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11 – List of theme songs & artists
Here is a list of the films' theme songs, as well as vocal recordings used
within the film or end credits or appearing on the soundtrack albums.
| TITLE | PERFORMER | FILM |
| The James Bond Theme | John Barry Orchestra* | Dr. No |
| Underneath the Mango Tree | Diana Coupland | Dr. No |
| Jump Up | Byron Lee/Dragonaires | Dr. No |
| From Russia with Love (instrumental) | John Barry | FRWL |
| From Russia with Love (vocal) | Matt Munro | FRWL |
| Goldfinger | Shirley Bassey | Goldfinger |
| Thunderball | Tom Jones | Thunderball |
| You Only Live Twice | Nanc Sinatra | YOLT |
| On Her Majesty's Secret Service | John Barry | OHMSS |
| (We Have) All the Time in the World | Louis Armstrong | OHMSS |
| Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown? | Nina | OHMSS |
| Diamonds Are Forever | Shirley Bassey | DAF |
| Live and Let Die | Paul McCartney & Wings | LALD |
| Fillet of Soul/Live and Let Die | B J Arnau | LALD |
| The Man with the Golden Gun | Lulu | TMWTGG |
| Nobody Does It Better | Carly Simon | TSWLM |
| Moonraker | Shirley Bassey | Moonraker |
| For Your Eyes Only | Sheena Easton | FYEO |
| Make It Last All Night | Rage | FYEO |
| All Time High | Rita Coolidge | Octopussy |
| A View to a Kill | Duran Duran | AVTAK |
| The Living Daylights | a-ha | TLD |
| Where Has Everybody Gone? | The Pretenders | TLD |
| If There Was a Man | The Pretenders | TLD |
| License to Kill | Gladys Knight | LTK |
| If You Asked Me To | Patti Labelle | LTK |
| Dirty Love | Tim Feehan | LTK |
| Wedding Party | Ivory | LTK |
| GoldenEye | Tina Turner | GoldenEye |
| The Experience of Love | Eric Serra | GoldenEye |
| Tomorrow Never Dies | Sheryl Crow | TND |
| Surrender | k.d. lang | TND |
| The World Is Not Enough | Garbage | TWINE |
| Only Myself to Blame | Scott Walker | TWINE |
| Die Another Day | Madonna | DAD |
| London Calling | The Clash | DAD |
| You Know My Name | Chris Cornell | CR |
| Another Way to Die | Alicia Keys & Jack White | QOS |
| Casino Royale | Herb Alpert | CR (1967) |
| The Look of Love | Dusty Springfield | CR (1967) |
| Never Say Never Again | Lani Hall | NSNA |
| Chanson d'Amour | Sophie Della | NSNA |
* If you have read that Monty Norman performed it, for further
explanation,
look just below to Brief 2 Section 11A.
Also of note is the song "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang", which was recorded by
both Dionne Warwick and Shirley Bassey. It was to be the title song of
EON's
fourth release until the title was changed back to Thunderball. Neither
vocal version appears in the film but the instrumental does.
Only once has a Bond theme hit #1 on the American Billboard Music Hot 100
chart. It was Duran Duran's "A View to a Kill".
"You Know My Name", the title song to the 2006 fim version of Casino Royale
by Chris Cornell does not appear on the soundtrack of the film.
A - The James Bond Theme debate
Every Bond film credits Monty Norman as the composer for the "James Bond
Theme". But most people feel John Barry actually wrote it. What is the
truth? This one was still raging some thirty-nine years after the
questions
began.
Monty Norman originally wrote a theme. However the producers were
dissatisfied with the piece and John Barry was hired to "arrange" it. The
resulting work bore little resemblance to the Norman's. This reworked
theme
was featured in Dr. No and has appeared in every official Bond film
since.
Due to contractual obligations, Monty Norman always receives credit
whenever
the song is used in a Bond film.
Norman's original theme can be heard on the Dr. No soundtrack, but it is
not track number 17, titled "The James Bond Theme" on the label. Norman
himself said that the actual recording intended as the theme is "Dr. No's
Fantasy", Track 11. John Barry based some inspiration for what became
known
as the Bond theme off the plucked guitar sound from one of his own
compositions, "Bees Knees". (Submitted by Geoff Leonard)
In March 2001, Norman won a libel suit against London's Sunday Times. They
claimed Barry had penned the theme alone and also made comments about
Norman's talent. Due in part to Barry stating he based the guitar riff
partly on a Norman composition called "Bad Sign, Good Sign", they sided
with
Norman. Note that the court did not state that Norman wrote the theme
solely, as he maintains, just that he contributed to it.
12 – Soundtracks & scores
Ten men have scored a James Bond film. Here are the credits for each. Note
the only composers with multiple credits are John Barry and David Arnold.
| FILM | COMPOSER |
| Dr. No | Monty Norman |
| From Russia with Love | John Barry |
| Goldfinger | John Barry |
| Thunderball | John Barry |
| You Only Live Twice | John Barry |
| On Her Majesty's Secret Service | John Barry |
| Diamonds Are Forever | John Barry |
| Live and Let Die | George Martin |
| The Man with the Golden Gun | John Barry |
| The Spy Who Loved Me | Marvin Hamlisch |
| Moonraker | John Barry |
| For Your Eyes Only | Bill Conti |
| Octopussy | John Barry |
| A View to a Kill | John Barry |
| The Living Daylights | John Barry |
| License to Kill | Michael Kamen |
| GoldenEye | Eric Serra |
| Tomorrow Never Dies | David Arnold |
| The World Is Not Enough | David Arnold |
| Die Another Day | David Arnold |
| Casino Royale | David Arnold |
| Casino Royale (1967) | Burt Bacharach |
| Never Say Never Again | Michel LeGrand |
13 – Bond meets an Oscar
While the films have been wildly successful with audiences the world over,
critics have always been hesitant to warm up to them. Consequently, the
Bond
films tend to get passed over in favor of more "critically acceptable"
selections. All told, Bond films have been nominated ten times in the
American Academy Awards, five times in technical categories and five times
in musical categories. Only two nominations came up winners:
| FILM | YEAR | CATEGORY | WINNER |
| Goldfinger | 1964 | Best Sound Effects | Norman Wanstall |
| Thunderball | 1965 | Best Visual Effects | John Stears |
However, both wins were somewhat tainted by the fact that there was only
one
other nominee. The other eight nominations were:
| FILM | YEAR | CATEGORY | LOST TO |
| Casino Royale (1967) | 1967 | Best Original Song | "Talk to the Animals" |
| Diamonds Are Forever | 1971 | Best Sound | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Live and Let Die | 1973 | Best Original Song | "The Way We Were" |
| The Spy Who Loved Me | 1977 | Best Art Direction | Star Wars |
| The Spy Who Loved Me | 1977 | Best Original Score | Star Wars |
| The Spy Who Loved Me | 1977 | Best Original Song | "You Light Up My Life" |
| Moonraker | 1979 | Best Visual Effects | Alien |
| For Your Eyes Only | 1981 | Best Original Song | "Arthur's Theme
(The Best That You Can Do)" |
In an ironic twist, the Casino Royale song nominated, "The Look Of
Love",
lost to "Talk To The Animals" from Doctor Dolittle, a Leslie Bricusse
composition. Bricusse co-wrote another movie theme that year, "You Only
Live
Twice" with John Barry.
However, leave it to the Brits to come through. The British Academy gave
the award for Best Color Cinematography to From Russia with Love. They
also nominated Ken Adam four times for Art Direction for his work in
Goldfinger, Thunderball, Thunderball and The Spy Who Loved
Me.
In 1982, Cubby Broccoli was awarded the coveted Irving G. Thalberg
Memorial
Award for his filmmaking career. Homage was paid to both the Bond films
and
to the many successful films that Broccoli made prior to Dr. No. The
reigning Bond at the time, Roger Moore, presented the award. Likewise, in
1989 Timothy Dalton presented Broccoli with a lifetime achievement award
from the British Academy of Film and Theatre Arts.
Alien & British corrections submitted by Allen Dace
14 – What's in a name?
The Bond films almost always work the film's title into the script
somehow.
- Dr. No is the villain's name.
- Bond writes From Russia with Love on Tatiana's picture and hears it on the radio while he and Sylvia are bunting.
- Goldfinger is the villain's name.
- M calls the mission "Operation Thunderball."
- Bond mentioned he's on his second life. Blofeld says, "You Only Live Twice, Mr. Bond."
- The "On" in On Her Majesty's Secret Serviceis never used, though the rest appears a few times.
- Diamonds Are Forever is surprisingly absent in the script, though the
phrase "diamonds are for everyone" was cheekily added to Die Another
Day.
- The singer in the Fillet of Soul sings the words Live and Let Die in
front
of Bond.
- The Man with the Golden Gun is used by and about Scaramanga.
- While Stromberg mentions the word "love," The Spy Who Loved Me is unused.
- Moonraker is the name of the space shuttle fleet built by Drax.
- Melina purrs, "For Your Eyes Only, darling" to Bond.
- Octopussy is the name of the female smuggler.
- Zorin and May Day combine to say, "What A View To A Kill."
- Bond remarks, "Whoever she was, it must have scared The Living Daylights
out of her."
- M says, "Effective immediately, your Licence To Kill is revoked."
- GoldenEye is the name of the space-based weapons system.
- Tomorrow Never Dies is not spoken in the film.
-
When told he could have had the world, Bond replies, "The World Is Not
Enough.".
- "So you lived to Die Another Day, Colonel?"
- Casino Royale is the name of the casino.
- Though Bond says, " Never again," and Domino replies, "Never?," the phrase Never Say Never Again is not specifically used.
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