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    Your top 3 Bond themes

    Im watching a repeat of the James Bond 50th anniversary concert on BBC4 at the moment

    Got me to thinking about my favourites

    Purely subjective of course

    1. Thunderball (Tom Jones)



    2, The Man With The Golden Gun (Lulu)



    3. You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra)



    Really difficult choice as I like so many of them

    What are your top 3?

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    Despite being sung by a fat computer, I really like Skyfall as a Bond theme tune.

    Diamonds are Forever #2

    A View to a Kill #3

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    Quote Originally Posted by amnesia View Post
    Despite being sung by a fat computer, I really like Skyfall as a Bond theme tune.


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    1. You Only Live Twice.
    2. Skyfall
    3. Diamonds are Forever (had to pick a Bassey one, and it just edges out Goldfinger)

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    1 Diamonds Are Forever
    2 Skyfall
    3 Live and Let Die

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    1. You know my name
    2. Diamonds are forever
    3. Goldfinger

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    Quote Originally Posted by 5avvy View Post
    1. You Only Live Twice.
    2. Skyfall
    3. Diamonds are Forever (had to pick a Bassey one, and it just edges out Goldfinger)
    2 first, but otherwise you are right.

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    1.For Your Eyes Only
    2. All Time High (despite the out-of-tune singing)
    3. Moonraker

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    FFS there is only one, and it's got no lyrics!

    OHMSS

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    Quote Originally Posted by GraniteQuarry View Post
    FFS there is only one, and it's got no lyrics!

    OHMSS

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    Your top 3 Bond themes

    Live and let die, golden eye and Skyfall

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    1. Skyfall
    2. Live and Let Die
    3. Goldfinger

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    From Russia with love (Matt Monro)
    Diamonds are forever (dame Shirley bassey)
    Live and let die (wings)

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    For me:

    1. Goldfinger
    2. OHMSS
    3. Live & Let Die

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skyman View Post
    2 first, but otherwise you are right.
    I think Nancy nicks it - but it is close

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    1. You Only Live Twice
    2. Thunderball
    3. From Russia With Love

    And two of those 3 would be in my top 3 bond films too.

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    1. Nobody does it better
    2. You only live twice
    3. Skyfall (rhubarb crumble)

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    1. Moonraker
    2. The Living Daylights
    3. You know my name

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    1. OHMSS
    2. for your eyes only
    3. Nobody does it better

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    1. Live and let die
    2. Skyfall
    3. Goldeneye

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    1) Diamonds are forever

    2) Live and let die

    3) A view to a kill

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    1. The Living Daylights
    2. A View to a Kill
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    All the time in the world - performed so well on the BBC4 concert. Not sure of the film. Isn't used sometimes as "interlude" music in some of the earlier films?

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    Quote Originally Posted by PHB1969 View Post
    All the time in the world - performed so well on the BBC4 concert. Not sure of the film. Isn't used sometimes as "interlude" music in some of the earlier films?
    OMHSS.....found it

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    Goldfinger
    Diamonds are forever
    Skyfall

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    For your eyes only
    Live and let die
    Skyfall

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    Funny how no-one has mentioned Madonna in their top 3!

    Mine will be about as unpopular I imagine;

    1) You Know my Name
    2) Tomorrow Never Dies
    3) The World is Not Enough.

    I also don't hate Another Way to Die from QoS.

    Don't get me wrong, I love the classic bond, I just don't think the music has aged all that well. Iconic, but not my cuppa.

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    1. Diamonds are Forever
    2. Forever
    3. Forever

    I think thus is so far ahead of any of the others I can't rank 2nd. or 3rd places. One of my all time favourite pieces of music. The opening motif is simple yet stunningly brilliant - if diamonds made a noise this is what they'd sound like.

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    1 Diamonds Are Forever

    2 Skyfall

    3 Live and Let Die

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    Quote Originally Posted by kevkojak View Post
    Funny how no-one has mentioned Madonna in their top 3!

    Mine will be about as unpopular I imagine;

    1) You Know my Name
    2) Tomorrow Never Dies
    3) The World is Not Enough.

    I also don't hate Another Way to Die from QoS.

    Don't get me wrong, I love the classic bond, I just don't think the music has aged all that well. Iconic, but not my cuppa.
    Funnily enough, as well as liking the classics I really like You Know my Name and Another Way to Die, and they would definitely be in my top 10. Most of the 70's ones I find have dated badly though.

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    In no particular order

    Casino Royal
    Licence to Kill
    View to a Kill

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    All time high by Rita Coolidge (Maud Adams, anyone?)
    Nobody does it better by Carly Simon
    Diamonds are forever by Shirley Bassey

    GOAT

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    1) A View to a Kill
    2) Nobody Does it Better
    3) Licence to Kill (yes, really)

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    Quote Originally Posted by j0hnbarker View Post
    3) Licence to Kill (yes, really)
    Probably my favourite Bond theme! If I had to choose a top three (today) it would also include Live and let die and You only live twice.

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    Live and let die
    Sky fall
    Diamonds are forever

    That last one only edges out the wonderful theme from quantum of solace for me, great song for a modern one

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    I cant narrow it down to three but here's my top 5

    For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
    Live & Let Die - Wings
    View to A Kill - Duran Duran
    Nobody does it Better - Carly Simon
    Licence To Kill - Gladys Knight

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robertf View Post
    Probably my favourite Bond theme! If I had to choose a top three (today) it would also include Live and let die and You only live twice.
    I thought it would be unpopular, but I seem to be wrong. Great tune.

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    1.Live and let die
    2.Skyfall
    3.Goldeneye

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    #1 (by a big margin) 'From Russia With Love' - Matt Monro

    (Matt Monro is arguably the best singer of popular music the UK has produced)



    The end credits of 'From Russia With Love': http://uk.ign.com/videos/2012/10/11/...-ending-credit

    #2 'Nobody Does it Better' - Carly Simon

    #3 'Live And Let Die' - Paul McCartney And Wings

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    My top theme tunes would be

    1.Bond Theme (M Norman)
    2.OHMSS ( J Barry )
    3.Casino Royal (B Bacharach)

    Songs

    1. Goldfinger
    2. Live and Let Die
    3. All the time in the World / Look of love

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    Quote Originally Posted by CamCG View Post
    #1 (by a big margin) 'From Russia With Love' - Matt Monro

    (Matt Monro is arguably the best singer of popular music the UK has produced)



    The end credits of 'From Russia With Love': http://uk.ign.com/videos/2012/10/11/...-ending-credit
    He is reputed to be the only British singer that Sinatra rated

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    Quote Originally Posted by GraniteQuarry View Post
    FFS there is only one, and it's got no lyrics!

    OHMSS
    I know it's not the theme tune, but from the same film, this is the business

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-BQTnw7g-s
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    Quote Originally Posted by andy tims View Post
    I know it's not the theme tune, but from the same film, this is the business

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-BQTnw7g-s
    Ive always thought that he would have made a good Bond if he had stuck with it. In any event, something with Diana Rigg in has got to be worth watching - as a bonus a young Joanna Lumley appears as one of the women in Blowfelts alpine liar.

    As regards this song - it appears in most of the compilations on sale as a 'theme tune'

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    You know my Name.

    A view to a Kill

    The a Living Daylights

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    Live & Let Die

    Goldfinger

    Diamonds are Forever

    (Runner up: Skyfall)

    :-)

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    View to a kill.
    The living daylights.
    One from QoS. ( not a great film but good theme).

    Do not like skyfall, Adele sounds like she's being strangled. ( if you could actually get your hands around her neck ).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Velorum View Post
    He is reputed to be the only British singer that Sinatra rated
    Upon Matt Monro’s death, Frank Sinatra said this:

    "His pitch was right on the nose, his word enunciations letter perfect and his understanding of a song thorough. He will be missed very much not only by myself, but by his fans all over the world."

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    My two favourite Bond songs were not actually theme songs and the 2nd one may not even be classified as a Bond film by some. But great songs even if they were not in Bond films.

    1 On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) · Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The World
    2 Casino Royale (1967) · Dusty Springfield - The Look Of Love
    3 For Your Eyes Only (1981) · Sheena Easton - For Your Eyes Only

    And the worst three are all recent films. Maybe I am turning into a grumpy old man.

    Quantum Of Solace (2008) . Jack White-Alicia Keys - Another Way To Die
    Casino Royale (2006) · Chris Cornell - You Know My Name
    Die Another Day (2002) · Madonna - Die Another Day

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    1. The Man with the Golden Gun (how can you beat a song with Lulu telling you "He has a powerful weapon..."?)
    2. From Russia With Love
    3. Skyfall

    ... and an honourable mention for Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
    Last edited by Loddonite; 5th February 2014 at 01:13.

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    1 . Goldfinger
    2. Diamonds are Forever
    3. Licence to Kill

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