What is the best theme song to a James Bond movie?

[carnivorousplant]

@GargoyleWB

earn you major Bond-geek cred for mentioning.

I say old boy, do you chaps read the novels as well?

[Carnac_the_Magnificent]

@carnivorousplant

Connery said he did Name of the Rose because the character was an old fat guy, which he was by then.

I just like the way Lazenby played Bond.

Lazenby was 10 times better than Roger Moore and at least good as Brosnan. Unfortunately, most Bondophiles dismiss him as Sean Lite.

[gigi]

@Askia

Fine. Dibs on the pistols.

Shotgun!

I’d have to go with

Wings
Carly Simon
Sheena Easton

in order of staying power and favoriteness.

[Askia]

@Tuckerfan

Actually, Edsel’s were unjustly saddled with a rep of being a lemon (sort of like Tuckers). Heck, the president of Edsel was a former Packard president (Tucker used to work for Packard as well).

Note to self: Never try to insult Tuckerfan with a car reference…

[Askia]

@Carnac the Magnificent!

Lazenby was 10 times better than Roger Moore and at least good as Brosnan. Unfortunately, most Bondophiles dismiss him as Sean Lite.

*On Her Majesty’s Secret Service * was my first Bond movie, ever. I was seven, school was the next day, yet Mom let me stay up past 11 on a Sunday night to watch WTBS. Ah, bliss. The movie did not have a happy ending, and it made me terribly sad, yet still I wanted more.

Lazenby will always be my favorite Bond.

Connery is the best, Bond, tho.

[Aside] I had the honor of indoctrinating my 8 year old nephew into the Bondian Mysteries by watching Goldfinger with him last week. Nothing like watching a beloved movie again from the eyes of youngster. When Bond and Oddjob were squaring off at the end, my nephew punctuated every kick, punch and blow with a loud, “Oh, DA–aaa-NG!” until my sister told him to “SHUT UP!” from the other room. [/aside]

[Logan_5]

NO! NO! NO! You’re all wrong!

The Best James Bond song ever was Surrender by K.D. Lang, which should have been the main theme but for some reason they chose that boring, whiny tune that Sheryl Crow contributed for Tomorrow Never Dies. :rolleyes:

After that I’d say,

You Only Live Twice
View to a Kill
Goldfinger
Live and Let Die

Anyway after that the others really don’t matter do they?

[LiveOnAPlane]

@pinkfreud

I love the theme from You Only Live Twice.

Didn’t particularly care for the movie, but yes, this is one of my favorite Bond theme songs, too.

But then, I gotta admit having to a serious Jones for Nancy Sinatra since I was 16 (both the babe and her music), so it possibly could not have a lot to do with the merits of that particular song

[LiveOnAPlane]

@LiveOnAPlane

Didn’t particularly care for the movie, but yes, this is one of my favorite Bond theme songs, too.

But then, I gotta admit having to a serious Jones for Nancy Sinatra since I was 16 (both the babe and her music), so it possibly could not have a lot to do with the merits of that particular song

corrections to not sound completely stupid:

…admit to having a serious…

…so, it could, possibly, not have a lot to do with…

[El_Kabong]

Ok, here are my top three, in order of preference:

1. Goldfinger

2. A View to a Kill

3. Live and Let Die

Best background score, and backing my second-fave Bond movie after From Russia With Love, is Barry’s wonderful music for OHMSS.

IIRC, Man With the Golden Gun is often cited as the worst of the Eon Bond films, and now that I think of it the theme is drawing a complete blank, even though I’ve seen the dreadful thing at least three times.

[Dr.Rieux]

1. The James Bond Theme
2. Goldfinger
3. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
4. Moonraker
5. Live and Let Die
6. Nobody Does it Better
7. Thunderball
8. The World is Not Enough
9. Casino Royale
10. Tomorrow Never Dies
11. You Only Live Twice
12. Diamonds are Forever
13. Licence to Kill
14. For Your Eyes Only
15. The Living Daylights
16. GoldenEye
17. A View to a KIll
18. From Russia with Love
19. The Man With the Golden Gun
20. All Time HiIgh
21. Die Another Day

[Rhiannon8404]

@wolf_meister

My favorites are

1. Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
2. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey

I give Carly Simon the win because her performance sells that song. I love the way she ends that with “Baby … you’re the best”, etc.

To be fair, there is no question in my mind that Shirley Bassey’s singing “Goldfinger” is a bravura accomplishment.

And Paul McCartney’s “Live And Let Die” deserves a mention. That song goes through incredibile changes and captures the spirit of a James Bond movie.

I would have written this…but you wrote it first. I agree completely.

[Dr.Rieux]

Oops, the end of my last post should read:

20. All Time High
21. Never Say Never Again
22. Die Another Day

[ouryL]

@LiveOnAPlane

Didn’t particularly care for the movie, but yes, this is one of my favorite Bond theme songs, too.

But then, I gotta admit having to a serious Jones for Nancy Sinatra since I was 16 (both the babe and her music), so it possibly could not have a lot to do with the merits of that particular song

Me too, I actually own her 45s, “Sugar Town/Summer Wine”, and “Boots/City Never Sleeps”