Do You Know The Bond Themes?

from Music A To Z · host NSHG Films

Steve's in the mood to get a game going! The participants: Doug, father figure Stuart, and Their Friend Travis. The question? Do they know their Bond themes? Join the intrigue and silliness as the fellas get stumped or answer some teasers with ease. Which ones had you never heard? Music featured this week: James Bond Theme - John Barry & Orchestra (composed by Monty Norman) Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey 1:21 - Stuart is referring to the episodes U Is For U2, Part 1 & Part 2 1:35 - Doug is correct! Both Travis and Stuart were around for our special episode on our Top Five Favourite Albums (although Stuart isn't in the picture) 1:45 - You can listen to our special on One Album Wonders here 4:23 - Steve just managed to get that one. It was Mya who did the theme song for the video game "Everything Or Nothing" 4:28 - Esthero did the theme for "Nightfire" called "Nearly Civilized" and it's pretty great 5:10 - Monty Norman and John Barry are the two greatest influences to music in the Bond films, hands down 7:12 - For the record "Millennium" by Robbie Williams is excellent 16:01 - In fairness, Shirley Bassey did THREE Bond themes. Can you name them? 17:47 - Dr, No doesn't have a dedicated theme song, per se. The opening credits open on the James Bond theme, before transitioning on Caribbean percussion (as heard in this clip), and then finally into a native rendition of "Three Blind Mice." This actually makes for a very stylized opening sequence. 24:31 - It was actually a huge bit of musical foreshadowing for the film. Those familiar with "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" would recognize that it signifies that Bond's newfound love was doomed. 29:00 - You can scope out the whole demo for "GoldenEye" by Bono and The Edge here 31:30 - You can check out Radiohead's "SPECTRE" synched up with the actual opening credit sequence here Stuart's Bond Theme Pick: Diamonds Are Forever - Shirley Bassey Travis' Bond Theme Picks: Skyfall - Adele Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey Doug's Bond Theme Pick: GoldenEye - Tina Turner Steve's Bond Theme Pick: You Know My Name - Chris Cornell