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[Blonde Bond]

Snake Eater - Cynthia Harrell

Snake Eater - Cynthia Harrell (better quality)

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

[Qwerty]

Face to Face - Siouxsie and the Banshees

Fantastic choice, markt. Quite possibly favourite song of all time.

Also gave alot of the others listed here a listen on YouTube--some fantastic "could-be" Bond songs.

Checking out To The End by Blur at the moment.

[Blofeld's Cat]

That's almost the only good track on the album, sadly (imo). I used to really like Jarre's early work, but he's kind of disolved into a sub-pop mess recently...

Yeah, I agree. The last album of his I like as a whole is Chronologie.

[TheSaint]

Surrender-Elvis Presley

[d0uble0_7]

Ok, so I know that neither the band or their lyrics have anything remotely to do with anything Bond, but Monster Magnet's 'Powertrip' cd has some very Bondish riffs that I could picture being played during the intro or some where during the film.

[WC]

What are some spy-sounding songs or pieces of music/ soundtracks out there that aren't James Bond songs? Eg songs which either have that cold war feel to them or... well you know what they sound like - Bond songs usually have a kind of certain sound to them. I'm just wondering what other songs are out there that are non-Bond songs.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[Napoleon Solo]

What are some spy-sounding songs or pieces of music/ soundtracks out there that aren't James Bond songs? Eg songs which either have that cold war feel to them or... well you know what they sound like - Bond songs usually have a kind of certain sound to them. I'm just wondering what other songs are out there that are non-Bond songs.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

For soundtracks, Film Score Monthly has 4 volumes of music from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. television series.

[Bond111]

Try an album called Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp. It's a beautiful piece of work.

[Brian Flagg]

For soundtracks, Film Score Monthly has 4 volumes of music from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. television series.

As well as a volume from I SPY.

You may also want to check out Jerry Goldsmith's Our Man Flint/In Like Flint disc.

George S. Clinton's Austin Powers *score* albums sound a lot like Barry, so you may also enjoy those. I don't mean the songtrack albums, but the symphonic score music.

Spy Bop Royale has a nice listing of "Spy Jazz", too.

Score Baby is another useful site for things of the 1960s-70s, including Spy music.

[Jericho_One]

For soundtracks, Film Score Monthly has 4 volumes of music from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. television series.

As well as a volume from I SPY.

You may also want to check out Jerry Goldsmith's Our Man Flint/In Like Flint disc.

George S. Clinton's Austin Powers *score* albums sound a lot like Barry, so you may also enjoy those. I don't mean the songtrack albums, but the symphonic score music.

Spy Bop Royale has a nice listing of "Spy Jazz", too.

Score Baby is another useful site for things of the 1960s-70s, including Spy music.

Thanks for the link for Spy Bop Royale.
Very useful references. This kind of music is just a pleasure to listen to!

[Kilroy6644]

I thought Beyonc

[Professor Dent]

The scores to the Bourne movies are good & I also like the soundtracks to the TV show 24.

[Blofeld's Cat]

Spy Bop Royale has a nice listing of "Spy Jazz", too.

Score Baby is another useful site for things of the 1960s-70s, including Spy music.

I knew about Spy Bop Royale, but thanks for the head-up on Score Baby.

[Mr. Blofeld]

[quote name='Kilroy6644' post='808060' date='15 December 2007 - 10:47']I thought Beyonc

[WC]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll check some of those out. Are there any pieces of music which are fast and aggressive, similar to either You Know My Name or perhaps even the Alias theme tune?

Goldfrapp is fine but it's a bit mellow in that regard.

[Qwerty]

Wish I Could Fly - Roxette

Don't know how I stumbled across it on YouTube, but the first few seconds had me hooked. It's particularly the beginning that somehow sounds a bit like Bond to me.

[deth]

Wish I Could Fly - Roxette

Don't know how I stumbled across it on YouTube, but the first few seconds had me hooked. It's particularly the beginning that somehow sounds a bit like Bond to me.

wow that is a great choice!! The first 20 seconds are very much like Goldeneye in tone... for me that's a very good thing!

Seal has a few good ones.. here's "Waiting for You"

waiting for you

also Seal's "Wedding Day"

you can listen to the full song here by pressing play beside the track title:

wedding day

however, not all of the song works... really it sounds like a Bond song about 50 secs in...

[Byron]

"Where did i go wrong?" by UB40 is quite a hauntingly beautiful song. Great B&W beginning with the fans in the background.

Would really suit a scene of Dalton / Craig Bond brooding in a hotel room and wondering it all went wrong.

[Licence_007]

Snake Eater - Cynthia Harrell (better quality)

My computer is acting strangely and won't let me view videos. Is that the song from MGS3?

[Vauxhall]

I think that Arcade Fire have the potential to create a Bondian string arrangement and apply their unique sound to the theme. I've also been very encouraged by Radiohead's new album 'In Rainbows'.

[007luvchild2]

Rob Dougan's "Speed Me Toward Death" Especially the instrumental has that kind of sound as if it comes out of a Spy themed movie. As a matter of fact, some of his instrumentals have that kind of beat.

[Qwerty]

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[bill007]

Sorry folks, but I must interject.......

Everytime Bond is in the desert, my mind always overlaps Led Zeppelin's Kashmir.

For this overaged Yank, those are the two best things that ever came from the U.K.

Pagey was wrong to give it to a reptile.

[Blofeld's Cat]

Sorry folks, but I must interject.......

Everytime Bond is in the desert, my mind always overlaps Led Zeppelin's Kashmir.

Every time I hear this classic tune I'm reminded of George Martin's Live and Let Die score.

[tdalton]

I've always thought that one of the most Bond-ish non-Bond songs was U2's "So Cruel".

[Loomis]

"Umbrella" by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z.

[spynovelfan]

I've long been of the opinion that Who Let The Dogs Out by the Baha Men would make an excellent Bond song.

[DaveBond21]

The Corrs - Only when I sleep

Shirley Bassey - The Living Tree

Elton John - Believe

[mister-white]

Michael Buble's "Feeling Good" should easily have been the Casino Royale theme song. Although I loved what Chris Cornell did, the lyrics for Buble's song are just too perfect, mentioning new life, new day, all that stuff. Plus, someone on youtube was able to sync it with the main titles, looks like even Mr. Kleinman used the song to match the music up. Forget all this talk of Winehouse, Quantum of Solace should be performed by Michael Buble!

[DaveBond21]

Michael Buble's "Feeling Good" should easily have been the Casino Royale theme song. Although I loved what Chris Cornell did, the lyrics for Buble's song are just too perfect, mentioning new life, new day, all that stuff. Plus, someone on youtube was able to sync it with the main titles, looks like even Mr. Kleinman used the song to match the music up. Forget all this talk of Winehouse, Quantum of Solace should be performed by Michael Buble!

Well, that's understandable, "Feeling Good" was written by Leslie Bricusse , who wrote "You only live twice" and it's not a Michael Buble song, he is just one of many to have sung it. It could not have been the Casino Royale theme, because it's an old song.