The James Bond Theme Songs Hurt/Heal Game

[TheArsenal]

Simply put: Duran Duran hurts my ears.

 

[OdoWanKenobi]

What the hell? How is A View To A Kill dying so fast? The film was garbage, but the song is one of the best Bond themes!

The James Bond Theme (Monty Norman) 11
From Russia With Love (Matt Monro) 10
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey) 11
Thunderball (Tom Jones) 10
You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra) 10
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry) 10
Diamonds Are Forever (Shirley Bassey) 10
Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings) 13 +
The Man with the Golden Gun (Lulu) 4
Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon) 11
Moonraker (Shirley Bassey) 10
For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton) 10
All Time High (Rita Coolidge) 6-
A View to a Kill (Duran Duran) 7 +
The Living Daylights (a-ha) 11
Licence to Kill (Gladys Knight) 8
GoldenEye (Tina Turner) 6
Tomorrow Never Dies (Sheryl Crow) 8
The World Is Not Enough (Garbage) 13
You Know My Name (Chris Cornell) 14

Eliminated:
21st: Die Another Day (Madonna)

 

[AJBryant]

The James Bond Theme (Monty Norman) 11
From Russia With Love (Matt Monro) 10
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey) 13 +
Thunderball (Tom Jones) 10
You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra) 10
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry) 10
Diamonds Are Forever (Shirley Bassey) 10
Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings) 13
The Man with the Golden Gun (Lulu) 4
Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon) 11
Moonraker (Shirley Bassey) 10
For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton) 10
All Time High (Rita Coolidge) 6
A View to a Kill (Duran Duran) 7
The Living Daylights (a-ha) 11
Licence to Kill (Gladys Knight) 8
GoldenEye (Tina Turner) 6
Tomorrow Never Dies (Sheryl Crow) 8
The World Is Not Enough (Garbage) 13
You Know My Name (Chris Cornell) 12 -

Eliminated:
21st: Die Another Day (Madonna)

 

[Harvey]

A View To A Kill is my least favorite of the Eon Bond films, but it has the second best theme song. I'm surprised anybody's voted to hurt it already.

I bet if you did a Batman soundtrack game, B&R would get the boot despite having a damned good soundtrack. It's all about connotations, me thinks.

The score is great, but the songs in that movie were terrible. And the songs were the only thing to ever get a legitimate CD release.

 

[IJD GAF]

C'mon now, that was one of the Pumpkins' best singles.

edit: we are talking batman, eh?

 

[Harvey]

edit: we are talking batman, eh?

Okay, okay, so I got way off-topic.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Looks like AJBryant accidentally healed two points, so the adjusted score should be as follows:

The James Bond Theme (Monty Norman) 11
From Russia With Love (Matt Monro) 10
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey) 12 +
Thunderball (Tom Jones) 10
You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra) 10
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry) 10
Diamonds Are Forever (Shirley Bassey) 10
Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings) 13
The Man with the Golden Gun (Lulu) 4
Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon) 11
Moonraker (Shirley Bassey) 10
For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton) 10
All Time High (Rita Coolidge) 6
A View to a Kill (Duran Duran) 7
The Living Daylights (a-ha) 11
Licence to Kill (Gladys Knight) 8
GoldenEye (Tina Turner) 6
Tomorrow Never Dies (Sheryl Crow) 8
The World Is Not Enough (Garbage) 13
You Know My Name (Chris Cornell) 12 -

Eliminated:
21st: Die Another Day (Madonna)

 

[The Old Mixer]

Now adding my vote:

The James Bond Theme (Monty Norman) 11
From Russia With Love (Matt Monro) 10
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey) 12
Thunderball (Tom Jones) 10
You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra) 10
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry) 11 +
Diamonds Are Forever (Shirley Bassey) 10
Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings) 13
The Man with the Golden Gun (Lulu) 4
Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon) 11
Moonraker (Shirley Bassey) 10
For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton) 10
All Time High (Rita Coolidge) 6
A View to a Kill (Duran Duran) 7
The Living Daylights (a-ha) 11
Licence to Kill (Gladys Knight) 6 -
GoldenEye (Tina Turner) 6
Tomorrow Never Dies (Sheryl Crow) 8
The World Is Not Enough (Garbage) 13
You Know My Name (Chris Cornell) 12

Eliminated:
21st: Die Another Day (Madonna)

 

[AJBryant]

Looks like AJBryant accidentally healed two points, so the adjusted score should be as follows:

OOPS!!

Thanks for catching that for me.


Tony

 

[nx1701g]

The James Bond Theme (Monty Norman) 12 +
From Russia With Love (Matt Monro) 10
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey) 12
Thunderball (Tom Jones) 10
You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra) 10
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry) 11
Diamonds Are Forever (Shirley Bassey) 10
Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings) 13
The Man with the Golden Gun (Lulu) 2 -
Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon) 11
Moonraker (Shirley Bassey) 10
For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton) 10
All Time High (Rita Coolidge) 6
A View to a Kill (Duran Duran) 7
The Living Daylights (a-ha) 11
Licence to Kill (Gladys Knight) 6
GoldenEye (Tina Turner) 6
Tomorrow Never Dies (Sheryl Crow) 8
The World Is Not Enough (Garbage) 13
You Know My Name (Chris Cornell) 12

Eliminated:
21st: Die Another Day (Madonna)

 

[Skywalker]

The James Bond Theme (Monty Norman) 12
From Russia With Love (Matt Monro) 10
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey) 12
Thunderball (Tom Jones) 10
You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra) 10
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry) 11
Diamonds Are Forever (Shirley Bassey) 10
Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings) 13
The Man with the Golden Gun (Lulu) 0 (-)
Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon) 11
Moonraker (Shirley Bassey) 10
For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton) 10
All Time High (Rita Coolidge) 6
A View to a Kill (Duran Duran) 8 (+)
The Living Daylights (a-ha) 11
Licence to Kill (Gladys Knight) 6
GoldenEye (Tina Turner) 6
Tomorrow Never Dies (Sheryl Crow) 8
The World Is Not Enough (Garbage) 13
You Know My Name (Chris Cornell) 12

Eliminated:
20th: The Man with the Golden Gun (Lulu)
21st: Die Another Day (Madonna)

 

[Star Treks]

Ooh, fun.

The James Bond Theme (Monty Norman) 12
From Russia With Love (Matt Monro) 10
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey) 12
Thunderball (Tom Jones) 8 (-2)
You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra) 10
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry) 11
Diamonds Are Forever (Shirley Bassey) 10
Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings) 14 (+1)
Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon) 11
Moonraker (Shirley Bassey) 10
For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton) 10
All Time High (Rita Coolidge) 6
A View to a Kill (Duran Duran) 8
The Living Daylights (a-ha) 11
Licence to Kill (Gladys Knight) 6
GoldenEye (Tina Turner) 6
Tomorrow Never Dies (Sheryl Crow) 8
The World Is Not Enough (Garbage) 13
You Know My Name (Chris Cornell) 12

Eliminated:
20th: The Man with the Golden Gun (Lulu)
21st: Die Another Day (Madonna)

May I campaign? For Your Eyes Only really isn't bad; You Know My Name really isn't memorable; You Only Live Twice has a great hook in the background; I wish the OP had included "Never Say Never Again"; and "The World Is Not Enough" has grown on me over time.

 

[Skywalker]

I love You Know My Name. I wish they hadn't gotten Shirley Bassey to sing three different themes. Goldfinger was good, but I think having a new theme song by a different artist with every movie is part of the series' charm.

 

[IJD GAF]

also Diamonds are Forever was a piece of crap song.

it is so next.

 

[Skywalker]

Well, Diamonds Are Forever was pretty bad all-around.

 

[Harvey]

The James Bond Theme (Monty Norman) 12
From Russia With Love (Matt Monro) 10
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey) 12
Thunderball (Tom Jones) 8
You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra) 10
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry) 9-
Diamonds Are Forever (Shirley Bassey) 10
Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings) 14
Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon) 11
Moonraker (Shirley Bassey) 10
For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton) 10
All Time High (Rita Coolidge) 6
A View to a Kill (Duran Duran) 8
The Living Daylights (a-ha) 11
Licence to Kill (Gladys Knight) 6
GoldenEye (Tina Turner) 6
Tomorrow Never Dies (Sheryl Crow) 9+
The World Is Not Enough (Garbage) 13
You Know My Name (Chris Cornell) 12

Eliminated:
20th: The Man with the Golden Gun (Lulu)
21st: Die Another Day (Madonna)

 

[TheArsenal]

The James Bond Theme (Monty Norman) 12
From Russia With Love (Matt Monro) 10
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey) 12
Thunderball (Tom Jones) 8
You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra) 10
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry) 9
Diamonds Are Forever (Shirley Bassey) 10
Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings) 15 +
Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon) 11
Moonraker (Shirley Bassey) 10
For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton) 10
All Time High (Rita Coolidge) 6
A View to a Kill (Duran Duran) 6 -
The Living Daylights (a-ha) 11
Licence to Kill (Gladys Knight) 6
GoldenEye (Tina Turner) 6
Tomorrow Never Dies (Sheryl Crow) 9
The World Is Not Enough (Garbage) 13
You Know My Name (Chris Cornell) 12

Eliminated:
20th: The Man with the Golden Gun (Lulu)
21st: Die Another Day (Madonna)

 

[Garth Rockett]

My two favorites have been hurt in the last two posts - it's driving me crazy!

The James Bond Theme (Monty Norman) 12
From Russia With Love (Matt Monro) 10
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey) 12
Thunderball (Tom Jones) 8
You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra) 10
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry) 10 +
Diamonds Are Forever (Shirley Bassey) 10
Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings) 15
Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon) 11
Moonraker (Shirley Bassey) 10
For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton) 10
All Time High (Rita Coolidge) 4 -
A View to a Kill (Duran Duran) 6
The Living Daylights (a-ha) 11
Licence to Kill (Gladys Knight) 6
GoldenEye (Tina Turner) 6
Tomorrow Never Dies (Sheryl Crow) 9
The World Is Not Enough (Garbage) 13
You Know My Name (Chris Cornell) 12

Eliminated:
20th: The Man with the Golden Gun (Lulu)
21st: Die Another Day (Madonna)

 

[The Nth Doctor]

The James Bond Theme (Monty Norman) 12
From Russia With Love (Matt Monro) 10
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey) 12
Thunderball (Tom Jones) 8
You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra) 10
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry) 10
Diamonds Are Forever (Shirley Bassey) 10
Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings) 15
Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon) 11
Moonraker (Shirley Bassey) 10
For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton) 10
All Time High (Rita Coolidge) 4
A View to a Kill (Duran Duran) 6
The Living Daylights (a-ha) 11
Licence to Kill (Gladys Knight) 6
GoldenEye (Tina Turner) 6
Tomorrow Never Dies (Sheryl Crow) 7 -
The World Is Not Enough (Garbage) 14 +
You Know My Name (Chris Cornell) 12

Eliminated:
20th: The Man with the Golden Gun (Lulu)
21st: Die Another Day (Madonna)

 

[OdoWanKenobi]

The James Bond Theme (Monty Norman) 12
From Russia With Love (Matt Monro) 10
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey) 12
Thunderball (Tom Jones) 8
You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra) 10
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry) 10
Diamonds Are Forever (Shirley Bassey) 10
Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings) 15
Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon) 11
Moonraker (Shirley Bassey) 10
For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton) 10
All Time High (Rita Coolidge) 2-
A View to a Kill (Duran Duran) 7 +
The Living Daylights (a-ha) 11
Licence to Kill (Gladys Knight) 6
GoldenEye (Tina Turner) 6
Tomorrow Never Dies (Sheryl Crow) 7
The World Is Not Enough (Garbage) 14
You Know My Name (Chris Cornell) 12

Eliminated:
20th: The Man with the Golden Gun (Lulu)
21st: Die Another Day (Madonna)