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The Oscars

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Originally published 1994
Authors Anthony Holden
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Film Criticism
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About The Oscars


It is just thirteen inches tall and weighs eight pounds, yet the Oscar has come to exert an hypnotic hold over film performers and audiences alike. . . .

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No time To Die: The judgment on Billie Eilish s James Bond theme

Mar 28,2023 5:40 am

Billie Eilish is the youngest artist, the betrayal ever a record-Bond-theme

Billie Eilish theme for the new James Bond film is a dramatic, disturbing ballad, the notes, the plot center around The Secret agent.

The lyrics To Die No time reference lies and deception, such as Eilish sings: "were You never on my side. "

The piece was published GMT to 00:00, and at the same time as the latest, starring Daniel Craig .

Eilish, who was 18 years old in December, is the youngest singer to ever record a theme for The Franchise .

Its release was hotly anticipated, at the end of a week, their implementation saw a worldwide television audience at The Oscars . To Die

No time, opens with A Haunting piano motif with The Star , the voice tired, as she sings, "I should have know I would leave it alone".

A well-known tremolo guitar leads in The Chorus , where The Singer develops her theme: "I fell for a lie. You are on the death or Paradise?"

"Now You 'll never See Me cry," She Said finally. "There are to die in no time. "

The Words seem to confirm a fan theory that Daniel Craig 's last outing as Bond him double-crossed by Madeleine Swann (léa Seydoux), his love interest from the previous film, Spectre.

the Off-kilter

Eilish wrote and produced the title song with her older brother, Finneas O'connell at the end of last year. Speaking at the Grammys in January, She Said , work on The Franchise has always been one of your goals.

"Unconsciously and consciously, we have tried to write a Bond theme for our whole life," she told E! News.

Wisely, The Duo retain their dark, off-kilter style through the whole song, while with some of the film series' musical "hanger" swelling strings, discordant brass, and best of all, it ends with the distinctive minor 9. Chord, includes Monty Norman 's original Bond theme.

Lyrically, they touch on the psychological toll of 007, the license to kill, with the observation: "The Blood is The Blood of the guilty is bleeding".

But The Song is very much about a romantic betrayal. "I was stupid To Love You ? / I was careless to help?", Eilish asks in The Bridge .

The musician is known for her intimate, designed for headphones vocal style, but she rises to The Challenge , the Songs of rising climax, transformed with their early vulnerability in strength and determination.

It is simply The Most audacious and atmospheric take on The Bond theme in recent Memory .

No time To Die Daniel Craig 's marked swansong as James Bond

Eilish give their first live performance of The Song in the next week, the Brit Awards, accompanied by composer Hans Zimmer and former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr .

The Singer is up for best international female at The Ceremony ; only Two Weeks after all four of the main categories at the Grammys return. To Die

No time, it could also earn You another trophy: The Last two Bond themes, Adele's Skyfall, and Sam Smith ' s Writing On The Wall , which won both an Oscar.

To Die in No time, the film is due to hit cinemas in April.

in addition to Craig and Seydoux, stars Lashana Lynch , as a 00-agent, The Bond in the service after retirement; and Rami Malek as The Villain Safin.

It was written by regular Bond team of Neal Purvis and Robert Wade , with additional material from Director Cary Joji Fukunaga and Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

What do other people believe?

as a Grammy award-winning Bond theme as "one of The Best we have had in some time".

"The flourish of violins, electric guitar and low brass, all pay tribute to the classic Bond theme is tropical, but Eilish subtle synth motif that makes this song all their own," wrote Roisin O 'connor.

described in The Track "a Bond-theme befitting of The Craig -era".

"The pop sensation the edge of their brands, for a taste of the full equivalent of the enchanted solitude, your leading man," said Alexis Petridis .

Eilish s "downbeat noir of the spine-tingling", according to 's Neil Mccormick .

Finally, Bbc Entertainment correspondent he thought The Track was the "first serious Oscar contender for next year".

Fans of Sir Elton John , who has The Best song Oscar last weekend, the times should be gone now, but. because Paterson added, The Track was "better than every song nominated this year."

The Song 's release was marked with a one-hour special on BBC Radio 1 . You can follow

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