It's the first time a Bond theme hasn't taken the title of the movie since 1983's Octopussy - why?Īs soon as I heard Casino Royale was the title of the movie, I definitely knew I wasn't going to have those two words in the song. In fact I haven't even seen it, because I didn't want to see the song in the film until the premiere. But I wasn't involved at all in the content. The title sequence was described to me before I wrote the song, but it hadn't been done. There are the moments when you pat yourself on the back and bask in the glow of achievement - and alternately break out in a cold sweat worrying about whether you're going to be good enough.ĭid you have any involvement in the title sequence? What's it like following in the footsteps of artists like Dame Shirley Bassey, Sir Paul McCartney and Madonna? It is partially inspired by the story, as acted by him, and partially from personal feelings and experience. It's the reason why I wanted to do it, it's where the lyrics were inspired from. This is the first time that I actually sat and watched an early edit of the film, as well as having a script and a book all to go by - that's more than you almost ever get.Ī James Bond film and theme song are integral to each other in a way that doesn't exist in any other film franchise.ĭid you draw any inspiration from the new Bond star, Daniel Craig?ĭaniel Craig's Bond is where it all comes from. You've worked on a number of film soundtracks, do you watch the films before composing? I assumed that meant that they just wanted me to do what I do. Obviously 1987 was the last time a male artist sang a song - but I didn't read too much into that.

David Arnold's quote was that they didn't want the 'bird with the broken wing' type of singing.

Their attitude was that they wanted somebody who vocally would be unapologetically masculine. Cornell follows in the footsteps of artists like Dame Shirley Bassey

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