Tomorrow Never Dies
Performed by: Sheryl Crow
Movie: Tomorrow Never Dies
James Bond: Pierce Brosnan
There were different music proposals for many James Bond movies, but never as many as for “Tomorrow Never Dies”. The producers launched invitations at large, which practically lead to a secret competition (not even the participants knew about it). The proposals came from Pulp, The Cardigans, Swan Lee, Saint Etienne, Dot Allison and many others. There were 12 proposals received in total 1)”The Music of James Bond” by Jon Burlingame, book published by Oxford University Press in 2012.
Sheryl Crow was the chosen one. Her song reached 12th place in Britain.
The music video shows us Sheryl Crow as a female version of James Bond.
The band members of Pulp subsequently changed the their song in “Tomorrow Never Lies”. With their piece, the movie would have begun like this:
The version of Saint Etienne might have catch up:
Swan Lee made a music video in the James Bond style for their song composed for “Tomorrow Never Dies”:
- Introduction + James Bond theme
- 1962: Kingston Calypso (Dr. No)
- 1963: James Bond Is Back / From Russia with Love / James Bond Theme
- 1964: Goldfinger
- 1965: Thunderball
- 1967: You Only Live Twice
- 1969: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- 1971: Diamonds Are Forever
- 1973: Live and Let Die
- 1974: The Man with the Golden Gun
- 1977: Nobody Does It Better (The Spy Who Loved Me)
- 1979: Moonraker
- 1981: For Your Eyes Only
- 1983: All Time High (Octopussy)
- 1985: A View to a Kill
- 1987: The Living Daylights
- 1989: Licence to Kill
- 1995: GoldenEye
- 1997: Tomorrow Never Dies
- 1999: The World Is Not Enough
- 2002: Die Another Day
- 2006: You Know My Name (Casino Royale)
- 2008: Another Way to Die (Quantum of Solace)
- 2012: Skyfall
- 2015: Writing's on the Wall (Spectre)
A surprising series of re-orchestrations that were originally classic songs, in heavy metal style
References
| ↑1 | ”The Music of James Bond” by Jon Burlingame, book published by Oxford University Press in 2012 |
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