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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 439097" data-attributes="member: 23">Yes. k.d. lang&#039;s Tomorrow Never Dies was intended to be the opening song, and it really should have been. It was even co-written by the film&#039;s composer, David Arnold (along with Don Black, one of the writers of the Diamonds Are Forever and Thunderball themes) who worked the melody into key parts of the score (which can still be heard in the finished film). But then apparently k.d.&nbsp; wasn&#039;t considered &quot;commercial&quot; enough by The Powers That Be so her version was hastily retitled Surrender and relegated to the end.Here&#039;s <a href="https://stevepafford.com/kdlang/" target="_blank">a nice article which covers the song in more detail</a>.
[MEDIA=youtube]6zIbOL8SSCY[/MEDIA]David Arnold got the gig off the back of his 1997 album Shaken And Stirred, and I think his &quot;John Barry On Steroids&quot; sound brings something very special to the franchise that just fits late Nineties Bond perfectly. The intended title track is very much an extension of this, harking back to the Bassey belters while giving it a contemporary polish. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 439097, member: 23"] Yes. k.d. lang's [I]Tomorrow Never Dies[/I] was intended to be the opening song, and it really should have been. It was even co-written by the film's composer, David Arnold (along with Don Black, one of the writers of the[I] Diamonds Are Forever [/I]and[I] Thunderball [/I]themes) who worked the melody into key parts of the score (which can still be heard in the finished film). But then apparently k.d. wasn't considered "commercial" enough by The Powers That Be so her version was hastily retitled [I]Surrender[/I] and relegated to the end. Here's [URL='https://stevepafford.com/kdlang/']a nice article which covers the song in more detail[/URL]. [CENTER] [MEDIA=youtube]6zIbOL8SSCY[/MEDIA][/CENTER] [SIZE=4]David Arnold got the gig off the back of his 1997 album[I] Shaken And Stirred,[/I] and I think his "John Barry On Steroids" sound brings something very special to the franchise that just fits late Nineties Bond perfectly. The intended title track is very much an extension of this, harking back to the Bassey belters while giving it a contemporary polish. [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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