Probably never before in history did as much time transpire between the release of a film’s theme song and the actual release of the movie as in the case of “No Time to Die.” Billie Eilish’s title …
, came out 20 months before the James Bond film it was written for, due to a series of pandemic-related delays that kept pushing back the movie. Since it was written so specifically to echo thematic and narrative elements of the film that were being kept under wraps, that meant 20 months of Eilish and Finneas talking about the tune but not being at liberty to talk freely about the actual meaning and intent of the lyrics.
Once we had written the song, we were invited to London by Hans and Barbara to see the movie before we orchestrated the song. So that was when we learned how the film ended. But otherwise we were kept totally in the dark — which was really cool. I think it’s such a cool way to write that song, to be given only the piece of the movie that has preceded it. I just loved that. I feel like I wouldn’t have wanted to know every in and out of the movie.
The melody is very clear and emphatic — so much so that Hans keeps repeating it instrumentally throughout his score — but your reading of it is subtle, as Bond themes go. Although it includes some big moments, it’s hard to think of another Bond theme that takes that big of a chance on being hushed for a lot of the song. Did you think of it as taking a chance, in that way?You know, we kind of just let it flow how it flowed.
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