Lana Del Rey desires the 4-1-1 on the subsequent 007 soundtrack.
The singer/songwriter advised the BBC that she initially penned a part of her track “24” for 2015 Bond installment “Spectre,” starring Daniel Craig. Nevertheless, Sam Smith’s “Writing’s On the Wall” was chosen because the movie‘s theme track, and it went on to win the Academy Award for Greatest Authentic Track in 2016.
“I wrote that for them,” Del Rey stated whereas singing the refrain of “24” from her 2015 album “Honeymoon,” earlier than referencing Smith. “However Sam, you probably did an exquisite job, actually. No, I’m simply kidding!”
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Del Rey beforehand advised NME that she “wasn’t requested” to write down a track for “Spectre,” saying on the time, “I might’ve executed it if I used to be requested however I wasn’t requested. I really like all the Bond music that’s been put out over time and I really like soundtracks typically.” She acknowledged that each “24” and “Swan Track” do “have a Bond really feel” to them.
With the vibe down, Del Rey wonders why her music hasn’t been in a Bond movie by now: “I imply, how has that not occurred but?” she stated.
“Sooner or later, possibly… Most likely not,” Del Rey continued. “However I’m going to proceed to do my little Nancy Sinatra factor now and again and simply faux it’s the title monitor.”
It’s not too late. The franchise is ready to be rebooted, and it’s rumored that Aaron Taylor-Johnson will probably be taking over the long-lasting lead function.
“Spectre” wouldn’t have been Del Rey’s first movie collaboration. She famously launched single “Younger and Stunning” as the important thing monitor for Baz Luhrmann’s “The Nice Gatsby.”
Del Rey isn’t the one feminine crooner to have virtually gotten a Bond track: Producer Barbara Broccoli advised Leisure Weekly in 2022 that Amy Winehouse was approached to write down and sing a theme track for 2008’s “Quantum of Solace.” Broccoli recalled assembly with the late singer, whose life story has just lately been delivered to the display with Sam Taylor-Johnson’s “Again to Black” biopic.
“Nicely, that was a really very distressing assembly, she was not at her finest and my coronary heart actually went out to her,” Broccoli stated. She was very fragile emotionally and, you recognize, you understood how she might create such shifting materials, as a result of she has an ideal depth of feeling and it was very, very tragic. What an unbelievable expertise, what an unbelievable voice, what an unbelievable individual she was and it was very, very unhappy.”
The “Quantum of Solace” theme track, “One other Method to Die,” was recorded by Jack White and Alicia Keys as a substitute.