The second ranked list of James Bond pictures: here, by how much the theme song digs into the cool, raunchy soul of Agent 007, at least as I estimate things; and as contentious as any and all attempts to rank Bond might be, I fully expect this to be the most debated of my Bond lists. Links go to my reviews.
1. “Goldfinger”, by Shirley Bassey
2. “Skyfall”, by Adele
3. “GoldenEye”, by Tina Turner
4. “Nobody Does it Better’, by Carly Simon
5. “Diamonds Are Forever”, by Shirley Bassey
-5a. “Casino Royale”, by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
6. “Thunderball”, by Tom Jones
7. “Live and Let Die”, by Paul McCartney & Wings
8. “The World Is Not Enough”, by Garbage
9. “A View to a Kill”, by Duran Duran
10. “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”, by John Barry
11. “You Know My Name”, by Chris Cornell
12. “No Time to Die”, by Billie Eilish
13. “From Russia with Love”, by Matt Monro
14. “For Your Eyes Only”, by Sheena Easton
15. “The Living Daylights”, by a-ha
16. “Moonraker”, by Shirley Bassey
17. “You Only Live Twice”, by Nancy Sinatra
18. “Licence to Kill”, by Gladys Knight
19. “Tomorrow Never Dies”, by Sheryl Crow
20. “Another Way to Die”, by Jack White and Alicia Keyes
21. “All Time High”, by Rita Coolidge
22. “Writing’s on the Wall”, by Sam Smith
23. “Die Another Day”, by Madonna
-23a. “Never Say Never Again”, by Lani Hall
24. “The Man with the Golden Gun”, by Lulu