# No Time to Die theme song
**URL:** https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481
**Category:** No Time To Die (No spoilers)
**Created:** [December 22, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481 "2017-12-22T20:55:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 39
### Author:  [@simon](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/simon)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 10:19am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/767 "2020-02-14T10:19:07Z")
Newly introduced to Billie Eilish due to her and her brother writing and performing the Bond song, I had subsequently played much of her output. And loved it.
Soulful and edgy.
However, this track, for me, plays too much on ballads of before and less on the edginess of Billie herself, I believe.
It also has an element of Sam Smith’s Writing is on the Wall which I found distracting.
All in all, (with the all too important word) ‘currently’, it seems to miss the point of Billie’s involvement altogether. Albeit beautifully done.
An update in one week!
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### Author:  [@odd\_jobbies](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/odd_jobbies)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 10:31am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/768 "2020-02-14T10:31:12Z")
> [@simon](#):
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> plays too much on ballads of before and less on the edginess of Billie herself
This…
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/769 "2020-02-14T10:40:45Z")
But it conveys a basic theme of the film pretty well, I think, judging from this new trailer featuring the song.
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### Author:  [@aus89](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/aus89)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/770 "2020-02-14T10:52:22Z")
Yeah I think it basically conveys the theme well enough, but all of these songs and credit sequences have been getting more and more tied directly to the plot of the film since Skyfall so I’m not surprised it continues in that direction.
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### Author:  [@Dustin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Dustin)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/771 "2020-02-14T10:58:46Z")
It does lack a bit of crwumbal, but it makes up with daring paradise.
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### Author:  [@Dustin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Dustin)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 11:00am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/772 "2020-02-14T11:00:56Z")
This is a good observation. When you compare the recent songs to FRWL or GOLDFINGER for example, the plot seems only hazily present in the lyrics of those days. FRWL‘s sound like a very young guy inside a too deep romance. And GOLDFINGER‘s turn the character into a ladykiller.
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### Author:  [@Binder](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Binder)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/773 "2020-02-14T11:03:43Z")
> [@Dustin](#):
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> a bit of crwumbal
Haha. Yes that’s the missing ingredient!
Forgot to add: the lyrics are great.
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### Author:  [@Navy007Fan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Navy007Fan)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/774 "2020-02-14T11:05:40Z")
Giving it a second listen, and I’m liking it. I can really hear the Zimmer in the orchestration. Now we wait for the true test, its integration into the opening credits.
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### Author:  [@St.John.Smythe](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/St.John.Smythe)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/775 "2020-02-14T11:16:23Z")
I quite like it. The overal theme is great and I think it will play very well in accompanying the film itself.
As for the song, and apart from the fact that I really don’t like her voice (I hate those drawling voices which seem to be the fashion since a few years), I mainly have 2 issues:
- the lyrics are way too personal (I loved you / I was betrayed / I won’t get fooled again); it’s like it was written for a drama film.
- the rythm, although I really do like the theme, is too “slow” for an adventure movie. Not “Bondian” enough (think LALD, TLD, CR). Even SF had a quicker pace.
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### Author:  [@Dustin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Dustin)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/776 "2020-02-14T11:29:31Z")
This is perhaps the closest to a drama a Bond film can get, outside OHMSS/CR. Will be interesting to compare this against the usual template.
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### Author:  [@aus89](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/aus89)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/777 "2020-02-14T11:34:45Z")
WotW did the same thing arguably to a more cringe worthy extreme with
How do I live?
How do I breathe?
When you’re not here I’m suffocating
I want to feel love
Run through my blood
Tell me is this where I give it all up?
For you I have to risk it all
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### Author:  [@St.John.Smythe](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/St.John.Smythe)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 11:35am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/778 "2020-02-14T11:35:27Z")
> [@Dustin](#):
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> This is perhaps the closest to a drama a Bond film can get
Indeed. And this is precisely what worries me…
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### Author:  [@Binder](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Binder)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 11:35am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/779 "2020-02-14T11:35:27Z")
I wonder if they’ll turn the page on this introspective mushy stuff and go for a more LALD/CR number for B26. New beginning and all that.
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### Author:  [@sharpshooter](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/sharpshooter)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/780 "2020-02-14T11:44:59Z")
I’ve been listening to the song repeatedly and I’m liking the thoughtful darkness it has. It gets better as it goes on. I think Writing’s on the Wall had a stronger melody, but this has a better chorus and is the better song overall. I’m happy with how it turned out.
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### Author:  [@Kit4na](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Kit4na)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/781 "2020-02-14T11:48:24Z")
God I must be the only one that actually loved writings on the wall 😄 Purchased it as an LP.
As No Time To Die is a tad slower to what we are used to, I’m curious how it will influence the intro 🙂
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### Author:  [@sharpshooter](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/sharpshooter)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/782 "2020-02-14T11:53:38Z")
Zimmer is going to love integrating this into the score. Very adult, melancholy atmosphere.
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### Author:  [@mummyboy11](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/mummyboy11)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/783 "2020-02-14T12:14:29Z")
I liked it but was expecting Billie to own it a little more. Meaning, I think she overdoes that mushy, whispering voice, although she compensates near the end.
Instrumental builds a strong case of a song overall although lacked a bit more pace for my taste.
Opening credits should look great with this.
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### Author:  [@sharpshooter](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/sharpshooter)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/784 "2020-02-14T12:19:21Z")
I think it’s a slam dunk from 1.34 onwards. For a subdued, haunting song it still has that Bond swagger.
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/785 "2020-02-14T12:21:30Z")
The lyrics seem to be written from Bond´s POV - but the voice would fit with Madeleine´s.
Interesting.
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### Author:  [@PPK\_30](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/PPK_30)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/no-time-to-die-theme-song/481/786 "2020-02-14T12:24:29Z")
This is a nice little review of the song, picking up on certain bits and riffs:
> **[Billie Eilish’s James Bond Theme: Nobody’s Done It Better in Years (Column)](https://variety.com/2020/music/reviews/billie-eilish-no-time-to-die-james-bond-theme-song-review-1203503942/)**
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> Billie Eilish has officially filed her James Bond theme, and for anyone who worried that she was too young — dare it be said, too green — for the task, there was no need to worry. The 18-year-old g…
Ignore the jibe aimed at Chris Cornell, they’re talking nonsense there.
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