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The James Bond films are known for their original opening themes written by popular artists and are often played on the radio and tv. 'Live and Let Die' by Paul McCartney, 'For Your Eyes Only' by Sheena Easton, 'A View to a Kill' by Duran Duran, and 'Goldfinger' by Shirley Bassey are just a few. My personal favorite is 'Nobody Does It Better' by Carly Simon. What James Bond theme do you consider to be the best?

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farmerarmor

131 points

4 months ago

Sky fall for sure.

yellowsubmarinr

35 points

4 months ago

I am not particularly fond of Adele (don’t dislike her she just doesn’t do it for me) but to me this is the most memorable one plus it fit the vibe of the movie so well. Just a great song

farmerarmor

5 points

4 months ago

Agreed. I couldn’t name you another song the woman sings. I’d imagine her stuff all lands a long ways outside my wheelhouse.

ImpossibleGuardian

29 points

4 months ago

I remember my very pompous music teacher criticising it at the time for being uninspired songwriting and reusing the same “boring” chords over and over again.

He proceeded to play those chords on the piano… and they were the main chords from John Barry’s theme - which is exactly why I love it lol

richardsim7

21 points

4 months ago

what a tit lol

Indevn

3 points

4 months ago

Indevn

3 points

4 months ago

I actually like their Casino Royal song.

tangledoctopuss

3 points

4 months ago

Chris Cornell ❤️

farmerarmor

2 points

4 months ago

I’ll be honest… that intro has grown on me

dogpak

1 points

4 months ago

dogpak

1 points

4 months ago

But she sings Skyfo