Live and Let Die (soundtrack) Live and Let Die (soundtrack) Live and Let Die is the soundtrack to the eighth James Bond film of the same name. It was scored by George Martin. The title song was written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Paul McCartney and Wings. It was the first Bond film score not to involve John Barry. The music for most of the Bond films through "Diamonds Are Forever" had been scored by John Barry. Due to his working on a musical, and having fallen out with Bond producer Harry Saltzman over the last title song, Barry was unavailable to
Live and Let Die (album) and "Still Wanted Dead or Alive" act as sequels, respectively, to the songs "Streets of New York", "Talk Like Sex", and "Wanted: Dead or Alive" from the previous album. After the release of tensions arouse between Kool G Rap and Eric B. who produced and mixed most of the songs on the album. Rather than using the same formula that he used on his two previous albums, Kool G Rap decided to give "Live and Let Die" a cinematic feel with each song telling a different story and providing backdrops for the respective scenes. He recruited several non-East Coast artists