Songs that would have been great as Bond Themes

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  • ACACIA_AVENUEACACIA_AVENUE UKPosts: 1,774MI6 Agent
    'The Big Bamboozle' by Barry Adamson
    Check out his album 'The Murky World of Barry Adamson' it's got an unusual take on the 007 theme.
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  • TheWorldIsEnoughTheWorldIsEnough Posts: 296MI6 Agent
    The Long Way Down
    by Robert DeLong

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-ZDBddRXFA

    Aside from the F-bomb in the lyrics, it would have been a good theme song.
    Play it over a silenced Quantum of Solace title sequence. Fits very nicely.
  • heartbroken_mr_draxheartbroken_mr_drax New Zealand Posts: 2,073MI6 Agent
    ^ yeah it certainly is. Good song too.
    1. TWINE 2. FYEO 3. MR 4. TLD 5. TSWLM 6. OHMSS 7. DN 8. OP 9. AVTAK 10. TMWTGG 11. QoS 12. GE 13. CR 14. TB 15. FRWL 16. TND 17. LTK 18. GF 19. SF 20. LaLD 21. YOLT 22. NTTD 23. DAD 24. DAF. 25. SP

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  • OddjoblofeldraxorinOddjoblofeldraxorin CaliforniaPosts: 195MI6 Agent
    I always thought Life In Mono sounded Bondy.
    https://youtu.be/6KpODDuzlhk
  • Mr SnowMr Snow Station "J" JamaicaPosts: 1,736MI6 Agent
    Dangerous Game - Barry Gray (Thunderbirds). This is from the episode 'The Cham - Cham'. I thought the lyrics are really appropriate for a Bond film and would be a great opening theme. -{

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgzbmGhcMkE
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  • IanTIanT Posts: 573MI6 Agent
    Caro Emerald - I Belong To You

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYNUg5j7tr0
  • Enjoying DeathEnjoying Death Toronto, ON CANADAPosts: 1,231MI6 Agent
    edited March 2016
    Long Way Down by Robert DeLong.

    It even has a part of the Bond theme in it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-ZDBddRXFA

    Bound by Indiana

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVbQwTKYjeU

    Do You Remember by Jarryd James

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ7XJG0Z2ho
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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Supremacy by muse
    It has a very bondian feel to it I think.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • Enjoying DeathEnjoying Death Toronto, ON CANADAPosts: 1,231MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Supremacy by muse
    It has a very bondian feel to it I think.

    Great song. I heard it was made for Skyfall but never used.

    Anyone know if that's fact?
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Supremacy by muse
    It has a very bondian feel to it I think.

    Great song. I heard it was made for Skyfall but never used.

    Anyone know if that's fact?

    Seems to have been just a rumour:

    http://www.hitfix.com/news/skyfall-producers-deny-muse-was-in-theme-song-running-adele-makes-james-bond-cry

    http://metro.co.uk/2012/10/23/adele-was-our-first-choice-for-james-bond-theme-say-skyfall-producers-606445/
  • CB0012CB0012 Posts: 110MI6 Agent
    The World We Knew - Frank Sinatra
    I had heard he was offered You Only Live Twice but he suggested Nancy get the nod.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goNO5OyhDXc
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Cubby Broccoli had been friendly with the Sinatras for years, and this wouldn't be the only time Frank would be contacted re singing a Bond theme (MR being the other one).

    Welcome to AJB, by the way! :) And as a Sinatra fan, "The World We Knew" is one of my favourites of his from the 60s: an intricate Kaempfert melody, very tricky for the vocalist- which is obviously no problem for Ol' Blue Eyes, but which might explain the lack of covers for this one ("Strangers In The Night" is similarly a difficult melody line to negotiate, but it was such a big hit that many had to attempt it).
  • CB0012CB0012 Posts: 110MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Cubby Broccoli had been friendly with the Sinatras for years, and this wouldn't be the only time Frank would be contacted re singing a Bond theme (MR being the other one).

    Welcome to AJB, by the way! :) And as a Sinatra fan, "The World We Knew" is one of my favourites of his from the 60s: an intricate Kaempfert melody, very tricky for the vocalist- which is obviously no problem for Ol' Blue Eyes, but which might explain the lack of covers for this one ("Strangers In The Night" is similarly a difficult melody line to negotiate, but it was such a big hit that many had to attempt it).

    As a fellow FS fan as well, we speak the same language my friend. Martinis and two fingers of Jack Daniels never fail. Cheers!
  • antiamadeusantiamadeus Posts: 16MI6 Agent
    Check out Astrud Gilberto's "Who Needs Forever." It was Quincy Jones's theme for the 1966 film "The Deadly Affair," directed by Sidney Lumet.

    It might be better than "You Only Live Twice," matching that song's moody death-vibe perfectly.
  • antiamadeusantiamadeus Posts: 16MI6 Agent
    Thanks to CB0012, I just checked out Sinatra's "The World We Knew." It's tremendous, and I'm surprised I've never heard of it before.

    The song has a strong Bondian vibe that I would chalk up to its 1) extravagance, in orchestration and demanding vocal range; and 2) angst, because of its brooding lyrics, the speaker obsessed with what might have been.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Trashcan Sinatras, "Autumn": https://youtu.be/_0BO51qef9w
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    edited January 2017
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZsQdLlvuk4 - The Cure: Fascination Street

    With a slightly reduced intro* and different lyrics, this might have been good as the theme song for an angst-ridden, post-Barry, third Dalton Bond movie - its guitar-based, pop-goth riff 'updating' the moodiness of the guitar section of The James Bond Theme, its electro elements inviting neon-lit credits sequence erotica, and the whole song surging/rising to a self-indulgent late-80s climax.

    *That intro would play well against a close shot of a shaken Dalton pulling on the controls of an aircraft as he flies away from a scene of destruction at the end of a PTS, finally relaxing into grim-faced satisfaction as the credits sequence kicks in...
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  • heartbroken_mr_draxheartbroken_mr_drax New Zealand Posts: 2,073MI6 Agent
    I was looking on YouTube for M83's Solitude to link into this page and sure enough someone has already overlaid the song on Skyfall's titles:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMVh6xQkHuY

    Really good usage of strings in this track, has a David Arnold quality to it.
    1. TWINE 2. FYEO 3. MR 4. TLD 5. TSWLM 6. OHMSS 7. DN 8. OP 9. AVTAK 10. TMWTGG 11. QoS 12. GE 13. CR 14. TB 15. FRWL 16. TND 17. LTK 18. GF 19. SF 20. LaLD 21. YOLT 22. NTTD 23. DAD 24. DAF. 25. SP

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  • twinarcherstwinarchers Posts: 29MI6 Agent
    Check out this live vid from Brian Wilson who wrote it for the Bond producers, back in the 1960's. Beach Boys are classic.
    Pet Sounds

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivmRlLt4g8c
  • DutchJamesBondFanDutchJamesBondFan the NetherlandsPosts: 414MI6 Agent
    ''Nearly forgot my broken heart'' from Chris Cornell would've been a really good song. A totally different song than YKNM, very sad he's gone now.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhJ9IwYc5NU
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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    I've always said Rob Dougan would do a brilliant bond song, Speed me towards death. Would have worked well. He's not too shabby with scores either he did the matrix scores. Though I'd prefer Arnold to do the scores, also check out Dougans " chateau " piece.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • GrindelwaldGrindelwald Posts: 1,294MI6 Agent
    Lesley Gore would've pulled it off , she never really got recognized.
  • Revolver66Revolver66 Melbourne, AustraliaPosts: 470MI6 Agent
    Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes! The best non-Bond related tune that should have been a Bond related tune :))
  • CB0012CB0012 Posts: 110MI6 Agent
    I've recently come across "The Show Must Go On" by Queen.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t99KH0TR-J4

    Although the literal title could be a bit misleading I found the sound and lyrics struck chord with me as a Bond retrospective or perhaps even an end theme.
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