What makes a James Bond theme song a James Bond theme song?
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February 13th, 2012
Whichever theme song from a James Bond movie I listen to, it is recognizable instantly.
But I can’t put my finger behind why that is the case.
Any musical Jelly that can tell me what makes these themes so recognizable?
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Cheesy formularic bullshit….yeah, that’ll be it.
Personally, I think it has something to do with the accompanying simi-naked women that always seem to be a part of the title sequence.
I’m no expert on music composition but chances are the seemingly identical arrangement or melodic signature your ear detected coud be that of John Barry’s. He did 8 scores I think. It seems the use of a symphony orchestra with grand and sweeping violin play is probably what sets Bond songs apart from others.
But I love it. This is the reason why I enjoy listening to Robbie William’s song “Millenium”. It has in it an instrumental part in violin and obviously taken from John Barry’s song from “You Only Live Twice”, which is another lovely vocal, imo.
Duh duh duh duh DUH duh
Duh duh duh duh DAH duh
Na na naaaaaa
Na na naaaaaa
Duh duh duh duh duh dah duh duhhhhhh
I really hope that helped.
@redfeather Actually it’s…
Duh ruh da ruh ruh ruh ruhhhh
Duh ruh da ruh ruh ruhhhh
Na nah na na na nahh
Na nah na na na nahhh
Duh ruhn duhn!
Duh ruhn duhn!
Dan da raran duhn
Da da dan dara rahn dun
Da da da Daraaan Dara raahhhn!
Oooo, but I have a feeling you’ll make one very hot Bond girl. Hmmm…
Just realized mine is the Mission Impossible theme. Why do I rock so hard?
The Lone Ranger theme just popped into my head.
Da da dum, da da dum, da da dum dum dum…....
@redfeather Oh, so see-? I knew there was something wrong with that! Lol.
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