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What's your favourite Bond title sequence?
Film: Film blog | guardian.co.uk — It is no spoiler to reveal that the new Bond film opens with a Maurice Binder-inspired swirl of ghostly credits and diaphanous, semi-naked figures, played out to a theme tune specifically written and recorded for the occasion. It has, after all, been this way since time immemorial – or at least since the 007 title sequence was first patented with From Russia ...

Bond Songs
Jamais Vu — Here's my list of the top Bond Songs. It interestingly inverted in many ways, as the list does not follow the best films much, and is sometimes quite the opposite. I'll try to supplement this with YouTube clips, but some seem to get pulled for copyright violation, so no promises. The clips are important, because I've never been able to separate the sounds from the creative montages which accompany them in the film's credit sequence. 1) Shirley Bassey "Goldfinger" (1964)--The classic Bond tune from the classic Bond film. Nuff said. 2) Nancy Sinatra, "You Only Live Twice" ...

Screengrab Salutes: The Best & Worst James Bond Films of All Time! (Part Five)
The Screengrab — THE BEST: 4. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969) Okay, stop laughing. Yes, we realize this is the one with George Lazenby. But have you actually watched this lately?  It holds up a whole hell of a lot better than most Bond movies, including some of Connery’s classics. But while Lazenby doesn’t have the same 007 magic as Connery did, fortunately the movie realizes this and makes it work to its advantage. By the time he hung up the tux for the first time, Connery was beginning to look a little too superhuman, so OHMSS begins with the new Bond ...