Welsh singer Shirley Bassey is the only singer to perform more than one Bond theme – she recorded the themes to Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker. Bassey also recorded her own versions of "Mr.
Shirley Bassey is the only artist ever to have recorded not one, not two, but three James Bond theme songs.
Paul McCartney & The Wings – Live and Let Die (1973)
“Live and Let Die” was the first rock song to open a Bond film. The British–American rock band Wings performed. The song was in G major and written by English musician Paul McCartney and his wife Linda McCartney.
The 'distressing' reason why Amy Winehouse didn't sing 'James Bond' theme song.
Pet Shop Boys - 'The Living Daylights'
Pet Shop Boys also recorded a song for the film, but it wasn't chosen. The duo later reworked the song into 'This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave' on their Behaviour album in 1990.
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Moore played the role more than any other actor, and thus his imprint on 007 is probably stronger than anyone else.
Adele's theme from Skyfall was the first Bond movie theme to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
While there are two dozen Bond theme tunes, their quality varies pretty wildly, from the truly awful (sorry, Madonna), to the deeply dull (Sam Smith), to the true classics, like Shirley Bassey's “Goldfinger.” Here are all the James Bond themes, ranked from the stinkers to the gems.
Duran Duran, "A View to a Kill" from A View to a Kill (1985) – No. 1. The only James Bond song to top the Hot 100, “A View to a Kill” is a memorable song from one of the series' least memorable films.
1. Live and Let Die – Live and Let Die (1974) In this “ever changing world in which we live in,” there's one thing that doesn't change: Paul McCartney's Bond theme is THE Bond anthem, and the one with the greatest staying power.
Credit: Getty Images. Paul McCartney was always the James Bond producers' choice to sing 'Live And Let Die' in the closing credits of the 007 film, new documents show. The song, performed by McCartney with Wings, is one of the Beatle's most successful solo hits as well as the post-credits soundtrack to the 1973 film.
Tom Jones - Thunderball (1965)
They were so pleased with Smith's vocal performance that they used it on the final release. On 8 September 2015, Sam Smith announced that they were singing the song for the James Bond film Spectre. They described performing the theme as "one of the highlights of my career".
"GoldenEye" is a song written by Irish musicians Bono and the Edge and performed by American singer Tina Turner. The song served as the theme for the James Bond film GoldenEye.
Norman Wanstall won the first James Bond Oscar in 1965. Arts correspondent Colin Paterson tracked down the only living James Bond Oscar winner, Norman Wanstall, who won for the sound effects on Goldfinger.
For her work in co-producing the song “Falling Slowly” for the film Once, singer-songwriter Markéta Irglová, then 19, won Best Original Song in 2008 alongside her Once co-star Glen Hansard.
The youngest winner of the 'Best Original Score' Oscar
Markéta Irglová was only 19 when she received the Academy Award for 'Best Original Song' for 'Falling Slowly,' the indie folk song she wrote and performed for the movie Once.
What does M stand for? M is the head of MI6 and stands for for "Missions" – to identify that the incumbent is the head of the Missions Department. M is not one character, but rather a role that has been held by various characters across the 25 films.
Moore starred in his final Bond film, A View to a Kill (1985). He was the oldest actor to have played Bond – he was 45 in Live and Let Die, and 58 when he announced his retirement on 3 December 1985, having played the part for over 12 years.
Welsh singer Shirley Bassey is the only singer to perform more than one Bond theme – she recorded the themes to Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker.
Johnny Cash – 'Thunderball' Dionne Warwick – 'Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' (Thunderball) Shirley Bassey – 'Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' (Thunderball)
Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page played guitar on the 1964 Bond theme 'Goldfinger'.