James Bond music was rumoured that "No Good About Goodbye" was intended for "Quantum of Solace", however David Arnold said 'No Good About Goodbye' was never intended as a Bond song. Paul McCartney's performance of "Live and Let Die" was the first Bond theme song to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song; it reached 2 as a U.S. single, and 9 on the U.K. charts. George Martin's work in the song won the Grammy for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists. Marvin Hamlisch's (music) and Carole Bayer Sager's (lyrics) "Nobody Does It Better" (performed by Carly Simon) received a nomination for
To Live and Die in L.A. (Wang Chung song) and decided to keep the song as part of the film and soundtrack. To Live and Die in L.A. (Wang Chung song) "To Live and Die in L.A." is a single from the soundtrack of the same name by Wang Chung. Released in September 1985, the song peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at #41. On the "To Live and Die in L.A." DVD audio commentary, director William Friedkin stated to Wang Chung that he “didn’t want a theme song for "To Live and Die in L.A."” One day, though, Jack Hues and Nick Feldman gave Friedkin a copy of