"You Know My Name" Best Title Song?

ZorinIndustriesZorinIndustries United StatesPosts: 837MI6 Agent
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This morning, I was listening to Chris Cornell's "You Know My Name" from Casino Royale. I thought to myself how good it was. The song is electric and it maintains that Bond vibe. It successfully ties in spy music with hard rock, yet it's very modern. What do you guys think of the piece, and is it the best title song yet?
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  • CJ007GoldeneyeCJ007Goldeneye LondonPosts: 587MI6 Agent
    Im with you i think its well up there with one of the best bond songs!
  • WildeWilde Oxford, UKPosts: 621MI6 Agent
    Yes in my opinion, one of the best. I quite like 'license to kill' too.
  • DEFIANT 74205DEFIANT 74205 Perth, AustraliaPosts: 1,881MI6 Agent
    It's in my top ten, but I'm not so sure about it being 'the best'. I think the original James Bond Theme, Goldfinger, Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (instrumental) and Goldeneye all rank above You Know My Name.
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  • UltimateTruthUltimateTruth Posts: 140MI6 Agent
    I'm not sure if I consider it THE best song (One of em for sure), but it gets my vote for best opening credits sequence. I remember getting goosebumps in the theatre when the chrous kicked in. You can imagine my disapointment 2 years later sitting through the opening credits of QOS
  • DrFragmentDrFragment South Coast Of EnglandPosts: 49MI6 Agent
    Not the best ever, but very good & just right for the reboot & DC.
    "Mm... Royal Beluga, north of the Caspian."
  • GoldenEye85GoldenEye85 Posts: 278MI6 Agent
    You know My name, is a very good song and one of the best in a while. Die Another Day's theme wasn't that great. love the movie, but not the theme.

    My top list goes like this:

    Live and Let Die (both GnR and Paul McCartney)
    Goldfinger
    Golden Gun
    Tomorrow Never Dies
    License to Kill
    You Know My Name
    Living Daylights

    other notables include:
    A View to a Kill
    On her Majesty's Secret Service
    For Your Eyes Only
    GoldenEye
    The World is Not Enough
    1, GE 2, CR 3, SF 4, TWINE 5, Spectre 6, TMWTGG 7, DAD 8, LALD 9, AVTAK 10, LTK 11, Octopussy 12, Moonraker 13, TLD 14, GF 15, QOS 16, Tomorrow 17, FYEO 18. TSWLM Not seen much: Dr. No, Russia, Thunderball, Twice, Majesty.

    1: Brosnan 2: Craig 3: Moore 4: Dalton 5: Connery and 6: Lazenby
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,817MI6 Agent
    For me You Know My Name is my outright favorite Bond Song, for the same reason I have Goldfinger in no 2 - both songs nicely reflect the nature of the films they are attached to.

    For me there is musical symmetry to Bond themes.- Aha's Living Daylights is a great song partnered with a good film, A View To a Kill is a classic Duran Duran track partnered to an awful film, (Sorry Sir Roger) and Another Way to Die, is a tragically naff song, partnered with the second most naff Bond film!

    The other songs all vary between thoroughly enjoyable to its alright.
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  • john mcneilljohn mcneill Posts: 1MI6 Agent
    Probably my favourite is diamonds are forever, goldeneye and the living daylights! In fact when i think about it there's only one i don't care for.... Die another day. But that could be because i! don't particularly like maddona?
  • Q and MQ and M IrelandPosts: 171MI6 Agent
    you know my name and the living daylights, top 2 for sure in no order
  • SilentSpySilentSpy Private Exotic AreaPosts: 765MI6 Agent
    One of the best title songs. But all of them are good except Quantum of Solace. But Quantum's problem is mainly the vocals. The background music isn't that bad.
    "Better late than never."
  • DanielCraig007DanielCraig007 Posts: 588MI6 Agent
    Chris Cornell's "You Know My Name" from Casino Royale

    Best bond song and best bond film in modern times.
  • smudgedudesmudgedude Posts: 162MI6 Agent
    that song (and soundgarden) finally made it okay for me to forgive cornell for his atrocious solo album.
  • SpectreBlofeldSpectreBlofeld AroundPosts: 364MI6 Agent
    Probably my favorite theme, yes, especially the more rockin' version (as opposed the more sedate version that played during the actual opening credits).
  • GaddGeneGaddGaddGeneGadd Posts: 189MI6 Agent
    I love the song so much that if I ever go back to doing cover sets I am adding it to my set list!!!!!!!! B)B)B)
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