Paul McCartney wrote and performed a James Bond song in 1973. The former member of The Beatles wrote Live and Let Die for the film of the same name, which starred British actor Roger Moore in his first-ever adventure as 007. For the upcoming Bond film, No Time To Die, MGM bosses welcomed American singer Billie Eilish to the Bond song family, inviting her to write and perform a song of the same name for Daniel Craig’s final film as the international spy.
Finneas said: “But, musically, we went back and listened to Shirley [Bassey] and Paul McCartney.
“We wanted to make sure of that. [For] the subject matter, we focused in on the Craig quintology.”
Finneas added that he wanted to get the “Bond-esque” sound in the song.
On describing this specific sound, he said: “I think it’s harder to describe emotionally… I think it’s a cadence. It’s voicing of chords. It’s instrumentations.”
The No Time To Die song includes a first for Billie – a strong, loud note at the end o the track.
She confessed: “That’s something I’ve literally never done.
“We wanted to give the Bond song something I’ve literally never done before.”
She added: “I feel like we gave it more.”
Since the No Time To Die theme song has been released it has broken records.
It became the first track to win a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media for a film that had not been released just yet.
James Bond No Time To Die hits cinemas September 30.
The No Time To Die: The Official James Bond Podcast is out now.