy ·
 A View to a Kill ·
 The Living Daylights ·
 Licence to Kill ·
 GoldenEye ·
 Tomorrow Never Dies ·
 The World Is Not Enough ·
 Die Another Day ·
 Casino Royale ·
 Quantum of Solace ·
 Skyfall
 

Eon films
 themes
"Kingston Calypso" ·
 "From Russia with Love" ·
 "Goldfinger" ·
 "Thunderball" ·
 "You Only Live Twice" ·
 "We Have All the Time in the World" ·
 "Diamonds Are Forever" ·
 "Live and Let Die" ·
 "The Man with the Golden Gun" ·
 "Nobody Does It Better" ·
 "Moonraker" ·
 "For Your Eyes Only" ·
 "All Time High" ·
 "A View to a Kill" ·
 "The Living Daylights" ·
 "Where Has Everybody Gone?" ·
 "Licence to Kill" ·
 "If You Asked Me To" ·
 "GoldenEye" ·
 "Tomorrow Never Dies" ·
 "The World Is Not Enough" ·
 "Die Another Day" ·
 "You Know My Name" ·
 "Another Way to Die" ·
 "Skyfall"
 

Non-Eon films
 themes
"Casino Royale" ·
 "The Look of Love" ·
 "Never Say Never Again"
 

Compilations
Shaken and Stirred ·
 The Incredible World of James Bond ·
 The Best of Bond...James Bond
 

Related articles
Eon films secondary songs ·
 Non-Eon films secondary songs
 

 


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James Bond music
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The James Bond film series from Eon Productions has had numerous signature tracks over the years, many of which are now considered classic pieces of film music. The best known of these pieces of music is the ubiquitous "James Bond Theme." Other instrumental pieces, 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" or Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better" have also become identified with the series.


Contents  [hide]
1 "James Bond Theme"
2 "James Bond Is Back"
3 "007 Theme"
4 "Suspense" motif
5 Composers (Eon Productions)
6 Music from Eon Productions 6.1 Title themes
6.2 Secondary songs
6.3 Foreign songs
6.4 Additional music
7 Non-Eon Productions songs 7.1 Main title themes
7.2 Secondary songs
8 Unused songs
9 Cover versions and spin-offs
10 Video games
11 See also
12 References
13 External links

"James Bond Theme"[edit]
Main article: James Bond Theme
"James Bond Is Back"[edit]
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".[1]
"007 Theme"[edit]
"007 Theme", not to be confused with the "James Bond Theme", is an adventure theme composed by John Barry in 1963 for the Bond film, From Russia with Love.[2] "The John Barry Seven" had pop chart hit with a cover version of Elmer Bernstein's theme to The Magnificent Seven that featured seven beats repeated throughout the theme. Barry used seven beats throughout the "007 Theme".
It became a secondary theme for the Bond films, being used throughout the series, primarily during action scenes. Here are its most notable appearances:
From Russia with Love — Played during the gypsy camp gunfight and also during Bond's theft of the Lektor decoder from the Russian embassy in Istanbul.
Thunderball — Featured briefly in climactic underwater fight and featuring on the film soundtrack album; a similar but different theme of seven beats is played when Bond runs from SPECTRE during a parade and during the climax.
You Only Live Twice — Played during the flight of "Little Nellie" before Bond battles four helicopters that attack him.
Diamonds Are Forever — Played during Bond's destruction of Blofeld's Headquarters.
Moonraker — Played during the Amazon River chase.
The theme has not been featured in its entirety in a Bond film since its use in Moonraker.
This piece of music was also used by Al Primo, the news director at KYW-TV in Philadelphia for its long-time theme to Eyewitness News, and was adopted by other Group W stations in Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Boston and San Francisco as well as other non-Group W stations, most notably WLS-TV in Chicago. The theme was also sampled by Big Audio Dynamite for the 1986 song "Sightsee M.C!"
"Suspense" motif[edit]
Like John Barry, David Arnold has left his own mark in the music of James Bond. In this case, he has established what can be called the "suspense motif", which is a descending, repetitive four-note motif that can be heard in most of the Bond films he has scored, starting with Tomorrow Never Dies. It is usually an underlying motif playing under the main melody, and is usually orchestrated with piano trills, high strings, horns, blaring trumpets, and an underlying snare drum. This motif can be heard in:
Tomorrow Never Dies — "Station Break", "*-3-Send", "Underwater Discovery"
The World Is Not Enough — "Pipeline", "Submarine"
Die Another Day — "Death of Moon", "Antonov"
Casino Royale — "Miami International", "Dirty Martini", and very briefly in "African Rundown"
Composers (Eon Productions)[edit]
The biggest contributions to the Bond films, save for the "James Bond Theme", are works from John Barry. In addition to his uncredited contribution to Dr. No, Barry composed eleven Bond soundtracks and is credited with the creation of "007" (dominated by brass and percussion) and the popular orchestral theme from On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Next to Barry, David Arnold is the series' most regular composer. He has composed the scores for the Bond films since Tomorrow Never Dies, up to and including Quantum of Solace. His Barry-esque orchestrations combined with electronic rhythm elements gave the Brosnan era its musical identity.
Other major composers and record-producers include George Martin, Bill Conti, Michael Kamen, Marvin Hamlisch, Éric Serra and Thomas Newman.

Film
Year
Score composer
Dr. No 1962 Monty Norman
From Russia with Love 1963 John Barry
Goldfinger 1964
Thunderball 1965
You Only Live Twice 1967
On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1969
Diamonds Are Forever 1971
Live and Let Die 1973 George Martin
The Man with the Golden Gun 1974 John Barry
The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 Marvin Hamlisch
Moonraker 1979 John Barry
For Your Eyes Only 1981 Bill Conti
Octopussy 1983 John Barry
A View to a Kill 1985
The Living Daylights 1987
Licence to Kill 1989 Michael Kamen
GoldenEye 1995 Éric Serra
Tomorrow Never Dies 1997 David Arnold
The World Is Not Enough 1999
Die Another Day 2002
Casino Royale 2006
Quantum of Solace 2008
Skyfall 2012 Thomas Newman
Music from Eon Productions[edit]
Title themes[edit]
The "James Bond Theme" is the main theme for Dr. No, and has featured in all the Eon Productions Bond films in different versions. The theme has also featured on the gun barrel sequences at the beginning of the films. The original theme is credited to Monty Norman, and was performed by John Barry and his orchestra in 1962. In the opening credits of Dr. No, two other pieces were played: an untitled bongo interlude and a Calypso-flavored rendition of "Three Blind Mice", titled "Kingston Calypso". Due to this, Dr. No is the only film to have more than one opening theme. The "James Bond Theme" reached No. 13 in the UK Singles Chart, and remained in the charts for 13 weeks.[3]
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 No. 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 No. 20.[3]
Goldfinger was the third soundtrack composed by John Barry, and this time the theme song had lyrics written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. The soundtrack reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and spent 70 weeks on the charts.[4] It also peaked at No. 14 on the UK Albums Chart,[3] and received the Bond series first Grammy Award nomination, Best Original Score from a Motion Picture or Television Show.[5]
Welsh singer Shirley Bassey has performed the most Bond themes – she recorded the themes to Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker. Bassey also recorded her own versions of "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" for Thunderball and "No Good About Goodbye" for Quantum of Solace (see "Unused songs").[citation needed]
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 No. 2 as a U.S. single, and No. 7 on the U.K. charts.[3][4] George Martin's work in the song won the Grammy for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists.[6]
Marvin Hamlisch's (music) and Carole Bayer Sager's (lyrics) "Nobody Does It Better" (performed by Carly Simon) received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, as did Bill Conti's "For Your Eyes Only", which was performed by Sheena Easton. 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 No. 1).[4] It was not until the 2013 Oscars that a Bond theme song finally won the Best Song Academy Award, the theme 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 Media.[7]
Several of the later films have alternative theme songs, often during the closing credits. The Living Daylights featured The Pretenders performing "If There Was a Man," composed by John Barry with Chrissie Hynde. Licence to Kill has "If You Asked Me To" sung by Patti Labelle. Tomorrow Never Dies included k.d. lang's "Surrender" during the closing credits, a song which was originally proposed by composer David Arnold to be the title sequence theme instead of the Sheryl Crow title song. The "Surrender" theme is heard throughout the score while the melody of Sheryl Crow's song is not used again during the film. This hearkens back to the Thunderball soundtrack, where Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was originally proposed as the opening credits music, only to be replaced by the eponymous title track as sung by Tom Jones.[8]
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.[citation needed]

Film
Year
Score composer
Title song
Composed by
Performed by
U.K. peak
 position
U.S. peak
 position
Dr. No
 (soundtrack) 1962 Monty Norman "James Bond Theme"
 "Kingston Calypso" Monty Norman John Barry & Orchestra; Monty Norman
 Byron Lee and the Dragonaires — —
From Russia with Love
 (soundtrack) 1963 John Barry "Opening Titles: James Bond Is Back/From Russia with Love/James Bond Theme" John Barry, Lionel Bart, Monty Norman John Barry (title sequence)
Matt Monro (vocal version heard in film proper and during closing credits)
 — —
Goldfinger
 (soundtrack) 1964 "Goldfinger" Leslie Bricusse
Anthony Newley
John Barry Shirley Bassey 21 8
Thunderball
 (soundtrack) 1965 "Thunderball" John Barry
Don Black Tom Jones 35 25
You Only Live Twice
 (soundtrack) 1967 "You Only Live Twice" Leslie Bricusse
John Barry Nancy Sinatra 11 44
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
 (soundtrack) 1969 "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
 "We Have All the Time in the World" - Secondary Theme John Barry
Hal David The John Barry Orchestra
Louis Armstrong — —
Diamonds Are Forever
 (soundtrack) 1971 "Diamonds Are Forever" John Barry
Don Black Shirley Bassey 38 57
Live and Let Die
 (soundtrack) 1973 George Martin "Live and Let Die" Paul McCartney
Linda McCartney Paul McCartney & Wings 7 2
The Man with the Golden Gun
 (soundtrack) 1974 John Barry "The Man with the Golden Gun" John Barry
Don Black Lulu — —
The Spy Who Loved Me
 (soundtrack) 1977 Marvin Hamlisch, who scored The Sting "Nobody Does It Better" Marvin Hamlisch
Carole Bayer Sager Carly Simon 7 2
Moonraker
 (soundtrack) 1979 John Barry "Moonraker" John Barry
Hal David Shirley Bassey — —
For Your Eyes Only
 (soundtrack) 1981 Bill Conti, who scored Rocky and The Right Stuff "For Your Eyes Only" Bill Conti
Michael Leeson Sheena Easton 8 4
Octopussy
 (soundtrack) 1983 John Barry "All Time High" John Barry
Tim Rice
Stephen Short Rita Coolidge 75 36
A View to a Kill
 (soundtrack) 1985 "A View to a Kill" John Barry
Duran Duran Duran Duran 2 1
The Living Daylights
 (soundtrack) 1987 "The Living Daylights" John Barry
Pål Waaktaar A-ha 5 —
Licence to Kill
 (soundtrack) 1989 Michael Kamen "Licence to Kill" Narada Michael Walden
 Jeffrey Cohen
Walter Afanasieff Gladys Knight 6 —
GoldenEye
 (soundtrack) 1995 Éric Serra "GoldenEye" Bono
The Edge Tina Turner 10 —
Tomorrow Never Dies
 (soundtrack) 1997 David Arnold "Tomorrow Never Dies" Sheryl Crow
Mitchell Froom Sheryl Crow 12 —
The World Is Not Enough
 (soundtrack) 1999 "The World Is Not Enough" David Arnold
Don Black Garbage 11 —
Die Another Day
 (soundtrack) 2002 "Die Another Day" Madonna
Mirwais Ahmadzaï Madonna 3 8
Casino Royale
 (soundtrack) 2006 "You Know My Name" David Arnold
Chris Cornell Chris Cornell 7 79
Quantum of Solace
 (soundtrack) 2008 "Another Way to Die" Jack White Jack White
Alicia Keys 9 81
Skyfall
 (soundtrack) 2012 Thomas Newman "Skyfall" Adele
Paul Epworth Adele 2 8
Eon Productions intended to use a song titled "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" by Shirley Bassey as the theme song of Thunderball. It was re-recorded by Dionne Warwick until Albert Broccoli insisted the theme song must include the film's title and also decided that the lyrics should not start before the film's title Thunderball appears. A new song was composed and recorded in the eleventh hour titled "Thunderball", performed by Tom Jones. The melody of "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" remains a major component of the film score.[9]
Neither "All Time High" (Octopussy), "You Know My Name" (Casino Royale), nor "Another Way to Die" (Quantum of Solace) features the title of its film either in the song title or lyrics (although "Another Way to Die" features the word "solace" in the second stanza). While not named after the film, "Nobody Does It Better" does feature the line "the spy who loved me" in its lyrics.[10]
"You Know My Name" is the first main theme to a Bond film that did not appear on the film's official soundtrack album; "Skyfall" is the second.[11]
Secondary songs[edit]
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 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.

Film
Title
Year
Performed by
Dr. No "Jump Up"
 "Underneath the Mango Tree" 1962 Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
Monty Norman
Diana Coupland
From Russia with Love "From Russia With Love" (End Credits) 1963 Matt Monro
Thunderball "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" 1965 Dionne Warwick
 and another version by Shirley Bassey
 (not on soundtrack, only instrumental version appears in film)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service "We Have All the Time in the World"
 "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?" 1969 Louis Armstrong
Nina
For Your Eyes Only "Make It Last All Night" 1981 Rage
A View to a Kill "California Girls" (not on soundtrack) 1985 Gidea Park
The Living Daylights "Where Has Everybody Gone?"
 "If There Was a Man" 1987 The Pretenders
Licence to Kill "If You Asked Me To"
 "Wedding Party"
 "Dirty Love" 1989 Patti Labelle
 Ivory
Tim Feehan
GoldenEye "The Experience of Love"
"Searching for the Golden Eye"
 "James Bond Theme" (GoldenEye trailer version)
 1995 Éric Serra
Motiv8 and Kym Mazelle
Starr Parodi and Jeff Fair (used in teasers, not in film)
Tomorrow Never Dies "Surrender"
 "James Bond Theme" 1997 k.d. lang
Moby (not in film)
The World Is Not Enough "Only Myself to Blame"
 "James Bond Theme" (End Title)
 "Sweetest Coma Again" (Japanese End Title) 1999 Scott Walker (not in film)
David Arnold (not on soundtrack)
Luna Sea (only on Japanese soundtrack)
Die Another Day "London Calling"
 "James Bond Theme (Bond vs. Oakenfold)" 2002 The Clash (not on soundtrack)
Paul Oakenfold (not in film)
Dionne Warwick's performance of "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" is never actually heard in Thunderball; it was originally to have been the opening credits theme, but this was changed when Albert Broccoli decreed the theme had to include the film's title. The melody of "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" is heard throughout the film; Warwick's version was finally released in the 1990s.
The original end title theme to The World Is Not Enough was "Only Myself to Blame", composed by David Arnold and Don Black, and sung by Scott Walker, but was left out of the final film and replaced by an Arnold arrangement of the "James Bond Theme". "Blame" was, however, left on the The World Is Not Enough soundtrack album, and its melody, representing the Elektra King character, appears throughout the score, most prominently in the tracks "Casino" and "Elektra's Theme."
Matt Monro's vocal rendition of "From Russia with Love" is often considered the official theme song for that film, even though the opening credits use an instrumental version that also incorporates the "James Bond Theme." Monro's version isn't heard until about 15 minutes into the film over a radio, and again over the closing titles.
Foreign songs[edit]
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Some songs have been dubbed for the foreign versions of the films.

Film
Original title
Translated title
Performer
Country
From Russia with Love "From Russia with Love" "Bons baisers de Russie"
 "Die Wolga ist weit" (not on DVD releases) Bob Asklof
Ruth Berlé France
 Germany
On Her Majesty's Secret Service "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?" "Savez-vous ce qu'il faut au sapin de Noël?"
 "Wovon träumt ein Weihnachtsbaum im Mai?" (on German DVD releases) Isabelle Aubret
Katja Ebstein France
 Germany
Diamonds Are Forever "Diamonds Are Forever" "Vivo di diamanti" Shirley Bassey Italy
Additional music[edit]

Film
Title
Score composer
The Spy Who Loved Me "Lawrence of Arabia Theme"
 "Doctor Zhivago Theme" (Music box)
 "Concerto for Piano N°21" (Elvira Madigan) - Andante
 "Air on the G String" Maurice Jarre
Maurice Jarre
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Sebastian Bach
Moonraker "Close Encounters of the Third Kind Theme"
 "The Magnificent Seven Theme"
 "Prelude No. 15 (Raindrop prelude)" John Williams
Elmer Bernstein
Frédéric Chopin
A View to a Kill "The Four Seasons"
 "Swan Lake" Antonio Vivaldi
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Living Daylights "40th Symphony in G minor" (1st movement)
 "Finale-Act II-Le Nozze di Figaro"
 "String Quartet in D major"
 "Variations on a Rococo Theme" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Alexander Borodin
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Goldeneye "Stand By Your Man" (Minnie Driver) Billy Sherrill / Tammy Wynette
Tomorrow Never Dies "It Had to Be You" (Instrumental) Gus Kahn / Isham Jones
Non-Eon Productions songs[edit]
Main title themes[edit]

Film
Year
Score composer
Title song
Performed by
Casino Royale 1967 Burt Bacharach "Casino Royale" Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Never Say Never Again 1983 Michel Legrand "Never Say Never Again" Lani Hall
The closing credits of Casino Royale use a vocal version of "Casino Royale" sung by Mike Redway, who remains uncredited.
Secondary songs[edit]

Film
Title
Year
Performed by
Casino Royale "The Look of Love" 1967 Dusty Springfield
Never Say Never Again "Une Chanson d'Amour" 1983 Sophie Della
The soundtrack to the 1967 spoof Casino Royale also included two short comedic songs sung in a 1920s style. One led into an instrumental version of "The Look of Love" and began with the line "James Bond playing at Casino Royale..."; later, this tune was reprised as "Seven James Bonds at Casino Royale" which lead into a lyrical version of the theme sung by Mike Redway that played over the closing credits.
Unused songs[edit]
There are a number of songs which were originally written as potential Bond themes, but not used, which have then been released or otherwise made available elsewhere. These include:
"Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" by Dionne Warwick/Shirley Bassey – The originally intended theme song for Thunderball was titled "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" a reference to a nickname given to Bond by an Italian journalist in 1962. Warwick and Bassey both recorded versions, but halfway through the scoring process, Albert Broccoli decided that the film's title must appear in the lyrics, so "Thunderball" was commissioned. The song still plays a prominent role in the score and both singers' versions have appeared on compilations in the 1990s.
"Thunderball" by Johnny Cash
"You Only Live Twice" by Julie Rogers – Included on the 30th anniversary CD release.
"The Man with the Golden Gun" by Alice Cooper – Appears on their 1973 album Muscle of Love
"For Your Eyes Only" by Blondie – Appears on their 1982 album The Hunter.
"Never Say Never Again" by Phyllis Hyman - Intended for the 1983 film.
"All Time High" by Laura Branigan – The song was originally recorded by Branigan; however, Barbara Broccoli convinced her father, Albert Broccoli, to go with Rita Coolidge instead. To this day, Branigan's version remains unreleased.
"The Living Daylights" by Pet Shop Boys – adapted from a demo theme for The Living Daylights, later completely reworked as "This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave". It appears on their 1990 album Behaviour.[12]
"Tomorrow Never Lies" by Pulp (originally called "Tomorrow Never Dies") – released as a b-side on their 1997 single "Help the Aged", and on the vinyl version of their 1998 album This Is Hardcore
"Tomorrow Never Dies" by Saint Etienne – Appears on their Built on Sand album, with the liner notes revealing that Pierce Brosnan kept the master tape of the song. Other artists who submitted Tomorrow Never Dies themes included Marc Almond, Swan Lee, The Cardigans and Space.
"Forever - I Am All Yours" by Eva Almér - Written by Eva Almér and Christian Wolfe for Quantum of Solace[13]
Cover versions and spin-offs[edit]
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), Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project featuring David Arnold collaborating with several contemporary artists. The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra recorded several albums with Bond music and performs in premieres and special events of Bond films. Britain's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra released an album of several Bond songs performances called Best Of James Bond, some of which were used on the "Ultimate Edition" DVD releases menus. Billy Strange released "Secret Agent File" in 1965. Death metal cover band Ten Masked Men has included at least one Bond theme on each of their albums. In 2004, The Cavaliers play a show titled "007" using Bond music, such as "GoldenEye", "For Your Eyes Only", "Live and Let Die", "Hovercraft Chase", "Welcome to Cuba" and "Paris and Bond". Some of them are Italo disco-like rhythms and soundtrack albums promote hits that matches the film's theme.

Title
Performer(s)
"James Bond Theme" Billy Strange
Neil Norman
The Art of Noise
Naked City
The Skatalites
Bond
Count Basie
Moby
LTJ Bukem
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Soft CellThe Ventures
Alizée (Sample in the song "J.B.G.")
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leningrad Cowboys
Hank Marvin (as part of a medley)
"From Russia with Love" Natacha Atlas
Count Basie
Thomas Lang
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
 Hank Marvin (as part of a medley)
"Goldfinger" Count Basie
Billy Strange
 Bébé
Anthony Newley (original demo recording)
Ten Masked Men
 Blue Stingrays (Tom Petty band members' surf project)
Magazine
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leningrad Cowboys
 Hank Marvin
"Thunderball" Martin Fry
Mr.Bungle
Shirley Bassey
The Kingpins
Guy Lombardo
Billy Strange
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
"You Only Live Twice" Soft Cell
Mark Burgess
Björk
Coldplay
Natacha Atlas
Robbie Williams (Sample in the song "Millennium")
Shirley Bassey
Trashcan Sinatras
Billy Strange
Eddie Peregrina
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Billy Mackenzie
 Hank Marvin (as part of a medley)
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" Propellerheads
Vernian Process
 Hank Marvin (as part of a medley)
"We Have All The Time in the World" Fun Lovin' Criminals
The Pale Fountains
Iggy Pop
My Bloody Valentine
The Puppini Sisters
"Diamonds Are Forever" David McAlmont
Arctic Monkeys
Kanye West (Sample in the song "Diamonds of Sierra Leone")
Ten Masked Men
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
"Live and Let Die" Chrissie Hynde
Escala
Guns N' Roses
Geri Halliwell
Lizzy Borden
Butch Walker
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
 Hank Marvin
"The Man with the Golden Gun" Emilíana Torrini
Funkstar De Luxe
Thin White Rope
Ten Masked Men
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
"Nobody Does It Better" Radiohead
Aimee Mann
8mm
Alan Partridge
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
"Moonraker" Shara Nelson
Neil Norman
"For Your Eyes Only" Thomas Anders
Edenbridge
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
"All Time High" Pulp
"A View to a Kill" Diablo
Leningrad Cowboys
Lostprophets
Northern Kings
Shirley Bassey
Ten Masked Men
"The Living Daylights" Ten Masked Men
The Narrow
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
"Licence to Kill" Count Basic
"If You Asked Me To" Céline Dion
"GoldenEye" Wise Guys
Bono (original demo recording)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
"Tomorrow Never Dies" Uwe Kröger
"The World Is Not Enough" Jackie Moore
"You Know My Name" Poets of the Fall
"Skyfall" Within Temptation
Video games[edit]
With the increase in audio quality for video game consoles and personal computers, in addition to the continued popularity of computer and video games, publisher Electronic Arts as well as Activision (since 2008) has included opening themes and film-style credit sequences to some of its more recent Bond video game spin offs.

Video game
Year
Score composer
Title song
Performed by
GoldenEye 007 1997 Graeme Norgate and Grant Kirkhope  
Tomorrow Never Dies 1999 Tommy Tallarico "Tomorrow Never Dies" Sheryl Crow
The World Is Not Enough 2000 Don Veca  
Agent Under Fire 2001 Don Veca "The James Bond Theme" 
Nightfire 2002 Ed Lima, Jeff Tymoschuk "Nearly Civilized" Esthero
Everything or Nothing 2004 Sean Callery, Jeff Tymoschuk "Everything or Nothing" Mýa
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent 2004 Paul Oakenfold "If You're Gonna..." Natasha Bedingfield
From Russia with Love 2005 Christopher Lennertz "From Russia with Love" (instrumental remix) John Barry
Quantum of Solace 2008 Christopher Lennertz "When Nobody Loves You" Kerli
GoldenEye 007 2010 David Arnold, Kevin Kiner "GoldenEye" Nicole Scherzinger
Blood Stone 2010 Richard Jacques "I'll Take It All" Joss Stone
007 Legends 2012 David Arnold, Kevin Kiner "Goldfinger" (instrumental remix) David Arnold
See also[edit]

Portal icon James Bond portal
Outline of James Bond
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Chicago's WLS Radio - Google Books
2.Jump up ^ MI6 :: From Russia With Love (1963) :: James Bond 007
3.^ Jump up to: a b c d Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited
4.^ Jump up to: a b c Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. Billboard Books
5.Jump up ^ http://commanderbond.net/4708/bond-and-the-grammy-awards.html
6.Jump up ^ Burlingame, Jon (2012). The Music of James Bond. Oxford University Press. p. 113. ISBN 0199986762.
7.Jump up ^ http://www.007.com/adele-wins-grammy-for-skyfall/
8.Jump up ^ "Thunderball - alternate title seq. - Shirley Bassey - HD STEREO". YouTube. 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
9.Jump up ^ The Making of Thunderball (DVD). Thunderball Ultimate Edition, Region 2, Disc 2: MGM/UA Home Entertainment. 1995.
10.Jump up ^ [1]
11.Jump up ^ Caulfield, Keith (16 November 2012). "'Skyfall' Soundtrack: Highest-Charting Bond Album in 27 Years". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
12.Jump up ^ For your ears only | Music | The Guardian
13.Jump up ^ "Forever - I Am All Yours (Quantum Of Solace Rejected Theme)". Retrieved May 8, 2013.
External links[edit]
montynorman.com
Detailed account of a court proceeding between Monty Norman and John Barry re: The "James Bond Theme", including musicological breakdowns of the theme itself.


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The James Bond film series from Eon Productions has had numerous signature tracks over the years, many of which are now considered classic pieces of film music. The best known of these pieces of music is the ubiquitous "James Bond Theme." Other instrumental pieces, 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" or Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better" have also become identified with the series.


Contents  [hide]
1 "James Bond Theme"
2 "James Bond Is Back"
3 "007 Theme"
4 "Suspense" motif
5 Composers (Eon Productions)
6 Music from Eon Productions 6.1 Title themes
6.2 Secondary songs
6.3 Foreign songs
6.4 Additional music
7 Non-Eon Productions songs 7.1 Main title themes
7.2 Secondary songs
8 Unused songs
9 Cover versions and spin-offs
10 Video games
11 See also
12 References
13 External links

"James Bond Theme"[edit]
Main article: James Bond Theme
"James Bond Is Back"[edit]
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".[1]
"007 Theme"[edit]
"007 Theme", not to be confused with the "James Bond Theme", is an adventure theme composed by John Barry in 1963 for the Bond film, From Russia with Love.[2] "The John Barry Seven" had pop chart hit with a cover version of Elmer Bernstein's theme to The Magnificent Seven that featured seven beats repeated throughout the theme. Barry used seven beats throughout the "007 Theme".
It became a secondary theme for the Bond films, being used throughout the series, primarily during action scenes. Here are its most notable appearances:
From Russia with Love — Played during the gypsy camp gunfight and also during Bond's theft of the Lektor decoder from the Russian embassy in Istanbul.
Thunderball — Featured briefly in climactic underwater fight and featuring on the film soundtrack album; a similar but different theme of seven beats is played when Bond runs from SPECTRE during a parade and during the climax.
You Only Live Twice — Played during the flight of "Little Nellie" before Bond battles four helicopters that attack him.
Diamonds Are Forever — Played during Bond's destruction of Blofeld's Headquarters.
Moonraker — Played during the Amazon River chase.
The theme has not been featured in its entirety in a Bond film since its use in Moonraker.
This piece of music was also used by Al Primo, the news director at KYW-TV in Philadelphia for its long-time theme to Eyewitness News, and was adopted by other Group W stations in Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Boston and San Francisco as well as other non-Group W stations, most notably WLS-TV in Chicago. The theme was also sampled by Big Audio Dynamite for the 1986 song "Sightsee M.C!"
"Suspense" motif[edit]
Like John Barry, David Arnold has left his own mark in the music of James Bond. In this case, he has established what can be called the "suspense motif", which is a descending, repetitive four-note motif that can be heard in most of the Bond films he has scored, starting with Tomorrow Never Dies. It is usually an underlying motif playing under the main melody, and is usually orchestrated with piano trills, high strings, horns, blaring trumpets, and an underlying snare drum. This motif can be heard in:
Tomorrow Never Dies — "Station Break", "*-3-Send", "Underwater Discovery"
The World Is Not Enough — "Pipeline", "Submarine"
Die Another Day — "Death of Moon", "Antonov"
Casino Royale — "Miami International", "Dirty Martini", and very briefly in "African Rundown"
Composers (Eon Productions)[edit]
The biggest contributions to the Bond films, save for the "James Bond Theme", are works from John Barry. In addition to his uncredited contribution to Dr. No, Barry composed eleven Bond soundtracks and is credited with the creation of "007" (dominated by brass and percussion) and the popular orchestral theme from On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Next to Barry, David Arnold is the series' most regular composer. He has composed the scores for the Bond films since Tomorrow Never Dies, up to and including Quantum of Solace. His Barry-esque orchestrations combined with electronic rhythm elements gave the Brosnan era its musical identity.
Other major composers and record-producers include George Martin, Bill Conti, Michael Kamen, Marvin Hamlisch, Éric Serra and Thomas Newman.

Film
Year
Score composer
Dr. No 1962 Monty Norman
From Russia with Love 1963 John Barry
Goldfinger 1964
Thunderball 1965
You Only Live Twice 1967
On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1969
Diamonds Are Forever 1971
Live and Let Die 1973 George Martin
The Man with the Golden Gun 1974 John Barry
The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 Marvin Hamlisch
Moonraker 1979 John Barry
For Your Eyes Only 1981 Bill Conti
Octopussy 1983 John Barry
A View to a Kill 1985
The Living Daylights 1987
Licence to Kill 1989 Michael Kamen
GoldenEye 1995 Éric Serra
Tomorrow Never Dies 1997 David Arnold
The World Is Not Enough 1999
Die Another Day 2002
Casino Royale 2006
Quantum of Solace 2008
Skyfall 2012 Thomas Newman
Music from Eon Productions[edit]
Title themes[edit]
The "James Bond Theme" is the main theme for Dr. No, and has featured in all the Eon Productions Bond films in different versions. The theme has also featured on the gun barrel sequences at the beginning of the films. The original theme is credited to Monty Norman, and was performed by John Barry and his orchestra in 1962. In the opening credits of Dr. No, two other pieces were played: an untitled bongo interlude and a Calypso-flavored rendition of "Three Blind Mice", titled "Kingston Calypso". Due to this, Dr. No is the only film to have more than one opening theme. The "James Bond Theme" reached No. 13 in the UK Singles Chart, and remained in the charts for 13 weeks.[3]
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 No. 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 No. 20.[3]
Goldfinger was the third soundtrack composed by John Barry, and this time the theme song had lyrics written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. The soundtrack reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and spent 70 weeks on the charts.[4] It also peaked at No. 14 on the UK Albums Chart,[3] and received the Bond series first Grammy Award nomination, Best Original Score from a Motion Picture or Television Show.[5]
Welsh singer Shirley Bassey has performed the most Bond themes – she recorded the themes to Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker. Bassey also recorded her own versions of "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" for Thunderball and "No Good About Goodbye" for Quantum of Solace (see "Unused songs").[citation needed]
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 No. 2 as a U.S. single, and No. 7 on the U.K. charts.[3][4] George Martin's work in the song won the Grammy for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists.[6]
Marvin Hamlisch's (music) and Carole Bayer Sager's (lyrics) "Nobody Does It Better" (performed by Carly Simon) received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, as did Bill Conti's "For Your Eyes Only", which was performed by Sheena Easton. 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 No. 1).[4] It was not until the 2013 Oscars that a Bond theme song finally won the Best Song Academy Award, the theme 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 Media.[7]
Several of the later films have alternative theme songs, often during the closing credits. The Living Daylights featured The Pretenders performing "If There Was a Man," composed by John Barry with Chrissie Hynde. Licence to Kill has "If You Asked Me To" sung by Patti Labelle. Tomorrow Never Dies included k.d. lang's "Surrender" during the closing credits, a song which was originally proposed by composer David Arnold to be the title sequence theme instead of the Sheryl Crow title song. The "Surrender" theme is heard throughout the score while the melody of Sheryl Crow's song is not used again during the film. This hearkens back to the Thunderball soundtrack, where Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was originally proposed as the opening credits music, only to be replaced by the eponymous title track as sung by Tom Jones.[8]
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.[citation needed]

Film
Year
Score composer
Title song
Composed by
Performed by
U.K. peak
 position
U.S. peak
 position
Dr. No
 (soundtrack) 1962 Monty Norman "James Bond Theme"
 "Kingston Calypso" Monty Norman John Barry & Orchestra; Monty Norman
 Byron Lee and the Dragonaires — —
From Russia with Love
 (soundtrack) 1963 John Barry "Opening Titles: James Bond Is Back/From Russia with Love/James Bond Theme" John Barry, Lionel Bart, Monty Norman John Barry (title sequence)
Matt Monro (vocal version heard in film proper and during closing credits)
 — —
Goldfinger
 (soundtrack) 1964 "Goldfinger" Leslie Bricusse
Anthony Newley
John Barry Shirley Bassey 21 8
Thunderball
 (soundtrack) 1965 "Thunderball" John Barry
Don Black Tom Jones 35 25
You Only Live Twice
 (soundtrack) 1967 "You Only Live Twice" Leslie Bricusse
John Barry Nancy Sinatra 11 44
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
 (soundtrack) 1969 "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
 "We Have All the Time in the World" - Secondary Theme John Barry
Hal David The John Barry Orchestra
Louis Armstrong — —
Diamonds Are Forever
 (soundtrack) 1971 "Diamonds Are Forever" John Barry
Don Black Shirley Bassey 38 57
Live and Let Die
 (soundtrack) 1973 George Martin "Live and Let Die" Paul McCartney
Linda McCartney Paul McCartney & Wings 7 2
The Man with the Golden Gun
 (soundtrack) 1974 John Barry "The Man with the Golden Gun" John Barry
Don Black Lulu — —
The Spy Who Loved Me
 (soundtrack) 1977 Marvin Hamlisch, who scored The Sting "Nobody Does It Better" Marvin Hamlisch
Carole Bayer Sager Carly Simon 7 2
Moonraker
 (soundtrack) 1979 John Barry "Moonraker" John Barry
Hal David Shirley Bassey — —
For Your Eyes Only
 (soundtrack) 1981 Bill Conti, who scored Rocky and The Right Stuff "For Your Eyes Only" Bill Conti
Michael Leeson Sheena Easton 8 4
Octopussy
 (soundtrack) 1983 John Barry "All Time High" John Barry
Tim Rice
Stephen Short Rita Coolidge 75 36
A View to a Kill
 (soundtrack) 1985 "A View to a Kill" John Barry
Duran Duran Duran Duran 2 1
The Living Daylights
 (soundtrack) 1987 "The Living Daylights" John Barry
Pål Waaktaar A-ha 5 —
Licence to Kill
 (soundtrack) 1989 Michael Kamen "Licence to Kill" Narada Michael Walden
 Jeffrey Cohen
Walter Afanasieff Gladys Knight 6 —
GoldenEye
 (soundtrack) 1995 Éric Serra "GoldenEye" Bono
The Edge Tina Turner 10 —
Tomorrow Never Dies
 (soundtrack) 1997 David Arnold "Tomorrow Never Dies" Sheryl Crow
Mitchell Froom Sheryl Crow 12 —
The World Is Not Enough
 (soundtrack) 1999 "The World Is Not Enough" David Arnold
Don Black Garbage 11 —
Die Another Day
 (soundtrack) 2002 "Die Another Day" Madonna
Mirwais Ahmadzaï Madonna 3 8
Casino Royale
 (soundtrack) 2006 "You Know My Name" David Arnold
Chris Cornell Chris Cornell 7 79
Quantum of Solace
 (soundtrack) 2008 "Another Way to Die" Jack White Jack White
Alicia Keys 9 81
Skyfall
 (soundtrack) 2012 Thomas Newman "Skyfall" Adele
Paul Epworth Adele 2 8
Eon Productions intended to use a song titled "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" by Shirley Bassey as the theme song of Thunderball. It was re-recorded by Dionne Warwick until Albert Broccoli insisted the theme song must include the film's title and also decided that the lyrics should not start before the film's title Thunderball appears. A new song was composed and recorded in the eleventh hour titled "Thunderball", performed by Tom Jones. The melody of "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" remains a major component of the film score.[9]
Neither "All Time High" (Octopussy), "You Know My Name" (Casino Royale), nor "Another Way to Die" (Quantum of Solace) features the title of its film either in the song title or lyrics (although "Another Way to Die" features the word "solace" in the second stanza). While not named after the film, "Nobody Does It Better" does feature the line "the spy who loved me" in its lyrics.[10]
"You Know My Name" is the first main theme to a Bond film that did not appear on the film's official soundtrack album; "Skyfall" is the second.[11]
Secondary songs[edit]
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 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.

Film
Title
Year
Performed by
Dr. No "Jump Up"
 "Underneath the Mango Tree" 1962 Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
Monty Norman
Diana Coupland
From Russia with Love "From Russia With Love" (End Credits) 1963 Matt Monro
Thunderball "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" 1965 Dionne Warwick
 and another version by Shirley Bassey
 (not on soundtrack, only instrumental version appears in film)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service "We Have All the Time in the World"
 "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?" 1969 Louis Armstrong
Nina
For Your Eyes Only "Make It Last All Night" 1981 Rage
A View to a Kill "California Girls" (not on soundtrack) 1985 Gidea Park
The Living Daylights "Where Has Everybody Gone?"
 "If There Was a Man" 1987 The Pretenders
Licence to Kill "If You Asked Me To"
 "Wedding Party"
 "Dirty Love" 1989 Patti Labelle
 Ivory
Tim Feehan
GoldenEye "The Experience of Love"
"Searching for the Golden Eye"
 "James Bond Theme" (GoldenEye trailer version)
 1995 Éric Serra
Motiv8 and Kym Mazelle
Starr Parodi and Jeff Fair (used in teasers, not in film)
Tomorrow Never Dies "Surrender"
 "James Bond Theme" 1997 k.d. lang
Moby (not in film)
The World Is Not Enough "Only Myself to Blame"
 "James Bond Theme" (End Title)
 "Sweetest Coma Again" (Japanese End Title) 1999 Scott Walker (not in film)
David Arnold (not on soundtrack)
Luna Sea (only on Japanese soundtrack)
Die Another Day "London Calling"
 "James Bond Theme (Bond vs. Oakenfold)" 2002 The Clash (not on soundtrack)
Paul Oakenfold (not in film)
Dionne Warwick's performance of "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" is never actually heard in Thunderball; it was originally to have been the opening credits theme, but this was changed when Albert Broccoli decreed the theme had to include the film's title. The melody of "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" is heard throughout the film; Warwick's version was finally released in the 1990s.
The original end title theme to The World Is Not Enough was "Only Myself to Blame", composed by David Arnold and Don Black, and sung by Scott Walker, but was left out of the final film and replaced by an Arnold arrangement of the "James Bond Theme". "Blame" was, however, left on the The World Is Not Enough soundtrack album, and its melody, representing the Elektra King character, appears throughout the score, most prominently in the tracks "Casino" and "Elektra's Theme."
Matt Monro's vocal rendition of "From Russia with Love" is often considered the official theme song for that film, even though the opening credits use an instrumental version that also incorporates the "James Bond Theme." Monro's version isn't heard until about 15 minutes into the film over a radio, and again over the closing titles.
Foreign songs[edit]
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Some songs have been dubbed for the foreign versions of the films.

Film
Original title
Translated title
Performer
Country
From Russia with Love "From Russia with Love" "Bons baisers de Russie"
 "Die Wolga ist weit" (not on DVD releases) Bob Asklof
Ruth Berlé France
 Germany
On Her Majesty's Secret Service "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?" "Savez-vous ce qu'il faut au sapin de Noël?"
 "Wovon träumt ein Weihnachtsbaum im Mai?" (on German DVD releases) Isabelle Aubret
Katja Ebstein France
 Germany
Diamonds Are Forever "Diamonds Are Forever" "Vivo di diamanti" Shirley Bassey Italy
Additional music[edit]

Film
Title
Score composer
The Spy Who Loved Me "Lawrence of Arabia Theme"
 "Doctor Zhivago Theme" (Music box)
 "Concerto for Piano N°21" (Elvira Madigan) - Andante
 "Air on the G String" Maurice Jarre
Maurice Jarre
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Sebastian Bach
Moonraker "Close Encounters of the Third Kind Theme"
 "The Magnificent Seven Theme"
 "Prelude No. 15 (Raindrop prelude)" John Williams
Elmer Bernstein
Frédéric Chopin
A View to a Kill "The Four Seasons"
 "Swan Lake" Antonio Vivaldi
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Living Daylights "40th Symphony in G minor" (1st movement)
 "Finale-Act II-Le Nozze di Figaro"
 "String Quartet in D major"
 "Variations on a Rococo Theme" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Alexander Borodin
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Goldeneye "Stand By Your Man" (Minnie Driver) Billy Sherrill / Tammy Wynette
Tomorrow Never Dies "It Had to Be You" (Instrumental) Gus Kahn / Isham Jones
Non-Eon Productions songs[edit]
Main title themes[edit]

Film
Year
Score composer
Title song
Performed by
Casino Royale 1967 Burt Bacharach "Casino Royale" Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Never Say Never Again 1983 Michel Legrand "Never Say Never Again" Lani Hall
The closing credits of Casino Royale use a vocal version of "Casino Royale" sung by Mike Redway, who remains uncredited.
Secondary songs[edit]

Film
Title
Year
Performed by
Casino Royale "The Look of Love" 1967 Dusty Springfield
Never Say Never Again "Une Chanson d'Amour" 1983 Sophie Della
The soundtrack to the 1967 spoof Casino Royale also included two short comedic songs sung in a 1920s style. One led into an instrumental version of "The Look of Love" and began with the line "James Bond playing at Casino Royale..."; later, this tune was reprised as "Seven James Bonds at Casino Royale" which lead into a lyrical version of the theme sung by Mike Redway that played over the closing credits.
Unused songs[edit]
There are a number of songs which were originally written as potential Bond themes, but not used, which have then been released or otherwise made available elsewhere. These include:
"Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" by Dionne Warwick/Shirley Bassey – The originally intended theme song for Thunderball was titled "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" a reference to a nickname given to Bond by an Italian journalist in 1962. Warwick and Bassey both recorded versions, but halfway through the scoring process, Albert Broccoli decided that the film's title must appear in the lyrics, so "Thunderball" was commissioned. The song still plays a prominent role in the score and both singers' versions have appeared on compilations in the 1990s.
"Thunderball" by Johnny Cash
"You Only Live Twice" by Julie Rogers – Included on the 30th anniversary CD release.
"The Man with the Golden Gun" by Alice Cooper – Appears on their 1973 album Muscle of Love
"For Your Eyes Only" by Blondie – Appears on their 1982 album The Hunter.
"Never Say Never Again" by Phyllis Hyman - Intended for the 1983 film.
"All Time High" by Laura Branigan – The song was originally recorded by Branigan; however, Barbara Broccoli convinced her father, Albert Broccoli, to go with Rita Coolidge instead. To this day, Branigan's version remains unreleased.
"The Living Daylights" by Pet Shop Boys – adapted from a demo theme for The Living Daylights, later completely reworked as "This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave". It appears on their 1990 album Behaviour.[12]
"Tomorrow Never Lies" by Pulp (originally called "Tomorrow Never Dies") – released as a b-side on their 1997 single "Help the Aged", and on the vinyl version of their 1998 album This Is Hardcore
"Tomorrow Never Dies" by Saint Etienne – Appears on their Built on Sand album, with the liner notes revealing that Pierce Brosnan kept the master tape of the song. Other artists who submitted Tomorrow Never Dies themes included Marc Almond, Swan Lee, The Cardigans and Space.
"Forever - I Am All Yours" by Eva Almér - Written by Eva Almér and Christian Wolfe for Quantum of Solace[13]
Cover versions and spin-offs[edit]
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), Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project featuring David Arnold collaborating with several contemporary artists. The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra recorded several albums with Bond music and performs in premieres and special events of Bond films. Britain's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra released an album of several Bond songs performances called Best Of James Bond, some of which were used on the "Ultimate Edition" DVD releases menus. Billy Strange released "Secret Agent File" in 1965. Death metal cover band Ten Masked Men has included at least one Bond theme on each of their albums. In 2004, The Cavaliers play a show titled "007" using Bond music, such as "GoldenEye", "For Your Eyes Only", "Live and Let Die", "Hovercraft Chase", "Welcome to Cuba" and "Paris and Bond". Some of them are Italo disco-like rhythms and soundtrack albums promote hits that matches the film's theme.

Title
Performer(s)
"James Bond Theme" Billy Strange
Neil Norman
The Art of Noise
Naked City
The Skatalites
Bond
Count Basie
Moby
LTJ Bukem
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Soft CellThe Ventures
Alizée (Sample in the song "J.B.G.")
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leningrad Cowboys
Hank Marvin (as part of a medley)
"From Russia with Love" Natacha Atlas
Count Basie
Thomas Lang
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
 Hank Marvin (as part of a medley)
"Goldfinger" Count Basie
Billy Strange
 Bébé
Anthony Newley (original demo recording)
Ten Masked Men
 Blue Stingrays (Tom Petty band members' surf project)
Magazine
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leningrad Cowboys
 Hank Marvin
"Thunderball" Martin Fry
Mr.Bungle
Shirley Bassey
The Kingpins
Guy Lombardo
Billy Strange
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
"You Only Live Twice" Soft Cell
Mark Burgess
Björk
Coldplay
Natacha Atlas
Robbie Williams (Sample in the song "Millennium")
Shirley Bassey
Trashcan Sinatras
Billy Strange
Eddie Peregrina
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Billy Mackenzie
 Hank Marvin (as part of a medley)
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" Propellerheads
Vernian Process
 Hank Marvin (as part of a medley)
"We Have All The Time in the World" Fun Lovin' Criminals
The Pale Fountains
Iggy Pop
My Bloody Valentine
The Puppini Sisters
"Diamonds Are Forever" David McAlmont
Arctic Monkeys
Kanye West (Sample in the song "Diamonds of Sierra Leone")
Ten Masked Men
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
"Live and Let Die" Chrissie Hynde
Escala
Guns N' Roses
Geri Halliwell
Lizzy Borden
Butch Walker
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
 Hank Marvin
"The Man with the Golden Gun" Emilíana Torrini
Funkstar De Luxe
Thin White Rope
Ten Masked Men
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
"Nobody Does It Better" Radiohead
Aimee Mann
8mm
Alan Partridge
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
"Moonraker" Shara Nelson
Neil Norman
"For Your Eyes Only" Thomas Anders
Edenbridge
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
"All Time High" Pulp
"A View to a Kill" Diablo
Leningrad Cowboys
Lostprophets
Northern Kings
Shirley Bassey
Ten Masked Men
"The Living Daylights" Ten Masked Men
The Narrow
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
"Licence to Kill" Count Basic
"If You Asked Me To" Céline Dion
"GoldenEye" Wise Guys
Bono (original demo recording)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
"Tomorrow Never Dies" Uwe Kröger
"The World Is Not Enough" Jackie Moore
"You Know My Name" Poets of the Fall
"Skyfall" Within Temptation
Video games[edit]
With the increase in audio quality for video game consoles and personal computers, in addition to the continued popularity of computer and video games, publisher Electronic Arts as well as Activision (since 2008) has included opening themes and film-style credit sequences to some of its more recent Bond video game spin offs.

Video game
Year
Score composer
Title song
Performed by
GoldenEye 007 1997 Graeme Norgate and Grant Kirkhope  
Tomorrow Never Dies 1999 Tommy Tallarico "Tomorrow Never Dies" Sheryl Crow
The World Is Not Enough 2000 Don Veca  
Agent Under Fire 2001 Don Veca "The James Bond Theme" 
Nightfire 2002 Ed Lima, Jeff Tymoschuk "Nearly Civilized" Esthero
Everything or Nothing 2004 Sean Callery, Jeff Tymoschuk "Everything or Nothing" Mýa
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent 2004 Paul Oakenfold "If You're Gonna..." Natasha Bedingfield
From Russia with Love 2005 Christopher Lennertz "From Russia with Love" (instrumental remix) John Barry
Quantum of Solace 2008 Christopher Lennertz "When Nobody Loves You" Kerli
GoldenEye 007 2010 David Arnold, Kevin Kiner "GoldenEye" Nicole Scherzinger
Blood Stone 2010 Richard Jacques "I'll Take It All" Joss Stone
007 Legends 2012 David Arnold, Kevin Kiner "Goldfinger" (instrumental remix) David Arnold
See also[edit]

Portal icon James Bond portal
Outline of James Bond
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Chicago's WLS Radio - Google Books
2.Jump up ^ MI6 :: From Russia With Love (1963) :: James Bond 007
3.^ Jump up to: a b c d Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited
4.^ Jump up to: a b c Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. Billboard Books
5.Jump up ^ http://commanderbond.net/4708/bond-and-the-grammy-awards.html
6.Jump up ^ Burlingame, Jon (2012). The Music of James Bond. Oxford University Press. p. 113. ISBN 0199986762.
7.Jump up ^ http://www.007.com/adele-wins-grammy-for-skyfall/
8.Jump up ^ "Thunderball - alternate title seq. - Shirley Bassey - HD STEREO". YouTube. 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
9.Jump up ^ The Making of Thunderball (DVD). Thunderball Ultimate Edition, Region 2, Disc 2: MGM/UA Home Entertainment. 1995.
10.Jump up ^ [1]
11.Jump up ^ Caulfield, Keith (16 November 2012). "'Skyfall' Soundtrack: Highest-Charting Bond Album in 27 Years". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
12.Jump up ^ For your ears only | Music | The Guardian
13.Jump up ^ "Forever - I Am All Yours (Quantum Of Solace Rejected Theme)". Retrieved May 8, 2013.
External links[edit]
montynorman.com
Detailed account of a court proceeding between Monty Norman and John Barry re: The "James Bond Theme", including musicological breakdowns of the theme itself.


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James Bond Theme
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This article is about the signature theme of Eon Productions' James Bond film series. For other James Bond music, see James Bond music.



 Cover of the soundtrack of the film Dr. No, which premiered the "James Bond Theme", credited to Monty Norman and performed by John Barry & Orchestra.
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 Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), The World Is Not Enough (1999), Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), and Skyfall (2012).
The tune uses a surf rock style guitar riff. At the time of the first film's release, surf rock was a major craze.


Contents  [hide]
1 Authorship and origin
2 Use in the James Bond films 2.1 Sean Connery (1962—1967, 1971)
2.2 George Lazenby (1969)
2.3 Roger Moore (1973—1985)
2.4 Timothy Dalton (1987—1989)
2.5 Pierce Brosnan (1995—2002)
2.6 Daniel Craig (since 2006)
3 Cover versions
4 Video games
5 See also
6 References

Authorship and origin[edit]
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[1] For Dr. No, the tune was arranged[2] 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 theme. Norman has consequently won two libel actions against publishers for claiming that Barry wrote the theme, most recently against The Sunday Times in 2001. It is generally acknowledged that Barry came up with the arrangement used in Dr. No.[according to whom?]
Norman describes the distinctive rhythm of the guitar in the first few bars of the "James Bond Theme" as "Dum di-di dum dum". He claims that it was inspired by the song "Good Sign Bad Sign" sung by Indian characters in A House for Mr Biswas, a musical he composed based on a novel by V.S. Naipaul set in the Indian community in Trinidad. Norman showed his manuscript music from A House for Mr Biswas in a filmed interview and sang its lyrics. In 2005, Norman released an album called Completing the Circle that features "Good Sign Bad Sign", the "James Bond Theme," and a similar sounding song titled "Dum Di-Di Dum Dum." For these songs Norman added lyrics that explain the origin and history of the "James Bond Theme".
Though the "James Bond Theme" is identified with John Barry's jazz arrangement, parts of it are heard throughout Monty Norman's score for Dr. No in non-jazzy guises. Barry's arrangement is repeated ("tracked") in various scenes of the first Bond film. This is consistent with the account given by Barry and some of the film makers, contained in supplementary material on the DVD release of Dr. No: Barry was called in to make an arrangement of Norman's motif after Norman had completed the score. There is no information about the distinctive ostinati, countermelodies, and bridges introduced by Barry that are juxtaposed with Norman's motif in order to flesh out the arrangement. These added musical figures have become as recognizable to listeners as Norman's motif, which is probably responsible for the controversy over the authorship of the "James Bond Theme" as listeners have come to know it.
The "James Bond Theme" was recorded on 21 June 1962,[2] using five saxophones, nine brass, a solo guitar and a rhythm section.[3] The guitar riff heard in the original recording of the theme was played by Vic Flick on a 1939 English Clifford Essex Paragon Deluxe guitar plugged into a Vox AC15 amplifier. He was paid a one-off fee of £6 for recording the famous James Bond Theme riff. John Scott played the saxophone.[2]
Use in the James Bond films[edit]
Within the Bond films themselves, many different arrangements of the theme have been used, often reflecting the musical tastes of the specific times. The electric guitar version of the theme is most associated with the Sean Connery era although it was also used in some Roger Moore films, in Timothy Dalton's final film Licence to Kill and in the Bond films starring Pierce Brosnan with scores 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, the primary use of the "James Bond Theme" has been with action scenes.
Sean Connery (1962—1967, 1971)[edit]
The first appearance of the "James Bond Theme" was in Dr. No. There it was used as part of the actual gunbarrel and main title sequence.
In From Russia with Love, the "James Bond Theme" in not only the gunbarrel pre-title sequence, but as part of the main title theme and appears in the track "James Bond with Bongos". It is a slower, jazzier, somewhat punchier rendition than the original orchestration. The original Barry arrangement from Dr. No is heard during a check of Bond's room for listening devices.
In Goldfinger, the "James Bond Theme" can be heard on the soundtrack in "Bond Back in Action Again" (gunbarrel and pre-title sequence). The "James Bond Theme" for this movie is heavily influenced by the brassy, jazzy theme song sung by Shirley Bassey.
Thunderball featured a full orchestral version of the theme in the track "Chateau Flight". Another full orchestral version was intended for the end titles of the film.
You Only Live Twice featured a funereal orchestration with Bond's "burial" at sea sequence in Hong Kong harbour.
With the return of Sean Connery in Diamonds Are Forever, the guitar made a comeback along with a full orchestral version during a hovercraft sequence. On the soundtrack this track is named "Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd/Bond to Holland."
George Lazenby (1969)[edit]
The George Lazenby film On Her Majesty's Secret Service used a unique high-pitched arrangement with the melody played on a Moog synthesizer. The cue is called "This Never Happened to the Other Fella" and a similar recording was used over the film's end credits. The film has a downbeat ending and the explosive burst of the "James Bond Theme" at the film's very end suggests Bond will return in spite of the situation he finds himself in at the climax of this movie.
Roger Moore (1973—1985)[edit]
When Roger Moore came to the role, the "James Bond Theme" became a string orchestra driven piece. The brief quote of the theme in the pre-credits music of The Spy Who Loved Me, titled "Bond 77", featured a disco sound, reflecting a style of music which was very popular at the time. Likewise, in Live and Let Die, the James Bond theme was featured in a Funk-inspired version of the tune reflecting the music of Blaxploitation films popular at the time. "The Spy Who Loved Me" returned briefly to using the surf-rock guitar associated with the theme from the early days.
The tune has been inserted into many of the films' soundtracks at various places as part of an action sequence. In the last Bond films of Roger Moore, the melody of the theme was played on strings.
One unusual instance occurred in Octopussy, when Bond's contact, who is disguised as a snake charmer played a few notes of the tune for Roger Moore's James Bond, presumably as a pre-arranged identification signal; an example of diegetic music.
Timothy Dalton (1987—1989)[edit]
Timothy Dalton's first film The Living Daylights, which was the last Bond film scored by Barry, used a symphonic version with the melody played on strings. This version of the Bond theme is notable for its introduction of sequenced electronic rhythm tracks overdubbed with the orchestra - at the time, a relatively new innovation.
In Licence to Kill, the Bond theme was arranged by Michael Kamen using rock drums to symbolize a harder and more violent Bond. This gunbarrel is the first one since Dr. No not starting with the Bond theme but orchestral hits though the surf guitar makes returns soon after.
Pierce Brosnan (1995—2002)[edit]
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 concluding bars. An electronic rhythm was added to the gunbarrel of The World Is Not Enough. The typical Bond guitar line can be heard during some action scenes.
The Die Another Day gunbarrel recalls the version of From Russia with Love but with a more techno-influenced rhythm. It also contains the guitar riff of the "James Bond Theme".
Daniel Craig (since 2006)[edit]
Craig's first James Bond film, Casino Royale, does not feature the "James Bond Theme" in its entirety until the very end of the movie during a climactic scene. In Casino Royale, the main notes of the song "You Know My Name" are 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",[4] 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 six moments throughout the movie: after Bond's conversation with M (during his flight), after winning the Aston Martin, after he has survived the poisoned martini, when he wins the final match at the Casino Royale, when Bond is following Vesper and one last time when Bond speaks with M on the phone.
In the end of Quantum of Solace, the theme appears with Craig's new official gunbarrel sequence, unusually shown at the end of the film. The theme here is very similar to the classic style it took in Casino Royale. The theme appears sparingly throughout the score itself, never in an immediately recognisable variation. David Arnold said in an interview on the DVD extras for Tomorrow Never Dies that hearing the "James Bond Theme" is what he expects to hear as an audience member in action scenes and yet his scores for Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace only use it during the end credits.
The opening to Skyfall includes the theme as part of the harmony to Adele's vocals and is used as the chord progression, including a faint surf guitar riff. Also, similar to Quantum of Solace, the gunbarrel sequence is shown at the end of Skyfall. The theme that plays along with the sequence and into the 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.
Cover versions[edit]
Over 70 cover versions of the "James Bond Theme" have been recorded by artists such as:
Barry Adamson
The Art of Noise
John Barry
Ray Barretto
Count Basie
bond
Biddu
Stanley Black
Al Caiola
Glen Campbell
Cannibal Corpse
Frank Chacksfield
Crazy Frog-named The Crazybond
Danny Davis
Ferrante and Teicher
Richard Fortus
The Four Esquires (vocal version)
Leroy Holmes
 Johnny and the Hurricanes
George Martin Orchestra
Ray Martin
Hank Marvin
Meco
Moby
Hugo Montenegro
Franck Pourcel
Pendulum
Perez Prado
Poets of the Fall
Roland Shaw
The Skatalites
Ed Starink
Billy Strange
The Ventures
Si Zentner
John Zorn



 1963 cover version by Al Caiola
Video games[edit]
An original cover recording for the "James Bond Theme" was also created by Richard Fortus as downloadable content for the video game Guitar Hero World Tour (a case of corporate synergy, as Guitar Hero publisher Activision also holds the license to produce games based on the James Bond franchise).[5] Fortus later played the tune live with Guns N' Roses during their 2012 tour.[6]
In Street Fighter III, the characters of Yun and Yang have stage music that very closely resembles the James Bond theme, called Crowded Street.
The player can receive a unique weapon known as the "Mysterious Magnum" from the Lonesome Drifter in Fallout: New Vegas. Upon drawing the weapon, a Bond Theme-esque guitar riff plays, and upon holstering the weapon, a final note plays.
The opening gunbarrel sequence for the Nintendo 64 game GoldenEye 007 uses a rock-influenced version of the theme. Additionally, all of the background music tracks are rearranged & re-mixed versions of the theme.
An electrified version of the theme is played in the credits of the GoldenEye 007 game for the Wii
An 8-bit recording of the song was used on James Bond's inaugural video game, James Bond 007. 10 years after that game's released, Sega recorded another 8-bit version for Game Gear/Master System and the first 16-bit version for Sega Genesis of the tune for James Bond 007: The Duel (known as 007 Shitou -007死闘- in Japan.)
See also[edit]
Outline of James Bond
References[edit]
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2.^ Jump up to: a b c "The John jonty Resource Monty Norman's "James Bond Theme" Lawsuit". Retrieved 2008-05-07.
3.Jump up ^ Lindner, Christoph (2003). The James Bond phenomenon: a critical reader. Manchester University Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-7190-6541-5.
4.Jump up ^ "Casino Royale Soundtrack Tracklisting Revealed". Retrieved 2010-01-27.
5.Jump up ^ "Guitar Hero(R) Catalog Expands With New Music From Rock 'n' Roll Icons Queen and Jimi Hendrix This Month". PR Newswire. 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
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Eon films
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"Kingston Calypso" ·
 "From Russia with Love" ·
 "Goldfinger" ·
 "Thunderball" ·
 "You Only Live Twice" ·
 "We Have All the Time in the World" ·
 "Diamonds Are Forever" ·
 "Live and Let Die" ·
 "The Man with the Golden Gun" ·
 "Nobody Does It Better" ·
 "Moonraker" ·
 "For Your Eyes Only" ·
 "All Time High" ·
 "A View to a Kill" ·
 "The Living Daylights" ·
 "Where Has Everybody Gone?" ·
 "Licence to Kill" ·
 "If You Asked Me To" ·
 "GoldenEye" ·
 "Tomorrow Never Dies" ·
 "The World Is Not Enough" ·
 "Die Another Day" ·
 "You Know My Name" ·
 "Another Way to Die" ·
 "Skyfall"
 

Non-Eon films
 themes
"Casino Royale" ·
 "The Look of Love" ·
 "Never Say Never Again"
 

Compilations
Shaken and Stirred ·
 The Incredible World of James Bond ·
 The Best of Bond...James Bond
 

Related articles
Eon films secondary songs ·
 Non-Eon films secondary songs
 

 


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