The Greatest James Bond Theme?
For the first time in a long time, I was back at the cinema last month, there to catch the new Bond movie No Time To Die , a solid and enjoyable final romp for Daniel Craig. My favourite moment wasn't primarily film related however, it was when the strings from the impossibly majestic We Have All The Time In The World started and I was struck by how beautiful this piece of music is. Much like in the film from which it first appeared, 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service , it turned out to be a reoccurring theme, with its moments of reflection and looking back. Written by regular Bond composer John Barry and Hal David - Burt Bacharach's most reliable lyricist - it has the same assured quality that many other David penned songs have such as Magic Moments, Walk On By and Say A Little Prayer. In it's original appearance, it was written as a secondary theme for certain moments throughout ONHSS rather than opening the film; Barry felt that given it's long title, it