Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I liked that the only truly serious scene is when Evelyn Tremble/James Bond (Peter Sellers) and LeChiffre (Orson Welles) were playing baccarat against each other. From what I heard, these two hated each other two much in real life that they refused to shoot their scenes together.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN My vote goes to "License to Kill" Gladys Knight too this song to a higher level of class. Close runner ups..anything by Shirley Bassey, "For your Eyes Only", "Nobody does it better". Worst ones: the current "Quantum" theme, Madge's "Die another Day", and Lulu's "Man with the Golden Gun".
Originally Posted By hightp I liked Tom Jones' 'Thunderball', and Sheena Easton's 'For Your Eyes Only. View to a Kill was good, too.
Originally Posted By hightp For instrumental pieces, 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' and 007 (not the James Bond theme, but that's good too) are my favorites. Herb Albert's Casino Royale is excellent, but I can't call that an official Bond theme.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs The instrumental piece 007 (not to be confused with The James Bond Theme) was used prominently in From Russia With Love during the action sequences. It would resurface again during action sequences in Thunderball (underwater battle), Diamonds are Forever (oil rig battle) and Moonraker (boat chase with Jaws).
Originally Posted By brotherdave I always wondered what that piece was called! I always personally referred to it as the 'Bond chase music'. John Barry at his finest (along with "On Her Majesty's Secret Service")!
Originally Posted By ToonKirby And the winner is ... <a href="http://moviedearest.blogspot.com/2008/11/md-poll-goldfingered.html" target="_blank">http://moviedearest.blogspot.c...red.html</a> - kch
Originally Posted By alexbook Gotta be "Live and Let Die." Just to be nit-picky: Technically, "We Have All the Time in the World" wasn't the actual theme song from OHMSS, though it is a great song that's used in the movie. The theme was called "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and was an instrumental by John Barry.
Originally Posted By alexbook ...and count me as one of the elite 1% of viewers who actually enjoyed the original "Casino Royale."
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 There's nothing like hearing "Live and Let Die" live! My favorite Bond song... and then there's "Goldfinger" - a classic!
Originally Posted By ToonKirby >So how does one create a voting poll on that page?< Here's the link: <a href="http://www.vizu.com/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.vizu.com/index.html</a> It's been awhile since I first signed up, but I think all you have to do is set up a free account and then go from there. - kch
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Instrumental (opening titles) or Matt Munro's vocals (closing titles) or both?
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes Goldfinger On Her Majesty's Secret Service (NOT All The Time In The World). This theme was used in the early preview clips for The Incredibles. John Barry at his best. Casino Royale ('67) Thunderball
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs LOL, I actually used the Louis Armstrong song as one of my senior quotes in my yearbook...As an afterthought, I should have added "Ev'rybody's got a Laughin' Place"
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I would looooooooove if they came out with an 'ultimate' 007 soundtrack...with the songs in chronological order and not scattered. It would have all the title tracks, along with some extra songs such as end titles, songs sung/played during the movie and action sequence music. In the case of the latter, I really liked the scores that were used in For Your Eyes Only when Bond and Melina first meet and are escaping from Gonzalez's villa in the beginning of the movie. Another good action score in the movie is when Eric Kriegler is shooting at Bond while skiing; the music here would later be used on "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous".
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Your best bet would be this two-disc 30th anniversary edition: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Best-James-Bond-30th-Anniversary/dp/B000002V0S/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1228851891&sr=1-3" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Best-Jam...1&sr=1-3</a> This is definitely worth it for the extra tracks. This is the most complete collection of the theme songs I know of: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Best-Bond-James-CD-DVD/dp/B001FQHQRS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1228851688&sr=1-2" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Best-Bon...8&sr=1-2</a> It contains all the theme songs up to Casino Royale as well as a DVD of some of the videos from Bond theme songs. It also has k.d. lang's "Surrender" which, I believe, was to have been the theme to "Tomorrow Never Dies" until it was usurped by Sheryl Crow's song.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I have it already Trivia: The 2-disc version has the title songs in chronological order. The single disc version has them shuffled about. The second disc contains 007 and John Barry's version of The James Bond Theme. The rest of the material are all previously unreleased tracks from the Goldfinger and Thunderball soundtracks, as well as demos for Goldfinger (Anthony Newley), Mr. Kiss-Kiss Bang-Bang (one with Dionne Warwick, the other with Shirley Bassey), You Only Live Twice (unknown singer) and radio spots for Thunder, YOLT and Live and Let Die.
