Adele

Rumour: Adele turns down Bond 24 theme

August 11th, 2014 by

British music paper NME is reporting on a story that appeared in The Sun stating Adele has turned down the opportunity to record the theme to Bond 24 and the producers are looking at other choices that include Sam Smith. The Mirror seems to be the first to put forward Smith as a likely choice, […]

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Skyfall picks up Grammy Awards for soundtrack and title song

January 27th, 2014 by

Last night saw the Grammy Awards take place in Los Angeles, the annual ceremony to recogise outstanding achievement in the music industry. Althout it seems forever since Skyfall was on our screens, the 23rd James Bond film still managed to pick up two more awards for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Thomas Newman) and […]

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Adele awarded MBE at the Palace

December 20th, 2013 by

Skyfall singer Adele was yesterday awarded an MBE at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The Prince of Wales made the award for services to music (which since she is a singer amounts to showing up for work). She has enjoyed massive success with her first two albums and knocked Madonna off her pedestal for the the […]

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Skyfall picks up Oscars for best original song and sound editing

February 25th, 2013 by

Skyfall had been nominated for the original song (Adele and Paul Epworth), cinematography (Roger Deakins), original score (Thomas Newman), sound editing (Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers), and sound mixing (Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson), but in the end  walked away with just two, and one of those was shared. Adele received […]

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Skyfall wins more gongs

February 21st, 2013 by

Adele won the award for Best British Single at the Brit Awards last night, although the singer was unable to attend in person due to being in Los Angeles to rehearse for the forthcoming Oscars and instead a video message was played. In the message she thanked her fans and, and jokingly referred to her […]

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Adele wins Golden Globe for Skyfall

January 14th, 2013 by

Adele was last night awarded the Golden Globe trophy for Best Original Song for Skyfall at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Expressing surprise at the award, she thanked a whole list of people including Sam Mendes, Daniel Craig and boyfriend Simon Konecki. You can watch a video of Adele’s acceptance speach on MTV by clicking […]

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Opening titles of Skyfall now available online

November 15th, 2012 by

Watch Daniel Kleinman’s opening title sequence for Skyfall, which has been uploaded to YouTube by ComingSoon.net.

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Adele hits iTunes number one in under ten hours with Skyfall

October 5th, 2012 by

Adele looks like she has another hit on her hands after Skyfall went to the number 1 spot on iTunes in just 10 hours. The single was released at 0:07 hours and, coinciding with Global James Bond Day, marking the 50th anniversary of Dr No, has received a massive publicity boost. According to a report […]

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The Skyfall theme song – initial reaction

October 5th, 2012 by

Since a 90 second sample of Adele singing the Skyfall theme was released online earlier in the week many Bond fans were able to listen to part of the song in advance. However, today the song can be heard in its entirety after being released online at 0:07 hours online and available from iTunes.

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Adele’s Skyfall theme song released

October 5th, 2012 by

The Skyfall theme was released at 0:07 hours BST this morning and made available to purchase online from iTunes. Performed by Adele, you can listen to it with the accompanying video above. Click here to buy Skyfall from iTunes The opinions expressed in the article are those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect […]

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