From the other thread, with some changes, and after a few more listens (of it and the other songs):
It's not bad, but it just doesn't really do anything....
Reviewing the 'modern' Bond themes (from Bosnan on) I'd place it in the bottom third. Then again, that's more an indication of the general greatness of Bond themes.
A quick ordering of the themes gives me this: (though a few of the spaces could be traded around)
You Know My Name - Chris Cornell
Skyfall - Adele
The World Is Not Enough - Garbage
Another Way To Die - Alicia Keys & Jack White
Tomorrow Never Dies - Sheryl Crow
GoldenEye - Tina Turner
Writing's On The Wall - Sam Smith
No Time to Die - Billie Eilish
Die Another Day - Madonna
Nothing will ever beat the GOAT, The World Is Not Enough.
That being said, this one is... it's fine. It's just fine.
Yup, The World Is Not Enough is the best Bond song
No build up, just stays flat until the final verse where even then it hits no real highs. Shame this is the final Craig era song, but J didn't expect much from Eilish either.
It will always be hilariously sad that they passed over Radiohead's Spectre in favour of that basic bitch song from Smith. Despite loving Radiohead, I didn't think much of Spectre on first listen, but placed over the title sequence it works so well.
Definitive Craig-era song rankings.
You Know My Name
Skyfall
Another Way To Die
No Time To Die
Writing's on the Wall
EDIT: Nah, just had a quick re-listen to Casino's theme, yeah it's #1, lol.
I guess two people yelling in opposite directions could be described as big and brashAlso RE: Another Way to Die. It's not one of the best in the pantheon of themes by any means, but it's big, spiky and brash.
They passed over Shirely Bassey for that.Another Way to Die has to be dead last of the five...it's such a discordant fucking mess, and the vocals get actively annoying.
Smith's "how do I live" falsetto is really cringey and feels out of step with the movie that it's paired with in a number of ways, but I think at least the strings sound nice.
For real. This kicks ass. Especially as a contrast to the rest of the Craig era themes, which mostly went for typical Bond maximalism. (You Know My Name will never be topped, though.)
It will always be hilariously sad that they passed over Radiohead's Spectre in favour of that basic bitch song from Smith. Despite loving Radiohead, I didn't think much of Spectre on first listen, but placed over the title sequence it works so well.
It's a good song. But no where near one of the best for Bond. But definitely not a shit tier one either.