This year's GRAMMY nominations are an eclectic, all-inclusive ensemble of nominees perfectly reflecting the wide variety of musical genres, tastes and trends that The Recording Academy celebrates. Sam Smith - "Writing’s On The Wall" (2015) There are 25 official titles in the Bond saga, and dozens of songs - some incidental, others rejected, many of them global hits. By 1965, the theme songs had become a stylized ritual of their own that stretched out the canvas on which the colors and set pieces merged together. It was the music, not the acting or special effects, that made the character of Bond human. The blueprint developed and chaperoned by John Barry - who wrote the music for the first seven outings, then returned intermittently for an additional five - infused the saga with its existential cosmovision: slightly jaded, ever cosmopolitan, at times beautiful and profound.īarry’s music made the action scenes soar, and, most importantly, added a tinge of bittersweet complexity to the improbable seduction scenes. No other cinematic franchise has been so thoroughly and completely informed by music like the 007 films. No was the first of the many spy adventures inspired by Ian Fleming’s pulpy novels.
A modestly budgeted noir shot in Jamaica, Dr. The screen bled red, the surf guitar riff of Monty Norman’s "James Bond Theme" filled the air, and a legend was born. Sixty years ago, on October 5, 1962, Agent 007 pointed his Walther PPK at the audience onscreen and fired his first shot.
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