History AwesomeMusic / JamesBond

** Music/{{Blondie}}'s [[https://youtu.be/Y2Y-hCydiXA version]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would have been]] ''awesome.''
* Music/BillConti's [[https://youtu.be/ax5scn5KhOY music]] for the ski chase. So [[TheEighties Eighties]], so [[NarmCharm cheesy]], so ''[[GuiltyPleasure good.]]''

* [[https://youtu.be/0oAAlssVwEw The title song by]] Music/BillieEilish really does come into its own, with her style complementing Music/HansZimmer's solemn instrumentals. It's now the third consecutive Bond theme to win the Oscar for Best Song. The song first saw release in February of 2020, was instantly the awards favorite in the category for what would've been the next year's awards, and with the movie's multiple delays in the time that followed, the fact that it '''still''' won the award ''after a year held over'' is a major feat.

* [[https://youtu.be/PSbj2Mx2By8 Lulu's theme]] is fun and energetic. (Even if Creator/JohnBarry himself [[CreatorBacklash disowned it]].) %% And there's a possibly even better [[https://youtu.be/XsoyhpBsPus unused theme]] by Music/AliceCooper.

* [[https://youtu.be/PSbj2Mx2By8 Lulu's theme]] is fun and energetic. (Even if John Barry himself regarded it as his biggest OldShame among Bond themes.) %% And there's a possibly even better [[https://youtu.be/XsoyhpBsPus unused theme]] by Music/AliceCooper.

* [[https://youtu.be/D-KvfAh4oZs "If You're Gonna Jump"]]. Natasha Bedingfield + Paul Oakenfield = win. An energetic and dramatic techno song that pretty much encourages you to get off your butt and do something.

* Music/CarlySimon's "[[https://youtu.be/oenIY_EksGw Nobody Does It Better]]" is world famous, even to those who haven't seen the film. It even earned a Best Song Oscar nomination. It's easy to see why, and ever since, the song's title has been used to describe Bond.

* Music/TinaTurner's [[https://youtu.be/E11P2FmC6-A theme]], one of many throwbacks to Shirley Bassey's themes, is fantastic, helped in no small part by having [[Music/{{U2}} Bono and The Edge]] write it for her. To this day, it remains a concert staple of hers. Bonus points for being the only Bond theme that's actually about spying.

* [[https://youtu.be/0oAAlssVwEw The title song by]] Music/BillieEilish really does come into its own, with her style complementing Music/HansZimmer's solemn instrumentals. It's now the third consecutive Bond theme to win the Oscar for Best Song. Keep in mind as well that the song first saw release in February of 2020, was instantly the awards favorite in the category for what would've been the next year's awards and with the movie's multiple delays in the time that followed, the fact that it ''after a year held over'' '''still''' won the award is a major feat onto itself.

* [[https://youtu.be/0oAAlssVwEw The title song by]] Music/BillieEilish really does come into its own, with her style complementing Music/HansZimmer's solemn instrumentals. It's now the third consecutive Bond theme to win the Oscar for Best Song. Keep in mind as well that the song first saw release in February of 2020, was instantly the awards favorite in the category for what would've been the next year's awards and with the movie's multiple delays in the time that followed, the fact that it ''after a year delay'' '''still''' won the award is a major feat onto itself.

* [[https://youtu.be/0oAAlssVwEw The title song by]] Music/BillieEilish really does come into its own, with her style complementing Music/HansZimmer's solemn instrumentals. It's now the third consecutive Bond theme to win the Oscar for Best Song.

* Eric Serra's score is severely underrated, and disliked mainly because it wasn't John Barry-esque OrchestralBombing. It's also pure 90s Bond in music form. Other highlights include:

* The Oscar-nominated Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/{{Wings}} "[[https://youtu.be/sn8alMYSu44 Live and Let Die]]" a fine piece of OrchestralBombing (courtesy of Sir George Martin) that was the highest-charting ''Bond'' theme of the time, a strong introduction to the Creator/RogerMoore era and in contention for one of the series' most beloved theme songs.

* The last track in the film, appropriately titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ6CyJSevXg&list=PL949FJOPKjEGSlBLV5PLw5bfzUMWwUnPF&index=25 The Name's Bond... James Bond]]. Really, nothing more needs to be said. It's a perfect conclusion to a thrilling film, merging elements of the classic spy theme in it's orchestral style with the more modern stylings of the film's score, creating a fusion of old and new that can only be described as 'Bond, James Bond' at it's purest.

* Can't forget [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWwSJ6RIG-I&list=PLqDzqZTGJBSPI7priXJg90oLGcQjxvMhI&index=20 Final Confrontation / Icarus Disconnected]], which plays during the climactic dual showdowns between Bond and Graves, as well as Jinx and Frost. It's got plenty of great moments of tension and fast beats, but the best part is the last minute or so, where the Bond theme comes blasting out in booming, wailing brass as Gustav Graves is sent careening towards his gruesome death.
** Which continues with the next track being [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPzQLVEMDTk&list=PLqDzqZTGJBSPI7priXJg90oLGcQjxvMhI&index=21 The Helicopter Fall]]. A chaotic, frantic piece of action music as Jinx and Bond are sent tumbling through the sky in a crashing helicopter, desperately trying to get it working before they hit the ground. Just as the copter's engines kick in, the Bond theme once again takes over the score, blasting triumphantly. It's enough to take your breath away.