Songs that could work as Bond Movie Themes?

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I was working on my weird iTunes playlists again, and I decided it was time I did a formal job of a “‘Bond Themes’ that aren’t actually from a James Bond Movie” listing.

This seems like just the kind of thing to share, and pick peoples’ brains over.

So far, I’ve got…

[ul]
[li]Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine trailer theme[/li][li]Flight of the Wild Geese—Joan Armatrading[/li][li]“Evil Genius” Main Theme[/li][li]Half the Man—Methodic Doubt[/li][li]Casino Royale—Hugh Neal[/li][li]The Our Man Flint theme. (I know, it’s a cheat)[/li][li]Thunderball—Johnny Cash (also a cheat—it was almost an official Bond theme)[/li][li]Who Wants to Live Forever—As performed by Shirley Bassey[/li][/ul]

That’s it for now, aside from a few covers. Any other suggestions?

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[li]The Our Man Flint theme. (I know, it’s a cheat)[/li][/QUOTE]

Secret Agent Man.

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In the Line of Fire - Ennio Morricone

Can’t you just picture Bond starting one of his trademark daring escapes at the 1:05 mark?

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Man With The Golden Gun– Alice Cooper. His song lost out to the lousy Barry/Lulu one that ended up as the theme for the movie.

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If you just want songs with lyrics that suit a James Bond movie, there’s:
Genesis: “Just a Job to Do”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaGyPYTKTH4
But if you want music that just FEELS like it would fit into a Bond soundtrack, I nominate

Gary Numan: “Films”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akLKrd7zlS0

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“Bury Me Alive”, by We Are The Fallen.

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“Gold Gun Girls” by Metric. Hey, they used a Garbage song, so it’s not that much of a stretch.

Much less likely but even more awesome would be Bush’s “Testosterone”.

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Not sure if these really work, but they remind me of Bond for some reason.

Mercy, by Duffy. I think she’d be perfect for singing an official theme.
History Repeating, by the Propellorheads and Shirley Bassey.

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Most of the songs by Morcheeba.

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Nicole Atkins’ The Way It Is. There’s a clip on YouTube where she sings the song on Letterman and it’s an amazing performance.

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Sour Times by Portishead

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Cirque du Soleil’s Cold Flame.

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Beautiful Girls by Van Halen.

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From the moment I first heard it, I’ve always thought that with appropriate changes to the lyrics, the Massive Attack tune “Man Next Door” would make one of the all-time great Bond themes.

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The Miami Vice Theme
The Mission Impossible Theme

And a whole bunch of Surf music
Guitar Noire
The Hawaii 5 O Theme
Killer Dana
The Peter Gunn Theme.
Miserlou
Pipeline

Listening to them, a good half of my surf music collection would be decent them music for spy movies. I’m not entirely sure why – spies and surfers are both out there hanging ten on the dangerous curl of a wave that could swamp them at any second?

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The Magnificent Seven Theme, aka the Marlboro Theme (and others), composed by Elmer Bernstein. One of the greatest film scores ever.

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Portishead - All mine

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Obviously, Goodbye, Mr. Bond