James Bond Music
The James Bond series of films from Eon Productions has had numerous signature tracks over the years, many of which are now considered classic pieces of cinematic music. The best known of these pieces of music is the ubiquitous "James Bond Theme." Many other pieces of instrumental music have also become identified with the series, such as "The 007 Theme", "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" theme, and various songs such as Shirley Bassey's "Goldfinger", "Diamonds Are Forever", and "Moonraker", Duran Duran's "A View To A Kill", Nancy Sinatra's "You Only Live Twice", Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die", Tina Turner's "GoldenEye", Carly Simon's "Nobody Does it Better", a-ha's "The Living Daylights", Sheena Easton's "For Your Eyes Only", Madonna's "Die Another Day" and, most recently, Adele's "Skyfall".
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