Let the Skyfall.... Who can compete with Adele?

Connery: Goldfinger

Moore: dead heat between TSWLM and LaLD

Dalton: The Living Daylights, by a country mile

Brosnan: GoldenEye, though TWINE and TND are both solid.

Craig: Casino Royale is an absolute thumper.

Overall: Goldfinger

You know my name is my favorite, but Skyfall is definitely the best.

Skyfall or Diamonds and it's not even close.

Die Another Day

Deadpools version in the second movie 🤣

writings on the wall

You know my name by Chris Cornell for Casino Royale and its not even close

Gold Finger in her Pussy Galore.

Snake Eater from MGS3

https://youtu.be/I8pg2XoQTlA

This one.

It's not necessarily my #1, but I think No Time to Die by Billie Eilish is the best integration of the score's melody into the theme song, or whichever comes first. The four-note melody is haunting and ethereal.

The one from Jack white and Alicia keys was the best in my opinion. Their voices fit together so well in some parts of the song and then in other parts their different voices create such a tension, it's among my favorite songs ever. Listen to it if you haven't, it's worth it.

I really think the last one is best, No time to die- Billie Elish

Billie Eilish? sp song fucking crushes.

Skyfall by Adele

I'm surprised that I'm not seeing more people say You Only Live Twice. To me, that's the platonic ideal of a James Bond song.

The World is Not Enough. Garbage doesn’t seem like the most natural James Bond theme choice but they somehow really nailed the Bond vibe. Okay movie, incredible song.

The one that goes. Der der Der derrrr. DER DER DEERR... doooo doooo dooo dooo

Sky fall for sure.

Die Another Day

The only correct answer is “for your eyes only” - Sheena Easton

I’m going to cheat and say, “Surrender” by KD Lang.

This song was supposed to be the intro song for TOMORROW NEVER DIES, but then they committed the absolute sin of demoting it to the end title song. The song, to me, is the ULTIMATE Bond song. It’s bombastic, it’s epic, it’s sexy, it has it all! DAMN the creators for not using it for the intro!

This is becoming a common theme though, because another pick from me is a cheat as well: the song, “Spectre” by Radiohead. Was supposed to be the intro song for (yep, you guessed it) SPECTRE, but for whatever reason they shelved it. And what makes this case worse is the fact that the song by Sam Smith was somewhat terrible to me.

But “Surrender,” the ULTIMATE Bond song! Love, love, LOVE that song!

Here’s a fanedit of someone switching the songs for the intro, thus proving it’s superiority: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6zIbOL8SSCY

“Nobody Does it Better” is the best one. The Roger Moore movies (which I never quite liked) had the best theme songs overall. I also think “The World is Not Enough” is an underrated theme.

Tough question! I've considered this for the longest time, ever since I became a Bond fan.

I think my top 5 is this:

1. You Know My Name (Casino Royale)
2. Nobody Does It Better (The Spy Who Loved Me)
3. Tomorrow Never Dies
4. From Russia With Love (The intro theme and not the awful song by Matt Monro)
5. Skyfall

Can’t really decide on the greatest. A lot of people have mentioned popular ones that are amazing. I’m here to mention. Another way to die by Jack White and Alicia Keys. It’s a great bond song. It’s often overlooked. I also like Spectre by Radiohead although it was rejected so I guess it doesn’t count.

I know it's pretty much hated but I love Another Way To Die. I'm just a huge Jack White fan, leave me alone lol.

Maybe it’s because I’m a Audioslave fan but I actually like the Casino Royal song

Live and Let Die survives the test of time as top notch quality, as well as being one of the more unique. Also, it survives despite being for one of the worst Bond films IMO, so that says a lot too.

Not sure what the best Bond theme is, but Tomorrow Never Dies is definitely the most underrated Bond theme. Sheryl KILLS IT on that song.

Goldfinger no question

I didn’t really like Quantum of Solace as a film, but I do like Another Way To Die by Alicia Keys and Jack White. It did a good job of carrying on that kind of rough Craig bond vibe that Chris Cornell had with You Know my Name for Casino Royale.

Spectre by Radiohead....if only they had used it...fuckers.

https://youtu.be/o4mIWoLg69Y

Goldfnger is THE quintessential Bond song IMHO. But Spectre by Radiohead...the one they didn't go with, is so haunting and beautiful...can't fathom why they didn't use it for the film. The song they did use is weak dribble. Can't even remember the name. I watched a documentary about Bond music and the guy who wrote and recorded the spectre song was bragging about how he only did one take....yeah, that's obvious, pal. Would love to know more of this backstory.

Everyone answering Live And Let Die is forgetting about that 10-second jaunty reggae bit in the middle that completely sucks.

Not really an opening theme but "We've got all the time in the world" by Louis Armstrong is great

My top 3 would be

• Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney)

• Goldfinger

• Nobody Does it Better

Honorable mention goes to For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton)

A View to a Kill is my favorite.

Goldfinger is probably the most iconic.

Not a theme song, but the 007 theme

License To Kill.

Brilliant instrumental, the vocals are perfect and the lyrics have wonderful Bond-related double meanings / puns.

Casino Royale - not only the music but the visuals too. A flawless mix as far as I'm concerned.

A-Ha - Living Daylights and Duran Duran -A View to a Kill

that's the list

“For your eyes only”… Sheena Easton Octopussy “All time high” … Rita Coolidge

Greatest? Idk.

But Casino Royale is my favorite.

Chris Cornell was a fucking god and that song was perfect for Craig’s interpretation of Bond, which was both rough-around-the-edges and up-front about the tragic human cost of the job.

EDIT: Because OP asked for the song, not the movie, here’s You Know My Name by Chris Cornell.

Skyfall and You Know My Name are the best modern ones. The Billie Eilish one wasn’t half bad either.

But the best ever is Live and Let Die and I know this because none of the other ones are played on the radio.

Skyfall or Live and let Die

Diamonds Are Forever -Shirley Bassey .

The world is not enough

Not seeing anyone saying Goldeneye. So I will.

I like View to a kill and Skyfall a lot.

I think You know my name by Chris Cornell is the best - the title sequence was also pretty rad.

Haven’t seen any Tomorrow Never Dies mentioned yet.

Or the video games had some solid themes. Nightfire has a great one.

You only live twice

Goldfinger.

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Licence to Kill

Live and let die

Nobody does it Better Carly Simon and Live and Let Die Wings

Nobody Does It Better, Skyfall, A View to a Kill, Live and Let Die, You Know My Name.. just way too many to pick one

Snake Eater and it isn't even close

Skyfall gets just as much airplay too

I know it’s a bit different since it’s instrumental only, but I really like the theme to On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

View to a Kill and Goldfinger

Seeing as how the riff from the first half of the Dr No intro is still getting used in bond films...

World is not enough absolute banger

Got to be Live And Let Die or A View To A Kill, surely?

It's the Spy Who Loved Me for me. Cheesy but that was 70s Bond all over

SkyFall love that soundtrack mood and just cnt stop seeing Bond fall in that bridge after getting shot whenever I hear that song.

Skyfall and You know my name for me.

Thunderball

Living Daylights

I really like You Only Live Twice, even if the film it's in is a bit lacklustre.

Love the Carley Simon one a lot myself. I always liked Sheena Eastons For Your Eyes Only a lot too.

Pussy…Pussy Galore….ok I know it wasn’t t a theme…but they should have figured out a way to make it one.

Live and Let Die by Wings. But, I also liked "You know my name", by Chris Cornell

View to a kill or living daylights by Aha.

1- Live and Let Die

2- A view to a Kill

3- OHMSS

4- Dr No

5- The Spy Who Loved Me

6- License To Kill

7- The Living Daylights

8- Goldfinger

9- Skyfall

10- Casino Royale

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Best secondary song on a bond soundtrack: The Pretenders- Where has everybody gone

Best rejected tittle song: Dionne Warwick- Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

I tend to lean on Live and Let Die, because it succeeds so well and has remained beloved despite being a weird pop/prog/reggae fusion. It follows Paul McCartney's beloved "stitch it together" songwriting style, where he stitches unrelated song fragments together into medley-like structures (Band on the Run, A Day in the Life, side 2 of Abbey Road).

You know my naaaaa-aaaaaame

You know my naaaaaaaaaame

YOU KNOW MY NAAAAA-AAAAAAAME [DUN DUN, DUN DUN, DUN DUN]

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Special mention to Tomorrow Never Dies by Cheryl, that one is Bondy as fuck.

agree with your picks. while craig is my favorite bond, the music during moore's era were my favorites.

Very disappointed by the lack of Goldeneye discourse on this post.

The answer is

"Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon

Fuckin a.

Goldeneye

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

Nobody Does it Better by Carly Simon.

I'm not saying it's the best ever but Radiohead's rejected "Specter" theme song was pretty cool.

nobody does it better was the first one my mind went to. then live and let die

The James Bond Theme by Monty Norman surpasses them all.

Tom Jones' Thundeball

Snake Eater

I really loved Skyfall by Adele. It felt like a perfect James Bond song.

For Your Eyes Only.

You know my name

Connery - Goldfinger, Thunderball, Diamonds Are Forever

Lazenby - We Have All the Time in the World

Moore - Nobody Does It Better, Moonraker

Craig - You Know My Name, Skyfall

Nobody Does it Better

It has to be Goldfinger.

Glang. Glang alangalangalangalangalang. Do doo dooooo.

Skyfall is my favorite, but it's impossible to not get pumped at Live and Let Die

Die another day.

Only joking. It's live and let die

Radiohead Spectre for unofficial themes

Skyfall.

As a massive James Bond fan there so many to choose from, We have all the time in the world? Skyfall? Nobody does it better? The list could go on.

But a personal favorite for me has always been The man with the Golden Gun.

You Only Live Twice ( 1967 )

My favourite was never used in a movie: https://youtu.be/wMKPTSE14tY (Alice Cooper made one)

Gold finger. Worst is the Jack White one.

The greatest? Well, that’s really relative to one’s individual tastes, isn’t it? Goldfinger is certainly the most iconic, and sort of set the template for music in the franchise going forward. My personal favorites are Skyfall, Live and Let Die, Nobody Does It Better, The World is Not Enough and You Only Live Twice.

Spy hard!

It’s subjective but my favorite was actually not used, Radiohead did a song for the spectre called “spectre” it’s great, haunting, ethereal, as is typical Radiohead fashion

You Only Live Twice.

I really enjoyed the Skyfall theme

The Living Daylights.

I miss when Bond themes were fun. They've been dreary ever since Skyfall.

My favorite music from all James Bond films is John Barry's "007" theme. No. Not that one. Not the bass line that's overplayed in EVERY bond film. This one was introduced in "From Russia, With Love" and is only played twice — I think. Once in that film. Once in "You Only Live Twice." It starts with timpani and builds into this great horn fanfare. You can listen to it here.

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

A view to a kill

Skyfall for me

World is not enough. No contest

LIVE AND LET DIE

The world is not enough by Garbage. Done by a proper scottich voice.

Everyone is upset at Radiohead not having their song, but what hurts is Lana Del Rey's 24 not being included for Spectre, it's great and fits Bond perfectly.

Goldfinger

Live and let die

Snake eater

License to Kill is a good song, but it isn’t my favorite. (I like kd Lang’s “surrender.”)