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Beginning of course with the silver medalist:
THE JAMES BOND THEME
From Dr. No
Performed by JOHN BARRY & ORCHESTRA.
The very first title track remains a firm favourite with its franchise-defining theme tune.
The James Bond Theme took home six gold medals (the most of them all), three silvers and one bronze medal.
Eight more top 10’s were noted: one 5th, three 7th’s, one 8th and three 10th spots.
Only three members ranked it outside their top 10: a 12th, a 17th and a 20th placement.
In total the James Bond Theme acquired 166 points.
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Which makes our number one and our gold medalist:
ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE
From On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Performed by THE JOHN BARRY ORCHESTRA.
It says a lot how high John Barry is rated amongst Bond fans, given he takes the top two spots with two instrumental pieces in a competition that features songs from so many famous artists.
Concerning OHMSS, our distinguished academy was unanimous: every participant put this one in his/her top 10.
As far as top three’s go: there were three gold medals, five silvers and two bronzes.
The lowest rating was 10th, on a single occasion.
In total OHMSS’s title track collected 174 points.
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We’ve played five games so far, these have been the top 3’s:
Film*:
1. OHMSS
2. CR
3. FRWL
*(did not include CR67)
Bond girl:
1. Tracy
2. Vesper (2006)
3. Tania
Original score:
1. OHMSS
2. YOLT
3. AVTAK
Main villain:
1. Sanchez
2. Goldfinger
3. Dr. No
Title track**:
1. OHMSS
2. DN
3. AVTAK
**(including NTTD)
Only LTK’s Franz Sanchez has been able to break the OHMSS hegemony so far.
That’s it for now, thank you all so much for participating both in the rankings as well as in the discussions.
Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noël, Frohe Weinachten, Buon Natale, Feliz Navidad, etc.
Thank you @GoldenGun for yet another entertaining round, highly enjoyable as always.
Thank you very much, @GoldenGun!!! These ranking games are pretty exciting and always a lot of fun. I can't wait to see what you have for us next. :-D
Thanks for hosting :)
As always thanks for hosting @GoldenGun you’ve done a sterling job as usual and I look forward to your next game.
Thanks
Great game, thanks again for hosting GoldenGun!
Maybe we could do that next? That won t last long.
I'm not so sure it'd come in last, though 😂😂😂
- Production design
- Cinematography
- Pre-title sequences
As for the next game, these are all great suggestions and I’ll take them all into consideration.
I’ll come back to you after New Year’s Eve with a new proposition.
See you then!!
01 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - The John Barry Orchestra, 174 points
02 The James Bond Theme - John Barry & Orchestra, 166 points
03 A View to a Kill - Duran Duran, 155 points (one spot higher due to its gold medal)
04 Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney & Wings, 155 points
05 You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra, 154 points
06 You Know My Name - Chris Cornell, 142 points
07 Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey, 141 points
08 Diamonds Are Forever - Shirley Bassey, 138 points
09 The Living Daylights - a-ha, 130 points
10 Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon, 123 points
11 GoldenEye - Tina Turner, 122 points
12 Skyfall - Adele, 119 points
13 Thunderball - Tom Jones, 108 points (one spot higher thanks to its two bronze medals)
14 From Russia with Love (instrumental) - The John Barry Orchestra, 108 points
15 Moonraker - Shirley Bassey, 107 points
16 No Time to Die - Billie Eilish, 104 points
17 The World Is Not Enough - Garbage, 95 points
18 Licence to Kill - Gladys Knights, 89 points
19 For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton, 87 points
20 Tomorrow Never Dies - Sheryl Crow, 68 points
21 All Time High - Rita Coolidge, 67 points
22 The Man with the Golden Gun - Lulu, 65 points
23 Casino Royale Theme - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, 62 points (one spot higher due to its silver medal)
24 Another Way to Die - Jack White & Alicia Keys, 62 points
25 Die Another Day - Madonna, 45 points
26 Writing’s on the Wall - Sam Smith, 44 points
27 Never Say Never Again - Lani Hall, 34 points
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^:)^ GoldenGun
Waiting for the next game, I hope someday we'll rank henchwomen & henchmen
Pre title sequences would be cool, or we could set up an elimination game for those.
Very pleased with the Top 7, although I don't like the AVTAK song (my 22nd) at all.
A pity the CR67 theme went out this early; it almost made my Top 5.
Which version is your favourite?
Impossible to narrow it down to one, but I love all these:
From the films:
GF: Bond Back in Action Again
OHMSS: End credits
LALD: James Bond Theme
MR: Gunbarrel
FYEO: Gunbarrel
OP: The Palace Fight
AVTAK: May Day Jumps
TLD: Exercise at Gibraltar / Ice Chase
TWINE: Caviar Factory / Orbis Non Sufficit [both film and album versions]
From other places:
Version from The Concert John Barry: The James Bond Suite
Version from David Arnold & David McAlmont's DAF single
Bond vs. Oakenfold version
Franck Pourcel version
Roland Shaw version [brilliant choice playing the riff in the B-section]
FRWL video game version
The James Bond Theme (Mr Paul Dunphy's Podcast Mix) [originally titled James Bond Theme (Harmsway's Octogenarian Mix)]
The Orbis Non Sufficit track from TWINE sounds like the end credits of the complete Bond franchise. Epic.
He gave the theme a lot of flavor. You can feel he was very excited about using it.
Absolutely. In last year's 'Favorite Bond Moments' thread I surprised myself by ranking even an underwater sequence as my #4 favorite in one of my most liked Bond movies, because of Conti's excellent score.