Spectre (2015) Opening Credits With Radiohead's "Spectre"

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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
  • Leading up to the release of the twenty-fourth Bond film Spectre, rumors circulated about who would be recording the theme song for the film. Lots of names were tossed around, and many hoped that Radiohead would be chosen to create a theme, perhaps a revamped version of fan favorite "Big Boots".
    And though Sam Smith was ultimately chosen to perform the theme to "Spectre", James Bond and Radiohead fans were shocked when, on Christmas Morning, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke announced on Twitter that the band had, in fact, recorded a song for the film, but it was not selected. Yorke included a link to the song, also titled "Spectre".
    To see what could have been, I took Radiohead's "Spectre" and edited the opening sequence to fit the track. There's a few rough bits (and, in the end, I did not remove Smith's credit), but I hope you enjoy!

Комментарии • 679

  • @bakedinspiration
    @bakedinspiration 8 месяцев назад +291

    Radiohead doesn’t make music for people going through it.
    They make music for people in it.

    • @nms7872
      @nms7872 Месяц назад +5

      Im14andthisisdeep

  • @RohannvanRensburg
    @RohannvanRensburg 4 года назад +2019

    Man, it's amazing what it does to this scene.
    Rather than a generic Bond intro, it's now about Bond's brokenness, his medicating with women and alcohol, his loneliness, the husk of his former self his job has turned him into.

    • @RohannvanRensburg
      @RohannvanRensburg 4 года назад +64

      @@bibianaguadalupeislasherre9880 Modern Bond is a melancholic character and that doesn't save the chosen song for being flat and bland.

    • @QKvox
      @QKvox 3 года назад +52

      The quote “we’re more ghosts than people” - Arthur Morgan (RDR2) describes Bond very well at this stage of his story

    • @RohannvanRensburg
      @RohannvanRensburg 3 года назад +5

      @@QKvox Well said

    • @drnickriviera8677
      @drnickriviera8677 2 года назад +4

      Wow what a beautiful summary. I hope you looked the final part of the best bond epic trip.

    • @AYVYN
      @AYVYN 2 года назад +17

      Radiohead Opening: Hopelessness with boundless ingenuity. The contrast between emptiness and creation. Bond’s creativity in the midst of impossible circumstances.
      Sam Smith: “How do I live? How do I breathe?”

  • @wolfstar675
    @wolfstar675 4 года назад +1241

    This could have been one of the greatest Bond themes ever.

    • @youtubeviolatedme7123
      @youtubeviolatedme7123 2 года назад +78

      In my heart, it _is_ a Bond theme.

    • @marioescandon9682
      @marioescandon9682 2 года назад +32

      Could have been?....it is,
      and no one can change my mind

    • @AlexS-ei7kp
      @AlexS-ei7kp 2 года назад +11

      It is

    • @willslick6837
      @willslick6837 2 года назад +4

      It is

    • @markac8
      @markac8 Год назад +18

      Musically it’s genius, it’s worthy of an academy award. Mistake not using it.

  • @Megan-pn4wy
    @Megan-pn4wy 4 года назад +1095

    5 years later and I'm still salty about this song being snubbed

  • @andresblanco7257
    @andresblanco7257 4 года назад +4164

    It was a wise decision to go with Sam Smith’s Writings on the wall. A mediocre movie deserves an equally mediocre theme song. Radiohead’s Spectre is just fantastic

  • @aaronwilliams431
    @aaronwilliams431 4 года назад +834

    In an interview, Sam smith said he wrote the song in five minutes. I really don’t think he put much effort into it. James Bond producers should have gone with Radiohead

    • @anyam9330
      @anyam9330 4 года назад +66

      Well I mean yeah smiths lyrics are very surface level, you don’t really have to think about it

    • @anyam9330
      @anyam9330 4 года назад +119

      And plus Radiohead had a more interesting melody, plus they obviously put more effort into it. And it just works so well.

    • @dysonwitwer6430
      @dysonwitwer6430 3 года назад +71

      I know nothing about music but radiohead said they stopped another album to make this song.

    • @versuskid4232
      @versuskid4232 3 года назад +16

      Yeah I can tell it was written in 5 minutes it’s awful & depressing

    • @XRTVicious
      @XRTVicious 3 года назад +53

      @@dysonwitwer6430 They stopped A Moon Shaped Pool for this? They must've really really cared. That album is a modern masterpiece and while I legit love Sam Smith's Writing On The Wall, watching it first before this edited version with just a change in song made for such a different and emotional experience when it comes to this introduction, even if the film following was a letdown.

  • @mattmcglennon
    @mattmcglennon 3 года назад +1300

    Its amazing how well Radiohead's version syncs with the opening credits, like it was purged last minute and redubbed with Sam Smith

    • @asecondduck
      @asecondduck  3 года назад +227

      I think the description says the credits were reedited to the Radiohead song

    • @chessjames
      @chessjames 3 года назад +130

      1:16 "your lips" whilst a close up shot of lips, definitely edited for radiohead

    • @TheOminousFlareShow
      @TheOminousFlareShow 3 года назад +4

      It looks like an amateur student's edit IMO. The sound quality is also shat.

    • @bungersinyourarea
      @bungersinyourarea 2 года назад +24

      @@TheOminousFlareShow You just blow in from stupid town, buddy?

    • @wet0wl
      @wet0wl 2 года назад +11

      I mean, it doesn’t though. As great as this song is it does not at all match with the visuals whilst it perfectly does with Writing on the Wall. Not dissing it, just saying.

  • @alcidesprieto1967
    @alcidesprieto1967 3 года назад +622

    This sounds more Bondish than the other intro they went with.

    • @mrtom2854
      @mrtom2854 2 года назад +30

      Well it has the benefit of not being written by Sam Smith (not saying Smith is a bad singer, but he's definitely not suited to writing Bond songs)

    • @johndoe-ir5nb
      @johndoe-ir5nb 2 года назад +17

      I’ll have to disagree on that, the Sam smith has that string flourish that is super bondish, though this song is really surprisingly bondish, I would never peg Radiohead for a james bond song.

    • @samc5934
      @samc5934 2 года назад +21

      john doe nah this gotta be the most bond song ever written. It’s super reminiscent of everything I associate with bond. Writings on the wall to me is just an average pop song with a decent string flair that does nothing beyond that

    • @brezza6892
      @brezza6892 2 года назад +16

      @@johndoe-ir5nb This was an orchestral masterpiece with so many tributes to the original bond theme. Radiohead's submission was much deeper and well thought out than Sam's but, Sam is trendier, with more dramatic flare with a lot of higher pitch. They knew how to get the newer generation's attention.

    • @dashtoroya2838
      @dashtoroya2838 Год назад +1

      @@johndoe-ir5nb nah Sam Smith one is just lazy old bond theme song formula eon production repeats itself. A slow moaning voice with barely any instrumental. Compared to radio head's song, it doesn't make any sense, radiohead song describe bond's life

  • @ilikenaps312
    @ilikenaps312 3 года назад +355

    "hey siri, show me missed opportunity"

  • @ultrixsoma2736
    @ultrixsoma2736 3 года назад +328

    Radiohead song is a deep dive in Bond's mental state for what the song is depicting on the melody. It's such a fantastic song.

  • @raulp3943
    @raulp3943 4 года назад +1458

    Way better intro with this song...this could have been a Bond classic instead of the forgotten "pop hit" we ended up with.

    • @orangelarian4754
      @orangelarian4754 4 года назад +24

      it won the oscar tho

    • @anyam9330
      @anyam9330 4 года назад +98

      Fiera Orangel unfortunately

    • @RohannvanRensburg
      @RohannvanRensburg 4 года назад +118

      @@orangelarian4754 Still a forgotten pop song

    • @versuskid4232
      @versuskid4232 4 года назад +11

      Strongly agree with you a missed opportunity!

    • @bibianaguadalupeislasherre9880
      @bibianaguadalupeislasherre9880 4 года назад +32

      @@versuskid4232 This theme was rejected because it was too "Melancholic" and it wasn't eligible for the Academy award for best original song.

  • @Emily43775
    @Emily43775 4 года назад +422

    Lyrics yw: I'm lost, I'm a ghost
    Dispossessed, taken host
    My hunger burns a bullet hole
    A spectre of my mortal soul
    These rumors and suspicion
    Anger is a poison
    The only truth that I could see
    Is when you put your lips to me
    Future's tricked by the past
    Spectre, how he laughs
    Fear puts a spell on us
    Always second-guessing love
    My hunger burns a bullet hole
    A spectre of my mortal soul
    The only truth that I can see
    Spectre has come for me

    • @IndoFahmi
      @IndoFahmi 3 года назад +22

      compare it with this pop shit:
      I've been here before
      But always hit the floor
      I've spent a lifetime running
      And I always get away
      But with you I'm feeling something
      That makes me want to stay
      I'm prepared for this
      I never shoot to miss
      But I feel like a storm is coming
      If I'm gonna make it through the day
      Then there's no more use in running
      This is something I gotta face
      If I risk it all
      Could you break my fall?
      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
      Cause the writing's on the wall
      A million shards of glass
      That haunt me from my past
      As the stars begin to gather
      And the light begins to fade
      When all hope begins to shatter
      Know that I won't be afraid
      If I…

    • @gaby85
      @gaby85 2 года назад +8

      @@IndoFahmi Bond songs are an outline more or less of the plot or the character conflict. Smith’s song captures Bond’s feelings for Madeleine , his mission, and the confrontation with Spectre

    • @vrtrunky552
      @vrtrunky552 2 года назад +10

      @@gaby85 Smiths version does not sound like it’s a bond theme

    • @gaby85
      @gaby85 2 года назад

      @@vrtrunky552 How does a bond theme sounds? 🤔

    • @kazzledazzle
      @kazzledazzle 2 года назад +16

      @@gaby85 A Bond theme is unique, it's mysterious, it's supposed to fill you with adrenaline and thrill. It's supposed to make you think about the lyrics after you watch the movie and think "Oh shit, the whole thing was right there in the intro". THAT is the uniqueness of the Bond theme. It is supposed to catch the essence of an espionage film, of a Bond film.

  • @beakahd590
    @beakahd590 3 года назад +105

    The worse thing is someone would be watching spectre in 20/30 years and think what the hell is this. It would have been a introduction to radiohead. Such a crappy decision to replace it.

  • @MusicallyInclined101
    @MusicallyInclined101 2 года назад +88

    It's uncanny how well this syncs up. I wonder if they made this part while still thinking Radiohead was the choice

    • @XxPrestigeWorldWideXx
      @XxPrestigeWorldWideXx Год назад +6

      They give the bands that they ask to make the theme a time that they need to meet and the themes / atmosphere that the song needs to portray so that the animators and artist can work at the same time and the music will sync up with the visuals on screen

  • @chriss8354
    @chriss8354 3 года назад +173

    Radioheas should have be rewarded for their "Spectre". Hauntingly beautiful.

  • @johnnystir9796
    @johnnystir9796 2 года назад +175

    This may be my favorite James Bond theme ever. It took me a couple of listens, but it's fantastic and fits the titles so well. Beautiful and haunting.

    • @youtubeviolatedme7123
      @youtubeviolatedme7123 2 года назад +16

      It does take a few tries to really appreciate it. We're so used to the punch of the big band that we get shocked with something so... melancholic. This song is pleasant to listen to the same way dark chocolate is delicious.

    • @killerjg
      @killerjg 2 года назад +1

      @@youtubeviolatedme7123 like most of radiohead.

  • @victorviterbo3952
    @victorviterbo3952 3 года назад +82

    It manages to top Adele’s Skyfall as far as bond intros go. Can’t believe they didn’t go with this

    • @brettmajors69karaoke
      @brettmajors69karaoke 2 года назад

      Personall like this one and thought skyfall sucked.

    • @Kenobi_Cowboy
      @Kenobi_Cowboy 4 месяца назад +2

      Hey man. I'll say on par. I will never say anything tops Adele. Even if it's true.

  • @TSPH1992
    @TSPH1992 3 года назад +565

    The fact that they picked Sam Smith over Radiohead is a crime against humanity

    • @44Heisenberg44
      @44Heisenberg44 3 года назад +12

      A crime for picking a far far better artist? Nerd

    • @Pwwh0711
      @Pwwh0711 3 года назад +74

      @@44Heisenberg44 🤦‍♂ You're parents have done a fantastic job ref your self-confidence.

    • @Witchblades_nococa
      @Witchblades_nococa 2 года назад +11

      They’re both amazing, and tbh if this was the theme for the movie I never would have gotten to hear both.
      I just found out this was a miss for the movie, and I’m in awe because I love Radiohead.

    • @alessandro.kenneth
      @alessandro.kenneth 2 года назад +1

      @@44Heisenberg44 lol, i really hope you have a sad life

    • @jm5887
      @jm5887 2 года назад +5

      But what's worse is they soured their relationship with Radiohead so we'll likely never get a used bond song from them now

  • @josephpasquarella878
    @josephpasquarella878 3 года назад +183

    This song is too good for what Spectre was. My god radio head has always been majestic!

    • @AYVYN
      @AYVYN 3 года назад +7

      Even if the movie is average, they’re big fans of the franchise. Having a bond song is a big achievement.

  • @Bati_
    @Bati_ 3 года назад +46

    This is what happens when the director only listens to popular Spotify playlists

    • @wbiro
      @wbiro 3 года назад +4

      or bubblegum over art.

  • @joshuadownes9449
    @joshuadownes9449 3 года назад +48

    WHY the fuck did we not get this?! This is Haunting! 🙏🏻

  • @militant_daisies2194
    @militant_daisies2194 2 года назад +39

    it feels like the visuals match the Radiohead song perfectly. how the scenes change along with the song.

  • @tonyogee5622
    @tonyogee5622 3 года назад +20

    the Producers of this film, doesn't realize the dedication of radiohead's Spectre to the Bonds theme

    • @Kenobi_Cowboy
      @Kenobi_Cowboy 4 месяца назад

      I was also waiting for Portishead but that didn't happen. It's all "pop" again.

  • @Greytruth2
    @Greytruth2 4 года назад +113

    Took me a few listens but this would have been a better choice. It would stand out as a Bond theme amongst others (in a good way). Sam Smith's song was just basic and lyric wise it was a love song for... who exactly? This wasn't a film about love. It was about Bond going up against his arch nemesis. SPECTRE is a mysterious and deadly organisation, the song should have reflected that which this song does.

    • @its_clean
      @its_clean 3 года назад +3

      Erm, Spectre was most definitely a love story. Like 30% of the runtime was dedicated to stuff with Madeleine, and honestly with the silliness of Spectre (the organization) and the weak attempt to retcon Blofeld as the mastermind behind all the Craig films, I didn't mind it. Remember this is one of the few Bond films in which the female lead survives and is shown running off with Bond, and possibly the only one in which she returns as a lead character in the subsequent film.
      Doesn't change the fact that "Writing's on the Wall" is a crappy song, but not just because it's a love song.

    • @prettyaverage97
      @prettyaverage97 3 года назад +4

      "The only truth that I can see is when you put your lips to me" doesn't sound like a love song to you?

    • @killbill9847
      @killbill9847 2 года назад +2

      no Spectre was definitely about love, or more so Bond fighting internally about what he should choose "love or duty". This song represents the inner quarrel of Bond so well, it's like the song is calling his inner-self . Him wanting to move on or doing his duty, the other part running into him and wanting to choose love. The song is like "currents" moving against each other, you can feel and hear that in the way the rhythm is built. Also the way that the music become louder towards the end represents how much of a burden this inner fight becomes and also the way the instruments begin to play more "against" each other. There are also some very distinct "Bond" notes that you can recognise from the other movies hidden in the song, it's like Bond's saying "I'm still here". Very beautiful composition, but also the lyrics. They describe Jame's internal turmoil astoundingly well. Radiohead tore a piece of Bond's soul and translated that to this song

    • @minhchaupho8955
      @minhchaupho8955 2 года назад +1

      It's about love, man, that's what they went for when they made Spectre. The Blofeld plot was weak, and everything else was a mess even the 'love' story between Bond and Madeline. It could have been much better if they focused on 007 and his enemy, so Sam Smith's song was actually accurate to the plot even when it was not Bond theme. Radiohead made it better, tho, it was a shame they wasted this one.

    • @jase276
      @jase276 2 года назад

      @@killbill9847 That sounds incredibly dull and overplayed. Besides, Bond already made that decision in the first film, he chose love over duty.

  • @jamesdixon2338
    @jamesdixon2338 4 года назад +67

    this is a top 5 all time Bond song on the shelf. A lot of people lamenting Amy Winehouse never got a Bond song...it would be very disappointing to not have a Radiohead Bond song.

  • @catsubiston
    @catsubiston 2 года назад +13

    the “rumours and suspicion” gives me goosebumps everytime, they did radiohead dirty with not choosing their theme

  • @kitsoonielol
    @kitsoonielol 2 года назад +33

    This is literally the perfect Bond song, fight me

  • @davidlukey5189
    @davidlukey5189 3 года назад +53

    The movie Spectre is criminally underrated. Oh no, hold on I misread the script. The movie Spectre is criminally underwritten. The movie got the theme it deserved.

  • @clo753
    @clo753 4 года назад +137

    this has a more prominent malicious and almost melancholy tone, whilst writing on the wall is just a basic ass James Bond song it’s not significant to the pain bond feels

    • @wheatleygaming3652
      @wheatleygaming3652 3 года назад +15

      "It was a wise decision to go with Sam Smith’s Writings on the wall. A mediocre movie deserves an equally mediocre theme song. Radiohead’s Spectre is just fantastic" - Andrés Blanco, top comment on this video

    • @Kenobi_Cowboy
      @Kenobi_Cowboy 4 месяца назад

      From Casino Royale on it's all about Vesper. Everything else is a job or vengeance.

  • @Daavhimself
    @Daavhimself 4 года назад +142

    WHY. WAS. THIS. NOT. USED.
    side note - there was a guy who bet like 50 grand on Radiohead being the music act...

  • @aminlotfi8486
    @aminlotfi8486 4 года назад +233

    By far better than writings on the wall

    • @karmigero
      @karmigero 3 года назад +7

      Not a fair comparison tbh, it'd be like comparing Einstein with my high school physics teacher

  • @astroandyborgloh
    @astroandyborgloh 2 года назад +10

    Jonny's string arranging skills are amazing.

  • @tanvach
    @tanvach Год назад +7

    imagine a bond film built around this song. What a beautiful movie it would have been.

  • @alleycatmoth
    @alleycatmoth 4 месяца назад +3

    Wow it even looks like it was edited around the lyrics. Almost like this was originally going to be the opening theme and it was made with it in mind, but someone decided to switch it up at the last moment for whatever reason.

    • @owltowel7333
      @owltowel7333 4 месяца назад

      This video has been edited to fit the song.
      If you watch the actual opening with Sam Smith’s awful song on it you’ll see it’s different.

  • @CullenX
    @CullenX Год назад +7

    yeah let's pass up Thom Yorke's exquisite lyrics and vocals plus Oscar winning orchestration from Jonny Greenwood plus Grammy nominated production from Nigel Godrich for a fucking flash in the pan. Good choice, Broccoli's

  • @Ricangelo
    @Ricangelo 2 года назад +9

    Is it just me, it's giving me Sigur Ros vibe....
    A mixture of depression & hopefulness.
    So surreal.

  • @timothye.2644
    @timothye.2644 4 года назад +46

    What a missed opportunity. This song is superior to what they got now in the movie.

  • @Zamarae
    @Zamarae 4 года назад +88

    I didn’t consider James Bond themes are chosen from multiple artists even though, that makes sense-I just thought that they chose one and worked with them on the song. Anyway, besides that this sounds good in my opinion, I also just like the idea of using a band that has been around for some time. Maybe they’ll be used to write another or so I hope

    • @nomchompsky3012
      @nomchompsky3012 3 года назад +6

      Same story with Tomorrow Never Dies. The Bond producers rejected the amazing song from Swan Lee, instead picking Cheryl Crow's meh version.

    • @viktorthevictor6240
      @viktorthevictor6240 3 года назад +2

      @@nomchompsky3012
      History really does repeat itself

  • @beatsbyjoeharsley
    @beatsbyjoeharsley 2 года назад +23

    I had no idea Radiohead did a Bond theme! Honestly there's no fair comparison to this. Spot. On. Mix of tones that hit you out of nowhere that tell you about the character conflict of James Bond. Solid. Ass. Masterpiece. Radiohead getting rejected here might just be the biggest missed opportunity for any James Bond opening ever made

  • @tomaspolach8652
    @tomaspolach8652 2 года назад +16

    This theme changes the entire movie.

    • @Kenobi_Cowboy
      @Kenobi_Cowboy 4 месяца назад

      The pain in Bond, the loss, the world upside down...so much. I agree.

  • @shaunthenomad
    @shaunthenomad 3 года назад +9

    It's a crime no one in production thought of making an alternate intro with this song from radiohead, and show it to the producers before releasing the movie.

  • @swish043
    @swish043 3 года назад +54

    Goosebumps. I am honestly disgusted that this wasn't chosen for the movie.

  • @controloz3310
    @controloz3310 3 года назад +44

    I’ll never understand the choice to use that rubbish we ended up with. Radiohead’s Spectre is beautiful, opulent, elegant and perfect.

    • @Nathaniel2323
      @Nathaniel2323 2 года назад +1

      they were both great i havent even seem the movie yet. but casino royale has my favorite intro because of chris cornell

    • @bwampinho
      @bwampinho Год назад

      ​@@Nathaniel2323 Agreed

  • @notstonks432
    @notstonks432 11 месяцев назад +6

    I'm probably the only one here who does like Writing's on the Wall, but yeah this song should've been in the movie instead

  • @jackaddie7866
    @jackaddie7866 3 года назад +30

    I absolutely LOVE the chromatic phrases in this masterpiece. So sad it wasn’t picked 🥺

  • @MauricioJara
    @MauricioJara 3 года назад +15

    That moment where the best Bond song is one that doesn’t even appear in the movie.

    • @Kenobi_Cowboy
      @Kenobi_Cowboy 4 месяца назад

      I still skip over the opening credits and the kids have no idea why. I should edit in this one instead.

  • @nathanjorb
    @nathanjorb 2 года назад +9

    My God, what a song.

  • @kuddlykennen2893
    @kuddlykennen2893 3 года назад +21

    This song is what happens when you combine "Moon Shaped Pool" and "Amnesiac"

  • @aaronbanga3212
    @aaronbanga3212 4 года назад +297

    Imagine picking a song by flavour of the month Sam Smith over a beautiful song by genuine legends. Radiohead's music from 25 years ago is still miles ahead of anything recorded by anyone else since. They'll always remain exclusive because they're too much, and I'm ok with that. Makes me feel like even more of a music snob 😂

    • @marcoparada6652
      @marcoparada6652 3 года назад +1

      Be honest with yourself. This song from Thom is absolute crap.

    • @aaronbanga3212
      @aaronbanga3212 3 года назад +44

      @@marcoparada6652 well obviously I don't agree with that 🤣

    • @thomasmartin4281
      @thomasmartin4281 3 года назад +12

      I’m afraid Bond is always going to chase the radio hit now for their songs, they have been doing that for years now. I do like the new song by Billie Ellish though

    • @aaronbanga3212
      @aaronbanga3212 3 года назад +1

      @@thomasmartin4281 they surprised me with Audioslave and Jack White in recent years, was hoping they'd do it again ☹️

    • @simonlobo3836
      @simonlobo3836 3 года назад +2

      They should have used the writing on the wall song as ending theme

  • @thedoctor2871
    @thedoctor2871 2 года назад +8

    This song could've saved the movie's rating.

  • @missxchief
    @missxchief 2 года назад +7

    The greatest Bond theme there never was. I'm still salty about it after all these years tbh

  • @davechunky1108
    @davechunky1108 3 года назад +17

    Such a perfect song to match the intro. What a waste not to use it.

  • @jaybonn5973
    @jaybonn5973 3 года назад +47

    Writing on the wall has a beautiful orchestration with atonal lyrics. Spectre has a romantically disillusioned melody with ominous lyrics.
    This is what separates nice from iconic

    • @davester5234
      @davester5234 2 года назад +8

      I agree with you 100%, the melody and all on Writing on the wall is great to sing along to, but the lyrics are very, you know what they are, but Spectre’s lyrics are amazing.

  • @AngelicusImmortus
    @AngelicusImmortus 2 года назад +7

    Probably the best Bond song and the producers Fked up and didn’t use it. Crazy.

  • @AverageUser69
    @AverageUser69 4 года назад +37

    This song should have been used in Spectre. It perfectly captures the mood and atmosphere which is dark. For Sam Smith, I would rather hear the instrumental because it's epic. His lyrics don't really go well with the song.

  • @idaslpdhr
    @idaslpdhr 3 года назад +54

    I can't believe they pulled this MASTERPIECE for Sam Smith

    • @brettmajors69karaoke
      @brettmajors69karaoke 2 года назад +2

      Guess it’s some pc bullshit.

    • @kevtb874
      @kevtb874 Год назад +6

      ​@@brettmajors69karaoke no. Not everything is a decision for you to rage against. Fucking hell.
      They called Radiohead and wanted to use the 'unreleased' Man of War but it was an old song in their back catalogue and they figured they couldn't use a previously recorded song when Bond songs are always new recordings for the current movie/title. It would have been exempt from the Oscars too
      So they moved on to second choice Sam Smith only for Thom Yorke to get back in touch and explain he'd written a new song by which point the wheels were already in motion and it was too late to change course.
      Just one of those things. No motive.

  • @dougburr4192
    @dougburr4192 3 года назад +8

    I can't believe they didn't use this!

  • @weekapaugphil
    @weekapaugphil 3 года назад +13

    They fucked this up.
    When you get Radiohead to record a song for your film, YOU DON'T CHOOSE SAM SMITH! (Sam Smith was relatively new and successful after 2014, RADIOHEAD WAS ALREADY SEEN AS ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS OF ALL TIME!)

  • @guitashamilele
    @guitashamilele Год назад +3

    Thanks so much for making this.

  • @BradfordHills
    @BradfordHills 3 года назад +5

    Amazingly beautiful, soulful, contemplation of the interior. This will go down as one of the best themes that was never to be.

  • @warlockedandloaded
    @warlockedandloaded 2 года назад +5

    It drives me nuts that the theme and the title don’t match I like Sams song but this is phenomenal. I currently work at at cinema and no time to die is playing. So it’s bond theme galore. Thanks to Cinemawins for directing me to this absolute gem and missed opportunity.

  • @dach3405
    @dach3405 2 года назад +5

    If chosen, this would have been the best Bond tune in a very long time. Absolutely love this. Most other modern Bond artist just sound too plain and predictable in their songwriting. Their Bond songs don't really move me at all.
    This isn't necessarily "groundbreaking" either but to me it's still artistically on another level.

  • @yourfriendlyneighbourhoodvue
    @yourfriendlyneighbourhoodvue Год назад +2

    Sounds better and fits better with the opening credits.

  • @AYVYN
    @AYVYN 3 года назад +21

    Beautiful visuals, this could’ve been my favorite bond opening instead of my least favorite.

  • @rogersilva9910
    @rogersilva9910 4 года назад +91

    Oh my.. this is still the best damn best Bond song of all times... to me at least...

  • @andrewslaunwhite7885
    @andrewslaunwhite7885 11 месяцев назад +2

    This is hands down the supperior theme. There is no question.

  • @singdancing8
    @singdancing8 2 года назад +2

    I love the way you timed the video edits, thematically and rhythmically, to the music.

  • @yalestrada1301
    @yalestrada1301 3 года назад +32

    Unpopular opinion: I think Radiohead's version could fit better with the end credits, those ryhtmic patterns are beautiful and the strings part gives me chills but in my opinion it still lacks that orchestral sound so famous of Bond's films. I also think Sam Smith's version lacks character, the orchestration is there but Sam's voice doesn't really fit in there. I'm pretty sure they rejected Radiohead's version not because it was too dark (it's actually a lot lighter than Sam's) but because it's ambigous in both harmony and ryhthm, something more difficult for the regular audience to remember. If Radiohead's version was to be used it'd need to be darker, maybe by not using the modulation from the key at the start to D major, because major tonalities are too bright both for a Bond theme and for this movie's tone in specific.
    In the end the studios working on this film were excessively cautious at creating the balance between a classic Bond theme and a pop song and ended up delivering a tasteless final product. Such a shame they decided not to push their boundaries and create a film coherent in tone and presentation (both script and musicalization)

    • @jahread3322
      @jahread3322 3 года назад

      while i think, on its own, that radioheads song is an incredibly beautiful piece of music....i agree that the major key feel and the whole shift of feel when the song resolves into the “a” section the second time, would have worked better as a bond theme, had they instead written this section around the chromatic line which defines james bond theme songs...and totally did a radiohead cover of that line cliche over the “bond song” minor key progression with a major chord substitution. it would have been so epic and triumphant and so “james bond” ..its also would have, in my opinion, made the climax of the song work better with the opening sequence...building that classic bond line over the classic bond chord progression up into the creepy intense “b” section would have fit really well with the overall characteristics which define this james bond and his story arc...unfortunately because that middle section sounds a little out if place when contrasted against the images on the screen, it makes the transition to the climax feel very abrupt.
      personally i wouldn’t change a thing about the song as it exists...its a beautiful song...but if i were radiohead, i would have made the above mentioned changes for the sake of the film.

    • @damienx0x
      @damienx0x 2 года назад +1

      It doesn't lack orchestral sounds. It's full of them. It was rejected because it was considered too dark. The desolate vocals are way darker than those found in any other Bond song. The rhythm is unusual, original. This was too good for a Bond film.

    • @damienx0x
      @damienx0x 2 года назад

      @@Ben-pd2bx It does climax. The ending is huge when you finally get the Bond chords. It's highly cinematic.

    • @smlgd
      @smlgd 2 года назад

      Honestly I don't think it would work well for an opening title at all. I'm not a Radiohead fan and most definetly not a Sam Smith fan either (writing's on the wall is the first song I ever heard from him) so I'm sitting at neutral ground here. Took me 3 listens of this to be able to get over the uncommon rhythms and start liking it, and that's something you don't want for an opening title. For an opening title the general audience (largely not radiohead fans) must like the opening the first time they listen to it because they won't get another shot at it. It must be a simple, recognizable, familiar time signature, with easy to follow melody, which this simply is not. I also think it's too dissonant and melancholic for an opening title, I'd go in expecting a great tragedy instead of an epic, which is definetly not the tone of the movie at all

  • @putthasangkla5697
    @putthasangkla5697 Год назад +1

    learned from the documentary, now i know why everyone of the crews love this.

    • @joetrent4753
      @joetrent4753 Год назад +2

      Daniel Craig a huge Radiohead fan.

  • @tekkaman65535
    @tekkaman65535 2 года назад +8

    What an incredible mistake looking back now... imagine how well this song would've set the tone for what inevitably happens at the end of No Time to Die.

  • @pedro888mendes
    @pedro888mendes 3 года назад +4

    It is even better that this track didn’t become a bond track... made it even more exclusive and way and above to another level... simply beautiful

  • @rf1514
    @rf1514 Год назад +8

    I love this song. It is both Radiohead in top form and pure Bond, with those gorgeous strings elegantly tying the whole piece back to the 007 franchise.
    I thought perhaps it was rejected because it was too melancholy or not "radio friendly" enough, but relistening to the Sam Smith, I find the one they went with to be paced about the same and far less memorable, so who knows why the producers did what they did.
    One thing is for sure: they passed on one of the greatest Bond themes of all time.

  • @KhanSahinkaya
    @KhanSahinkaya Год назад +4

    Imagine dropping Radiohead

  • @PpAirO5
    @PpAirO5 Год назад +3

    In my mind this is accepted as a ligid Bond Theme, and i see it as such.

  • @kpmonday7952
    @kpmonday7952 2 года назад +17

    I ask, I demand, to have my version of this film, re-edited with the Radiohead version, it is incredible

    • @brettmajors69karaoke
      @brettmajors69karaoke 2 года назад +2

      Agreed but it isn’t going to be done because they are spiteful.

  • @auzza5394
    @auzza5394 Месяц назад +1

    I love how its pretty much universally agreed that this version is much better than Writing's on the Wall. Yes, the movie might not deserve a song as good as Spectre, but it would have been so cool to see Thom Yorke get an Oscar for an actually worthy best original song.

  • @lpclub1833
    @lpclub1833 2 года назад +4

    The film itself doesn't deserve this song.

  • @watchande
    @watchande 2 года назад +2

    This is SO very much “007 meets Radiohead Universe”.

  • @thedocak7532
    @thedocak7532 Год назад +2

    this could have been a dark bond movie... goddamn

  • @joetrent4753
    @joetrent4753 Год назад +1

    I never new but thanks to The Sound of 007 doc on Amazon Prime that Radiohead’s Man of War was their original Bond theme entry but as they’d released it on a live album, it broke the rule that a Bond theme had to be unreleased. They then wrote Spectre but it came too late to edit together with an opening credit sequence.

  • @gnoelalexmay
    @gnoelalexmay 3 года назад +6

    They should sell copies of the film with the Radiohead theme. ...or make it an option on the Blu-ray?
    A silver lining... had they stuck with the Radiohead theme, we would likely have ended up with a lighter and thinner version.

  • @gensischosen251
    @gensischosen251 2 года назад +6

    i hope Christopher Nolan will get radiohead again if he gonna direct a james bond movie

  • @diskochimp
    @diskochimp 3 года назад +12

    Brilliant. Surely the film's producers must've realised by now that they made a HUGE mistake by replacing Radiohead's stately, ominous masterwork with S** S****'?

  • @damienx0x
    @damienx0x 2 года назад +4

    This is superb.

  • @juwija
    @juwija 9 месяцев назад +1

    I wouldn't say it's "too dark", it's rather too melancholic and introspective... It so needed another Bond movie written for it!

  • @josephpasquarella2123
    @josephpasquarella2123 3 месяца назад +2

    This song alone would’ve elevated what the plot should’ve been

  • @blue.s6812
    @blue.s6812 4 года назад +49

    Nothing but perfection, why wasn't this selected as the intro music?

    • @marcommarcom4936
      @marcommarcom4936 3 года назад +6

      rumor has it that radiohead version way too dark for the movie

    • @edcs9742
      @edcs9742 3 года назад +6

      @@marcommarcom4936 But Adele's skyfall is very subliminal apocalyptically speaking

    • @typicalfurry2747
      @typicalfurry2747 3 года назад +15

      @@marcommarcom4936 funny thing is this is one of the brighter Radiohead songs

    • @InnuendoXP
      @InnuendoXP Год назад +1

      Apparently it just wasn't ready in time.

  • @brianagonzalez1524
    @brianagonzalez1524 4 года назад +53

    Don’t get me wrong I like writings on the wall, but I would definitely prefer this...

    • @jimisjoint
      @jimisjoint 4 года назад +7

      The writings on the wall can fuck off to hell.

    • @biancalycan5694
      @biancalycan5694 4 года назад +6

      So what are you guys saying is that people shouldnt have oppinions? I personaly like both songs. Is it such a problem?

  • @BlackGoldThunder
    @BlackGoldThunder 3 года назад +5

    Oh...
    Oh, now i see why people are pissed.

  • @etonini
    @etonini 3 года назад +2

    Much better! Thanks!

  • @shawnjohnson9977
    @shawnjohnson9977 2 года назад +5

    Bruh this would been so much better than the Smith one

  • @jakeshack9045
    @jakeshack9045 Год назад +4

    WE WERE FUCKING ROBBED

  • @jconnon
    @jconnon Год назад +4

    Whoever picked Sam Smith’s dirge over this should be excommunicated from the industry.

  • @brushfuse
    @brushfuse 3 года назад +20

    Eon's greatest regret is probably not using this amazing soundtrack for Spectre. I think it's much better than the one they went with. Who turns down Radiohead?

    • @mooniemuk
      @mooniemuk 2 года назад +1

      Why? Smiths song won the Oscar. They will be more than happy with that return. This dirge would have won nothing. It says nothing.

    • @louisjohnson628
      @louisjohnson628 2 года назад

      @@mooniemuk it wouldn’t say the other song says nothing just because you’re mad they didn’t chose the Radiohead version

  • @LogeenthLive
    @LogeenthLive 6 месяцев назад +2

    You couldn't have asked for a better Bond theme than Radiohead's Spectre. Everything about the song feels...off. Discordant. It's almost as if Radiohead isn't even trying. The drum's off-kilter rhythm, the jarring vocals. It's such a perfect representation of how Bond must be feeling.
    He's lost Vesper. M. Everything worth fighting and caring for. He's become no different than a specter who can never be seen or heard by anyone. Suddenly, he just drops the charismatic facade he's always had. He's indifferent to the lifestyle his spy work has brought upon him. All the women, all the hedonistic pleasures...it means nothing to him now. He just doesn't have the enthusiasm to keep doing this anymore. He is so desperate to bring everything to a close. To just stop. But alas, 007 has to keep going, because the mission he has in Spectre was given to him by M - the only other person he holds mutual respect for. This is just the least he can do.
    It is what makes the beginning and ending of the opening title so much more profound - Bond isn't focused on any of the women that surround him. He thinks of all that has happened. All the sacrifices he's made. He stares ahead, knowing he has another job to do, uncaring of everything around him. One final mission, just for M.
    And then you watch the movie and it's fucking lame. So it makes sense that Sam Smith's version made it over Radiohead's. A lame song for a lame movie.

  • @johnambers
    @johnambers Год назад +4

    This is the best Bond opening ever! It is hypnotizing. What was Sam Mendes thinking?

  • @caylabarbara6450
    @caylabarbara6450 3 года назад +1

    bruh the angst and melodrama is just *chef’s kiss*

  • @fatherlucid4995
    @fatherlucid4995 3 года назад +6

    Million times better than the other one

  • @Fancy_PotHead
    @Fancy_PotHead 2 года назад +8

    At least the opening would've been good. There would've been one good thing in this turd of a movie...

  • @robbiesmart2819
    @robbiesmart2819 Год назад +1

    Unpopular opinion: I can see why this wasn’t picked. The 007 franchise wants songs that hit big in the charts, and this could never be that song.
    It just ain’t commercial enough.