The Best Bond Theme Song?

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Chuckie

Chuckie

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In chronological order:

A View To A Kill
The Living Daylights
Goldeneye
The World Is Not Enough
Another Way To Die

Live and let die would have been number one if it was the Guns n Roses version.
 
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brianmcdoogle

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I'm a little teary-eyed at the amount of people who are recognizing, perhaps beyond their years, that Nobody Does it Better is the best Bond song. Hooray for taste!
 
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Eyemus Lutt

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Being serious my favourite "Bond theme" is Nobody does it better, but my favourite Bond theme is Die another day its just doesn't fit being a "Bond theme".
 
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Fitts

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Best is Live and Let Die. I've loved that song for literally my entire life.

Worst by a wide margin is Skyfall. People were laughing in the theater over how bad it was. It was like it was written by a teenager and thrown together in an hour. Just awful, but at least the movie itself was pretty good.
 
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Matt_

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I had NO IDEA nobody does it better was a bond song

My vote for Diamonds are forever
followed by skyfall probably
 
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Sir_Crocodile

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1)Nobody Does It Better
2)Licence To Kill
3)You Know My Name
4)View To A Kill
5)Live and Let Die
6)Goldfinger
7)On Her Majesty's Secret Service Theme Song
8)From Russia With Love
9)Thunderball
10)For Your Eyes Only

With Goldeneye just outside the top ten.

Additonally, the opening beats to the License to Kill theme are incredible. When I think of James Bond, I think of that.

"We Have All the Time in the World" is also fantastic, would be top without a doubt if it was a theme. Weird thing is that when I tell people that came from a bond film they're legit shook
 
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Bodacious

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Not a title tune, but I really like "007 Takes the Lektor" from "From Russia with Love." Actually, I really like the actual theme to "From Russia with Love", and pretty much I guess I'm partial to all the Connery-era music. "007 Takes the Lektor" is pretty cool for having the distinction of having been arguably plagiarized by Evangelion.

007 Takes the Lektor

Evagelion 1.0 - Battle Decisive
 
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Hyun Sai

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A View to a kill.

It's fucking brilliant, and the fact that John Barry's motifs are in makes it even more "Bond" than the rest.
 
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CloudWolf

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D.Lo said:
I also like Another Way To Die, though not many seem to. It's very innovative and the best balance ever between traditional cabaret and guitar rock. Dat Wooly Mammoth guitar effect.
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The instrumental is really good, but IMO the duet doesn't work at all. If it was just Jack White singing (thus losing the terrible whoahohoho-stuff from Keys) it would've been one of the best
 
eso76

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thread's favorites Nobody does it better and You know my name aren't doing much for me.

Goldfinger it is.
Live and let die is a beautifully constructed song.
Goldeneye
Thunderball
Diamonds are forever
You only live twice
as a kid i would play A view to a kill over and over and over. I was so in love with that song.
And honestly it's still not bad at all.

I guess the garbage one and even skyfall both work as a Bond songs too
 
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Chained Prometheus

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You Know My Name is a masterpiece. It's a perfect fit to one of the absolute best Bond films ever, lyrically and musically. However I also quite love the instrumental theme for OHMSS too.
 
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dragonyeuw

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Given the subjectivity of music taste, I don't know about 'the best' but my top 5 are:

Moonraker
Goldeneye
A view to a kill
OHMSS
Thunderball

honorable mention: Man with golden gun, you only live twice, All-time high, Nobody does it better, and I like the theme to License to Kill but not the lyrics

Edit: Shit, how could I forget You know my name!?

I wouldn't say that list is in order, because the rankings may vary from time to time. Actually it's really hard to come up with a definitive top 5, there's a lot of really good themes in the series.
 
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dragonyeuw

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brianmcdoogle said:
For the people who like Thunderball.... why? The lyrics are a mess and the music itself is kind of rote Bond. Yeah, Tom Jones blows it out of the water, but the song? I don't know.
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Yeah the lyrics are a mess, but the theme itself is epic as is Jones' delivery

Humidex said:
Much preferred Surrender by KD Lang (the end credit song)

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Agreed, I felt that was much better than Crow's opening credits song. KD lang has more 'Bond theme' sounding voive IMO, it has that sultry edge that Crow quite clearly lacks.
 
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kinoki

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
I have a weak spot for Jack White's "Another Way to Die". "Goldeneye" is probably the best theme song, though.
 
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PaulloDEC

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I'm terrible at top 10s, but "You Know My Name" is hard to beat. So good.

I'm also a big fan of "The Living Daylights", "Goldeneye" and "From Russia with Love".
 
Sorcerer

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1. You Only Live Twice
2. Theme From Dr. No
3. Goldfinger
3. We Have All The Time in the World
4. Nobody Does it Better
5. Diamonds Are Forever
6. From Russia With Love
7. Thunderball, (I think this is the only theme that actually addresses the character of James Bond and his characteristics)
8. For Your Eyes Only
9. You Know MY Name
10. Opening of OHMSS
 
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kmag

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Fun fact about Goldeneye, Swedish dance pop band Ace of Base were originally going to write and perform the theme for the movie (they actually had a song written and recorded), but where swiftly ditched when Bono and the Edge from U2 offered to write the song for Tina Turner (who owns a house next to Bono's holiday home in the south of France). Bono flirted with the idea of doing the song aS his Mr Macphisto alterego (think plummy Quentin Crisp style voice (and putting it on the B-side that demo is still floating about the net).

The synth strings are due to the song having to be recorded really quickly, they were going to add in more live strings but since Serra's score was synth heavy they ended up leaving it.
 
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kmag

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Apart from Nobody does it better

the best "Bond" theme is Scorpio

Scorpio!
He'll sting you with his dreams of power and wealth.
Beware of Scorpio!
His twisted twin obsessions are his plot to rule the world
And his employees' health.
He'll welcome you into his lair,
Like the nobleman welcomes his guest.
With free dental care and a stock plan that helps you invest!
But beware of his generous pensions,
Plus three weeks paid vacation each year,
And on Fridays the lunchroom serves hot dogs and burgers and beer!
He loves German beer!
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