No matter how directors or actors put their signature stamp on the franchise, James Bond films have a familiar formula. We can expect the opening scenes of the film to deliver on a few time-honored ...

A James Bond theme song has been praised as "better than the film it was made for" by cinema enthusiasts. The enduring franchise has recruited stars like Adele, Paul McCartney, and Shirley Bassey to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many Bond songs have become chart-toppers as well as Grammy and Oscar winners. Billie Eilish performed the song for the latest ...

There have been some truly iconic movie themes over the decades, the type so well known that you don't even have to see the movie to know where they come from. John Williams' score in Jaws is ...

With its blaring horns and twangy surf guitar, the theme music used at the start of every James Bond movie is as much a part of the franchise's iconography as exotic locales, beautiful women and ...

When you think of a James Bond theme, which do you think of? Not every Bond theme has lived up to the machismo of the franchise. Notably, the Madonna rendition was a bit bizarre; the Billie Eilish one ...

First, a little background. The 007 film series began with Dr. No, but Goldfinger — the third film in the franchise — really cemented the sound of Bond music. The film’s title song includes ...

Forget the license to kill. James Bond fanatics carry a license to argue about everything. Who’s the best Bond? Well, Connery. Obviously. But Daniel Craig’s a close second, many believe. And the other ...

To celebrate James Bond's 50 years onscreen -- and Adele's new "Skyfall" theme -- here's a ranking of the 10 highest-charting James Bond themes ever. By Jessica Letkemann James Bond celebrated his ...

From the racing guitar line of the signature “James Bond Theme” to the parade of luminaries commissioned to perform a movie-specific song, music has factored into Bond movies as much as fleet-footed ...

We have all the time in the world… to debate the relative merits of 50 years of James Bond music, as we do each time a new entry, like Billie Eilish’s “No Time to Die,” is added to the canon. And in ...