Biographic - Sunday November 8, 2015 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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James Bond Themes Monty Norman's distinctive "James Bond Theme" has been featured in every official "007" movie since the franchise began in 1962 with "Dr. No" but the series is also renowned for featuring title theme songs that are eagerly anticipated as the James Bond movies themselves. The title theme of a James Bond movie is usually a ticket to pop chart success and over the years the songs have run the gamut from ballad to thundering rock. Tom Jones took the title theme to 1965's "Thunderball" onto the charts. Legend has it that the welsh powerhouse fainted while recording the song's final lung-busting high note. Fellow welsh native Shirley Bassey sang three title themes, following the classic "Goldfinger" with "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Moonraker." "Nobody Does It Better" (Carly Simon) and "For Your Eyes Only." (Sheena Easton) earned the best song Oscar Nominations, as did "Live And Let Die" by Paul McCartney & Wings. Other singers featured in the series range from Nancy Sinatra to Madonna, taking Lulu, Rita Coolidge, Tina Turner, Sheryl Crow, and Gladys Knight along the way, featured bands include a-ha and Garbage, Duran Duran give the Bond movies their first chart-topper when "A View To A Kill" hit the top spot in 1985. Following Chris Cornell's "You Know My Name" from 2006's "Casino Royale" the 22nd official James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace" featured the first duet in the series, Jack White and Alicia Keys teaming up for "Another Way To Die." The franchise's 50-years wait for the best song Oscar ended with Adele's "Skyfall" The latest Bond movie title theme is Sam Smith's "Writing's On The Wall" from "Spectre."

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