It’s Bond, James Bond Week here at For The Win, where we’ve shaken (not stirred) five days’ worth of content to celebrate the premiere of the iconic franchise’s 25th movie, No Time to Die. (No spoilers!)
We’ve done the all-important work of ranking every Bond film, but it’s now time to rank another vital part of the franchise: The theme songs that accompany every movie within the canon (shoutout to the original Casino Royale theme song by Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass that led to Peyton Manning dancing on SNL, but sorry, not canon). You won’t see Dr. No on here, because it’s got the original theme song, which would obviously be No. 1.
What are our criteria? Some combo of how spy movie-esque it is and if it’s actually a good listen on its own.
Here we go: