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[Captain Tightpants]

I searched YouTube for "the sky is falling song" and wound up with this:

[AgentBentley]

I thought Adele was the frontrunner, despite her throat problems.
Any British female with a strong voice is OK with me, from Joss Stone to - yes - Shirley Bassey. Everything But the Girl has always been a favourite with me, but I don't know if they could do a Bond theme well.

[Captain Tightpants]

I thought Adele was the frontrunner, despite her throat problems.

To the fans, yes. But EON are hopping around this time - they've asked for demo tapes from interested artists, and they'll make a decision from there. They're asking for artists to come to them, rather than going to artists themselves.

And if Adele is to do the theme, then a lot will hinge on her availablity after her throat surgery.

That said, she's a great choice. I think this:



Plus this:



Would make for a near-perfect theme.

[Bucky]

depending on what kind of feel they are looking for in the new title song i would go with MUSE or Adele.

my dark horse pick would be Florence and the Machine.

[DaveBond21]

A singer or a band who are mildly famous now, but have a big hit or two in the next 3 months, and therefore by November 2012 are already yesterday's news.



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[Loomis]

Now that they've reformed, who better than The Stone Roses?

[WC]

I hope we get a male singer and something upbeat. They always make a refreshing change.

[MuddyBond]

What about Hooverphonic with Anger Never Dies?

Edited by MuddyBond, 04 November 2011 - 09:12 PM.

[univex]

Now that they've reformed, who better than The Stone Roses?

[00Twelve]

Now that they've reformed, who better than The Stone Roses?

Word.

[Pussfeller]

Plus this:



Would make for a near-perfect theme.

Kasabian is spot-on. A lot of their songs sound like Bond themes already.

[Loomis]

Not bad. That's the first time I've ever knowingly heard Kasabian, although I could have done without the bagpipe (?) intro and the whole song does sound a bit like a speeded-up Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds meeting Paint It Black. Not too bad, though. What are the band's best songs?

[Captain Tightpants]

Well for one, I recommend the entire Velociraptor! album; it's pretty much pure rock and roll. Otherwise, I reccomend Underdog, Fire, Fast Fuse and Take Aim from West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum; Shoot the Runner from Empire; and Club Foot, Reason is Treason (especially the Jacknife Lee remix) and LSF (Lost Souls Forever) from their debut album. You may recognise some of them - particularly Club Foot and Shoot the Runner - as being used a lot in film and television.

[Mercator]

Jay-Z would have the big hit with Skyfall rap theme song: a Bond first, like Another Way to Die was the first Bond duet.

[Zorin Industries]

Adele has it in the bag.

[Loomis]

Really? What a predictable choice, if true.

[The Shark]

My top 3's Morrissey, Ian Brown, and Goldfrapp. All unlikely choices.

[Loomis]

My own top three: Morrissey, Noel Gallagher, The Stone Roses.

[The Shark]

For the life of me I can't stand Gallagar. His lyrics are asinine, his songs are bloody tedious, and he's got the same monotonous whine as Tom Meighan from Kasabian.

[Captain Tightpants]

I agree on two of those three points; I disagree with the comparisons to Meighan. At the very least, Meighan had a wider vocal range than Noel Gallagher. I'd also like to add that Gallagher's passive-aggressive approach to everything (particularly his brother) does not endear me to him in the slightest. I sometimes get the sense that Oasis have been trading on little more than good faith since Definately Maybe and a macarbe curiosity from the public as to when they're finally going to implode.

[MuddyBond]

What about Lana del Rey? Listen to Videogames.

[Zorin Industries]

Really? What a predictable choice, if true.

It is only predictable as it is so apt right now. She is massive in the States, a homegrown BIG name, a cracking voice, young, sellable, completely in fitting for the required vocal soaring and very zeitgeist. I cannot see some Paloma Faith or random b-grader getting the 50th anniversary gig.

Though the title singer selection is the last piece of the Bond pie that has been left of field for years now (which is part of its random charm too).

[Loomis]

It is only predictable as it is so apt right now. She is massive in the States, a homegrown BIG name, a cracking voice, young, sellable, completely in fitting for the required vocal soaring and very zeitgeist.

You may be right. To my mind, though, she's apt in the same way as Shirley Bassey would be apt. I'd rather another Chris Cornell than another Shirley Bassey, but perhaps in the fiftieth anniversary year Eon can be forgiven for taking the easy option and picking an Adele to belt out a shameless showstopper.

[Riccardo]

Adele confirmed. has already written a new soundtrack and in the coming days will come into the studio with producer Paul Epworth, who previously collaborated with Plan B, Florence and the Machine and Cee-Lo.

Edited by Riccardo, 06 November 2011 - 08:24 PM.

[sthgilyadgnivileht]

Adele confirmed. has already written a new soundtrack and in the coming days will come into the studio with producer Paul Epworth, who previously collaborated with Plan B, Florence and the Machine and Cee-Lo.

I understood Adele was having (or has had recently) surgery for a vocal cord haemorrhage?

[Pussfeller]

Adele confirmed. has already written a new soundtrack and in the coming days will come into the studio with producer Paul Epworth, who previously collaborated with Plan B, Florence and the Machine and Cee-Lo.

Source?

[DamnCoffee]

Interesting.

http://www.nme.com/news/adele/60230

This was 6 hours ago.

[Captain Tightpants]

I think people just got a little carried away with the idea of Adele performing the theme, Mharkin. It was never confirmed - Adele did not even say that she would be recoring a demo tape for the film, only that she would be recording a theme, which really could have been for anything.

[DamnCoffee]

I know it wasn't confirmed. I was just supplying the link to those who thought it was.

[JohnnyWalker]

Is there anything by Adele that actually sounds anything like a Bond theme? Her music isn't something I'm interested in at all otherwise.