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
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?
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
1. You Only Live Twice.
2. Skyfall
3. Diamonds are Forever (had to pick a Bassey one, and it just edges out Goldfinger)
1 Diamonds Are Forever
2 Skyfall
3 Live and Let Die
1.For Your Eyes Only
2. All Time High (despite the out-of-tune singing)
3. Moonraker
FFS there is only one, and it's got no lyrics!
OHMSS
Live and let die, golden eye and Skyfall
1. Skyfall
2. Live and Let Die
3. Goldfinger
From Russia with love (Matt Monro)
Diamonds are forever (dame Shirley bassey)
Live and let die (wings)
For me:
1. Goldfinger
2. OHMSS
3. Live & Let Die
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.
1. Nobody does it better
2. You only live twice
3. Skyfall (rhubarb crumble)
1. Moonraker
2. The Living Daylights
3. You know my name
1. OHMSS
2. for your eyes only
3. Nobody does it better
1. Live and let die
2. Skyfall
3. Goldeneye
1) Diamonds are forever
2) Live and let die
3) A view to a kill
1. The Living Daylights
2. A View to a Kill
3. Goldfinger
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?
Goldfinger
Diamonds are forever
Skyfall
For your eyes only
Live and let die
Skyfall
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.
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.
1 Diamonds Are Forever
2 Skyfall
3 Live and Let Die
In no particular order
Casino Royal
Licence to Kill
View to a Kill
All time high by Rita Coolidge (Maud Adams, anyone?)
Nobody does it better by Carly Simon
Diamonds are forever by Shirley Bassey
GOAT
1) A View to a Kill
2) Nobody Does it Better
3) Licence to Kill (yes, really)
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
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
1.Live and let die
2.Skyfall
3.Goldeneye
#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
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
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
Andy
Wanted - Damasko DC57
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'
You know my Name.
A view to a Kill
The a Living Daylights
Live & Let Die
Goldfinger
Diamonds are Forever
(Runner up: Skyfall)
:-)
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 ).
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
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.
1 . Goldfinger
2. Diamonds are Forever
3. Licence to Kill
John