Music

Writing’s on the Wall, Sam Smith’s theme to SPECTRE, has become the first ever James Bond theme song to reach the top spot in the UK music charts. According to the BBC the two previous highest-charting Bond themes were Adele’s Skyfall and Duran Duran’s A View To A Kill, which both made second place in the […]

The soundtrack for SPECTRE is to be released on 23rd October, days before the London première, and is available to pre-order from Amazon now. The original soundtrack album will be released on Decca, but few details are yet available. Composed by long time Sam Mendes collaborator Thomas Newman the listing on Amazon has no mention of the […]

After months of speculation it has finally been revealed this morning that Sam Smith has recorded the theme to SPECTRE. Although he has denied it on multiple occasions EON Productions confirmed the choice of singer via social media and the official 007 website after Smith teased fans on twitter with a photo of him wearing […]

Whether or not you agree with the sentiment, this video by two Bond fans, which includes footage from every James Bond film from Eon Productions into which they have edited shots of them holding a sign demanding “It’s got to be Bassey”, is very well done. Paul Joseph and Tim Benzie spent three weeks working […]

On 24th April the popular Q The Music Show is returning to Stevenage, hosted by the Gordon Craig Theatre. Bringing the music of James Bond in a stunning concert, this show was a huge success at the theatre last year with its energetic and exciting performance by some of the UK’s leading musicians. Everybody loves James […]

Speaking recently to Digital Spy, David Arnold confirmed he will not be returning for Bond 24, saying: “Sam Mendes is directing and he always works with Tom Newman”. While that is not quite from the horse’s mouth, it is at least from the mouth of the extended 007 family. However, he reiterated his desire to […]

The late John Barry, long term composer of the James Bond series and the man responsible for the Bond sound was honoured last Friday at a ceremony at Pinewood Studios, when Theatre 7 was renamed the John Barry Theatre. As pointed out by Edward Biddulph on Twitter, it may be no coincidence that Theatre 7 […]

Music is a huge element of the Bond films; think of 007 and you’re likely to hear the James Bond them in your head. While over the course of 23 films to date there have been a number of composers, there are probably two who people really associate with Bond. The first of those is […]

Much about the James Bond films is iconic, with one of the most important elements being the music, from John Barry to David Arnold, Shirley Bassey to Madonna  and, most recently, Thomas Newman and Adele joining the club. When you hear those opening bars of Monty Norman’s main Bond theme you know you’re in for […]

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 […]