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==== Music ==== {{Main|James Bond music}} {{quote box|align=right|width=25em|quote=" cocky, swaggering, confident, dark, dangerous, suggestive, sexy, unstoppable."|source=β[[David Arnold]]|on the "[[James Bond Theme]]"<ref name="Burlingame" />}} [[File:Sound007RAH041022 (42 of 69) (52406381295).jpg|thumb|[[Hans Zimmer]] (composer of the 2021 film ''No Time to Die'') with the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London in 2022 during ''The Sound of 007 in Concert'' to mark 60 years of the Bond series.]] The "[[James Bond Theme]]" was written by [[Monty Norman]] and was first orchestrated by the [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] Orchestra for 1962's ''Dr. No'', although the actual authorship of the music has been a matter of controversy for many years.{{sfn|Lindner|2009|p=122}} In 2001, Norman won Β£30,000 in libel damages from ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' newspaper, which suggested that Barry was entirely responsible for the composition.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1229406.stm |title= Monty Norman sues for libel |work= Bond theme writer wins damages |access-date= 4 November 2011 |date= 19 March 2001 |publisher= BBC News |archive-date= 19 July 2004 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040719045328/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1229406.stm |url-status= live }}</ref> The theme, as written by Norman and arranged by Barry, was described by another Bond film composer, [[David Arnold]], as "[[bebop]]-[[Swing music|swing]] vibe coupled with that vicious, dark, distorted electric guitar, definitely an instrument of [[Rock and roll|rock 'n' roll]] ... it represented everything about the character you would want: It was cocky, swaggering, confident, dark, dangerous, suggestive, sexy, unstoppable. And he did it in two minutes."<ref name="Burlingame">{{cite news|last=Burlingame|first=Jon|title=Bond scores establish superspy template|access-date=4 November 2011|newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Daily Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/john-barry-invented-the-spy-movie-score-1117995119/|date=3 November 2008|archive-date=9 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109012425/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117995119?refcatid=3313&printerfriendly=true|url-status=live}}</ref> Barry composed the [[Film score|scores]] for eleven Bond films{{sfn|Chapman|2009|pp=97β98}} and had an uncredited contribution to ''Dr. No'' with his arrangement of the "James Bond Theme".<ref name="Burlingame" /> A Bond film staple are the theme songs heard during their [[title sequence]]s sung by well-known popular singers.{{sfn|Simpson|2002|p=224}} [[Shirley Bassey]] performed three Bond theme songs, with her 1964 song "[[Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey song)|Goldfinger]]" inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 2008.<ref>[http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#g "Grammy Hall of Fame Award] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707235113/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |date=7 July 2015 }}. ''Grammy.org''. Retrieved 28 July 2022</ref> Several of the songs produced for the films have been nominated for [[Academy Awards]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Original Song]], including [[Paul McCartney]]'s "[[Live and Let Die (song)|Live and Let Die]]",<ref>{{cite web|title=The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974|work=Oscar Legacy|publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=27 October 2011|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003953/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Carly Simon]]'s "[[Nobody Does It Better]]",<ref>{{cite web|title=The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1978|work=Oscar Legacy|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=27 October 2011|archive-date=5 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/50th-winners.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Sheena Easton]]'s "[[For Your Eyes Only (song)|For Your Eyes Only]]",<ref name="54th Oscars">{{cite web|title=The 54th Academy Awards (1982)|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982|work=Oscar Legacy|access-date=27 October 2011|archive-date=11 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111072059/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Adele]]'s "[[Skyfall (Adele song)|Skyfall]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oscar.go.com/nominees |title=2013 Oscars Nominees |date=January 2013 |publisher=oscars |access-date=10 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229222408/http://oscar.go.com/nominees |archive-date=29 December 2012 }}</ref> [[Sam Smith (singer)|Sam Smith]]'s "[[Writing's on the Wall (Sam Smith song)|Writing's on the Wall]]",<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-nominations-complete-list-855398 |title=Oscar Nominations: The Complete List |work=The Hollywood Reporter |last=Ford |first=Rebecca |date=14 January 2016 |access-date=7 May 2016 |archive-date=21 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121121016/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-nominations-complete-list-855398 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Billie Eilish]]'s "[[No Time to Die (song)|No Time to Die]]".<ref name="Eilish"/> Adele won the award at the [[85th Academy Awards]], Smith won at the [[88th Academy Awards]], and Eilish won at the [[94th Academy Awards]].<ref name="Eilish">{{cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2022 |title=The 94th Academy Awards {{!}} 2022 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=28 March 2022 |archive-date=25 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325152056/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2022 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/sam-smith-wins-oscar-for-his-james-bond-spectre-theme-song-writings-on-the-wall__13954/|title=Sam Smith wins Oscar for his James Bond Spectre theme song|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=29 February 2016|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=7 May 2016|archive-date=2 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302011319/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/sam-smith-wins-oscar-for-his-james-bond-spectre-theme-song-writings-on-the-wall__13954/|url-status=live}}</ref> For the non-Eon produced ''Casino Royale'', [[Burt Bacharach]]'s score included "[[The Look of Love (1967 song)|The Look of Love]]" (sung by [[Dusty Springfield]]), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.<ref name="40th Oscars">{{cite web|title=The 40th Academy Awards (1968)|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968|work=Oscar Legacy|access-date=4 November 2011|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003842/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968|url-status=live}}</ref>
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