Several James Bond themes have been nominated for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards. But only a few have won, including Billie Eilish.
Several James Bond theme songs have been nominated for an Oscar for Best Original song, and only a few of them have managed to walk away from the ceremony with the golden statuette. As a series of big-budget action movies, the Bond franchise rarely gets any attention from the Academy. An actor playing 007 has never been nominated for Best Actor, none of the scripts have been nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, and a Bond movie has never been nominated for Best Picture.
“Live and Let Die” lost to Barbra Streisand’s title song from The Way We Were. Which of these songs would win the Oscar was a subject of much debate; they both could’ve laid claim to the title of the best original song from a movie that year but, in the end, “The Way We Were” beat “Live and Let Die”. Still “Live and Let Die” had already made history as the first ever Bond theme to receive an Oscar nomination and did win the Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist at the Grammys.
"For Your Eyes Only" by Sheena Easton Was Only Nominated Sheena Easton’s theme from For Your Eyes Only, with music by Bill Conti and lyrics by Mick Leeson, was nominated for Best Original Song at the 54th Academy Awards. "For Your Eyes Only" lost to Christopher Cross' “Arthur’s Theme ,” from the classic Dudley Moore comedy Arthur.
"Writing's On The Wall" by Sam Smith Won An Oscar & Featured In Spectre The next Bond movie after Skyfall, Spectre, also won Best Original Song. Surprisingly, at the 88th Academy Awards, Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes won the award for their Spectre theme, “Writing’s on the Wall.” Smith’s Oscar win was a little shocking, because their Bond theme had received mixed reviews in comparison to others.
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