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Haha I don't think @Gustav is interested in those qualities at all....
However, since we have already seen a male singer recently, this opportunity may have passed.
So, my 2nd choice is for someone who gives us a song with more of a 'rock' tinge (something with more drums and electric guitar). Like Cornell, Duran Duran or even McCartney & the Wings did.
Yes few minutes that many remember and its one of excuses for many to hate DAD. I know it's something without importance but many used that as reason to hate DAD
I am among those who hate the DAD song, but Madonna's scene wasn't even a highlight of the film... Some people just like being flagrant about something they want to hate.
Inspecialy when movie will be named Property Of A Lady.
More..
P.S. I liked them both.
If this song doesn't convince you Bjork would make an amazing Bond theme, nothing will.
RICK ASTLEY - I LIKE THE SUN
With the right song I think he could be an amazing choice. His vocals on the chorus - classic Rick Astley!
You know, Bjork's "Play Dead," co-written by David Arnold, convinces me David Arnold would write an amazing Bond theme. ;)
And @4EverBonded, I think you were right to duck. ;)
I enjoyed Robbie Williams' "Millennium" back in the day, but that was more for its sampling of You Only Live Twice than anything. Okay, I guess he had a certain energy and cockiness that gave the song life, too. He wouldn't be my first choice, but I could see him doing well with a certain type of Bond song. Maybe for a livelier, more lighthearted, Moore-esque type of Bond film.
Also it is imperative the composer of the score will be involved in creating the Bond theme.
You might like it but seriously, none of the DC era is iconic, I like YKMN but calling it ionic is just hilarious.
Possibly SF because it's an Adele song but as well as it works on the credits it's pretty dreary without them.
At a stretch I might say Turner's Bono & Edge penned GE Theme possibly but the last time we got iconic was Duran Duran's VTAK and before that it would have been Carly Simon's NDIB.
WOTW is more embarrassing than iconic.
I wasn't going to say but it's absolute garbage, pastiche string section with a lousy falsetto and terrible lyrics.
Thom Yorke's vocal aside ( you either like him or you don't) but Jonny Greenwood's orchestral arrangement on their rejected theme is street's ahead of the generic toss on Wailings On The Wall.
Greenwood is tons more innovative, SPECTRE should have had a real ballsy theme if the film had been done right in the first place.
I like Radiohead's theme but if they'd channelled the vibe they had on Burn The Witch we could have had one of the most exciting themes of the DC era.
Greenwood's use of a string section in place of the guitars on BTW produced one of the reasons they as a band so far ahead of the pack and it also had that George Martin style crescendo climax that is so iconically used on Day In The Life and then effectively recylcled by Martin & McCartney on LALD.
The word iconic is bandied about far too much, yeah you like it but iconic , I'll list below the only iconic Bond themes.
JB Theme
FRWL (Intrumental & Vocal)
GF
TB
YOLT
OHMSS and WHATTITW
DAF
LALD
SWLM (NDIB)
VTAK
To be iconic you need to be instantly recognisable and still sound utterly amazing without the association of the films, these ones for me are the only of the series that truly testify to that.
The connection for the majority is Barry, not all his were like MWTGG, MR & OP, you could possibly argue Aha's TLD but it's not universally loved like the others so I would say the above is defintive.
GE is the only one that might attain classic status of the PB era the rest are dreary to truly awful.
YKMN
I like it considerably and it's the cream of the DC era but iconic no chance.
AWTD
I'm biased because I'm a Jack White fan but it's one of the worst songs he's wrote but I still think it starts the film with a bang but iconic I don't think so. It's far too divisive and like WOW some hate it with a passion.
SF
Massive hit and I guess we'll see but outside of the film it really isn't that compelling.
WOW
I've made my feelings on that one perfectly clear, Sam Smith will disappear within a few years and most likely end up on Celebrity Come Dancing soon enough, the theme was a joke and one of the most deivisive of the series very much like the film it accompanied.
They'll give anything a grammy and an Oscar these days, whoever did that theme would have got one.
The only other titles sequence that worked almost that well with the song is GoldenEye.
The falsetto is brilliantly placed and very emotional and moving.
The song is simply stunning.
Some people are just cross EON decided against some alternative band or something more rocking. Furthermore the social media idiots had a field day with Sam Smith being gay. Many people just showed their ugly and true faces.
Again I'm seeing this from my point of view. WOTW has been in the Swiss charts for almost a year and it sold similarly high units as Skyfall did.
The songs that are still played DAILY on the radio are A View To A Kill, GoldenEye, Skyfall and Writing's On The Wall.
The public demands it.
So I will call WOTW iconic. Yes I will, because it is.
And I have no problem admitting Skyfall is as well even if I don't like Adele's screeching voice a bit. It's still a wonderful composition with great lyrics.
It deserved every award it got, and so does WOTW.
Also, I am a huge fan of The Framestore, the effects company that did the title sequence for SPECTRE and Casino Royale, but even their work here comes off as creepy and heavy handed.
I dislike the song and the opening visuals so strongly that the title song sequence is the only one of the entire series that I leap past.
Things are iconic over time, it might become iconic though I very much doubt it.
It's like only CR could be the only Bond film of the era to be a classic or iconic as it's close to 10 years old and it retains it's appeal and acclaim, none of the other films after that are old enough or stood the test of time for them to be called that.
I would argue that Skyfall might get this status but CR will undoubtedly be the defining film of Craig's era none of the themes are likely to get this status at all with the exception of possibly Skyfall due to the huge success of the film and the song was everywhere and won the series it's first Oscar for this category but it's the only theme of the Craig's time that will possibly attain iconic status.
QOS and SP might be looked at by it's fans as classics or iconic but in the large scheme of things due to divisive reception they have received by fans and the general public I very much doubt they'll be regarded by the masses as iconic like CR or SF.
That is true. While SP has made it as big as Skyfall, also in audience and critic reception, in quite a few not unimportant countries, worldwide SP has met mixed reviews and especially the US audience seemed to be rather cool about it.
So SP and QOS never will be amongst the classics like GF, TSWLM, GE, CR and SF.
Although I'm not so sure CR will still be considered that much of a classic in another 10 years time. SF will though, just because of the nostalgia of the 50th and it being the one billion dollar Bond film. That can never be taken away from it.
In my humble opinion, only GF, TSWLM, GE and SF will clearly be considered true classics in the franchise forever and a day.
I do hope of course CR will stay there as well. It deserves it.
This.
Radiohead's song is not bad, but WOTW fits SPECTRE perfectly.
The song starts with a powerful orchestra and then fades into a haunting piano melody, whereas the lyrics show Bond's weakness, his uncertainty about his life and the fact that his hunting past prevents him from being happy.
Then he feels a spark of hope, as he's met someone who might change things for the better, although he still doubts he will ever be happy since he knows he cannot change what he is.
Yes, almost diametrically opposed to Sir Tom's Thunderball.