I'm kind of surprised this idea was never thought of. We have all seen many of these films, many of them quite cheezy, some really good, but the theme songs have always been interesting, if not real masterful stuff. I prefer Nobody Does It Better from the Spy Who Loved Me, but the Man With The Golden Gun by Lulu is close.

That Aha song is nice. The Jack White, Alicia Keys song is killer too.

You can only pick one fave..lol

2freaky4church1 said:

I love that song.

My faves are the Tina Turner and the Shirley Bassey tunes.

I forgot about the Duran Duran song. Niccccce.

Goldfinger; Diamonds Are Forever; Moonraker - Shirley Bassey
Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney and Wings
Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
Golden Eye - Tina Turner
Die Another Day - Madonna

Prince should write one. Fucker.

U2 wrote the Tina Turner song.

Madonna.

Duran Duran - A View To A Kill
Tina Turner - Golden Eye
Garbage - The World Is Not Enough

Despite how much I like her, the Madonna theme was horrible as a James Bond theme song. It was just Madonna being artsy fartsy.

Duran Duran-"View to a Kill"

Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney
Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
A View To A Kill - Duran Duran

Live & Let Die/Paul McCartney & Wings

A View to a Kill/Duran Duran

For Your Eyes Only/Sheena Easton

That Duran Duran joint was the business!

A View To A Kill
Goldfinger
Live And Let Die
Diamonds Are Forever
License To Kill
You Only Live Twice


All that [other stuff i mean] is rank
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ernestsewell said:

Yeah. I like your list.
I do like Madonna's and Sheena Easton's.

But my favorite is Glady's Knight's ' License to Kill.'

Nobody does is better.

Best stunt in movie history, too.

License to Kill - Gladys Night

I have every Bond film, and I like the themes by Shirley Bassey, but my favorites are:

Live Or Let Die
Die Another Day

Live and let die it's the most powrful ever, and it sounds still fresh

Shirley Bassey rules the James Bond theme tunes

but love "Live & Let Die" also

The Best Song: Nobody Does It Better
The Best James Bond: Roger Moore
The Best 007 Movie: For Your Eyes Only

For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
Golden Eye = Tina Turner
Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon

Diamonds Are Forever

and this is nice too:

by Gladys Knight

luv4u said:

Best ones ever!

2freaky4church1 said:

I'm pretty sure this has been done before based on some notes I found.
But then again, so has almost every other thread.




...Dr. No - Monty Norman (instrumental)




...From Russia With Love - Lionel Bart (instrumental)




...Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey (vocal)




...Thunderball - Tom Jones (vocal)




...You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra (vocal)




...On Her Majesty's Secret Service - John Barry (instrumental)




...Diamonds Are Forever - Shirley Bassey (vocal)




...Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney (vocal)




...The Man With The Golden Gun - Lulu (vocal)




...The Spy Who Loved Me - Carly Simon (vocal)




...Moonraker - Shirley Bassey (vocal)




...For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton (vocal)




...Octopussy - Rita Coolidge (vocal)




...A View To A Kill - Duran Duran (vocal)




...The Living Daylights - a-ha (vocal)




...License to Kill - Gladys Knight (vocal)




...Golden Eye - Tina Turner (vocal)




...Tomorrow Never Dies - Sheryl Crow (vocal)




...The World Is Not Enough - Garbage (vocal)




...Die Another Day - Madonna (vocal)




...Casino Royale - Chris Cornell (vocal)




...Quantum of Solace - Jack White/Alicia Keys (vocal)


I'd agree with those that say Shirley Bassey rules this category.
She set the proper tone for the series.

As a contrarian pick, i'll give a nod to Thunderball - Tom Jones (vocal)
(From Wales like Shirley)

And for my money, there's only one James Bond - Sean Connery!



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theAudience said:

My favourites are:

The world is not enough – Garbage
Tomorrow never dies – Sheryl Crow

AlexdeParis said:

@theAudience...But which Bond film starring Sean Connery?

My pick would be Thunderball.