This is all over the Internet. I swear, I go to sleep, I wake up, there’s fifty of these in my inbox:
British rockers DURAN DURAN are planning on teaming up with superproducer MARK RONSON to record a second BOND theme - 23 years after releasing the title track to A VIEW TO A KILL.
The band recently chose Ronson to remix a string of their hit singles and will be performing a one-off gig with Ronson in Paris, France on Wednesday (02Jul08) night.
And keyboardist Nick Rhodes insists they are keen to collaborate with the 32-year-old again - on a theme tune for forthcoming James Bond movie Quantum of Solace.
He says, “We’d love to collaborate with Mark on a single for the next Bond film. With him we may even surpass A View To A Kill.”Speculation about who will sing the title track to the new 007 movie has been rife - with rumours that Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis and Beyonce Knowles are all being considered for the job.
So, weird things here. First, Nick Rhodes saying he’d like to is not the same as Duran Duran actually being considered. Second, this is Mark Ronson, who also produces Amy Winehouse and seems to have been behind the rumor that she was in the studio recording a Bond song. Third, Winehouse is no longer even rumored to be in consideration, but that’s a small point.
So is it happening? I doubt it. It looks like a way that Ronson is promoting his work; it worked for Winehouse so he’s going back to the well.
Not that I don’t think it’s cool.




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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackNot that I think there’s a chance in hell that it would happen, given the need to market every possible second of a movie somehow, but I would love to see them go “old school movie” and scrap the opening song… go with something instrumental, if you need music, but there hasn’t been a good song since “For Your Eyes Only” (and there were plenty of dogs in there).
Oh, I totally disagree. First of all, I think A View to a Kill is a better song today than it was in 1987, when it was drowning in a sea of Duran Duran all over the frickin radio. The Living Daylights is a good song, and Tina Turner’s kickass GoldenEye is possibly my favorite.
I actually like all the 90s entries. I know many people hate Sheryl Crow’s Tomorrow Never Dies, and that’s understandable, but I like it. k.d. laing’s end title song Surrender is much better, and should have been the title song (almost was). I love The World is Not Enough.
Die Another Day grew on me. Sorry but it did. You Know My Name never did and never will.
I love the title songs. They’ve been an integral part of the films since 1964. I love the whole notion. There are so many wonderful artists who could do it. I think, off the top of my head, Rob Thomas or Cowboy Junkies would be great choices.
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