Best James Bond theme song other than Goldfinger?

[Orrex]

Well?

[TheMightyFavog]

1. Skyfall

Nobody Does It Better
Diamonds Are Forever
A View To A Kill

All are good candidates.

Worst Bond song?

(Tie) For Your Eyes Only (Proof Sheena Easton was sleeping with the producer.) and The Man With the Golden Gun

[Orrex]

20. I think that Die Another Day is actually the worst

But For Your Eyes Only at least as the overall "vibe" of a Bond themesong. Still not the greatest, though...


on edit: actually, I heard Skyfall on the radio again tonight, which is what made me want to post this question. I'm not a big fan of Adele, but that's a great Bond song.

[TexasBushwhacker]

28. Daniel Craig said he cried the first time he heard Skyfall n/t

[1monster]

2. For Your Eyes Only...

Can't think of any other theme songs.

[BlueJazz]

22. I agree

[a kennedy]

35. Ditto to For Your Eyes Only.... and love Sheena Easton....

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[LiberalElite]

3. You Only Live Twice

[DFW]

27. That was mine, too, but I haven't seen them all. n/t

[Glorfindel]

36. Yes...by far my favorite

Even better than "Goldfinger."

[Paladin]

42. That's The Best Of Them All. (nt)

[HarveyDarkey]

4. Live and Let Die

[Enrique]

6. disqualified for a terrible line

"...if this ever-changing world in which we live in..."

[nolabear]

21. I thought it was "in which we're livin'"

Still gets my vote. And I love the movie, purely for the kitschy goodness of Geoffrey Holder. I used to have a huge crush on him. I love a basso profundo.

[Orrex]

23. I think that it might have the all-time worst Bond villain death, though

Inflatable Whisper? Puh-lease!

[nolabear]

33. LOL! True dat. But Baron Samedi? Mah-velous.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

44. Is it "in which we live in"

or "in which we're livin'"?





'Scuse me while I kiss this guy...

[Grantuspeace]

16. Best by far!! n/t

[eShirl]

5. The Spy Who Loved Me

ok, technically the actual song title is "Nobody Does it Better"

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. I always liked the theme from Thunderball

It kind of has that feeling of dangerous intrigue like Goldfinger.

[TheMightyFavog]

10. Tom Jones passed out at the end of that note...

That's dedication to your craft.

[dogknob]

11. Saw him do it live once.

Phenomenal.

[A Simple Game]

12. Second that opinion. Probably my favorite Bond movie.

I was at the right age when it came out.

[harmonicon]

8. You have to ask?

A View to a Kill!! Duran Duran!!

[pokerfan]

9. Live and Let Die

which is actually #1.

1. Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney & Wings
2. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
3. Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
4. A View to a Kill - Duran Duran
5. Skyfall - Adele
6. You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra
7. Diamonds are Forever - Shirley Bassey
8. The World is Not Enough - Garbarge
9. For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
10. Thunderball - Tom Jones

[Orrex]

18. Is that your list? If so, cool.

If you yanked it pre-made from somewhere online, then you're a stinky cheating stinker.

[pokerfan]

24. I modified it from three different lists

I've seen all the films but not all the songs were fresh in my head.

[edbermac]

13. On Her Majesty's Secret Service, not a song but a great instrumental score.

[monmouth3]

43. That was wonderful...n/t

[applegrove]

14. "Nobody Does It Better" from the Spy Who Loved Me.

[Orrex]

17. Yeah, that's my vote

Not to fond of A View to a Kill, both because the song doesn't thrill me and because the movie was such crap, but people seem to like it.

Live and Let Die is great, but weirdly enough I don't usually think of it as a Bond song.

[TheMightyFavog]

25. But you had to admit, Zorin was a great villian

Christopher Walken was fucking perfect.

However it featured Grace Jones as a Bond Girl.

[Aristus]

15. Nobody else has posted this one yet: "Tomorrow Never Dies".

One of the best Bond songs, IMO. First of all: Sheryl Crowe! Hello! Second: it has all the elements a really good Bond song should have: anger, despair, resignation; and the lyrics are disturbingly literal:

"Darling, I'm killed.
I'm in a puddle on the floor.
Waiting for you to return."

It closes out with Crowe's fading voice, and a twangy Bond-esque guitar riff, played very slowly...

Also, special mention for "You Know My Name" by Chris Cornell. No other Bond song rocks harder than this. It opens with the same descending chord progression as "Goldfinger", but increased to breathtaking speed...

[Hayabusa]

31. You Know My Name

in my opinion, really fits the Craig version of Bond and it's a damn good song in its own right.

As for the best Bond song never written, I'd have to go with "Snake Eater" from Metal Gear Solid 3. It seriously fits as a theme for a Bond movie.

[AgainsttheCrown]

19. I'll second Tomorrow Never Dies as one of the best...

I really love all the recent ones (90's to now)...except Die Another Day. It was by far the worst theme song of all and the only one I can't listen to. That includes Never Say Never Again if you want to count it...

[Brother Buzz]

26. Back to basics: Vic Flick playing his famous Clifford Essex Paragon Deluxe is all you need to know

[tonekat]

29. Anything but Live and Let Die

Just too disjointed the way it goes from ballad to orchestrated action stuff, then hokey music hall.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

30. From Russia with Love

The opening credit version without the vocals.

Skyfall is actually a pretty good runner up.
Live and let die makes me cringe.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

32. A View to a Kill

by none other than Duran Duran. Still kicks ass.

[LeftinOH]

34. "We Have All the Time in the World"- On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

-It's not a fan fave, nor a showstopper..but it stays with you. And it's performed by Louis Armstrong. That whole film has a great score.

[ceile]

37. View to a Kill

Followed by The Living Daylights

[Glassunion]

39. For Your Eyes Only.

[El Supremo]

40. You Only Live Twice

Better than Goldfinger

[MrScorpio]

41. This Remix of OHMSS