pbemguy Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 For fun I have been trying to find a song for a game I am setting up. It's a Top Secret module using Hero 3-6 (you can make your character in any of those editions). Anyway, I want a song that sounds like a James Bond song, but was never used as a James Bond song. *AND* it has to be from 1980-1981 because that it is setting of the campaign. The song, in my opinion, needs a strong, epic opening, a spectral/ethereal vibe, and...well whatever makes a song sound like the opening of a Bond flick with the silhouetted girls etc. The closest I got so far was: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Hmm. Not hugely 007, but I always thought Blue Monday by New Order would have worked well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Thinking about it, Israel by Siouxsie and the Banshees would be a good call... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbemguy Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 I'm a huge New Order fan. Always liked Siouxsie and the Banshees. I gotta say, the Siouxsie one is selling me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Doc Democracy Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 24 minutes ago, pbemguy said: I'm a huge New Order fan. Always liked Siouxsie and the Banshees. I gotta say, the Siouxsie one is selling me! Both of the scream early eighties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 The limiting factor is the 1980-1981 time frame. If we aren't limiting the search to that time frame, it opens up a wealth of materials. Much of the Incredibles soundtrack has a James Bond feel. There are chunks of the new Intrada release of the Howard the Duck* soundtrack by John Barry that would work very well. The track, "Duck Bond I Presume" is just a feather away from James Bond (on purpose), for example. A more up-tempo song would be "History Repeating" by the Propellerheads (from 1997). As a bonus, it features Shirley Bassey the vocalist on "Goldfinger", "Diamonds Are Forever", and "Moonraker", And this song's been stuck in my head since reading the original post: *John Barry, is, of course, the person responsible for 11 of the first 14 James Bond film soundtracks, and arranged the James Bond Theme in the first Bond film, Dr. No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbemguy Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Great stuff! It might be worth me digging through some Shirley Bassey... Yes, the 1980/81 restriction makes it tougher. When I thought of picking a Bond-esque song, then added the restriction, I began to get admittedly obsessed by the idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 On 3/30/2020 at 6:01 PM, dmjalund said: Damn, they overplayed that song back in the day. I will have to think of a suitable punishment for you reminding me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 I have another song, Queen, Play the game. So very close to being a bond tune, but even the heavy link to falling in love is not a million miles away... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted April 15, 2020 Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 Some potentials for you... 1980: Men Without Hats, "Security (Everybody Feels Better With)" Echo & the Bunnymen, "Do It Clean" Joy Division, "Isolation" Devo, "Freedom of Choice", "Girl U Want", "Whip It", "Cold War" Peter Gabriel, "Games Without Frontiers", "Lead a Normal Life", "Biko" INXS, "Just Keep Walking", "On a Bus", "Body Language", "Newsreel Babies" 1981: Kim Carnes, "Bette Davis Eyes" Police, "Invisible Sun", "Too Much Information" Depeche Mode, "Photographic", "Tora Tora Tora" Soft Cell, "Tainted Love" Go-Gos, "Our Lips are Sealed" Duran Duran, "Planet Earth", ""Girls on Film", "Night Boat", "Careless Memories", (also "Is There Something I Should Know?", but technically I don't think it was available until the rerelease in 83) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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