• Casino Royale Theme Song
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Sony Classical (88697-02369-2)

Release Date:November 14, 2006

The Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman’s Bond theme for Casino Royale became arguably his best known song, and was highly praised in the media – with one critic labelling it “the best Bond. The Cold War is an important theme in Casino Royale because it drives the main plot and provides part of Bond's motivation to become a spy. The Cold War was a conflict between the Western powers (America and Western Europe) and the Soviet Union. Listen Casino Royale (Theme) mp3 songs free online by LAFAYETTE. Download Casino Royale (Theme) on Hungama Music app & get access to Music to Watch Girls By / Casino Royale (Theme) unlimited free songs, free movies, latest music videos, online radio, new TV shows and much more at Hungama.

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Review: Casino Royale

With Casino Royale, the James Bond franchise gets a 'reboot', ala Batman Begins, and a new actor (Daniel Craig) has come in to replace Pierce Brosnan after four outings as 007. In this film, we see how Bond achieves his 'license to kill' status, and how he became the 'James Bond' that we've come to know. The plot of Casino Royale sticks pretty closely to the original Ian Fleming novel, with Bond going up against Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), banker to the world's terrorists, in a game of high-stakes poker at the Casino Royale. Apparently Le Chiffre made a few bad bets, and Bond hopes to beat him to force him into a position whereby he will have to comply with MI6 - or be killed by his terrorist backers for losing their money. Treasure official Versper Lynd (Eva Green) is assigned to work with Bond to make sure he doesn't lose at the casino, and she provides the love interest in the film. Casino Royale shows us where Bond came from, and over the course of the film, he is hurt - both physically, and emotionally.

Due to this character arc, as well as the fact that Bond hasn't yet 'earned his stripes', it's no surprising that for his fourth outing as Bond composer, David Arnold doesn't make much use of the James Bond theme until the end of the film. In its stead, we get subtle hints and nods at the theme, while being exposed to plenty of thematic material based on a song that Arnold co-wrote with Chris Cornell, 'You Know My Name'. Arnold also penned two love themes, which have a pleasing John Barry-esque orchestration.

The album starts out with 'African Rundown', an action cue with plenty of staccato brass and fast string work to remind us that it's certainly a James Bond score. The addition of ethnic percussion and plucked instruments help add a dash of flavor as well, befitting of the post-title chase sequence in Madagascar. Splashes of melodic phrases from 'You Know My Name' show up here, as well as through much of the album. A love theme for the first Bond girl, Solange (Caterina Murino) is heard in 'Solange' and 'Trip Aces', the latter of which gives us a taste of the Bond theme as well. The other love theme is heard in 'Vesper', and then subsequently in 'City of Lovers' and 'Death of Vesper', a tender melody performed primarily on strings and pianos.

There are a few times that the James Bond theme starts to peek through, but turns out to be a rendition of 'You Know My Name', allowing it to serve as an ancestor to what will be come the well known Monty Norman theme. 'Aston Montenegro' and 'Dinner Jackets' both work towards that effect, but also in 'Dirty Martini', 'Bond Wins it All' and 'Fall of a House in Venice', among others.

The longest action track on the disc, 'Miami International', showcases Arnold's action writing, without heavy use of electronic elements, a feature that divided fans in the past two Bond scores. It uses bursts of 'You Know My Name' throughout, as do the other action tracks, 'Stairwell Fight' and 'The End of an Aston Martin'. There are also a number of low key tension cues, usually heard when Bond is exploring, or playing poker at the casino ('Unauthorised Access', 'CCTV', 'The Tell', 'The Bad Die Young').

By the end of the film, Bond has gone through a lot, leaving him emotionally and physically scarred. He's had a bit of character-building in the process, and appropriately enough, he's now earned a full version of the James Bond theme. 'The Name's Bond... James Bond' is just that - a swaggering, full of bravado rendition of Monty Norman's classic melody, with all the trimmings. It's a great way to end the album.

Due to legal issues of some kind, the 'You Know My Name' is absent from the Sony Classical soundtrack, but will be released as a single on Interscope Records, making this the first even James Bond soundtrack to lack the main title song. Additionally, Sony Classical is releasing 13-extra minutes of score as an iTunes exclusive, thus allowing collectors and fans to have all the cues that Arnold recorded for the film. While many of these cues are short and repeat some material from the regular release, they do include the pre-title sequence, as well as a few dramatic and tense action moments. (We've amended our track listing above with the bonus tracks.) But if anything, the regular soundtrack release could have been a bit shorter; the album doesn't play through as solid a listen as I would have liked, but collectors and fans will be happy to have every scrap of music available.

David Arnold's score to Casino Royale doesn't break any new musical ground, but it does allow a fresh restart on the Bond franchise to successfully take hold and grow. He has cleverly given us an ancestral melody to the James Bond theme, and his music supports the film rather well without becoming over the top or weighty. With the film's 150-minute running time, and only 85-minutes of score, there are some great swaths of screen time that are quiet - allowing the actors and the story to play out. It's a shame the song isn't on the soundtrack, since it would have gone perfectly right at the end of the disc, but picking up both the score and song single should satisfy most fans.

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Posted on Thursday, May 18th, 2017 by Ethan Anderton

When James Bond returned to the big screen with Daniel Craig in the lead role of Casino Royale in 2006, the new run of 007 movies needed a theme song to bring the franchise into the 21st century the right way. Sony Pictures and MGM called upon Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell‘s signature growling singing voice to make it happen, and he created what I think is one of the better James Bond theme songs of the entire series.

Therefore, we’re sad to report that the rock musician and singer has passed away suddenly at the young age of 52 after performing with Soundgarden in Detroit last night.

News of Chris Cornell dead came from The New York Times this morning with the musician’s representative Brian Bumbrey calling the death “sudden and unexpected,” adding that Cornell’s family would be “working closely with the medical examiner to determine the cause.” Since the news surfaced, Detroit police have informed The Associated Press that they are investigating his death as a possible suicide after a family friend found him in his MGM Grand hotel room with some kind of band around his neck.

Casino Royale Theme Song Herb Alpert

Chris Cornell’s work on Casino Royale is just the tip of the iceberg that was his career in rock. He founded the band Soundgarden in 1984, but they wouldn’t find big fame until 10 years later when their album Superunknown launched them onto the charts with the singles “Black Hole Sun” and “Spoonman.” They were one of the most influential rock bands of the 1990s.

In the late 1990s, Chris Cornell began a solo career that would eventually span five albums. Though his solo career never took off in the same way that Soundgarden did, the music was just as good as you would expect from Cornell, powered by his unique voice. If you haven’t heard his outstanding cover of Michael Jackson’s song “Billie Jean,” you should listen to it right now.

In addition to his solo career, Cornell went on to form the rock supergroup Audioslave with Rage Against the Machine band members Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk. They delivered hit singles such as “Cochise” and “Like a Stone” and their self-titled debut album was nominated for Rock Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards. Sadly the band broke up in 2007, but they got back together 10 years later for a show this past January in direct protest of the presidency of Donald Trump.

The loss of Chris Cornell is a big one for the music community, and it’s even more tragic if the musician chose to take his own life. But the musician left behind a legacy of rock to inspire future generations of musicians.

If anyone you know is suffering from depression and is contemplating suicide, don’t hesitate to reach out and help them.