While there are two dozen Bond theme tunes, their quality varies pretty wildly, from the truly awful (sorry, Madonna), to the deeply dull (Sam Smith), to the true classics, like Shirley Bassey’s “Goldfinger.” Here are all the James Bond themes, ranked from the stinkers to the gems. The song was, however, made available as a single.
The Casino Royale soundtrack is notable as the first in the James Bond franchise not to include the films theme song ('You Know My Name'). (You'd never hear a smooth Sean Connery-era theme in a Daniel Craig Bond movie, after all.) For any musician, recording a Bond tune guarantees a spot in music history, but history doesn't remember all of the Bond themes fondly. Casino Royale: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was a soundtrack composed by David Arnold for the 2006 James. Bond themes are the secret sauce of the movies: paired with the bombastic credits, they set the tone for the action to come, and speak to the current era of the franchise. Quartet Records and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents a very special new edition of Burt Bacharachs timeless classic soundtrack for the 1967 James Bond spoof Casino Royale to celebrate its 50th anniversary. We can expect the opening scenes of the film to deliver on a few time-honored traditions: the gun barrel sequence, the pre-title teaser, and perhaps most importantly of all, the highly stylized title credits, set to an original theme song. No matter how directors or actors put their signature stamp on the franchise, James Bond films have a familiar formula.
