# Songs that could work as Bond Movie Themes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 29, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170 "2012-03-29T16:26:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/1 "2012-03-29T16:26:12Z")
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](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J1OcbsaqXI)[/li][li][_Flight of the Wild Geese_—Joan Armatrading](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItjBLNChqTE)[/li][li][“Evil Genius” Main Theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFw_48vv5NQ)[/li][li][_Half the Man_—Methodic Doubt](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CDzLEe1_9w)[/li][li][Casino Royale—Hugh Neal](http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/casino-royale-single/id207932711)[/li][li][The _Our Man Flint_ theme. (I know, it’s a cheat)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuVEEm3JsWY)[/li][li][_Thunderball_—Johnny Cash (also a cheat—it was _almost_ an official Bond theme)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3rqS98seNA)[/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? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/2 "2012-03-29T16:38:01Z")
[quote=“Ranchoth, post:1, topic:617170”] [li][The _Our Man Flint_ theme. (I know, it’s a cheat)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuVEEm3JsWY)[/li][/QUOTE] Secret Agent Man. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/3 "2012-03-29T18:12:08Z")
[In the Line of Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIt8MIpkitI) - Ennio Morricone Can’t you just picture Bond starting one of his trademark daring escapes at the 1:05 mark? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/4 "2012-03-29T18:28:19Z")
[Man With The Golden Gun](http://youtu.be/XsoyhpBsPus)– Alice Cooper. His song lost out to the lousy Barry/Lulu one that ended up as the theme for the movie. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/5 "2012-03-29T18:47:34Z")
If you just want songs with lyrics that suit a James Bond movie, there’s: Genesis: “Just a Job to Do” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://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” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akLKrd7zlS0) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/6 "2012-03-31T05:50:18Z")
[“Bury Me Alive”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzTZeeMCUBk&ob=av3e), by We Are The Fallen. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/7 "2012-03-31T05:57:19Z")
“[Gold Gun Girls](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRtd8ArvH_s)” 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](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfPRX_FSWcQ)”. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/8 "2012-03-31T06:10:15Z")
Not sure if these really work, but they remind me of Bond for some reason. [Mercy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ZEVA5dy-Y), by Duffy. I think she’d be perfect for singing an official theme. [History Repeating](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTUIHK7gHRE), by the Propellorheads and Shirley Bassey. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/9 "2012-03-31T06:38:29Z")
Most of the songs by Morcheeba. ---
**Author:** ![deadindays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@deadindays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deadindays)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/10 "2012-03-31T08:08:57Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![coolbyrne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@coolbyrne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coolbyrne)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/11 "2012-03-31T14:25:16Z")
[Sour Times by Portishead](http://youtu.be/niIcxMuORco) ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/12 "2012-03-31T17:04:34Z")
Cirque du Soleil’s [Cold Flame](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUrLA-x7fcw). ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/13 "2012-03-31T23:11:05Z")
[Beautiful Girls](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ9h2m06sFQ) by Van Halen. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/14 "2012-04-01T05:07:47Z")
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”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S71_vIMQ0YY&feature=related) would make one of the all-time great Bond themes. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/15 "2012-04-01T05:59:12Z")
[The Miami Vice Theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0MEtBQb2yM) [The Mission Impossible Theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khAlCr2qaj0&feature=fvst) And a whole bunch of Surf music [Guitar Noire](http://www.nutsie.com/song/Guitar%20Noire/2063515&album_id=2805988) [The Hawaii 5 O Theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrkrQXuDq24) [Killer Dana](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddla7AsY_zc) The [Peter Gunn Theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc8gWbM90MU). [Miserlou](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjUiOh8efaQ) [Pipeline](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omG-hZfN6zk) 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? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/16 "2012-04-01T06:39:18Z")
[The Magnificent Seven Theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iteRKvRKFA), aka the Marlboro Theme (and others), composed by Elmer Bernstein. One of the greatest film scores ever. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/17 "2012-04-01T14:48:24Z")
[Portishead - All mine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vozNQX6Ye1A) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-work-as-bond-movie-themes/617170/18 "2012-04-01T15:02:00Z")
Obviously, [Goodbye, Mr. Bond](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbKNwEVF3Wo)