James Bond Theme James Bond Theme The "James Bond Theme" is the main signature theme of the James Bond films and has featured in every Eon Productions Bond film since "Dr. No", released in 1962. The piece has been used as an accompanying fanfare to the gun barrel sequence in almost every James Bond film. The "James Bond Theme" has accompanied the opening titles twice, as part of the medley that opens "Dr. No" and then again in the opening credits of "From Russia with Love" (1963). It has been used as music over the end credits for "Dr. No", "Thunderball" (1965), "On
The Battle for Bond The Battle for Bond The Battle for Bond (2007), by Robert Sellers, is a cinema history book of how the literary character James Bond metamorphosed to the cinema James Bond. The book details the collaboration among film producer Kevin McClory, novelist Ian Fleming, screenwriter Jack Whittingham and others to create the film "Thunderball". After the film project's collapse, without his collaborators' permission, Fleming based his "Thunderball" (1961) novel upon their joint work. In 1963 McClory and Whittingham sued him for plagiarism. "The Battle for Bond" concerns the court case. Kevin McClory won the film rights and chose a single co-production