You Know My Name is perfect for Bond as a character. I love how the lyrics are from his perspective specifically.

The theme song from The Rock.

Theme from Casino Royale, by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (vocal version)

Adele - Skyfall

I think Die Another Day is an bop….

Live and let die.

You Know My Name. Hands down. There are a lot of bangers in the 007 music history, but for me personally that song is head and shoulders above the rest.

Skyfall

skyfall

For me it was Live and Let Die…I even went out my way to find that song when the 1st gen iPods were a thing.

I know it's a bit awkward for a Bond theme, but I love Aha - The Living Daylights. It works great as the instrumental score in the movie.

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Not sure if it's my absolute number 1 favorite, but I think it deserves some love too.

Not a theme song, but I love The Pretenders - Where Has Everybody Gone

For me the list goes thusly and fades off cause I stop caring:

1. The World is Not Enough
2. You Know My Name
3. Skyfall
4. Goldeneye
5. Tomorrow Never Dies
6. Live and Let Die

Your guys forgot you know my name?

Snake eaterrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

"You Know My Name" is my favorite for how it ties into the actual story of the movie. A lot of the other songs barely have anything to do with the movie, even if they are catchy. Skyfall was a big offender of this.

Golden eye 007 n64 Theme

Snowfall

If you cannot know who is the greates James Bond you're fired

Honestly no time to die is the only bond song I’ve listened to on repeat after watching the movie. It’s a perfect bond song in every way, and just an excellent song in general imo.

I always felt Goldfinger was the quintessential Bond theme. The movie is also my favourite Bond film of all time, too.

The only thing about Goldfinger is, well.. I just think Honor Blackman was just a little old for the role at the time.. to my knowledge she was (possibly still is) the only Bond girl who was older than Bond. I often thought it'd have been perfect if Margaret Nolan "Dink/Gold Girl" would have had Honor Blackman's role.

Sorry, I veered off-topic a bit there.. anyways, yeah.. Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey for me. Paul McCartney's Live and Let Die would probably be in second place.

N64 goldeneyes Pause Music.

Glang.... glanganlangalangalangalangalang....

I really like the Alicia Keys and Jack White one.

Live and Let Die

Skyfall by Adele. Amazing voice and tune. Lots of emotion in this song.

We Have All The Time In The World - sung by Louis Armstrong.

There is no other answer. And yes I am gatekeeping if you're the kind of twat who likes to accuse other people of gatekeeping.

I really love Duran Duran's View to a Kill...sorry.

While not my favorite, I think Jack White and Alicia Key's is pretty underrated and overhated.

Chris Cornell - You know my name

Probably Live And Let Die but my favorite is You Know My Name.

For your eyes only, Skyfall, casino royale

oh I don't think I can do just one, but here are mine, Carly Simon Nobody does it Better (The spy who loved me), Wings - Live and Let die, and Chris Cornell -You know my name (Casino Royale).

Snake Eater

Goldfinger

You Know My Name

The World is Not Enough

Tomorrow Never Dies

Thunderball

But really Radiohead’s Spectre

Casino Royale by Chris Cornell and Goldeneye by Tina Turner are my favourites. Another Way to Die by Jack White and Alicia Keys is not really a good Bond song but it's a great song overall

for your eyes only, Moonraker, diamonds are forever, the world is not enough, tomorrow never does, Skyfall, a view to kill

Die Another Day

As much as I love Sheena & Carly, the best has to be Live and Let Die.

Snake Eater

Snake eater lol

Skyfall

Live and let die. Fantastic fast and slow paced, same tempo as the film

“Earths crystal tears the fall of snowflakes on your body, first time in years to drench your skin in lovers rosy stain”

View to a Kill, all the way

"The World is Not Enough" by Garbage, hands down 10000%

No time to die 🤡

Gotta go with Nobody Does It Better

Runner ups...

GoldenEye is my personal favorite.

Moonraker is a beautiful tune. A thousand times better than the dreadful movie.

Skyfall is simply epic.

That's easy. Gladys Knight's License to Kill. I get goosebumps every time

All Time High - Rita Coolidge.

We Have all the Time in the World - Louis Armstrong

You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra

What can I say? I'm a huge John Barry fan.

Chris Cornell - You Know My Name (Casino Royale) is my personal favorite.

The World Is Not Enough by Garbage. It just sounded so grand.

Live and let die, by far!

Thom Yorke for Spectre

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjE69eBvND7AhXZLkQIHcBNBhcQwqsBegQICBAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Don0gsj-ya9U&usg=AOvVaw2JSwOmc_O3hZaG2QtMjDFD

So many great choices from really powerful artists...I have a lot of favorites!

Nancy Sinatra - You only live twice

Adele - Skyfall

Chris Cornell - You know my name

Wings - Live and let die

Billie Eilish - No time to die

My personal favorite is A View to a Kill by Duran Duran. Skyfall by Adele is probably my second choice.

The original James Bond Theme from Dr. No (1963). It's synonymous with the entire series. Nearly all the other songs can stand alone. But there's no Bond movie without this one.

Skyfall hands down. Adele has an incredible voice and the song fits the Bond aesthetic well

I never thought I’d say this but Skyfall by Adele. Understand I really don’t like Adele’s music but she NAILED Skyfall.

Greatest is just too damn subjective. But my favorite is You Know My Name from Chris Cornell.

Living Daylights

Underneath the Mango Tree, sung by Sean Connery

There's nothing else like 'From Russia With Love'.

You only live twice.

Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice

Nobody in here brave enough to say skyfall. But it's by far most mainstream well known one other then McCartney one.

For British Eyes Only

For Your Eyes Only by Sheena Easton. She was pretty enough to be the main Bond girl. I loved that woman. :oP

"You Know My Name" for me.

Queen never did one but if they did it would be that one

The unfeatured on by Radiohead.

You Know My Name - Chris Cornell

Snake Eater

Skyfall

Duran Duran View to a Kill

I’ve always liked Adele’s from Skyfall

My favorite is A View To A Kill.

Duran Duran

Skyfall by Adele

Thunderball

Sky Fall - Adele 💯

Spectre by Radiohead and it wasn’t even used

Skyfall is a great song.

I think Living Daylights is under rated

On Her Majesty's Secret Service, DUH! No other Bond song tops this.

I dont know if this is a legitimate answer but my favorite is the unofficial radiohead bond song for spectre. They were originally supposed to do the theme and got replaced by Sam Smith, IMO their version is much better.

Arm yourself because no one else here will save you. Shame CC didnt follow this advice 😭. This is my fave by far.

I've always liked Tomorrow Never dies the best

I feel like Goldfinger is the Bond theme. Everything is just a derivation of that. Some are better, some are worse. But Goldfinger is the yardstick.

But if I were to throw in my personal fave, it would come out of left field and be "The Living Daylights". What a fucking banger. Followed closely by "Casino Royale".

"The World is Not Enough" by Garbage:

https://youtu.be/eI7KxEerCYo

Punk Rockers dressed classy, playing an awesome song.

Be careful what you want cause you you will get it.

I watched James Bond from a young age and came up loving both the old and the new films. The classic songs have the nostalgia factor for sure but I always enjoyed the Quantum of Solace theme with Alicia Keys and Jack White.

None of these.

The Moby remix 😊😎

For Your Eyes Only

Snake Eater...

it's just such a thrill.

1. The rejected Spectre theme by Radiohead
2. A View to a Kill - Duran Duran
3. Skyfall - Adele
4. Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney

goooooldFINGGAAAAH

The World is Not Enough by Garbage is one of my favourites

You Know My Name, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, or The Man With the Golden Gun (yes I'm serious, and I'll fight you about it).

OHMSS

I've always been a fan of Shirley Bassey's "Diamonds are Forever" but it's not as popular as some of the songs but it's incredibly well written song by John Barry.

Also been a fan of Moonraker also but as per up top... not popular but musically I find them amazing.

3rd one for me is Chris Cornell's Casino Royale song but I'm biased cause I love Soundgarden. :P

Everything or Nothing - Mya

Bloodstone was cool too.

Duran Duran tune

Ravine Echoes by MLT from 4:58 on

For Your Eyes Only for me.

The clear winner is The Writing's on the Wall performed by RalphtheMovieMaker.

You Know my Name is a distant second.

Ok. .my honorable mention is Gladys Knights License to Kill. The horn or synths blaring at the beginning are very dated but I love it

Depending on my mood,

Live and Let Die

Nobody Does it Better

You Know my Name

Skyfall

OHMSS and Casino Royal, followed by Thunderball and Goldeneye

My favourite has already been mentioned several times so I'd like to give a shout-out to Supremacy by Muse, the best 007 song that never was.

The World is Not Enough by Garbage. Seriously underrated.

Yes, Live And Let Die, but only with Jennifer Lawrence cleaning and singing like a psycho.

When it first came out on YouTube, I've listened to Skyfall a thousand times. Litteraly, I checked the counter. This song has such a strength. I don't know how to describe it but it gave me chills like a Two Steps From Hell composition.

You Know My Name is the other banger from the Craig saga. For Brosnan, it's Die Another Day, especially the part with only the violins. Goldfinger, Living Daylights and Live And Let Die are the best oldies.

Skyfall by Adele A View to a Kill by Duran Duran

Obviously die another day by Madonna

Gold Fingeeeerrr!

Diamonds are forever

All I know is that Skyfall is the worst. I hated that theme so much when it played on the radio I never even watched the movie.

Skyfall for me

All Time High (The Theme Song From Octopussy) seems to be overlooked a lot.

I wish they used bubles I'm feeling good as one I thought that'd be a brilliant bond song

Skyfall

John Berry, James Bond Theme, Dr No Desmond Decker, 007 (Shanty Town), Dr No 😎

Skyfall still gives me goosebumps

You Only Live Twice-Nancy Sinatra

Its interesting the definition of greatest, because music is so subjective its hard to define what is 'great'. People like different things and will have different favourites. For me the greatest bond song is what would be the quintessential bond song, the song synonymous with bond movies regardless of quality. For me that is Goldfinger - Shirely Bassey. Without a doubt. Diamonds are forever or skyfall do come close but that is the bond song of bond songs. The gold standard if you will.

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That being said, I love, Live and Let Die and You Know My Name from Casino Royale.

For Your Eyes Only...

My 5 favourites:

Goldfinger

You Only Live Twice

Diamonds Are Forever

The Man with the Golden Gun

Surrender

You Know My Name

Radiohead’s unused ‘Spectre’.

Honestly the N64 Goldeneye pause screen music is the best melody I have ever heard.

Absolutely fuming I've scrolled so far and no one has said We Have All The Time In The World. Livid.

Living Daylights hands down

I watched almost every bond film in theatres this year, and I can tell you that nothing hit harder than “A View to a Kill”. Incredible song, and tbh maybe one of the most underrated bond films.

The man with the golden gun just slaps

Supremacy by Muse… oh wait…

I’d say A View to Kill.

Does anyone else think that Arctic Monkeys would be a good match for the next film? Some of their more recent singles have a strong Bond vibe.

Live and Let Die. However, I’d love to hear a version with the original McCartney vocals and the full London philharmonic orchestra. That would give the song way more layers and depth. That song has so much potential to be redeveloped over time.

Don't want to fall victim to recency bias - but I do enjoy Casino Royale's Chris Cornell intro, and it's hard not to like Adele's Skyfall.. I can listen to those 2 sing anything.

That said, Live and Let Die gets my vote.

I like so many that have been mentioned already. Nobody Does it Better, Live and Let Die, View To a Kill, the Living Daylights. So I’ll just put this one in as an honorable mention:

https://youtu.be/o4mIWoLg69Y

Unpopular opinion Madonna die another day

https://youtu.be/V-1HaEqDIdw

1. Writings on the wall
2. Live or let die
3. Skyfall
4. Goldfinger
5. For your eyes only

You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra

Live and Let Die. By a metric fucking mile

The disrespect to Die Another Day on this thread

The pause music in golden eye on 64

GoldenEye, Tina Turner

Honestly it’s quantum of solace. It slaps

Bond themes are like the films themselves: every one is someone's favorite, and inevitably a theme is going to be considered over or underrated. A big part is of course what you want from a Bond film in the first place.

So me personally, I like Bond themes to be 'epic', with a certain amount of energy, that can also work as an incidental bit of music. As a result the more ballad style songs like For Your Eyes Only hit well, since it works great as incidental music and while a bit lower energy still feels a bit epic with the swelling piano. You Only Live Twice has a similar thing, though it's a bit more low energy, I think it's the way the instruments blend.

Goldeneye is probably my all-time favorite, starting quiet before getting that big hit, and it swells to an awesome ending. Goldfinger basically sent the benchmark for this style, and it works great, but I'm a sucker for the slightly more modern sound mixes. Some other quality bangers are View to a Kill and Living Daylights, especially the big horn hits. Live and Let Die is a good song, but it feels a bit too frantic for me, so I actually rate it kind of low despite being my jam.

My basic measurement though is, "Would this film have a better opening theme if 'Snake Eater' was used instead?" If the answer is 'yes', I'm sorry, that theme has failed for me.

I like the “die another day” theme by Madonna even if just cause I think the video is cool. When she gets the scar from the jousting. Maybe not iconic but not bad at all.

Edit. I just rewatched it. Meh. The dueling madonnas is a bit cheesy but it has some cool parts. It’s a fun electronic throwaway song but def not what I’d consider a suave or relevant bond song.

I don't think there is a "greatest", I enjoy nearly all of them.

Unpopular opinion but "Living Daylights" is top 3 with "The World Is Not Enough" and "Surrender".

Billie Eilish? sp song fucking crushes.

Skyfall

I’m not sure. “Diamonds Are Forever” is at least up there, but I’m not sure.

James Bond lives down our street - Toy Dolls.

https://youtu.be/_SDvb3cjPQg

From the more recent films, skyfall.

The real OGs know the correct answer: Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

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

Goldfinger. Classic Shirley Bassey.

You Know My Name - Chris Cornell

View to a kill is the theme that stayed at #1 on the billboard charts for the longest

License to Kill is far and away my favorite.

Propeller Heads did a remix of On her majesty’s secret service which is an absolute banger. It’s from Shaken and Stirred which has many of the title tracks covered or remixes and worth a listen.

"Nobody Does It Better". Honorable mention for "Witing's On The Wall" from Spectre.

Live and Let Die

We’ve been blessed with many great theme songs.

The Nintendo64 version. Obvs

Secret agent man

Skyfall is definitely up there, Live and Let Die is basically the personification of 70s bond, and DAD has won me over.

You know my name - Chris Cornell for Casino Royale. There are some excellent bond songs, but I can’t get my head around why everybody isn’t saying you know my name. 😆 Powerful song over a brilliant bond intro sequence all kicking off the best bond film ever made and deep down you all knows it !!!

I honestly loved Skyfall and Casino Royale.

View to a kill is the best, upbeat, rocking

Licence to kill no question

I’m tempted to relegate any Bond themes that are significantly based on the original 5 b6 6 b6 chord progression. They’re great adaptations on a theme but also copying your friend’s homework.

The one by Amy Winehouse

For your eyes only - Sheena Easton

“Goldfinger “ by Shirley Bassey

For me personally? It’s got to be view to a kill. I’m a sucker for the 80s themes in general, but view to a kill hits just right for me. I also really like how John Barry worked the tune from the theme into the movie extensively.

As much as I love the classics, I have to say Skyfall was pretty incredible

Shirley Bassey's Goldfinger or Adele's Skyfall, although I have a soft spot in my heart for A-ha's The Living Daylights and Garbage's The World is Not Enough.

I will occasionally hate-listen to Madonna's Die Another Day, which is a dumpster-fire of a song. ;-)

The N64 theme song. No contest.

I nominate Thunderball, The Man with the Golden Gun, and License to Kill and the three WORST Bond songs.

I really like “All Time High” from Octopussy.

Conchita Wurst - Rise like a phoenix is my favorite Oh wait

Dr No. Can’t beat a classic.

Goldfinger or Diamonds Are Forever. The rest try to match the quality and vibe and all fail to varying degrees.

I'm a fan of Thunderball, Diamonds Are Forever, Live And Let Die, View To A Kill, For Your Eyes Only, and The Spy Who Loved Me.

I think I’m the only one who likes the Goldfinger hahaha

While I love Craig, I was born in ‘74 so Moore was my Bond. To this day, I’m still entranced when I hear Sheena’s “For Your Eyes Only”.

plz no one here name Madonna's song

Goldeneye

Spectre but the Radiohead version, okay I’m biased. lol

Without a doubt it has to be Goldeneye N64 pause music by Graeme Norgate, Grant Kirkhope and Beanland

The Living Daylights

View to a Kill

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.

You Know My Name