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 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 11:19 AM   
 By:   jamesluckard   (Member)

The most obvious one:
Shirley Bassey - No Good About Goodbye (written by David Arnold & Don Black)

It even uses the main theme from Arnold's score for QUANTUM OF SOLACE, though it was written after the film was made.

Björk - Play Dead (co-written with David Arnold)


Grace Jones & The Radio Science Orchestra - Storm

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 11:30 AM   
 By:   jamesluckard   (Member)

There's also this stunning performance of one of John Barry's last songs:
Tick the Days - by John Barry - sung by David Arnold

It doesn't sound like a Bond theme song, but it sounds very much like the love ballads Barry wrote for some Bond films, like "We Have All The Time In The World" and "If There Was A Man".

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 11:53 AM   
 By:   Wedge   (Member)

"Bits & Pieces" from THE STUNT MAN comes to mind. Music by Dominic Frontiere, lyrics by Norman Gimbel, sung by Dusty Springfield.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 11:57 AM   
 By:   Timmer   (Member)

It's no surprise that Goldfrapp's name comes up frequently when talking about who should do a next Bond theme song.

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 12:05 PM   
 By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member)

Robbie williams Millennium - but then they they did nick it from Y.O.L.T!!

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 12:07 PM   
 By:   Mike_J   (Member)

Cry Me A River by Michael Buble

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 12:20 PM   
 By:   Timmer   (Member)

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 12:27 PM   
 By:   Sean Nethery   (Member)

"Bits & Pieces" from THE STUNT MAN comes to mind. Music by Dominic Frontiere, lyrics by Norman Gimbel, sung by Dusty Springfield.

Lots of great finds here, but this one is my favorite. Loved the movie since it was finally released in 1980, had the record at the time and the Intrada as soon as they released, but the link to a Bond song never occurred until now.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 12:40 PM   
 By:   TheFamousEccles   (Member)

"With Every Breath I Take" from the musical "City of Angels" (Music by Cy Coleman, Lyrics by David Zippel) always struck me as the best Bond song not written for a James Bond movie. The arrangement is in more of a 40s style (which makes sense as that's when the show is set), but you can easily mentally Barryize it. The chord progression is pretty Bondian (and you can hum some of those Barry rat-tat-tat-tat-tat brass interjections during the line "I'm embracing you"), and the lyrics have that sort of knowing torchiness that characterizes a lot of my favorite Bond tunes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2HlFP5VGrI

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 1:59 PM   
 By:   Sigerson Holmes   (Member)

A couple I remember from the FSM catalog . . .

You could say any Shirley Bassey recording sounds like a Bond song, but never more so than in the title song of the spy spoof, "The Liquidator":




. . . and the other was the unused song "Tomorrow with Me" from the "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" set, second-to-last track on the third disc.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 2:48 PM   
 By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member)

A lot of the pseudo-Bond films had pseudo-Bond songs. One of the better ones was WHERE THE BULLETS FLY (1966), which was scored by Kenny Graham. Its Bondish title song was sung by Susan Maughan.



 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 2:48 PM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

Thanks for all the replies, everyone. I should have remembered "Bits and Pieces" from The Stunt Man! Dusty Springfield has that "thing" about her singing just like the "thing" Shirley Bassey has.

I want to steer away from spoofs and parodies--though they are fun songs in their own right--but I am enjoying the song examples that were based on the scores but unused, as well.

I'm off to listen to the rest of everyone's suggested songs right now. smile Just one thing: if you embed a video, please post the title in case said video suddenly vanishes; the internet being so damned temporary and transient and all.

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 3:01 PM   
 By:   Octoberman   (Member)

Great topic idea, Jim. smile

Two off the top of my head...

Cheap Trick, "Stop This Game"



Yello, "The Rhythm Divine"



I think the reasons are pretty obvious, even though the Cheap Trick tune is a bit "scream-y".
It was even produced by George Martin LOL.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 5:49 PM   
 By:   LRobHubbard   (Member)

Surprised that this hasn't been mentioned yet... ABC's THAT WAS THEN BUT THIS IS NOW

https://vimeo.com/80162775

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 9:00 PM   
 By:   jamesluckard   (Member)

. . . and the other was the unused song "Tomorrow with Me" from the "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" set, second-to-last track on the third disc.

Good call:

http://www.meile.com/song/1195714

 
 Posted:   Apr 28, 2015 - 2:49 AM   
 By:   Tester   (Member)

Snake Eater, from Metal Gear solid 3:


The Last Shadow Puppets - My Mistakes Were Made For You

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 28, 2015 - 4:23 AM   
 By:   jamesluckard   (Member)

Shirley Bassey - The Living Tree

Someone did a video cutting this in with the Casino Royale opening credits a while back, but it seems to have vanished. It worked perfectly.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 28, 2015 - 4:36 AM   
 By:   jamesluckard   (Member)

Amy Winehouse would have been so perfect. Such a shame that she never got to record her song. I just checked the Jon Burlingame book, and he points out that Arnold originally wrote the 6 note Quantum of Solace theme for the abandoned Winehouse song, which she never finished writing and never showed up to record. Arnold later used it in the film's score, and then built the song "No Good About Goodbye" around it.

Her sound was undeniably Bond. Here, someone took her hit "Back to Black" and synched it up with the Casino Royale credits.

 
 Posted:   Apr 28, 2015 - 6:25 AM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

Arcadia strikes again, this time with The Flame. Simon and the boys must have been profoundly influenced by John Barry in 1985...

 
 Posted:   Apr 28, 2015 - 6:29 AM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

In listening to these songs, I try and picture the Maurice Binder-style opening credits with the song playing. If it succeeds on that level, it's essentially "in." smile

I'm making my way through all the songs...

The Cheap Trick song, while definitely "George Martin sounding", doesn't really work for me, though it *is* close. Maybe if the intro were shortened and then straight into the song. Yes, I am quite the music producer. wink

The Amy Winehouse song is really good and yes, a shame that it never happened.

The Last Shadow Puppets one is brilliant! Like some lost, alternate reality 1966-67 that should have happened. The vocalist sort of reminds me of Gerry Marsden.

I like how the selections can go with specific eras of Bond. It doesn't all have to be Bassey. I can easily picture these tunes going with some never-made Timothy Dalton or Roger Moore (gasp) entry.

 
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