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===Music=== {{Main|The World Is Not Enough (soundtrack)}} [[File:GarbageLiveMay2012.jpg|thumb|Rock band [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] (''pictured in 2012'') sang the film's title song.]] The soundtrack to ''The World Is Not Enough'' is the second ''Bond'' soundtrack to be composed by [[David Arnold]].<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r443585|pure_url=yes}}|title="The World Is Not Enough" OST review |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=16 January 2008}}</ref> Arnold broke tradition by not ending the film with a reprise of the opening theme or, as with the previous three films, a new song. Originally, Arnold intended to use the song "Only Myself to Blame" at the end of the film; however, Apted discarded this and the song was replaced by a remix of the "[[James Bond Theme]]".<ref name="arnold" /> "Only Myself to Blame", written by Arnold and [[Don Black (lyricist)|Don Black]] and sung by [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]], is the 19th and final track on the album and its melody is Elektra King's theme. The theme is heard in "Casino", "Elektra's Theme" and "I Never Miss".<ref name="arnold">{{cite web|url=http://davidarnold.com/cine_menu_11.asp|title=David Arnold official website|access-date=16 January 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071229032830/http://davidarnold.com/cine_menu_11.asp |archive-date = 29 December 2007}}</ref> Arnold added two new themes to the final score, both of which are reused in the following film, ''[[Die Another Day]]''. The title song, "[[The World Is Not Enough (song)|The World Is Not Enough]]", was written by David Arnold with Don Black and performed by [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]]. It is the fifth ''Bond'' theme co-written by Black, preceded by "[[Thunderball (soundtrack)|Thunderball]]",<ref>{{cite video |date = 25 February 2003 |title = Thunderball |medium = Audio CD |publisher = [[EMI]] |id = UPN: 7-2435-80589-2-5 }}</ref> "[[Diamonds Are Forever (soundtrack)|Diamonds Are Forever]]",<ref>{{cite video |date = 11 February 2003 |title = Diamonds Are Forever |medium = Audio CD |publisher = [[EMI]] |id = UPN: 7-2435-41420-2-4 }}</ref> "[[The Man with the Golden Gun (soundtrack)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]",<ref>{{cite video |date = 25 February 2003 |title = The Man with the Golden Gun |medium = Audio CD |publisher = [[EMI]] |id = UPN: 7-2435-41424-2-0 }}</ref> and "[[Tomorrow Never Dies (song)|Tomorrow Never Dies]]".<ref name="tnd1">{{cite video |date = 25 November 1997 |title = Tomorrow Never Dies |medium = Audio CD |publisher = A&M Records |id = UPN: 7-3145-40830-2-7 }}</ref> [[IGN]] chose "The World Is Not Enough" as the ninth-best James Bond theme of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/11/13/top-10-james-bond-theme-songs|title=Top 10 James Bond Theme Songs|date=17 November 2006|author=Spence D.|website=IGN|access-date=4 November 2007|archive-date=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927083857/http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/11/13/top-10-james-bond-theme-songs|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012 [[Grantland]] ranked the song as the second-best Bond song of all-time, behind only "Goldfinger."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8603619/page/2/a-semi-scientific-countdown-determine-best-james-bond-theme-song-all-time|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729070651/http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8603619/page/2/a-semi-scientific-countdown-determine-best-james-bond-theme-song-all-time|url-status=dead|title=What’s the Greatest Bond Song of All Time? «<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=29 July 2013|accessdate=17 March 2023}}</ref> The song also appeared in two "best of 1999" polls: #87 in [[89X]]'s "Top 89 Songs of 1999"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklists.com/89x-1999.html|title=89X's "Top 89 Songs of 1999|publisher=Rocklists.com|access-date=2 March 2007|archive-date=18 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518141619/http://www.rocklists.com/89x-1999.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and No. 100 in [[WKQX (FM)|Q101]]'s "Top 101 of 1999".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklists.com/q101-1999.html|title=Q101's "Top 101 of 1999|publisher=Rocklists.com|access-date=2 March 2007|archive-date=18 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518165143/http://www.rocklists.com/q101-1999.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Another theme song was made by English post-Britpop band [[Straw (band)|Straw]], which was also entitled ''The World Is Not Enough'' but was rejected in favor of Garbage's song.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/31/james-bond-songs | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=For your ears only | first=Jude | last=Rogers | date=31 October 2008 | access-date=24 May 2010 | archive-date=7 January 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107082157/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/31/james-bond-songs | url-status=live }}</ref> The song is unique as the lyrics contains references to several of the [[Ian Fleming]] novels, including references to ''Goldfinger'', ''You Only Live Twice'', ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', and ''Live and Let Die''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Straw - the world is not enough 1999 JAMES BOND Rejected theme|website = [[YouTube]]| date=26 March 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRrL3d4qrMo| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211116/PRrL3d4qrMo| archive-date=2021-11-16 | url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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