"No Time To Die” - Billie Eilish’s Bond 25 Theme

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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    Bille Eilish talks about Bond:

    "Bond is so dope. It's the coolest movie franchise in the world [...] Crazy last couple months working on it with Hans.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=tBfdjyA4buU&feature=emb_logo
  • HowardBHowardB USAPosts: 2,736MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Bille Eilish talks about Bond:

    "Bond is so dope. It's the coolest movie franchise in the world [...] Crazy last couple months working on it with Hans.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=tBfdjyA4buU&feature=emb_logo

    Based upon what she said it would appear that Zimmer has been working on NTTD well before he was officially announced.
    I definitely like the idea that Zimmer was working with Eilish on the theme song. The reality is, that theme song will play over the a Bond film title sequence for which the bar is set very high....for all intents and purposes IMO they were the forerunners of the modern music video. Eilish and her brother are very talented, but arranging, orchestrating and timing that song is best left in the hands of Zimmer. I can't help but think that the theme song will figure into the score this time around. I could imagine Marr playing the melody of the theme song on guitar over the orchestra in the score. It's funny, if Arnold was back I would be confident of what type of score we would get with Zimmer, there's a bit of the unknown......
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    HowardB wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    Bille Eilish talks about Bond:

    "Bond is so dope. It's the coolest movie franchise in the world [...] Crazy last couple months working on it with Hans.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=tBfdjyA4buU&feature=emb_logo

    Based upon what she said it would appear that Zimmer has been working on NTTD well before he was officially announced.
    I definitely like the idea that Zimmer was working with Eilish on the theme song. The reality is, that theme song will play over the a Bond film title sequence for which the bar is set very high....for all intents and purposes IMO they were the forerunners of the modern music video. Eilish and her brother are very talented, but arranging, orchestrating and timing that song is best left in the hands of Zimmer. I can't help but think that the theme song will figure into the score this time around. I could imagine Marr playing the melody of the theme song on guitar over the orchestra in the score. It's funny, if Arnold was back I would be confident of what type of score we would get with Zimmer, there's a bit of the unknown......

    I’m fairly sure Zimmer won’t be arranging or orchestrating. I don’t think he knows how to do those things. He’s probably producing the song. He’s an ideas guy, and he’s probably the right guy to be behind the song.
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  • HowardBHowardB USAPosts: 2,736MI6 Agent
    I’m fairly sure Zimmer won’t be arranging or orchestrating. I don’t think he knows how to do those things. He’s probably producing the song. He’s an ideas guy, and he’s probably the right guy to be behind the song.

    I guess I used those two terms a bit loosely. I wonder if some of Zimmer's "people" would have fulfilled those roles? IMO, it doesn't take a bunch of formal musical training to put a set of headphones on and play with the sliders during a recording session if you have a very good pair of ears and a gift for what sounds best. The great producer/engineer Jimmy Iovine (Springsteen, Tom Petty, John Lennon, The Pretenders and many others) had little or no musical training or was even a musician (he started out sweeping floors in a studio) but he had what they call "golden ears" and he learned through observation and being around musicians and paying close attention and being able to understand what they were looking for or trying to achieve.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    HowardB wrote:
    I’m fairly sure Zimmer won’t be arranging or orchestrating. I don’t think he knows how to do those things. He’s probably producing the song. He’s an ideas guy, and he’s probably the right guy to be behind the song.

    I guess I used those two terms a bit loosely. I wonder if some of Zimmer's "people" would have fulfilled those roles? IMO, it doesn't take a bunch of formal musical training to put a set of headphones on and play with the sliders during a recording session if you have a very good pair of ears and a gift for what sounds best. The great producer/engineer Jimmy Iovine (Springsteen, Tom Petty, John Lennon, The Pretenders and many others) had little or no musical training or was even a musician (he started out sweeping floors in a studio) but he had what they call "golden ears" and he learned through observation and being around musicians and paying close attention and being able to understand what they were looking for or trying to achieve.

    That's producing, which does not require formal music training. It requires ideas and a knowledge of the music industry, which Zimmer has. Zimmer does a lot of producing, which may involve playing with sliders but is much more than that. I'm sure Zimmer will be bringing his people in to do some arranging and orchestrating of the piece that Billie and Finneas wrote. As producer Zimmer will have ideas as to the arrangement and orchestration, but he does not have the skills to do those things.
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  • HowardBHowardB USAPosts: 2,736MI6 Agent
    Re: Matt S:

    I'm no Zimmer expert and I get the whole thing where he hears the sounds, etc in his head and others notate, arrange and orchestrate those sounds, musical phrases, etc. That being said, despite his lack of formal training, Zimmer is able to play several instruments well enough to perform in a live setting (keyboards and guitar in particular) so whether innate or learned he has some knowledge of chords and scales. What I'm basically saying here is you might be painting a picture of Zimmer that's a bit overstated although I don't believe your purpose is to demean Zimmer's talent/abilities.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    Hans Zimmer discusses his career as a film score composer using examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGs_NT4iL2c
  • NoiNoi Posts: 705MI6 Agent
    https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/1222625489799401473

    on 9th of February, hopefully the new title-song
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    It sounds a bit early for me, but it's great if it is the title song. The Oscars is a great occation, especially following her Grammy triumph.
  • NoiNoi Posts: 705MI6 Agent
    edited February 2020
    3 days before her "Special Performance"-Tweet she confirms that the bond-song is finished :)
    'Skyfall' and 'Writings on the Wall' were released 25-30 days before world-premiere, so yeah u r right, its too early
  • HowardBHowardB USAPosts: 2,736MI6 Agent
    Eilish just won 5 Grammy Awards so it looks like EON really picked the hot artist. If she performs the theme song on the Oscars with a montage of clips from the film in the background that would be a major publicity coupe for the film. That being said, she may not even be performing the NTTD theme song at the Oscars. Sometimes they get other artists to perform the nominated songs or she could be doing an Oscar winning song from the past as part of a tribute.
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  • JTMJTM Posts: 3,027MI6 Agent
    Even though it was heavily rumoured, it's not surprising that we didn't get Eilish's theme at the Oscars. It's a brand new song (so not a previous year's winner eg. Lose Yourself), not nominated for this year's best original song or even just one that featured in a movie that was nominated. So even though it's part of the longest running movie series, it still has nothing to do with the previous year in film and would be, I guess out of place, to see it done at this year's ceremony.

    We did get a bit of the Goldfinger theme by the orchestra as one of the presenters walked on stage...which seemed like it might have been a lead in to an Eilish theme performance but nope, just a random bit of music.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    edited February 2020
    The artist singing the north wind in the Frozen 2 segment is Aurora. She was the one who inspired Billie Eilish to persue music.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    What did everyone think of Billie Eilish's performance of Yesterday at the Oscars? Does it give you faith that she's turn out a good Bond theme? Or is her diction too mumbly?
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  • Mr MartiniMr Martini That nice house in the sky.Posts: 2,698MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    What did everyone think of Billie Eilish's performance of Yesterday at the Oscars? Does it give you faith that she's turn out a good Bond theme? Or is her diction too mumbly?


    Wasn't a big fan of her performance. Still have hope her Bond theme will be good. I'm not a fan of her style of music though so only time will tell if the Bond theme is good.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    Billie Eilish talks about her Bond title song in an interview:
    https://youtu.be/Cwp0CdwDiMs?t=429
  • eric7064eric7064 USAPosts: 343MI6 Agent
    I'm not a HUGE Elish fan. I appreciate some of her music. But I have a feeling she is going to absolutely kill this Theme. I think she will hit the somber, sad, finality the film seems to be going for.
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    The few bars that have been teased so far sound very promising, certainly infused with a Bondian feel. Warren Ringham of Q The Music provided a nice little analysis of this sample on Q The Music's Facebook page.
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    The opening few bars we were given reminded me of a song from an obscure pop rock musical called Bare i saw 2 years ago.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YLkchlMBXU

    And I saw Warren's nice little analysis. :)
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  • lilusakolilusako Southern California Posts: 311MI6 Agent
    I was looking at this awesome time release image that Anders put together earlier today of when the theme will drop.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B8fHfjoDo5n

    It hits London on February 14th at 12am. I know people were trying to guess when it was going to drop, but after thinking about this... I had a realization, is this their way of saying, "Sorry the movie isn't out today like we originally promised? Here's the theme song instead?"
  • Bond_James_BondBond_James_Bond +++ Classified +++Posts: 569MI6 Agent
    edited February 2020
    Billie Eilish CONFIRMED to perform new James Bond theme tune at the BRITs in an orchestral performance with Hollywood film composer Hans Zimmer on the 18th Feb.

    https://mol.im/a/8000341
    The name's Bond_James_Bond
  • John Francis KennedyJohn Francis Kennedy South lanarkshire, ScotlandPosts: 88MI6 Agent
    I’d like to know what it’s called
  • JTMJTM Posts: 3,027MI6 Agent
    I’d like to know what it’s called

    “No Time To Die”
  • John Francis KennedyJohn Francis Kennedy South lanarkshire, ScotlandPosts: 88MI6 Agent
    JTM wrote:
    I’d like to know what it’s called

    “No Time To Die”


    Oh cheers, I missed that part!

    One things for sure, it will have the full bond orchestra including the bond kitchen sink in the recording, I can only dream..
  • Bond44Bond44 Vauxhall CrossPosts: 1,581MI6 Agent
    JTM wrote:
    I’d like to know what it’s called

    “No Time To Die”

    Nice try - Nah it wil never catch on :007)
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  • Bond44Bond44 Vauxhall CrossPosts: 1,581MI6 Agent
    JTM wrote:
    I’d like to know what it’s called

    “No Time To Die”

    Nice try - Nah it wil never catch on :007)
    My name is Bond, Basildon Bond - I have letters after my name!
  • SFPROPSSFPROPS USAPosts: 380MI6 Agent
    I’d like to know what it’s called

    Shatterhand.
  • John Francis KennedyJohn Francis Kennedy South lanarkshire, ScotlandPosts: 88MI6 Agent
    SFPROPS wrote:
    I’d like to know what it’s called

    Shatterhand.


    It wasn’t clear a couple of days ago :))
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