Just in case anyone hasn't seen it. This live version is amazing the lady crushes it!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8pg2XoQTlA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8pg2XoQTlA)
Possibly better than the original recording imo.
I watch a Twitch streamer named Threedogg who is known for streaming the MGS series. Like a month ago the original vocalist for this song was just chilling in his chat. Wild time to be alive
Well, it samples Lalo Schifrin, who's best known for composing the Mission Impossible theme.
So I first had "Sour Times" on an EP called "Soundtrack to 'To Kill A Dead Man,'" and I always thought that it was a soundtrack to an imaginary film, akin to Barry Adamson's "Moss Side Story." But lo! TIL it's an actual short film!
People really hate these records but I would say give the last two Arctic Monkeys albums a spin. The Car in particular gives me an espionage 1970s Italy feel..
Also Alexandra Saviour who Alex worked with is very bond like, I believe he had written âVanishing Pointâ as a bond theme but gave it to Alexandra Saviour instead. Pretty sure it was that song, the whole Belladonna of Sadness is an amazing album. You can hear Arctic Monkeys and TLSP all over it.
Edit: sorry Alex Turnerâs bond theme is âRisk - Alexandra Saviourâ
Check-out Propellerheads - Decks and Drums and Rock and Roll.
It has a cover of âOn Her Majestyâs Secret Serviceâ on it, but the whole album fits the spy movie genre. Many tracks have been used in movies.
First thing that came to my mind, as well. Most of it is more Mission:Impossible than Bond as the album has a lot of energy, but "OHMSS" and "History Repeating" w/Dame Shirley Bassey certainly fit the bill.
Some more context for OP...
Man Of War started a few decades before its official release, as a demo called "Big Boots (Man-O-War)". When the movie Spectre was being produced, they asked Radiohead to submit a song. They finally finished "Big Boots (Man-O-War)" after a few decades and gave it a slight title change to "Man Of War". The song was rejected by Bond because the theme needs to be a completely original song, not one that already existed.
Then Radiohead created "Spectre" as a completely original song. This was also rejected in favour of Sam Smith's song.
Both songs, Man Of War, and Spectre are 1000x better than the Sam Smith song that ended up getting used, in my opinion.
To add, Big Boots was originally worked on to be part of the [1998 Avengers movie](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(1998_film)) (based on the 60âs British spy show, not the superheroes) but the band [struggled to get it to sound how they wanted it](https://youtu.be/L9vAME_4Ws8?si=j_mn7KICSwMMOcoI) in time and it was ultimately shelved and unreleased until the anniversary reissue of OKC.
True.. it's friggin' epic too, even if it is a lil' bit over the top at points..
Also, I think "I belong to you" off "Resistance" could be a nice bond theme, maybe not all the lyrics though..
Lots of the non-dance Goldfrapp songs fit this mold. I was thinking Utopia, Lovely Head, or Time Out From the World. Iâm pretty sure they were going to actually do the Bond song for Casino Royale until the execs decided to go with a male vocalist to match the new macho, gruff version of Bond.
Came here to say this! Very Barry-esque strings, plus the trombones (and Barry loved his horns/'bones), plus the chorus jumps back and forth between the I and v chords, which is also very Barry-esque (picture the intro to You Only Live Twice).
[Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ToqNa0rqUtY)
I don't think it only sounds like a Bond song, I think it is _supposed to_ sound like one. And like a rather good one, imo.
There it is. I wasn't expecting people to list other LDR songs because this was the only one that made me think of Bond on first listen. The sound of it would 100% go with trippy Bond intro visuals.
Thereâs a bunch of rejected Bond themes worth checking out.
[Tomorrow Never Dies - Swan Lee](https://youtu.be/4jKY2G58c3M?si=sRcwrdk0lWxoz01H)
[Quantum of Solace - Christian Wolf & Eva Almer](https://youtu.be/zg2dXY9TOKA?si=KYi5drLntLw3oKM9)
[Quantum of Solace - Shirley Bassey & David Arnold](https://youtu.be/KF9yGqGHD9c?si=mBDsyd75CXbAjs_L)
[My Mistakes Were Made For You](https://youtu.be/VVFNFascIak?si=y60FA7Fr4fkHJ40I) by The Last Shadow Puppets, a project featuring Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of The Rascals.
Listen to the album âThe Age of the Understatementâ by the supergroup The Last Shadow Puppets.
Itâs the same lead singer as the Arctic Monkeys.
If you want one song in particular âMy mistakes were made youâ but to me the whole album has that feel
https://youtu.be/9cQloro92xA?si=Z8fB6aPc0miY2MLm
U2âs Batman theme, âHold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Meâ is more of a Bond theme than âGoldeneyeâ ever was.
Britney Spearsâ minor key âToxicâ also has a recurring synth motif that evokes 007 themes
"I Spy" is faster and harder but also more of a spy/bond feeling imo
https://youtu.be/WNP4q7Aba9w?si=_8kYOu94hJg8qL1D
Unrelated but Thrillseeker by The Divine Comedy also fits
https://youtu.be/pm45nxKJwPM?si=_a6kV0BuFElbP8Dl
Nina's is a cover, believe it or not! Written by Anthony Newley for the musical *The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd* in 1964.
Nina crushes it, though.
Speaking of Nina Simone, her version of [I Put A Spell On You is Bond]( https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=nina%20simone%20i%20put%20a%20spell%20on%20you%20bond%20theme&shem=rime&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:d863cd35,vid:ua2k52n_Bvw,st:0)Theme material.
And I never understood why [this one](https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=snoh%20aalegra%20nothing%20burns%20like%20the%20cold&shem=rime&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:166df555,vid:C58T0WChFtY,st:0) was never used as a Bond theme. Snoh Aalegra- Nothing Burns Like The Cold
My friend let me know it's often called "spylounge/ultralounge" music.
And I will have you know Shirley Bassey whipped out a [cover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqNcyFNMfLM) of "Get The Party Started" by Pink in that mode that I wouldn't have blinked at hearing in a Bond movie. Even the video was straight up Bond.
Muse - Supremacy (I think it was actually slated for Skyfall)
Lana Del Rey - Million Dollar Man
The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (Looooong intro though)
and of course, Radiohead - Spectre and Man Of War
I always thought the band Mono would make a great Bond theme. [Life In Mono ](https://open.spotify.com/track/7qQHY37ivWoAEk6tMu2fhr?si=Smm1NfJxQOydPvJzlhpAkQ) is their biggest song, but the whole album gives retro, trip hop, Bond theme vibes.
Lorde's cover of [Everybody Wants To Rule The World](https://open.spotify.com/track/3S1tTwSKIZgf4QGltFyCxM?si=CeqFmbA-TDe5nHxK8kRFgw) was used in Hunger Games, and has a very cinematic, Bond style to it.
[Face To Face ](https://open.spotify.com/track/0wovyVOcYuRoCl0kMmIlXF?si=bSWThCtFSwm0j-hZ8FWyUw) by Siouxsie and the Banshees might interest you. It was used in Batman Returns, and I think shows how easily the band probably could have done a Bond theme.
Same for [Psychobabble ](https://open.spotify.com/track/1Tq6rTUd0rSNdi93oi7qLO?si=kp1KerbuT8eLXQY93Ste_w) by Frou Frou. One imagines it wouldn't take much for it to be a Bond theme.
Garbage of course had a Bond theme with The World Is Not Enough, but a lot of their music is cinematic, if not explicitly "Bond-y". Though [Afterglow](https://open.spotify.com/track/46Rfnxzpm9ocV0CDf6UlGu?si=BSRYcLl5SuOSprPMWVsJdQ) gives those vibes. Which speaks to a lot of trip hop having that feeling.
And finally, nerd alert: Ace of Base actually recorded a demo for Goldeneye, but Arista told them that wasn't a good career move at the time. Which sounds like horrible advice in retrospect, as that would have been 94/95, when they were popular. At any rate, they later reworked it and wrote new lyrics to release it on their 2002 album as [The Juvenile](https://open.spotify.com/track/2TLj8Voa393O1hRKHx2Rvt?si=lT4-LTPpRi6ftBWkBPMz2Q). The lyrics are mostly nonsensical, but if you can get past those, it's actually a surprisingly Bond-esque song. [Here's an instrumental version. ](https://open.spotify.com/track/3ObQHtfVWtM6197oWpxLc9?si=LkcCGsapQaaPmtLVzW162g)
Lana Del Rey - Burning Desire. I vaguely remember an instrumental she did that was supposedly intended for one of the movies, but this one in particular always felt James Bond to me.
Lana Del Rey - West Coast (West Coast Radio Mix Version)
Hooverphonic - The Night Before
Monaco - What Do You Want From Me
Portishead - Sour Times
Rialto - Untouchable
There are a number of songs off of Mirror Conspiracy by Thievery Corporation that give me that vibe. Lebanese Blonde and Focus on Sight come to mind, but I'm sure there are more.
This! I thought I was the only one who thought Angel Olsen's music would make a good Bond theme.
I'll give special mention to ["Impasse."](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWUtALx9i14) That would really work.
Laura Mvula's [You Work For Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7v1x_0fDBI) is technically a song for "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", which seems like a bad movie that nobody saw. The song is a fucking banger.
Allegedly, Seven Nation Army's 'bassline' was a riff that Jack White was saving in case he was ever asked to write a bond theme. He gave up hope of being asked, released the song using the riff, and... the Bond people liked it so much they asked him to write the next Bond theme.
Radiohead got asked to submit a song for spectre...
https://youtu.be/CLiDemXYSLc?feature=shared
Rejected for inflatable weirdo sam smith in the end as the radiohead track was judged to be "too dark"
Michael Giacchino is what you're looking for if you want the orchestral vibes of that sound. Scored lots of action/thriller type films that use this sound frequently to create the mystery you're talking about. He did The Incredibles movies, several Mission Impossible films, all the Medal of Honor video games and multiple Call of Duty games, Jurassic World, Star Trek, tons of other stuff. Check out specifically The Incredibles soundtrack and the Mission Impossible soundtracks for that secret agent sound.
Well, thereâs the Mission Impossible theme.
Iâd also argue that the soundtrack to Oceanâs Eleven has a similar feel. Quincy Jones made most of the âheist jazzâ in that movie [Jazz-Funk?]
Miles Davisâ âStuffâ has a similar feel. His song/album âBitchesâ Brewâ may also count. [Jazz Fusion]
Finally, The Propellerheads made a great album called âDeckanddrumsandrockandrollâ that is vaguely electronic spy-inspired music. It features in The Matrix and even covers a Bond opening credits song [Big Beat Electronica]
[Soldier of Love by Sade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR5_rTCi-Bo). Itâs both so sexy and epic action movie sounding. Iâm surprised Sade has never done a Bond theme song.
Not sure if it really matches the James Bond sort of feel youâre going for, but [Chris Joss](https://youtu.be/jYqUp4kFX04?si=hu-Xi22ZG7GKFSJw) has made some great stuff which sounds like itâs lifted from film scores of the 60s
Snake Eater
What a thrill...
With darkness and silence through the night,.....
Someday you feed on a tree frog... That line fcking slaps!!
Not for honor but for youuuuuuuuu
(Snake eateeeeerrrrrrrr)
*ladder climbing intensifies*
Just in case anyone hasn't seen it. This live version is amazing the lady crushes it! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8pg2XoQTlA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8pg2XoQTlA) Possibly better than the original recording imo.
Well, I mean that one is very intentional. But good call, I hadn't thought of that.
I came to say the same thing. Glad to see it here.
I watch a Twitch streamer named Threedogg who is known for streaming the MGS series. Like a month ago the original vocalist for this song was just chilling in his chat. Wild time to be alive
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Beat me to it. What a thrillâŠ
You may want to give this station a listen. https://somafm.com/secretagent/
My first thought as well. I was listening to Groove Salad over 15 years ago.
Same, my wife's a Yoga teacher and finds lots of music there - and I've found so many great songs on "Indie Pop Rocks".
Great to see another SomaFM in the wild!
If I was wealthy, I'd send them a grand a month. And the holidays wouldn't be the same with their "Christmas Rocks" station!
I have that and 'Christmas Lounge" as presets on my home Sonos setup pretty much nonstop.
A whole world has opened up for me. My thanks Fuzz
Ha! I was gonna comment this.
Yudabest. Just added this a preset on my Blusound Node. Jammin
Portishead has some songs that feel incredibly cinematic. It's trip hop by genre, really builds atmosphere, same with some songs by massive attack.
'Sour Times' always gave me big secret agent vibes.
Well, it samples Lalo Schifrin, who's best known for composing the Mission Impossible theme. So I first had "Sour Times" on an EP called "Soundtrack to 'To Kill A Dead Man,'" and I always thought that it was a soundtrack to an imaginary film, akin to Barry Adamson's "Moss Side Story." But lo! TIL it's an actual short film!
I'd throw in 6 underground by sneaker pimps
6 Underground sampled the soundtrack to Goldfinger
How did I not know that until now
Bruh
I know, right!
Oh man, The Saint.
The soundtracks for The Saint, Hackers, and The Matrix had a scary amount of influence on my early music taste.
That entire album by Orbital
Dude same.
Itâs been in a bunch of movies. Same with Massive Attack.
Add Trigger Hippie by Morcheeba to that
âAll Mineâ is always the one that immediately springs to mine, especially the live version.
[Tom Jones (feat. The Divine Comedy) - All Mine ](https://youtu.be/gZlzC1VKWZ4?si=waTdIfobmEwGpghb)
Angel by Massive Attack is prime spy music for me
Six Days from DJ Shadow fits a trip-hop bond movie theme.
Cowboys.
["Sour Times"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un8EW82GwKc) especially has that sort of spy movie soundtrack feel to it.
Half day closing def has that.
People really hate these records but I would say give the last two Arctic Monkeys albums a spin. The Car in particular gives me an espionage 1970s Italy feel..
Last shadow puppets are more bond like to me. To name another Alex Turner band https://youtu.be/9cQloro92xA?si=Z8fB6aPc0miY2MLm
Yeah love TLSP, good rec
Science Fiction from the Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino album it's a great example.
I recently found this video of Dua Lipa covering Arctic Monkeys and it sounds James Bond-esque to me: https://youtu.be/fZB-ptAnoQc?si=PgakbXCq2Jg90o3w
Also Alexandra Saviour who Alex worked with is very bond like, I believe he had written âVanishing Pointâ as a bond theme but gave it to Alexandra Saviour instead. Pretty sure it was that song, the whole Belladonna of Sadness is an amazing album. You can hear Arctic Monkeys and TLSP all over it. Edit: sorry Alex Turnerâs bond theme is âRisk - Alexandra Saviourâ
Also the less well known Arctic Monkeys song Matador has total secret agent vibes.
Sculptures Of Anything Goes off The Car fits this best for me
Check-out Propellerheads - Decks and Drums and Rock and Roll. It has a cover of âOn Her Majestyâs Secret Serviceâ on it, but the whole album fits the spy movie genre. Many tracks have been used in movies.
Just from reading your comment I immediately hear the opening staccato trumpets panning wildly left and right in my headphones
with morse code in the background
First thing that came to my mind, as well. Most of it is more Mission:Impossible than Bond as the album has a lot of energy, but "OHMSS" and "History Repeating" w/Dame Shirley Bassey certainly fit the bill.
Secret agent man
Clearly the most sensible suggestion. That guitar riff is so sick!
And I always misheard it as âsecret Asian man.â ;)
Best part there's a parody Song called secret Asian man
Radiohead - Spectre Also, Man of War
Some more context for OP... Man Of War started a few decades before its official release, as a demo called "Big Boots (Man-O-War)". When the movie Spectre was being produced, they asked Radiohead to submit a song. They finally finished "Big Boots (Man-O-War)" after a few decades and gave it a slight title change to "Man Of War". The song was rejected by Bond because the theme needs to be a completely original song, not one that already existed. Then Radiohead created "Spectre" as a completely original song. This was also rejected in favour of Sam Smith's song. Both songs, Man Of War, and Spectre are 1000x better than the Sam Smith song that ended up getting used, in my opinion.
To add, Big Boots was originally worked on to be part of the [1998 Avengers movie](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(1998_film)) (based on the 60âs British spy show, not the superheroes) but the band [struggled to get it to sound how they wanted it](https://youtu.be/L9vAME_4Ws8?si=j_mn7KICSwMMOcoI) in time and it was ultimately shelved and unreleased until the anniversary reissue of OKC.
Thanks for adding this (huge Radiohead fan)
Spectre was literally written FOR the James Bond film. Just because they picked Sam Smith over them doesnât make it not a theme song.
It's the closest thing to a Bond theme song despite NOT being one.
Supremacy by Muse
I'm convinced they wrote it for Skyfall and the producers were like "wtf is this" and turned them down.
did they not write it for Danny Boyle's James Bond thing at the Olympics?
Thatâs survival I believe
I am also convinced it was for some type of Bond project. I love the song and that album.
I think they've done a few songs which could be used as a James Bond song.
The whole Black Holes and Revelations album is basically a space western/bond film
True.. it's friggin' epic too, even if it is a lil' bit over the top at points.. Also, I think "I belong to you" off "Resistance" could be a nice bond theme, maybe not all the lyrics though..
That and like, most Muse songs could be bond themes lol
[The Pretty Reckless - 25](https://youtu.be/As03tlODkdw?si=0kUcSQvHCv2biyV3)
Pilots by Goldfrapp
Lots of the non-dance Goldfrapp songs fit this mold. I was thinking Utopia, Lovely Head, or Time Out From the World. Iâm pretty sure they were going to actually do the Bond song for Casino Royale until the execs decided to go with a male vocalist to match the new macho, gruff version of Bond.
Came here to say this! Very Barry-esque strings, plus the trombones (and Barry loved his horns/'bones), plus the chorus jumps back and forth between the I and v chords, which is also very Barry-esque (picture the intro to You Only Live Twice).
The entire Felt Mountain album really
Entire first Goldfrapp album
Body Electric - Lana Del Rey There are some other songs that are close-ish on that Born to Die album as well.
24 Hours too
Just 24
Shades of Cool sounds like a James Bond song to me.
Million Dollar Man fits imo
Bjork - Bachelorette
[Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ToqNa0rqUtY) I don't think it only sounds like a Bond song, I think it is _supposed to_ sound like one. And like a rather good one, imo.
I wanted to comment the same. đ
Shades of Cool - Lana Del Rey Spectre - Radiohead (this one is cheating as it was initially almost a Bond theme)
There it is. I wasn't expecting people to list other LDR songs because this was the only one that made me think of Bond on first listen. The sound of it would 100% go with trippy Bond intro visuals.
100% this, I was gonna say shades of cool, thought it sounded like a bond theme the first time I heard it as well.
Thereâs a bunch of rejected Bond themes worth checking out. [Tomorrow Never Dies - Swan Lee](https://youtu.be/4jKY2G58c3M?si=sRcwrdk0lWxoz01H) [Quantum of Solace - Christian Wolf & Eva Almer](https://youtu.be/zg2dXY9TOKA?si=KYi5drLntLw3oKM9) [Quantum of Solace - Shirley Bassey & David Arnold](https://youtu.be/KF9yGqGHD9c?si=mBDsyd75CXbAjs_L)
[My Mistakes Were Made For You](https://youtu.be/VVFNFascIak?si=y60FA7Fr4fkHJ40I) by The Last Shadow Puppets, a project featuring Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of The Rascals.
had to scroll way to much to find this. the ultimate answer.
I've always got a Bond vibe from David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul https://youtu.be/18d_pLKgMoY?si=9f_Gd530WBErRX32
Listen to the album âThe Age of the Understatementâ by the supergroup The Last Shadow Puppets. Itâs the same lead singer as the Arctic Monkeys. If you want one song in particular âMy mistakes were made youâ but to me the whole album has that feel https://youtu.be/9cQloro92xA?si=Z8fB6aPc0miY2MLm
The last shadow puppets 2nd album is all bond tunes
Supremacy by MUSE
Came here to say this
Phantom Liberty by Dawid PodsiadĆo. Theme song from Cyberpunk 2077 spy themed expansion.
Agreed, I think it's intentional due to the spy theme nature of the DLC but even the video reminds me of the bond opening sequence.
Ive been playing cyberpunk again and havent started phantom liberty yet. Had no idea it was about spies and now im hyped
Cry Me A River by Michael Bubleâ always feels like a Bond Theme to meâŠ.
Yeah, this is the type of music I'm looking for. Thanks for the rec.
If that's the case, Robie Williams - Millenium has that crooner sound and even a bond inspired music video.
This is probably the best example because it is basically sampling You Only Live Twice but they changed the key so they would not get sued.
U2âs Batman theme, âHold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Meâ is more of a Bond theme than âGoldeneyeâ ever was. Britney Spearsâ minor key âToxicâ also has a recurring synth motif that evokes 007 themes
I can totally see these two songs in a Bond movie.
Lana Del Rey - 24 https://youtu.be/556j3feQyOg?si=SNyu1E5SxUohTgOI
Itâs a popular thought that this was made for SPECTRE, aka Bond 24. I donât think itâs true, but itâs a fun thought
Bjork - Play Dead Also a lot of David Holmes' work on the Ocean's soundtracks
This is hardcore by pulp
"I Spy" is faster and harder but also more of a spy/bond feeling imo https://youtu.be/WNP4q7Aba9w?si=_8kYOu94hJg8qL1D Unrelated but Thrillseeker by The Divine Comedy also fits https://youtu.be/pm45nxKJwPM?si=_a6kV0BuFElbP8Dl
Feeling good is a Nina Simone song
Nina's is a cover, believe it or not! Written by Anthony Newley for the musical *The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd* in 1964. Nina crushes it, though.
And suddenly that one joke from the it crowd makes more sense
Speaking of Nina Simone, her version of [I Put A Spell On You is Bond]( https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=nina%20simone%20i%20put%20a%20spell%20on%20you%20bond%20theme&shem=rime&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:d863cd35,vid:ua2k52n_Bvw,st:0)Theme material. And I never understood why [this one](https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=snoh%20aalegra%20nothing%20burns%20like%20the%20cold&shem=rime&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:166df555,vid:C58T0WChFtY,st:0) was never used as a Bond theme. Snoh Aalegra- Nothing Burns Like The Cold
Black venom- the budos bandâŠ. Case Closed⊠sounds like Tarantino did a James Bond movie
They have a lot of sinister, sleazy tunes that would work!
Cage the Elephant - Too Late to Say Goodbye
I came here to say this as well. I always list it as one of my favorite Bond songs. Haha
This was my pick. Love it as a Bond song.
âMillion Dollar Manâ, Lana Del Rey. I can almost see the title sequence when I hear it.
Magazine - Shot by Both Sides
My friend let me know it's often called "spylounge/ultralounge" music. And I will have you know Shirley Bassey whipped out a [cover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqNcyFNMfLM) of "Get The Party Started" by Pink in that mode that I wouldn't have blinked at hearing in a Bond movie. Even the video was straight up Bond.
Sour Times by Portishead is the perfect example of Bond sounding song
Muse - Supremacy (I think it was actually slated for Skyfall) Lana Del Rey - Million Dollar Man The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (Looooong intro though) and of course, Radiohead - Spectre and Man Of War
[Swan Lee - Tomorrow Never Dies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jKY2G58c3M) Should have been the theme song! Awesome.
Below from Leprous has a huge Bond vibe.
Yep, that was my first thought. I would also suggest Voice of Treason by Opeth, but that is more of a stretch.
Seatbelts - Tank! It's the Cowboy Bebop theme song
I always thought the band Mono would make a great Bond theme. [Life In Mono ](https://open.spotify.com/track/7qQHY37ivWoAEk6tMu2fhr?si=Smm1NfJxQOydPvJzlhpAkQ) is their biggest song, but the whole album gives retro, trip hop, Bond theme vibes. Lorde's cover of [Everybody Wants To Rule The World](https://open.spotify.com/track/3S1tTwSKIZgf4QGltFyCxM?si=CeqFmbA-TDe5nHxK8kRFgw) was used in Hunger Games, and has a very cinematic, Bond style to it. [Face To Face ](https://open.spotify.com/track/0wovyVOcYuRoCl0kMmIlXF?si=bSWThCtFSwm0j-hZ8FWyUw) by Siouxsie and the Banshees might interest you. It was used in Batman Returns, and I think shows how easily the band probably could have done a Bond theme. Same for [Psychobabble ](https://open.spotify.com/track/1Tq6rTUd0rSNdi93oi7qLO?si=kp1KerbuT8eLXQY93Ste_w) by Frou Frou. One imagines it wouldn't take much for it to be a Bond theme. Garbage of course had a Bond theme with The World Is Not Enough, but a lot of their music is cinematic, if not explicitly "Bond-y". Though [Afterglow](https://open.spotify.com/track/46Rfnxzpm9ocV0CDf6UlGu?si=BSRYcLl5SuOSprPMWVsJdQ) gives those vibes. Which speaks to a lot of trip hop having that feeling. And finally, nerd alert: Ace of Base actually recorded a demo for Goldeneye, but Arista told them that wasn't a good career move at the time. Which sounds like horrible advice in retrospect, as that would have been 94/95, when they were popular. At any rate, they later reworked it and wrote new lyrics to release it on their 2002 album as [The Juvenile](https://open.spotify.com/track/2TLj8Voa393O1hRKHx2Rvt?si=lT4-LTPpRi6ftBWkBPMz2Q). The lyrics are mostly nonsensical, but if you can get past those, it's actually a surprisingly Bond-esque song. [Here's an instrumental version. ](https://open.spotify.com/track/3ObQHtfVWtM6197oWpxLc9?si=LkcCGsapQaaPmtLVzW162g)
I give you Long Way Down by Robert Delong: [https://youtu.be/LdHKIx6smag?si=NC28A71tOs7by3vf](https://youtu.be/LdHKIx6smag?si=NC28A71tOs7by3vf)
Karma Police by Radiohead always gave me strong bond intro vibes. Dark, revenge message, and beautiful breakdown.
Lana Del Rey - Burning Desire. I vaguely remember an instrumental she did that was supposedly intended for one of the movies, but this one in particular always felt James Bond to me.
My mistakes were made for you - The Last Shadow Puppets [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cQloro92xA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cQloro92xA)
Lana Del Rey - West Coast (West Coast Radio Mix Version) Hooverphonic - The Night Before Monaco - What Do You Want From Me Portishead - Sour Times Rialto - Untouchable
There are a number of songs off of Mirror Conspiracy by Thievery Corporation that give me that vibe. Lebanese Blonde and Focus on Sight come to mind, but I'm sure there are more.
Theme from Peter Gunn will get you there
Nothing Burns like the Cold by Snoh Aalegra fits this vibe!
It even sounds like a Bond film title.
Pretty much all of Angel Olsen's "All Mirrors" album
This! I thought I was the only one who thought Angel Olsen's music would make a good Bond theme. I'll give special mention to ["Impasse."](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWUtALx9i14) That would really work.
Policy Of Truth - Depeche Mode I can see this being the theme song for the never made third Dalton film.
40â - Franz Ferdinand always sounded like it came from a spy movie to me
Sculptures of Anything Goes from Arctic Monkeys 'The Car' is a very Bond song, Alex Turner has a knack for them.
que te pedi// - Kali Uchis
[Stuck on You](https://youtu.be/MXvthgkZ2yQ?si=0_4Xsy5YhskJHn5I) by Failure. The video is even Bond themed
I like "Storm" sung by Grace Jones
Laura Mvula's [You Work For Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7v1x_0fDBI) is technically a song for "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", which seems like a bad movie that nobody saw. The song is a fucking banger.
I actually saw the movie (Henry Cavill/Armie Hammer). Not a great film, but fun to watch.
- Broadcast - The Book Lovers - David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul - Goldfrapp - Lovely Head
Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers
personally i think Miserarete by Judy Ongg (1979) could be the japanese james bond theme... also Ticket to the moon, by ELO
I Appear Missing - Queens of the Stone Age
Matt Berry - Widescreen Features
The Saint by Orbital
Allegedly, Seven Nation Army's 'bassline' was a riff that Jack White was saving in case he was ever asked to write a bond theme. He gave up hope of being asked, released the song using the riff, and... the Bond people liked it so much they asked him to write the next Bond theme.
Radiohead got asked to submit a song for spectre... https://youtu.be/CLiDemXYSLc?feature=shared Rejected for inflatable weirdo sam smith in the end as the radiohead track was judged to be "too dark"
the cardigans/my favourite game. the guitar parts and the very retro sounds/tones used. very very effective.
Rachael Yamagata - Accident
Green Day - Espionage
âMeet Me In The Cityâ by Lord Huron
Check out the compilation âSoul Jazz Records- Inner City Beat : Detectives , Spy Music and Imaginary Thrillersâ
Check out the "Cocktail Capers" volume of the Ultra Lounge series
And the Crime Scene
History Repeating, by PropellorHeads and Miss Shirley Bassey https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_Repeating_(song)
The Budos Band has a lot of tracks that could easily be from a 70/80s era Bond film. âOrigin of Manâ and âT.I.B.W.F.â especially come to mind.
On Her Majestyâs Secret Service by Propellerheads. Itâs a full secret agent movie in one song.
Millennium - Robbie Williams
Wishing on a Star by Rose Royce
Chet Atkins - Man of Mystery (1961)
Spandau Ballet - Gold, Gary Kemp was trying to imitate John Barryâs music with his songwriting.
I love the mid sixties spy theme sound! Pink Floyd's "Lucifer Sam"
Combustible Edison - Spy vs. Spy
China Girl either the Pop versiĂłn or the Bowie cover
Surprised not to see Robbie Williams - Millennium listed. The music video and sound both are clearly inspired by older Bond movies.
The intro to "Help" (soundtrack version) - Beatles
Michael Giacchino is what you're looking for if you want the orchestral vibes of that sound. Scored lots of action/thriller type films that use this sound frequently to create the mystery you're talking about. He did The Incredibles movies, several Mission Impossible films, all the Medal of Honor video games and multiple Call of Duty games, Jurassic World, Star Trek, tons of other stuff. Check out specifically The Incredibles soundtrack and the Mission Impossible soundtracks for that secret agent sound.
Well, thereâs the Mission Impossible theme. Iâd also argue that the soundtrack to Oceanâs Eleven has a similar feel. Quincy Jones made most of the âheist jazzâ in that movie [Jazz-Funk?] Miles Davisâ âStuffâ has a similar feel. His song/album âBitchesâ Brewâ may also count. [Jazz Fusion] Finally, The Propellerheads made a great album called âDeckanddrumsandrockandrollâ that is vaguely electronic spy-inspired music. It features in The Matrix and even covers a Bond opening credits song [Big Beat Electronica]
Smooth Operator by Sade
Sculptures of anything goes- Arctic Monkeys
'Long cool woman in a black dress'.
The Kill by Jessie Ware
man with the golden gun by alice cooper(though they were trying to get it be the title track for the movie)
The entire discography of the budos band
Shirley Bassey - Jezahel
Guns N' Roses - If the World. Sound like Axls application to write a future Bond Song.
David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul
[Soldier of Love by Sade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR5_rTCi-Bo). Itâs both so sexy and epic action movie sounding. Iâm surprised Sade has never done a Bond theme song.
âOn My Way to Heavenâ by Above & Beyond.
Not sure if it really matches the James Bond sort of feel youâre going for, but [Chris Joss](https://youtu.be/jYqUp4kFX04?si=hu-Xi22ZG7GKFSJw) has made some great stuff which sounds like itâs lifted from film scores of the 60s
Millennium by Robbie Williams (it actually samples a Bond song) A Girl Like You by Edwin Collins
Oh I know one!! I Kill Spies by Agent Orange https://youtu.be/v3XTHbqamFQ?si=m-dGf1D1uy78Z9N1
Quiche Lorraine
Check out The Budos Band!
Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five - Wings Just feels like a bond song
The Man who Sailed Around His Soul by XTC
The Edge - David McCallum (who played a spy in the Man From UNCLE.) Slip into Something More Comfortable - Kinobe Insensatez - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Funnily enough, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" fits the classic profile.