10 (5) rejected James Bond themes by surprisingly great artists

[mayjailer]

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[luvthatdrtywata]

Garbage’s theme was the best by far. It does not get enough love at all.

[bellwetherr]

garbage's take was amazing

[veggie]

it's SOOOO GOOOOOOD, i love garbage so much

[nutella_forever]

It’s definitely the best, I love it so much!

[crazylike_afox]

My favorite is Carly Simon's.

[diocharl]

A classic

[williammiller]

I love Carly Simon

[archersangel]

I love that song.

[video_drome]

I loooove Radiohead's Spectre. It's beautiful

[justleilah]

I really appreciate that they/Thom Yorke perform it live now and then.
The playlist of rejected Bond artists looks better than the ones they kept...

[video_drome]

Same here! I would love to hear it live one day

Yeah, there really are some good ones that were rejected!

[bellwetherr]

oh i always thought the duran duran song WAS the theme that year lol

[kansascshuffle]

Duran Duran had A View To a Kill. The one in the post is pretty bad...

[bellwetherr]

lmao whoops!

[anterrabre]

They did the theme for "A View to a Kill" not that one.

[scriptedending]

It's still wild to me that they'd turn down a theme from Radiohead. So glad that other films had better sense, Thom Yorke's Suspiria soundtrack is amazing.

Idk if I have a favorite - I like a few of them - but I recently rewatched Casino Royale and Chris Cornell's theme is catchy AF, it's still rattling around in my head.

[ladyserenity84]

Yeah - "You Know My Name" is a great song. Another cover of that song that I think was done well was by Poets of the Fall, slightly different arrangement though.