The Evolution of 'Bond'

The James Bond movies, have always been personal favorites of mine. I have seen every single one, from 'Dr. No' to 'Quantum of Solace.' Throughout all of the movies, one of my favorite parts was the intro where they play the theme song.

This past week, they released the upcoming movies, theme 'Skyfall' done by the amazing singer Adele. In my personal opinion I think it is amazing, and Adele is definitley the perfect singer to be singing the Bond theme.

Skyfall- Adele

I was so glad to hear that they were getting a great singer such as Adele, to sing the theme. In past years, the Bond themes have just really not done it for me. In 'Casino Royale' they had some guy I had never heard of named 'Chris Cornell' do the theme and it recieved mostly negative feedback. One because no one really knew who Chris Cornell was, and two because in the intro you expect to see hot girls dancing in the background, however in this one it was just a bunch of guns shooting spades and clubs.

Casino Royale Theme- Chris Cornell
 

I didn't think the song was that bad, I just didn't feel like it had the real James Bond feel to it like other themes have had. In my opinion I see James Bond themes as either, rock songs like what Paul McCartney and the Whigs did when they did 'Live and Let Die' which in my opinion was by far the best Bond song out of all of them. Or I see Bond songs, as a woman with an amazing voice just singing a song with sort of a mysterious tone like, Shirley Bassey with 'Diamonds are Forever'

Diamonds are Forever- Shirley Bassey

 

I personally like both styles of Bond themes, with the mysterious woman singer feel, and the rock one, (minus Casino Royale) overall though I feel like the people who worked on Skyfall did a great job of picking the perfect singer for the job being Adele. Which one do you prefer? The rock themes like McCartney's that provides for an intense feel to the movie, or the slower more mysterious themes, like Adele and Shirley Bassey's?