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NO TIME TO DIE (2020) by Billie Eilish - Theme Song Discussion

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  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    Denbigh wrote: »
    It's gonna sound so good in the cinema. Cannot wait!!!

    The whole film looks and sounds great. These next 6-7 weeks are going to be tough.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited February 2020 Posts: 5,970
    TripAces wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    It's gonna sound so good in the cinema. Cannot wait!!!

    The whole film looks and sounds great. These next 6-7 weeks are going to be tough.
    I know right haha :D But we're closer than ever

    Also @MakeshiftPython, forgot to answer your question earlier, the highest viewed videos in 24 hours I think range from around 28mil upwards so still quite the way to have reached that but the song has done really well anyway with the views its got :)
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    Posts: 4,589
    Denbigh wrote: »
    TripAces wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    It's gonna sound so good in the cinema. Cannot wait!!!

    The whole film looks and sounds great. These next 6-7 weeks are going to be tough.
    I know right haha :D But we're closer than ever

    Also @MakeshiftPython, forgot to answer your question earlier, the highest viewed videos in 24 hours I think range from around 28mil upwards so still quite the way to have reached that but the song has done really well anyway with the views its got :)

    Crazy thing is: we don't even have a "video" yet! When that drops, the song will get re-energized.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    Posts: 5,970
    TripAces wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    TripAces wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    It's gonna sound so good in the cinema. Cannot wait!!!

    The whole film looks and sounds great. These next 6-7 weeks are going to be tough.
    I know right haha :D But we're closer than ever

    Also @MakeshiftPython, forgot to answer your question earlier, the highest viewed videos in 24 hours I think range from around 28mil upwards so still quite the way to have reached that but the song has done really well anyway with the views its got :)

    Crazy thing is: we don't even have a "video" yet! When that drops, the song will get re-energized.
    If we get one. I'm not sure if we will. We got the preview trailer which was a kinda music video, the song itself and a live performance on the 18th. They could coincide a music video with the performance or release it in March but I don't know if it's entirely necessary, but it would be nice to have and Billie has made quite the impact with her own so probably makes sense.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    Posts: 13,917
    Busy times. Is this it?



  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited February 2020 Posts: 5,970
    Nah @RichardTheBruce, that's fan made I'm afraid.

  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    Posts: 13,917
    Very nicely done, I suspected that was the case, @Denbigh.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited February 2020 Posts: 5,970
    RichardTheBruce wrote: »
    Very nicely done, I suspected that was the case, @Denbigh.
    If she does a music video, it'll be way more creative than what we usually expect.
  • Junglist_1985Junglist_1985 Los Angeles
    Posts: 1,036
    Haven’t seen it posted yet, but NTTD is the #1 song on iTunes Chart. Brilliant!
  • jetsetwillyjetsetwilly
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    JamesCraig wrote: »
    jetsetwilly wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
    jetsetwilly wrote: »
    The Babs era is being properly defined now, and her reign boasts the worst songs in the franchise. SF and YKMN are the only exceptions.

    Again with the Barbara Broccoli bashing? And this is not being provocative. It's even evocative of one particular member who had almost a persecutory paranoia about it. PS: I know you're not him. As I know you for ages ;) and you couldn't be more of an opposite to said fella.

    That being said, how can an era be defined by a 3/5 ratio that is only your opinion? I, for one, didn't care for one of this era's song. That's all. And I didn't care for one of the films. Saying that "the Baby era is being properly defined" negatively is utterly ridiculous. It has been one of the most successful eras since the 60s, filled with quality cast and crew members. It has made billions, it is properly recognised worldwide as a hit run.

    But hey, your opinion, which is valid only because its an opinion and these are forums, must be set in stone. And we all should bow to negativism and hail for EON to end and for the film rights to be sold to a soulless multimillion dollar company who'll take a dump on this precious family inheritance.

    Again, I only answered because, for all its faults, Barbara Broccoli has been a great producer, one for the History books. DAD, P&W, Sam Smith and brothergate didn't take that notion away from me. Why? Because of all the other good stuff she gave us throughout these years.

    I'll be the first one to eat my hat if she casts an horrendous choice for Bond26, or if she keeps the personal angle afloat for another decade or so. I'll be critical, as a fan should. But I won't hate the woman. She's given us plenty.

    So, please, ffs, stop with the Babs-Bashes.

    Oh sure, the song is not on par with GF, FRWL, SF, GE, LALT, AVTAK, and whatever. But it's not crap. We've had crap five years ago. And the majority of us still call it crap today. But right now, the majority has been rather positive about NTTD.

    The "Babs era" gave us GE, CR and SF. That alone should redeem any wrong you pin on Broccoli.

    All IMO, of course.

    Now get ready for me to come back in 2025 saying she's the worse producer in History :-D

    Fandom, right?

    Ok fair enough. I'll be the first one here praising Babs if NTTD is any good, believe me.

    Okay. Let's just say that you delight in being provocative ;-)

    The things I do for England.... ;)
  • imranbecksimranbecks Singapore
    Posts: 984
    antovolk wrote: »
    Hans Zimmer with his haunting themes... Love it that he is doing Bond!
  • ContrabandContraband Sweden
    edited February 2020 Posts: 3,022
    Here's a piano cover version with some girl singing. Thought it was Billie herself at first. Second part in the slider. Pretty good.



    And with drums it adds more power


  • OctopussyOctopussy Piz Gloria, Schilthorn, Switzerland.
    Posts: 1,081
    Contraband wrote: »
    And with drums it adds more power


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  • vzokvzok
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    Someone has knocked out an acoustic version
  • GetafixGetafix
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    Lyrically it's very good. As a whole I prefer TWOTW though. YKMN is the best of the Craig era IMO.
  • 00Dalton700Dalton7 Portsmouth
    edited February 2020 Posts: 78
    Now while I do like the new track I was hoping that it would be decisively weirder and more heavy in the base.

    Like this

  • Visitor1982Visitor1982
    Posts: 49
    Boring song.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited February 2020 Posts: 18,343
    Muted, mumbling, meandering monotony. It's easily the worst of the Craig era Bond themes.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,256
    It's in my head and I can't get it out. I love the song--the lyrics especially. I think Billie is travelling far beyond her usual vocal range. There's some good effort behind all this.
  • ChampionAlonsoChampionAlonso
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    I´m not a Billie Eilish fan (at all), so I feel some kind of relief after listening NTTD. It´s not my favorite Bond song, but it´s not bad at all, I even love the lyrics.

    My personal ranking (Craig era):

    1- SF
    2- YKMN
    3- WOTW

    4.- NTTD


    5.- AWTD
  • Agent_47Agent_47 Canada
    Posts: 330
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Muted, mumbling, meandering monotony. It's easily the worst of the Craig era Bond themes.

    Totally understand your dislike, while I am impartial, picturing that image from within the train (looking back at Bond) as Madeline leaves on board, while this song kicks in... I think it might work, atleast within the context of the film.

    I hope that Kleinman doesn't go too crazy with the title sequence; We don't need the cliff notes to the entire film before it starts. He should take a more reserved approach, much like GE thru CR.
  • GetCarterGetCarter
    edited February 2020 Posts: 386
    Sounds like a pastiche of Skyfall and, oddly enough, Tomorrow Never Dies.

    Doesn’t add anything new. Thoroughly underwhelming I’m afraid!
  • 2Wint2Kidd2Wint2Kidd
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    I'm starting to really fall in love with this song! It might even be in my top 10 now! Lyrically I think this is one of the best songs in the series, maybe alongside YKMN.

    Also, can anyone remember how they felt about You Know My Name back before Casino Royale came out? Was that a song which got better when you saw the film? I'm asking because I feel this song could fall into that category.
  • OctopussyOctopussy Piz Gloria, Schilthorn, Switzerland.
    Posts: 1,081
    2Wint2Kidd wrote: »
    I'm starting to really fall in love with this song! It might even be in my top 10 now! Lyrically I think this is one of the best songs in the series, maybe alongside YKMN.

    Also, can anyone remember how they felt about You Know My Name back before Casino Royale came out? Was that a song which got better when you saw the film? I'm asking because I feel this song could fall into that category.

    I loved YNKN instantly. I can't say the same about Eilish's effort.
  • Pierce2DanielPierce2Daniel
    edited February 2020 Posts: 4,410
    Octopussy wrote: »
    2Wint2Kidd wrote: »
    I'm starting to really fall in love with this song! It might even be in my top 10 now! Lyrically I think this is one of the best songs in the series, maybe alongside YKMN.

    Also, can anyone remember how they felt about You Know My Name back before Casino Royale came out? Was that a song which got better when you saw the film? I'm asking because I feel this song could fall into that category.

    I loved YNKN instantly. I can't say the same about Eilish's effort.

    Never really understood the hype for this song...Firstly, YKMN is a dumb title for a reboot which is approaching the character of Bond as if it it the first time we are meant to have met him. The tragedy of Cornell's does make the song that bit more melancholic and intriguing now...

    It's a little early to rank NTTD, as I haven't heard it enough or seen the title sequence. But of the Craig era it goes:
    1. SF
    2. NTTD
    3. WOTW
    4. YKMN
    5. AWTD

    The Youtube video now has more views (14 million) than the official trailer (13 million).....just wait till the music video drops for this thing.

    Billie has such an innocent and sincere quality to her voice. She sounds so honest and broken....it's a song that is both operatic and intimate. Bravo. Well done to these two.....

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  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
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    Pierce2Daniel wrote: »
    Octopussy wrote: »
    2Wint2Kidd wrote: »
    I'm starting to really fall in love with this song! It might even be in my top 10 now! Lyrically I think this is one of the best songs in the series, maybe alongside YKMN.

    Also, can anyone remember how they felt about You Know My Name back before Casino Royale came out? Was that a song which got better when you saw the film? I'm asking because I feel this song could fall into that category.

    I loved YNKN instantly. I can't say the same about Eilish's effort.

    Never really understood the hype for this song...Firstly, YKMN is a dumb title for a reboot which is approaching the character of Bond as if it it the first time we are meant to have met him. The tragedy of Cornell's does make the song that bit more melancholic and intriguing now...

    Hardly.
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
    edited February 2020 Posts: 5,185
    It's another play on the Goldeneye tagline "You know the name, you know the number." That, and James Bond being the most well know fictional character around the world. Expect something similar for Bond26.
  • RyanRyan Canada
    Posts: 692
    I have to say that lyrically this might be one of my favourite songs of the franchise. To think that these lyrics exist in the same universe as TMWTGG. ;)
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
    edited February 2020 Posts: 4,043
    You Know my name is a brilliant title to kick off the new era.

    A ballad would have been wholly inappropriate to kick off Craig's era. The decision to go with the song rather than the marketing angle, meaning they weren't looking for the flavour of the month but the best combination that would deliver a tune that would signal this is a new era a new beginning and a new Bond.

    I don't really think they could have done better than what Cornell delivered.

    Also anyone putting WOTW over YKMN I really can't take seriously.
  • Pierce2DanielPierce2Daniel
    Posts: 4,410
    Shardlake wrote: »
    You Know my name is a brilliant title to kick off the new era.

    A ballad would have been wholly inappropriate to kick off Craig's era. The decision to go with the song rather than the marketing angle, meaning they weren't looking for the flavour of the month but the best combination that would deliver a tune that would signal this is a new era a new beginning and a new Bond.

    I don't really think they could have done better than what Cornell delivered.

    Also anyone putting WOTW over YKMN I really can't take seriously.

    Cornell has an amazing voice. His cover of this song brings me close to tears. He's outstanding. He was an amazing 'outside the box' choice:



    But I can't help but feel that YKMN was nothing if not 'generic' rock. It was a little bland and tasteless. Maybe I need to give it another listen, but there is something quite uninspired about it.....

    It was a bold choice to go with a tougher, more bruising sound. Something more macho and iconalastic for the theme. But it was an idea on paper that was better than the execution.

    On the other hand, Sam Smith has a pretty amazing voice in a different way. He's more operatic and theatrical. Men often sing butch, tough Bond themes - so to ave a song by a man singing something more yearning and vulnerable was a great change of pace. It's a proper 'Bond' theme.
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