Lana Del Rey needs the 4-1-1 on the subsequent 007 soundtrack.
The singer/songwriter advised the BBC that she initially penned a part of her music “24” for 2015 Bond installment “Spectre,” starring Daniel Craig. However, Sam Smith’s “Writing’s On the Wall” was selected because the film‘s theme music, and it went on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2016.
“I wrote that for them,” Del Rey mentioned whereas singing the refrain of “24” from her 2015 album “Honeymoon,” earlier than referencing Smith. “But Sam, you did a wonderful job, really. No, I’m just kidding!”
You’re in good firm, Lana: Radiohead additionally had a scrapped “Spectre” theme music.
Del Rey beforehand told NME that she “wasn’t asked” to put in writing a music for “Spectre,” saying on the time, “I would’ve done it if I was asked but I wasn’t asked. I love all of the Bond music that’s been put out over the years and I love soundtracks in general.” She acknowledged that each “24” and “Swan Song” do “have a Bond feel” to them.
With the vibe down, Del Rey wonders why her music hasn’t been in a Bond movie by now: “I mean, how has that not happened yet?” she mentioned.
“One day, maybe… Probably not,” Del Rey continued. “But I’m going to continue to do my little Nancy Sinatra thing every now and then and just pretend it’s the title track.”
It’s not too late. The franchise is about to be rebooted, and it’s rumored that Aaron Taylor-Johnson will be taking on the iconic lead role.
“Spectre” wouldn’t have been Del Rey’s first movie collaboration. She famously launched single “Young and Beautiful” as the important thing monitor for Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby.”
Del Rey isn’t the one feminine crooner to have virtually gotten a Bond music: Producer Barbara Broccoli advised Entertainment Weekly in 2022 that Amy Winehouse was approached to put in writing and sing a theme music for 2008’s “Quantum of Solace.” Broccoli recalled meeting with the late singer, whose life story has just lately been delivered to the display screen with Sam Taylor-Johnson’s “Back to Black” biopic.
“Well, that was a very very distressing meeting, she was not at her best and my heart really went out to her,” Broccoli mentioned. She was very fragile emotionally and, you understand, you understood how she may create such transferring 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 particular person she was and it was very, very unhappy.”
The “Quantum of Solace” theme music, “Another Way to Die,” was recorded by Jack White and Alicia Keys as a substitute.
