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Exactly my thoughts, they could have done something much more exciting. .
I guess I'll have to just disagree with the folks here about TWINE. It's so deliciously thick and syrupy, filled with villainary. I for one believe it suits the film well and really goes well with the DK's title sequence. If anything, that simple gui rd ar riff should keep it from being labeled the worst...
Regarding TWINE, I think the title song is one of the better ingredients of what is otherwise an inferior movie in just about every regard. And I had/have never heard of Garbage before nor after, so cannot compare it to anything else they did.
The worst theme for me remains DAD. I even prefer Another Way to Die.
For me, it is one of the few great things about that film.
You should check out Garbages albums. They were a good fit for Bond. Its just that song was only ok. They could have done much better if they were left to do it themselves!
The early movies there isn't really a misstep. Though I am not sure that Lulu's entry was all that strong. At some point it became more about getting a star or someone from the label who held the rights to the music. If I am not mistaken the OP soundtrack was by A&A records and lo and behold we got an A&A artist Rita Collidge singing it. I think something similar happened with LTK.
My son loves Another Way to Die and it's like Sam Smiths song it has grown on me over the years.
I believe Cornell got it right for CR with YKMN, that surprised me and is a great Bond theme!
What makes YKMN stand out is that it benefited from having an actual artist like Cornell co-write and co-produce the song, rather than letting Arnold with Don Black lead the charge like with “Surrender” and “The World is Not Enough”, which both felt too beholden to the 60s Bond sound. It’s the same issue I have with “No Good About Goodbye”.
Surrender is a decent song though. Dont know how much Kd lang contributed. Arnold wrote it with David McAlmomt, witj lyrics by Don Black. Blatantly should have been the main title track.
The original Billie Eilish perhaps? The reality is that Lang's verion of the theme for Tomorrow Never Dies should've been the front runner, IMO. In terms of the worst Bond song in the series, my gut instinct is that it's Keys & White's "Another Way To Die" from Quantum of Solace.
Just can't stand it. TMWTGG is also pretty dire.
If pressed, I'd argue that the one at the bottom of the list is "All Time High," even though the song (along with the theme from NSNA) captures "Bond in 1983" so perfectly. (That sax has 80s all over it.) What's interesting is that Coolidge by then was a has-been. and her song was sandwiched between theme songs performed by hot, in-the-moment acts (Easton in 81 and Duran Duran in 85).
Bassey's "Moonraker" is another contender. Like Coolidge, Bassey was an odd choice. I love Shirley; don't get me wrong. But given that the film was pushing the envelope, it's theme song should have too. 1979? Donna Summer, with a song written by Giorgio Moroder, would have made more sense.
But like I said: overall, I can't complain about any of them.
I'm surprised that so many people seem to dislike All Time High. One of my favourites.
Agree. Love that song, and I think Binders title sequence goes well with it!
Still rank DAD as absolute worst, appalling drivel!
I do love that music, I admit. I'm a big fan of Alicia and Jack White, but pardon me: it's just absolutely NOT Bond at all.
I could totally see that music as a theme for Die Hard or The Expendables... But not in a Bond movie.
Funny enough, the effect on me was quite the opposite. It's not that I have any particularly fond feelings for the song, it's just not my type of music and somewhere down there in the vicinity of Madonna's. But when it first was announced, I saw a video of it (not the movie credits) and thought, "They can't be serious choosing that crap as a Bond theme!" But when I heard it later in the context of the QoS credits, I felt it wasn't that bad at all. I've watched QoS about five times altogether, always discovering new details before getting all nauseated again from the quick cuts. But I've made my peace with AWTD.
Agreed.
After a promising opening few seconds, Another Way To Die becomes so jarringly inconsistent in tone and quality. Like pieces of 5 different songs rehashed together. Such a waste of the performers' potential. They didn't seem to have a lot of time to put something together, if I'm not mistaken.
Die Another Day at least is consistently ridiculous and kind of fun. Fits the film like a glove too, for better or for worse.
DAD is a dance track that has no place in Bond. It all sounds like Madonna wrote the Lyrics in less than 5 minutes! The worst theme song by a Country mile!