Live and Let Die (film) and orchestrated the "James Bond Theme", was unavailable during production. Broccoli and Saltzman instead asked Paul McCartney to write the theme song. Since McCartney's salary was high and another composer could not be hired with the remainder of the music budget, George Martin, who had been McCartney's producer while with The Beatles, was chosen to write the score for the film. "Live and Let Die", written by McCartney along with his wife Linda and performed by their group Wings, was the first true rock and roll song used to open a Bond film, and became a major success in the
Live and Let Die (song) a laser light show. McCartney has continued to play the song on his solo tours, often using pyrotechnics. "Live and Let Die" is the only song to appear on all of McCartney's live albums (except for the acoustic-based "Unplugged.") Following the 9/11 attacks, the song was placed on Clear Channels list of inappropriate song titles. The song was included in the movie "Shrek The Third" (2007) and on its soundtrack. The song was featured in American Hustle, directed by David O. Russell. In 1984, McCartney asked "Weird Al" Yankovic when he was going to parody one of his songs. In