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How Radiohead Wrote the Perfect Bond Theme
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Like every James Bond film that came before it, Spectre begins with a title sequence accompanied by a newly-written song. For this 24th installment in the franchise, Sam Smith provided 'Writing's On The Wall' for the opening, but they were not the first choice to provide a new song for the film. Radiohead were initally approached to write a new theme song, and what they delivered was, in my opinion, one of the greatest Bond themes ever written. In this video, I look at the musical components that make up a great Bond song, and consider what makes Radiohead's 'Spectre' so good.

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@ListeningIn

2 years ago

What's your favourite Bond theme? Also, if you'd like to purchase a PDF of the score for my transcription of Radiohead's 'Spectre', visit my new Musicnotes page: www.musicnotes.com/l/CD5JW

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@Aaronies

8 months ago

Imagine asking for Radiohead, then complaining when you get Radiohead

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@Lollovovisossa7

2 years ago

Me who knows absolutely no musical theory: "wow...sure sounds nice"

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@NASkeywest

1 year ago

As a Radiohead fan it’s super depressing that the song didn’t get used. As a Radiohead fan, I don’t have much more room For more depression.

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@novemberraiinn

11 months ago

I will never forgive them for rejecting this song. It is so perfect.

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@natedogsturdikat8538

2 years ago

The fact that they took time off of recording one of their best albums to make this incredible theme only for it to be scrapped is just atrocious.

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@abbedurgut3743

2 years ago

Imagine choosing the Sam Smith song over Radiohead. Edit: 90% of the responses to this comment have been made by literal monkeys.

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@edwardchan9204

5 months ago

Radiohead songs are never understood or appreciated until you hear multiple times and realize the genius and beauty behind it. Spectre is a classic example of why Radiohead were never mainstream and still so revered.

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@TheGothicHangman

1 year ago

Casino Royales theme by Chris Cornell, You Know My Name is more what I prefer in a Bond theme. The playing card animation opening sequence is one of the best too. One can hardly go wrong with any 007 theme, we all have our favorites.

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@1234n00b

2 years ago

And they thought Radiohead's song was "too dark" for a bond movie. What a shame.

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@JayTemple

1 year ago

In addition to all the sonic qualities, Radiohead gets bonus points for using the word "spectre" in the lyrics, and having it make sense!

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@calebhawk6868

1 year ago

I really love how much Spectre points towards Moon Shaped Pool, the album they were working on while making this. The strings, especially in the climax, sound exactly like something you'd hear on that album. It really would've fit on it quite well.

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@liamouziel211

1 year ago

I genuinely think that the best bond song of all time is sky fall. It’s just as iconic as the bond theme music and the films themselves

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@prettyaverage97

1 year ago

I do not hate Writing's on the Wall -- in fact, I think it's a pretty solid Bond theme. But man, Radiohead's Spectre truly is a mesmerizing wonder of a theme. It fits Craig's Bond perfectly, talks about the character's internal struggle throughout the movies, and still has the flavour of the greatest Radiohead songs. I really hope they get another chance at Bond

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@joelkulesha8284

2 years ago

Jesus the editing on this. This video must have taken forever! Mad respect!

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@TheInfiniteSheldon

11 months ago

"The World is Not Enough" is one of the best villain themes out there, and remains my favorite Bond theme.

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@ToeCutter454

1 year ago

Portishead's "All Mine" is one that i say is absolutely Bond theme worthy and definitely needs to be used but i've never seen anyone talk about.

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@steezystudio

2 years ago

Radiohead's Spectre just makes me want to move. So beautiful

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@joewadsworth1760

2 years ago

I'd read somewhere that they pulled the Radiohead version as late as after the animated opening credit sequence had been made, that's why the two fit together perfectly. You can find it on YouTube lined up with the exisiting title credits. What a waste!

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@MrDynamite2002

8 months ago

absolute criminal shame that this wasnt used, was a big Radiohead fan and found out about this a few years after it happened and was awestruck, one of my favorites.

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