"Sean is Bond
Only Sir Sean is Bond
He'll be Bond
When the other blokes are gone
Sean is Bond
We know that across The Pond
That Lazenby fellow can't stand in the shoes of Sir Sean."
And now - the lyrics to the first verse of OHMSS (inspired by esteemed member, chrisisall):
"Sean is Bond
Only Sir Sean is Bond
He'll be Bond
When the other blokes are gone
Sean is Bond
We know that across The Pond
That Lazenby fellow can't stand in the shoes of Sir Sean."
Thank you.
Holy crap. I just played the instrumental and sung those lyrics. They go so well!!! Nice work sir -{
When I was just a child, and saw OHMSS on TV for the first time, I had missed the first half an hour or so, so was not aware that the theme was an instrumental. But I heard the theme playing throughout the movie. I assumed it had words, and my child-mind assumed that the main hook went "On her majesty's secret service away he goes!"
Goldfinger
The Spy Who Loved Me (nobody does it better)
The Living Daylights
Goldeneye
Casino Royale (you know my name)
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Sean Connery - Diamonds Are Forever
Roger Moore - Live & Let Die
Timothy Dalton - Licence To Kill
Pierce Brosnan - The World Is Not Enough
Daniel Craig - Skyfall
I watched an interview with John Barry and Hal David...they referred to OHMSS as their best work.
I agree. When you can hear a song and it embodies a theme without words...then it is magic.
As for songs....
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - essence of Bond...not my words but the authors and I agree.
A view to a Kill -- Duran Duran created magic
LIcense to Kill - Gladys at her best
You Know My Name - contemporary rock for 007
Live and Let Die
A View to A Kill
Nobody Does It Better
The Man With the Golden Gun
Dalton:
The Living Daylights
Brozzer:
The World is Not Enough
GoldenEye
Craigger:
Writing's on the Wall
"Hostile takeovers. Shall we?"
New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
Bond actors to be re-ranked later
Goldfinger
On Her Majesty's Secret Service Theme
Nobody Does It Better
Licence to Kill
Surrender
You Know My Name
Honorable mention goes to Never Say Never Again -- the unused them by Phyllis Hyman.
You cheated with Surrender. That's not a title song in the sense that it neither plays over the film's opening titles nor does it share the title of the film.
Here are my choices:
Diamonds Are Forever
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (It's the only choice. Neither We Have All the Time in the World nor Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown count.)
Nobody Does it Better
The Living Daylights
The World Is Not Enough (since Surrender doesn't count)
You Know My Name (though I don't care much for any of the four)
Goldfinger
On Her Majesty's Secret Service Theme
Nobody Does It Better
Licence to Kill
Surrender
You Know My Name
Honorable mention goes to Never Say Never Again -- the unused them by Phyllis Hyman.
You cheated with Surrender. That's not a title song in the sense that it neither plays over the film's opening titles nor does it share the title of the film.
Here are my choices:
Diamonds Are Forever
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (It's the only choice. Neither We Have All the Time in the World nor Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown count.)
Nobody Does it Better
The Living Daylights
The World Is Not Enough (since Surrender doesn't count)
You Know My Name (though I don't care much for any of the four)
Meh. It was supposed to be until they replaced it with that abomination by Sheryl Crow.
Goldfinger
On Her Majesty's Secret Service Theme
Nobody Does It Better
Licence to Kill
Surrender
You Know My Name
Honorable mention goes to Never Say Never Again -- the unused them by Phyllis Hyman.
You cheated with Surrender. That's not a title song in the sense that it neither plays over the film's opening titles nor does it share the title of the film.
Here are my choices:
Diamonds Are Forever
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (It's the only choice. Neither We Have All the Time in the World nor Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown count.)
Nobody Does it Better
The Living Daylights
The World Is Not Enough (since Surrender doesn't count)
You Know My Name (though I don't care much for any of the four)
Meh. It was supposed to be until they replaced it with that abomination by Sheryl Crow.
Sure, it was supposed to be. But it wasn't. You might as well call it "Tomorrow Never Dies" since it was supposed to be called that too. Some of my favourite Bond songs aren't main themes. If There Was a Man, Surrender and We Have All the Time in the World are some of the best songs from the Bond films.
You cheated with Surrender. That's not a title song in the sense that it neither plays over the film's opening titles nor does it share the title of the film.
Here are my choices:
Diamonds Are Forever
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (It's the only choice. Neither We Have All the Time in the World nor Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown count.)
Nobody Does it Better
The Living Daylights
The World Is Not Enough (since Surrender doesn't count)
You Know My Name (though I don't care much for any of the four)
Meh. It was supposed to be until they replaced it with that abomination by Sheryl Crow.
Sure, it was supposed to be. But it wasn't. You might as well call it "Tomorrow Never Dies" since it was supposed to be called that too. Some of my favourite Bond songs aren't main themes. If There Was a Man, Surrender and We Have All the Time in the World are some of the best songs from the Bond films.
Well, still my submission. And You Know My Name and Nobody Does It Better don't share the title of the movie, either.
Meh. It was supposed to be until they replaced it with that abomination by Sheryl Crow.
Sure, it was supposed to be. But it wasn't. You might as well call it "Tomorrow Never Dies" since it was supposed to be called that too. Some of my favourite Bond songs aren't main themes. If There Was a Man, Surrender and We Have All the Time in the World are some of the best songs from the Bond films.
Well, still my submission. And You Know My Name and Nobody Does It Better don't share the title of the movie, either.
But they play over the main titles. chrisisall clearly meant main themes, seeing as he didn't choose Skyfall.
Yes, but I was responding to this statement of yours, which seemed to suggest that the songs selected had to have both qualities, which clearly some do not:
You cheated with Surrender. That's not a title song in the sense that it neither plays over the film's opening titles nor does it share the title of the film.
Yes, but I was responding to this statement of yours, which seemed to suggest that the songs selected had to have both qualities, which clearly some do not:
You cheated with Surrender. That's not a title song in the sense that it neither plays over the film's opening titles nor does it share the title of the film.
At any rate, I still stand by my selections.
My statement doesn't say that it needs to have both of those qualities. It just says that Surrender doesn't qualify for either definition of a title song.
Each Bond movie until John Barry's retirement from the series (including those he didn't do: LALD, TSWLM, FYEO) had a specific theme composed for it, whether or not it had lyrics and whether or not those lyrics included the title of the movie. This piece of music (I'm being very careful not to call it a song) is heard during the credits and integrated into the score.
Since that point (ie from LTK onwards) the sad practice of hiring one composer to write the score while another writes the title song has become prevalent*. This puts the score composer at a disadvantage both artistically and financially (he's already obliged to use the "James Bond Theme", and using a title theme he didn't write means he has to shoehorn two pieces of someone else's music into his score and not collect the relevant royalties later). David Arnold has fought against this, sometimes successfully (CR), sometimes not (DAD).
So... "Surrender" is the main theme for TND since Arnold integrates it into his score. Sadly, it's not the title song though. I say "sadly" because it's clearly the better piece of music... er, IMHO.
This thread'll be in the Music forum soon, since it fits better in there.
*it did happen a couple of times earlier, but there were specific reasons on those occasions. I could go into much, much more detail if anyone asks
Top Themes for each actor, my choice ....
Connery, From Russia with love
Moore, Live and Let Die
Dalton, Licence to kill
Brosnan, " Surrender"
Craig, You know my Name.
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Comments
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
Holy crap. I just played the instrumental and sung those lyrics. They go so well!!! Nice work sir -{
Classic!! Good story
Well......I don't know how sexy I am, but thank you for the encouragement TP! Oh, you mean dancing girls!
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
The Spy Who Loved Me (nobody does it better)
The Living Daylights
Goldeneye
Casino Royale (you know my name)
Roger Moore - Live & Let Die
Timothy Dalton - Licence To Kill
Pierce Brosnan - The World Is Not Enough
Daniel Craig - Skyfall
Thunderball gets an honorable mention
Live and Let Die
A View to A Kill Honorable mention
The Living Daylights
License to Kill gets the honorable mention
Die Another Day
Another Way to Die
I couldn't even keep a straight face while typing the last two, lol.
The World is Not Enough
GoldenEye gets the honorable mention
Skyfall
You Know my Name gets the honorable mention
1: Brosnan 2: Craig 3: Moore 4: Dalton 5: Connery and 6: Lazenby
I agree. When you can hear a song and it embodies a theme without words...then it is magic.
As for songs....
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - essence of Bond...not my words but the authors and I agree.
A view to a Kill -- Duran Duran created magic
LIcense to Kill - Gladys at her best
You Know My Name - contemporary rock for 007
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You have all the Time in the World (Obviously)
A View to a Kill
Licence to Kill
Surrender
You Know My Name
Nobody Does it Better
The Living Daylights (though Licence to Kill isn't far behind)
Tomorrow Never Dies
Sorry, GL and DC, but I didn't take to your themes.
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
From Russia With Love
Live and Let Die
The Living Daylights
The World Is Not Enough (though I really love all the Brosnan-era songs)
You Know My Name
You Only Live Twice
OHMSS
Live And Let Die
Moonraker
A View To A Kill
Sir Sean:
Thunderball
You Only Live Twice
Goldfinger
Lazenby:
The only choice available
Sir Roger:
Live and Let Die
A View to A Kill
Nobody Does It Better
The Man With the Golden Gun
Dalton:
The Living Daylights
Brozzer:
The World is Not Enough
GoldenEye
Craigger:
Writing's on the Wall
New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
Bond actors to be re-ranked later
Pierce Brosnan: GoldenEye
Timothy Dalton: The Living Daylights
Roger Moore: A View To A Kill
Sean Connery: You Only Live Twice
On Her Majesty's Secret Service Theme
Nobody Does It Better
Licence to Kill
Surrender
You Know My Name
Honorable mention goes to Never Say Never Again -- the unused them by Phyllis Hyman.
You cheated with Surrender. That's not a title song in the sense that it neither plays over the film's opening titles nor does it share the title of the film.
Here are my choices:
Diamonds Are Forever
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (It's the only choice. Neither We Have All the Time in the World nor Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown count.)
Nobody Does it Better
The Living Daylights
The World Is Not Enough (since Surrender doesn't count)
You Know My Name (though I don't care much for any of the four)
Sure, it was supposed to be. But it wasn't. You might as well call it "Tomorrow Never Dies" since it was supposed to be called that too. Some of my favourite Bond songs aren't main themes. If There Was a Man, Surrender and We Have All the Time in the World are some of the best songs from the Bond films.
But they play over the main titles. chrisisall clearly meant main themes, seeing as he didn't choose Skyfall.
You cheated with Surrender. That's not a title song in the sense that it neither plays over the film's opening titles nor does it share the title of the film.
At any rate, I still stand by my selections.
That subject would fit nicely into this thread: http://www.ajb007.co.uk/topic/45230/007-theme-song-lyrics-analysis-thread/ Anyone care to have a go at this?
My statement doesn't say that it needs to have both of those qualities. It just says that Surrender doesn't qualify for either definition of a title song.
Since that point (ie from LTK onwards) the sad practice of hiring one composer to write the score while another writes the title song has become prevalent*. This puts the score composer at a disadvantage both artistically and financially (he's already obliged to use the "James Bond Theme", and using a title theme he didn't write means he has to shoehorn two pieces of someone else's music into his score and not collect the relevant royalties later). David Arnold has fought against this, sometimes successfully (CR), sometimes not (DAD).
So... "Surrender" is the main theme for TND since Arnold integrates it into his score. Sadly, it's not the title song though. I say "sadly" because it's clearly the better piece of music... er, IMHO.
This thread'll be in the Music forum soon, since it fits better in there.
*it did happen a couple of times earlier, but there were specific reasons on those occasions. I could go into much, much more detail if anyone asks
Connery, From Russia with love
Moore, Live and Let Die
Dalton, Licence to kill
Brosnan, " Surrender"
Craig, You know my Name.
Moore - A View to a Kill
Dalton - The Living Daylights
Brosnan - GoldenEye
Craig - You Know My Name