The new Bond film, Quantum Of Solace, is released on October 31st, but the theme tune by Jack White and Alicia Keys is now online in video form.
Bond themes are always a hot topic of conversation, and this one has been talked about more than most. I didn’t think it would work but it does, and spectacularly so.
Amy Winehouse was originally in the frame to sing the theme tune for Quantum of Solace but producers canned her because of her ever-increasing drug woes.
I had my reservations about Jack White and Alicia Keys eventually being chosen: they’re American, it’s a duet, they’re very different. But it actually works really well.
This may be a departure from the usual Bond theme tune, but I actually think it suits the new Daniel-Craig flavoured Bond exceptionally well. It is very modern though, meaning Shirley Bassey would be turning in her grave if she were indeed dead.
