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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    That was fun, @mtm.

    Just came across this inspired track. Could be good for product placement as well.


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  • Junglist_1985Junglist_1985 Los Angeles
    edited March 2023 Posts: 1,052


    This just released TODAY on their new album. Depeche Mode is still my top artist choice for next Bond theme. Their song “Heaven” also is quite Bond-ish.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited March 2024 Posts: 25,864
    Tom Jones & The Divine Comedy- All Mine.

    This is far better than many of the recent Bond Title Songs, Tom should have done another Bond movie with his vocals.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Maybe we can make our own?

    I've tried using Suno, song-generating AI software- I gave it the prompt of an upbeat brassy Bond theme and it gave me 'Diamonds and Danger' :D
    https://suno.com/song/43350fde-3aee-4528-93ec-6c6d68e2b214

    Have a go: let's see if we can make a great one :D
    https://suno.com/
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    mtm wrote: »
    Maybe we can make our own?

    I've tried using Suno, song-generating AI software- I gave it the prompt of an upbeat brassy Bond theme and it gave me 'Diamonds and Danger' :D
    https://suno.com/song/43350fde-3aee-4528-93ec-6c6d68e2b214

    Have a go: let's see if we can make a great one :D
    https://suno.com/

    😂 @mtm sounds like the theme song to a 90s tv cartoon!
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Ha! Yeah it's not quite there- perhaps someone with could put better prompts in than I did!
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    New one from Beth Gibbons (Portishead) - actually new album released last Friday. This is 'Reaching Out', which has an urgency to it and sounds like a Bond theme mixed with the M:I theme. I can imagine something like this moving through iconic imagery on screen. Regarding the chorus: maybe it's the world crying out for help and Bond has to save it. It's a bit sly or sneaky sounding too, naturally a good fit for a spy film...

  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
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    QBranch wrote: »
    New one from Beth Gibbons (Portishead) - actually new album released last Friday. This is 'Reaching Out', which has an urgency to it and sounds like a Bond theme mixed with the M:I theme. I can imagine something like this moving through iconic imagery on screen. Regarding the chorus: maybe it's the world crying out for help and Bond has to save it. It's a bit sly or sneaky sounding too, naturally a good fit for a spy film...


    That is very good indeed.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    LucknFate wrote: »
    That is very good indeed.
    I got home from work and turned the radio on just to hear the end of this song. Sounds effortlessly Bond and more 'official'/less tribute-like than some of the recent Bond themes. It's brief and to the point.
  • George_KaplanGeorge_Kaplan Being chauffeured by Tibbett
    edited May 2024 Posts: 777
    I'm voting for this notorious banger:

  • bondywondybondywondy Uk
    edited June 2024 Posts: 495
    I think this is easily one of the best Bond theme tunes that never was.

    The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me



    Imagine this over the opening titles!
    :)

  • peterpeter Toronto
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    bondywondy wrote: »
    I think this is easily one of the best Bond theme tunes that never was.

    The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me



    Imagine this over the opening titles!
    :)

    I like it a lot!! Nice !!!!!👍🏻
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    It especially works if you picture Fassbender as Bond (as per Fincher's The Killer) :)
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
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    bondywondy wrote: »
    I think this is easily one of the best Bond theme tunes that never was.

    The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me



    Imagine this over the opening titles!
    :)

    Yeah. It's no surprise Johnny Marr later did Bond. The Smiths are possibly the most guitar-driven rock band ever and one of my favorite rock bands.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Johnny Marr is coming to town in the fall; I can’t wait.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    I heard this by Lady Blackbird on the radio earlier and could imagine it over some Kleinman dancing ladies quite easily.

  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
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    mtm wrote: »
    I heard this by Lady Blackbird on the radio earlier and could imagine it over some Kleinman dancing ladies quite easily.


    I totally agree.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited September 2024 Posts: 17,899
    I just looked into her a bit, here she is (under her real name) banging out a familiar tune rather superbly:



  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
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    mtm wrote: »
    I just looked into her a bit, here she is (under her real name) singing a familiar tune:



    Haha! It confirms the previous song was not a coincidence.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Yeah I think she's got her eye on the prize there! :D If she takes off they could certainly do a lot worse.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
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    Eva Almer who had previously sung the very Bondian Forever years ago, did this very Bondian song and title as well.

  • HasanDaferHasanDafer Baghdad, Iraq
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    This masterpiece!
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
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    Another Rock Bond theme, but with a voice kinda fit for Bond?

    Country Sleaze - Goat Girl
  • bondywondybondywondy Uk
    edited December 2024 Posts: 495
    Although it doesn't sound like an established James Bond theme this is exactly the type of Bond sound I'd love to hear in Bond 26. The fact it's from 1988... who cares! 😉



    Such a cool sound. 😎 Hopefully we'll get something more like this than yet another ballad.
  • ArapahoeBondFanArapahoeBondFan Colorado
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    HasanDafer wrote: »


    This masterpiece!

    Indeed! I was Sade was tapped earlier to do one.
  • humblepilothumblepilot UK
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    bondywondy wrote: »
    Although it doesn't sound like an established James Bond theme this is exactly the type of Bond sound I'd love to hear in Bond 26. The fact it's from 1988... who cares! 😉



    Such a cool sound. 😎 Hopefully we'll get something more like this than yet another ballad.

    Living in a Box definitely had that Dalton-era Bond style. I believe Maryam d'Abo was even in one of their music videos.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    edited January 8 Posts: 2,517
    Wow! This is pure JAMES BOND!!!! Better than the last four Bond songs in my opinion. Like Goldfrapp, Hooverphonic have always had the Bond sound in them, though. That guitar is so 007!



    Below is the first version by Dave Berry. Also really good and so 60s and so 007.

  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    I'm a huge fan of Aussie band Mod Con, but it only recently dawned on me while listening to their song 'Ammo' that they could probably do a Bond theme. Particularly the guitar riff in this chorus gave me Bondian vibes, and then you have the lyrics about ammo, weapons, taking sides and taking aim etc. Either way, awesome band that deserves a listen.

    Mod Con - 'Ammo'


    @SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Agreed on Hooverphonic, that song sounds pretty Bondian.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
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    QBranch wrote: »
    I'm a huge fan of Aussie band Mod Con, but it only recently dawned on me while listening to their song 'Ammo' that they could probably do a Bond theme. Particularly the guitar riff in this chorus gave me Bondian vibes, and then you have the lyrics about ammo, weapons, taking sides and taking aim etc. Either way, awesome band that deserves a listen.

    Mod Con - 'Ammo'


    @SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Agreed on Hooverphonic, that song sounds pretty Bondian.

    Absolutely @QBranch
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    edited February 9 Posts: 8,509
    Almost anything by Bitter:Sweet.



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