James Bond Theme James Bond Theme The "James Bond Theme" is the main signature theme of the James Bond films and has featured in every Eon Productions Bond film since "Dr. No", released in 1962. The piece has been used as an accompanying fanfare to the gun barrel sequence in almost every James Bond film. The "James Bond Theme" has accompanied the opening titles twice, as part of the medley that opens "Dr. No" and then again in the opening credits of "From Russia with Love" (1963). It has been used as music over the end credits for "Dr. No", "Thunderball" (1965), "On
Spectre (song) recorded the theme for the upcoming James Bond film "Spectre", released later that year. The bookmaker William Hill suspended bets after a customer placed £15,000 at ten-to-one odds on Radiohead. A William Hill spokesperson said: "There seem to be all kinds of rumours and the plot has had more twists and turns than a classic Bond tale, but surely nobody risks £15,000 on a hunch." Radiohead submitted "Man of War", a song they had written in the 1990s and which singer Thom Yorke once described as a "homage to Bond themes". The "Spectre" production team liked the song, but rejected