Lana Del Rey shared that her James Bond theme song was turned down by producers. We take a look at some of the other recording artists who shared a similar fate. Lana Del Rey recently shared that she wrote a song for a James Bond film, and she was rejected by the 007 producers.
Speaking while attending the in London, the singer admitted that one of her tracks, ‘24’, from her 2015 album ‘Honeymoon’, was written for the fourth Bond film . In the end, it was Sam Smith’s song, 'Writing’s On the Wall', that was selected for the film – a song which would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2016. “I mean, how has that not happened yet?” Del Rey replied when asked by BBC if she would consider writing a theme song for the franchise.
“One day, maybe ...
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.” Award-winning British artist , who won songwriter of the year at the Ivor Novellos, was shocked by Del Rey's revelation. “I can't believe she would have been rejected by them, because she just has the perfect energy for it,” RAYE said.
“I feel like she would eat that up – and I feel like that should happen in the future.” Del Rey is in good company, however. Join us as we take a trip back through the Bond timeline and pick out the 10 Bond themes that never were.
(1965), Sean Connery’s fourth outing as 007. Tom Jones - 'Thunderball' There was a lot to live up t.
