Bond 25 - "No Time to Die" (2021) (7 Viewers)

[Worth]

Wow, that seems pretty late for this kind of change. How much impact can he have in that short of a time? Obviously can't rescore the whole thing.

While it's probably his weakest one, Barry wrote The Man with the Golden Gun score in three weeks.

 

[Tommy R]

While it's probably his weakest one, Barry wrote The Man with the Golden Gun score in three weeks.

That score is one of my favs! I had no idea he wrote it in 3 weeks, cool but of trivia!

 

[Osato]

That score is one of my favs! I had no idea he wrote it in 3 weeks, cool but of trivia!

I love the golden gun score too!
It could’ve been expanded in 2003 as the tapes were on hand but they ran out of time and budget funds.

Will eventually all films be scored by Hans Zimmer then???

 

[Jake Lipson]

Another relevant question that hasn't been announced yet: Who is writing and/or performing the song?

I don't remember when Adele and Sam Smith, respectively, were announced for the last two, but I feel like we knew it was them for a while before the movie came out.

I wasn't a fan of the Spectre song, so I hope the new one is better.

 

[Malcolm R]

I think the Sam Smith song for Spectre was only announced about a month ahead of the film's release.

Adele was only confirmed for Skyfall about three weeks prior to release (though I think there had been rumors).

Could this be a clue that perhaps Beyonce is recording the song (I hope not):

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/10/entertainment/beyonc-james-bond/index.html

 

[Josh Steinberg]

It’s a bit early for that announcement.

 

[Osato]

It’s a bit early for that announcement.

there’s been a few rumors.
One that showed up today...

https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/no-time-to-die-title-song-billie-eilish-news?id=04634

I have also heard rumors of Sting, Adele and Beyoncé as well.

maybe an announcement in February?

 

[Malcolm R]

It would be interesting to have Adele again. It's not unheard of for a vocalist to do more than one Bond song, and "Skyfall" was the only recent Bond song since Madonna's to be an actual worldwide hit.

 

[Jake Lipson]

If it's Adele again, that creates an automatic comparison to Skyfall, which wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. But I suspect she would only do it again if she felt she had something else to say and another song that was as good as Skyfall. She doesn't need the money, so there's no incentive for her to come back to do that and turn in something that is less effective than the first time she did it.

 

[AshJW]

I would love to hear another Bond song by Dame Shirley Bassey.
She's still around and her voice is still capable.

 

[Tino]

My vote is for SIA.

 

[Tommy R]

How ‘bout Ke$ha?

 

[JimmyO]

Billie Eilish would be an inspired choice if they can come up with something that suits her vocals and has a Bond style.

 

[Osato]

I think Billy Idol would be interesting.

I’d love to see Shirley Bassey do the theme as well. Hers are all amazing.

 

[Atari]

Billie Eilish seems to be the front runner on the rumor mill at the moment. The director follows her on Instagram and she posted a bunch of Bond girl photos. I'm old, so don't know what she sounds like. Hopefully it's better than some of the recent drek.

 

[Worth]

Looks like it's officially Billie Eilish.

https://twitter.com/007/status/1217117840576253952

 

[Malcolm R]

don't know what she sounds like. Hopefully it's better than some of the recent drek.

It won't be. She's awful.

 

[Tino]

Looks like it's officially Billie Eilish.

https://twitter.com/007/status/1217117840576253952

That’s good news. Eilish is a very talented young singer. Still would have preferred Sia.

 

[Tino]

Check out this impressive Eilish performance from SNL.

https://ew.com/tv/2019/09/29/watch-billie-eilishs-gravity-defying-saturday-night-live-performance/

 

[Worth]

I hope the song is incorporated into the score, but given that Zimmer had nothing to do with it and has just signed on, it probably won't be.