Here’s a complete list of the six Bond songs to receive Oscar nominations to date.ġ967-“The Look of Love” from Casino Royale: Burt Bacharach and Hal David co-wrote this smoldering ballad, which Dusty Springfield performed on the film soundtrack. (The wait, of course, is due to COVID-19 delaying the release of the film.) They would also set a new record for the longest wait from a song’s release until its Oscar coronation – more than 25 months. Should Eilish and Finneas win the Oscar when the 94th annual Academy Awards are presented on March 27, they would become the first Americans to win for writing a Bond song. Of the four other Bond films to spawn Oscar-nominated songs, Roger Moore starred in three David Niven in one. Craig starred in all three of these films.

Skyfall and Spectre, the two most recent installments before No Time to Die, both yielded Oscar- winning songs. “No Time to Die” would be the third consecutive Bond film to spawn an Oscar-nominated song. But in recent years, Oscar voters have made up for lost time. “Goldfinger,” which Shirley Bassey sang on the soundtrack of the 1964 film of the same name (and which many consider to be the greatest of all Bond songs), failed to receive a nomination. Oscar voters were rather slow to embrace Bond songs. Beyonce and Jay-Z on Shortlist of 15 Original Songs Competing for 2022 Oscar: Full List

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