# Your favoriate James Bond theme song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133 "2013-05-23T16:22:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/21 "2013-05-23T22:12:41Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > My fav movie theme is _You Only Live Twice_. [This version with the violin opening](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zij5ELQoRvI). Me, too, but particularly [this one by Sex Mob](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyKFuBKbFNQ) with the raunchy brass and organ. Esp. when it goes all eargasmic around the 3:30 min mark. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/22 "2013-05-23T22:22:13Z")
> [@Hodge](#): > > Me, too, but particularly [this one by Sex Mob](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyKFuBKbFNQ) with the raunchy brass and organ. Esp. when it goes all eargasmic around the 3:30 min mark. Wow! If I ever heard stripper music, this is IT! It was all I could do to restrain myself from removing my bra and twirling it around my head before flinging it at my two incredulous dogs. Way cool arrangement. Hodge, check out this [video](http://youtu.be/lgTTkO0Jw7U). ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/23 "2013-05-23T22:42:12Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Hodge, check out this [video](http://youtu.be/lgTTkO0Jw7U). Love it! Actually, the whole [Sex Mob Does Bond](http://www.allmusic.com/album/sex-mob-does-bond-mw0000014248) album is wonderfully sleazy cheese but those movie clips really kick things up a notch!! ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/24 "2013-05-23T23:06:00Z")
The original Casino Royale theme song is vastly underrated by all of you. Far and away the best one! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SSEmKXzpQMQ/hqdefault.jpg "Casino Royale (1967) - opening credits") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSEmKXzpQMQ) ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/25 "2013-05-23T23:41:26Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > The original Casino Royale theme song is vastly underrated by all of you. Far and away the best one! > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSEmKXzpQMQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSEmKXzpQMQ) I like this [Will Forte version](http://www.marktastic.com/2009/02/will-forte-peyton-manning-dancing-on-snl/) of that Herb Alpert classic. ETA: Dancing with Peyton Manning! ETA: Back when SNL was funny. 2007. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/26 "2013-05-23T23:58:44Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The OP is actually asking for favorite James Bond MOVIE themes. You are correct that that link is to the James Bond Himself theme that usually shows up at some point in all the movies. That kinda _is_ a James Bond movie theme. [A minute and a half of the first one.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LOqHSXMHJo) ---
**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:** [May 24, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/27 "2013-05-24T00:03:23Z")
Shirley Bassey’s cover of “Who Wants to Live Forever?” makes an unusually good alternate theme for OHMSS. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/28 "2013-05-24T00:05:07Z")
“You know my name” from Casino Royale. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/29 "2013-05-24T00:06:04Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] That kinda _is_ a James Bond movie theme. [/QUOTE] It kinda does double duty in _You Know My Name_, at that. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/30 "2013-05-24T00:42:13Z")
Previous threads: > **[What Bond Themes Do You Like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=629952)** > > Of course, I love the original from Dr. No. My two other favorites are “Live and Let Die” and “Nobody Does It Better.” “Live and Let Die” is good and bad at the same time. I really don’t care for much of McCartney’s solo work, and this song is a... > **[What's the best Bond theme song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=573137)** > > Inspired by this thread that I just posted. When all is said and done, I’d have to go with “You Only Live Twice”. My fave is still Chris Cornell’s “You Know My Name” from the _Casino Royale_ remake - great song, and a very cool opening-credits sequence, too: [Casino Royale - Chris Cornell - You Know My Name - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnzgdBAKyJo) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/31 "2013-05-24T01:02:11Z")
Chris Cornell’s You Know My Name is amazing. Best one. [I didn’t like Adel’s You know my name, but love this cover of it. Have a listen.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F_fg4QrBvI&list=PL5DD9A93472244C12&index=30) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/32 "2013-05-24T01:40:11Z")
I’m a little surprised and pleased to hear so much love for “You Know My Name.” It’s one of my very favorites and I thought I remembered hearing it caught a lot of critical flak for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/33 "2013-05-24T02:23:33Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > I’m a little surprised and pleased to hear so much love for “You Know My Name.” It’s one of my very favorites and I thought I remembered hearing it caught a lot of critical flak for some reason. When I first saw _Casino Royale_ I really didn’t like the title sequence or song. On listening to the song by itself I started to really like it and went back to have another look at the titles on DVD. Yep, pretty damn good. 😛 I like a lot of the Bond songs but I only have three on my iPod that I listen to: [ul] [li]You know my name.[/li][li]Goldeneye.[/li][li]Living Daylights[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/34 "2013-05-24T03:23:47Z")
I’m a huge Chris Cornell fan, but I don’t think of his song when thinking of favorite Bond songs. The first favorite that comes to mind is View to a Kill, probably due to my age when that film came out. I like that song probably more than I should. Goldfinger is probably the quintessential Bond theme though. I give Adele props for Skyfall, but the fact it was touted as a single before the movie came out kind of cheapened it for me. The theme song is supposed to support the movie, not the other way. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/35 "2013-05-24T03:44:06Z")
Nobody Does It Better and For Your Eyes Only. Yep, child of the late 70s, early 80s. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/36 "2013-05-24T05:50:58Z")
_Live and Let Die._ I did not like the _Skyfall_ song at all. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/37 "2013-05-24T06:00:25Z")
The theme from _ **OHMSS** _ and “We Have All the Time in the World.” Themes from _ **From Russia with Love** _, _ **Goldfinger** _, _ **Thunderball** _, _ **You Only Live Twice** _, _ **Diamonds Are Forever** _. “Nobody Does It Better” and “For Your Eyes Only.” I like Herb Alpert’s _ **Casino Royale** _ theme, but I just can’t associate it with James Bond. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/38 "2013-05-24T06:53:08Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > 1. Live and Let Die > 2. Nobody Does it Better > 3. Goldfinger I agree with this list. ---
**Author:** ![Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/39 "2013-05-24T12:00:55Z")
Well I have the following in my song collection: **You Know My Name The World is Not Enough Tomorrow Never Dies A View to a Kill Thunderball Goldfinger** I haven’t bothered to get any others so I suppose they aren’t great in my estimation. Of these **You Know my Name** gets the most playtime so I guess it is my favorite. I can’t listen to\*\* A View to a Kill\*\* anymore because Le Bon sings the song so damn flat, it’s terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133/40 "2013-05-25T09:26:50Z")
> [@](#): > > **Lieu** : Yep, with On Her Majesty’s Secret Service close behind for me. In the latter, are you speaking of “We Have All the Time in the World”? If so, you picked my favorite two square on. (The Other was “You Only Live Twice.” That was Nancy Sinatra doing the vocal.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favoriate-james-bond-theme-song/659133.md?page=3)