Thunderball Theme Song - James Bond
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- The theme tune to 007, Thunderball, performed by Tom Jones. For entertainment purposes only, I do not claim ownership or rights of this production. Copyright is held by its respective owners.
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I can't believe Tom Jones was only 25 when he sang this theme song. What a cool guy.
wow that's true talent
Incredible voice. :)
And now he's bloody 80!
An amazing vocalist
Each, and every one of the singers in the James Bond movies, are phenomenal. Tom, Paul, Shirley, Sam, Chris, Tina, Adele, Nancy, etc
The pinnacle of James Bond. Nuclear weapons, bad guys with eyepatches, Bahamas, underwater fights with spearguns
Doesn't get much better than that.The best of them all for my taste.
And dont forget the girls in here where the hottest.
itsaguinness Spectre too as well
The scuba scenes are still amazing!
This is a definitive 007 movie, but Goldfinger is the best.
Tom Jones apparently passed out in the recording booth during the final note, which may be why the pitch drops slightly at the end. He says he closed his eyes and pushed the note super hard and when he opened his eyes the whole world was spinning.
Shirley Bassey said a similar thing when she recorded the theme song to "Goldfinger".
Should have got Weird Al. He didn't pass out.
That's what I've also heard....not buying it 😆
That pitch drop is so good tho. It's very natural
@@Jabberwockybird but his head exploded
Thunderball was a terrific Bond movie. Somewhat underrated in my opinion. That underwater speargun battle was magic.
Grossly underrated. Even Ian Fleming favored this as the first of the Bond franchise, even before 'Dr. No.'
And one of the best songs.
@@RB01.10 : Yes, the song was wonderful. When you faint hitting the final note of a song, then you sure have done a great job... Props to Tom Jones.
The snorkel cutting underwater was brutal real nitty gritty
I presume that you are referring to the air hose cutting on the old fashioned double-hose regulators. As a diver, I actually prefer that type and I chuckle when I see them cutting the left hose...that’s the exhaust hose!
The "Winner Who Takes All" RIP Sean Connery
"His days of asking, are long gone" what a line hahaha
Rest In Peace Sir Sean Connery. This is my favorite James Bond film.
@@captainseyepatch3879 can you stop talking replying to all the comments paying their respects to Sean with the same obviously copied and pasted comment? And for the record, he basically said That it’s not as bad as society makes it out to be and it depends on the context. He also said it in an interview in 1965 and took it back in 2006 by saying “My view is I don’t believe that any level of abuse against a women is ever justified under any circumstances. Full stop” People can change you do realize. And I’m yet to see any proof that he was racist. And he came from a time period where being gay was shunned upon so you can’t blame him.
In Dr No his contact was a black person, so how’s he racist again?
@@themysteriouscatperson9483 He doesn’t decide who to work with in the movie
Mine as well.
I'm 36, Welsh (me, not The Stig) and I'm ashamed to say I never knew Tom Jones had done a Bond Theme. What a good one it is, now I need to watch the film again - last time was probably in the 90's!
This may as well just be the James Bond theme itself. So Bond!
Dr. No is the real bond theme
It wouldn't sound epic during fight scenes though.
God how dare you say that
I see this song as how men see Bond TSWLM is how women see Bond and "you know my name" is how Bond sees himself
No, to me, if you pay attention to the lyrics, this song fits the classic Ernst Stavro Bloefeld and SPECTRE as a whole.
One of the first Bond themes I ever heard, and still one of my favorites over 55 years later
“And he thinks the fight is worth it all - So he strikes like thunder ball”. Damn. This song gave me spikies running down my spine.
Dynamite song. Dynamite voice. I saw this wonderful movie in Dallas Tx in 1965. I was 16 yrs old. The movies and the music of the 60s can't be beat. Nothing but junk being produced nowdays.
Best voice in music. So glad they got him for one of the Bonds.
This is the manliest James Bond theme.
bruh
No. ”You Know My Name” is.
This is 2nd manliest.
Хуенлиест
3rd manliest. Live and Let fucking Die.
I grew up in the 60s so Sean Connery is my fave. Thunderball is my favorite James Bond movie.
I will remember him from 'Darby O'Gill and the Little People'. Don't figure out my age. LOLOLOLOLOL.
This is my favorite Bond movie and theme song.
"It's perfectly fine to hit a woman, even repeatedly for any reason you feel like, it's a man's right to do so, as long as you don't do it with a closed fist." Sean Connery:
Nah, Connery is in Hell.
I have always enjoyed Dr No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, and You Only Live Twice. But I found Thunderball rather boring in comparison. A lot of it seems excessively goofy or contrived compared to the other Connery movies of this era: the jet pack, the coincidentally staying at the same spa as the villain and then baiting each other with gym equipment hijinks, the fight with the man in drag (containing some really awkward disjointed camera cuts too), the ex machina introduction of a random new character to help Domino escape (the line "Who's he?", "I don't know but he helped me", seems to sum up the amount of effort they put into writing that that).
Looking into it, I suspect the problem is that it wasn't written fresh by the same team as did the first three Bond movies, but had to be adapted from a screenplay by an unconnected individual as the result of a legal dispute.
The world was different back then Bond was allowed to be Bond. Nowadays all anyone does is bitch about Connery. He was more of a man than any soy boy Nowadays
RIP Sir Sean Connery you will be forever known as the greatest James Bond Ever. ❤ 😢
I liked Sean Connery especially playing Draco in Dragonheart, Allan Quartermain in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and the Russian captain in The Hunt For Red October
Are people not allowed to have their own opinions then?
Stimmt! Unvergessen! Niemand kann sich je mit ihm vergleichen - er bleibt unsterblich!
It is a shame.😢
Stop begging for likes on all the themes
Is no one going to talk about how amazing it blends into the 007 theme song at 0:36?
You had the floor. Why'd you stop short?
All the early songs did that well
Tom Jones asked the films' producer what the song meant. Answer: Don't think about what it means just sing the hell out of it. So, he did.
LMAO
He actually asked John Barry what the song is about (strange question, it's obviously about Bond).
With James Bond intro songs, that's usually a good advice.
Friedrich Schmidt i thought it was about Largo?? (jk fam lol)
@@bigtruefacts69
"Any woman he wants he'll get"?
"He thinks that the fight is worth it all"?
I don't know. Largo doesn't seem to be important enough a character to be blessed with these kind of lyrics.
Tom Jones nailed it...
Oh, and very nice intro graphics!
He really did nail it & with an insane horn section to match!
its not unusual
The "graphics" is the opening credits to the film.
AvengerII why are those guys with the spear guns chasing the girls ?
@@kasumikojiro7221 They thought the girls were mermaids...
RIP Mr Sean Connery. And I'm still watch your movie
Fuck Connery, he's in hell.
He was a racist. A misogynist and a woman beater.
Also a homophobe.
@@captainseyepatch3879 sounds like the perfect man. A man who had balls and wasn't afraid of worthless cancel culture pricks like you
One of the best Bond theme songs by far!
Gosh this is a great theme Tom Jones killed it on this theme!!!
He killed it. And he nearly kiled himself as well. He nearly passed out on singing that last note. True story.
Yes, and nice Ernest Gosh!
Yeah definitely one of my favourites, Tom Jones what a voice
This is my favourite bond song, sang by the great Tom Jones.
same. The female singers are trash
Mine too.
Mine too
Back in this era when they made truly great Bond films.
Sorry no t awhere...
Great vocals , to me the pinnacle of Bond films, glamour and imagination
Never been bettered
Even after so many years it is still heartthrobbing.
This song is totally about James bond.
Leige Maximum The first of two about Bond specifically. Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better" is the other, also a great song.
Well, some people think it's actually about Largo or about Blofeld. After all, "he looks at this world and wants it all" can easily be made to mean the described character wants to take over the world, and it is Largo and Blofeld who plan to "strike like Thunderball" with their stolen bombs, eh?
This song is about Sean Connery
Now also used for Jacob Rees Mogg
They call him the winner who takes all...
RIP Sean Connery. We will miss you.
He always runs while others walk
He acts while other men just talk
He looks at this world, and wants it all
So he strikes, like Thunderball
He knows the meaning of success
His needs are more, so he gives less
They call him the winner who takes all
And he strikes, like Thunderball
Any woman he wants, he'll get
He will break any heart without regret
His days of asking are all gone
His fight goes on and on and on
But he thinks that the fight is worth it all
So he strikes, like Thunderball
Couldn't think of better lyrics describing Bond.
Absolute masterpiece
@@MrLC1965 yes.
@@A7xeno I’ve heard people argue that the song is actually about the film’s villain, Emilio Largo.
To me it’s about Emilio Largo not Sean Connery’s James Bond just as the previous song Goldfinger was obviously about Auric Goldfinger.
Whenever I hear Tom Jones' voice, I keep expecting to hear him sing "It's not unusual to be loved by anyone..."
And "What's New Pussycat"
Duck dodgers in the 24th and a one half century!!!!!!
I expect "Delilah" . . .
I expected Carlton to show up and do the dance.
This is a Real masterpiece. Everlasting Tom Jones
Claudine Auger was fabulous in this movie...it is very sad that she's been gone over a year.
SHE'S GONE TOO? Damn. We need new stars lol
domino
The note at the end, WHOAH!
they said he passed out to maintain that note!!!!!!!!!
+Mr.4Ever Epic Channel yes he did. hah!
+Mr.4Ever Epic Channel he didnt die
no-one cares he didnt die but he passed out!!!!
I just love singing the theme songs when these movies come on.
And it's always a scramble to learn the new ones.
I once had the privilege of seeing Sir Tom Jones in concert in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He did all his big numbers - except this one!
Londonfogey he wasn’t gonna faint again
My father took me to all the early Bond movies & I was 6 when this film premiered. I received a James Bond attache case for Christmas 1 year. Tom Jones is a Great Singer! I watched his weekly television show and was in awe of his voice even at that young age. In my humble opinion his best song is "I'll never fall in love again"
I absolutely love Maurice Binder's great opening title sequences in the Connery, Lazenby, Moore and Dalton Bond films! R.I.P. Maurice Binder.
He was a master. Not only the Bond films (especially from the 60’s) but movies like Charade, Arabesque, Billion Dollar Brain and the list goes on.
A perfect Bond-song has to have certain ingredience.
It has to:
* Have an classic orchestra backing up with brass and trumpets
* Be BOMBASTIC!
* Have a singer with a POWERFUL voice
* Have the classic Bond-theme integrated in the song
and this song has all of these ingredience!
Bond-Songs who have had these ingredience is:
* This one (Thunderball)
* Goldfinger
* Diamonds are forever
* Tomorrow never dies surrender with K.D Lang
* Goldeneye
* Casino Royale
I really like Skyfall
"Ingredience"
The Living Daylights should be there.
What about
- Skyfall
Skyfall also needs some credit. Also i know it doesnt necessarily tick these boxes in which i agree with but live and let die is a fantastic song on its own as well as a good bond theme imo.
The best underwater scene ever filmed in the industry of cinematography.
Absolutely magnificent i love you Sir Sean Connery
Even today this song is so exciting , the theme and the music so superior.
Saw this in the cinema at 10 yrs of age..was hooked
Nailed it. What a voice!
You cannot possibly imagine how magical it was (as a kid) to go see a Bond film back in the 1960’s. And especially so to hear a song like this and have Connery at his peak. Shocking, positively shocking.
Fantastic theme song sung with passion by Tom Jones. Very powerful...thanks for posting ! :)
The best bond song ever....
Nine years old when I saw it in a theater complements of a cool uncle. Later dove where the underwater scenes were filmed near Nassau. It brought back memories.
Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey - - - the best of the Bond singers - - - FOUR stars!
Props to you for honoring two great Welsh artists.
Tom Jones did indeed faint at the end
Takes hat off from respect
R.I.P Sir Sean Connery aka Big Tam 08/25/1930 - 10/31/2020
This is my favourite bond song
I MISS THAT SURREAL TOUCH OF THE EARLY BOND MOVIES
Sean Connery + Tom Jones = Pure 007 Magic
😣RIP Sean Connery best #1 legendary actor of #007.😩
Fuck Connery, he's in hell.
He was a racist. A misogynist and a woman beater.
Also a homophobe.
The power of Tom's voice and excellent diction are just perfect for a James Bond theme song. Turn up the volume a bit on your home system, or while in your vehicle, and let it wash over you like a sonic tidal wave 🙂.
The most interesting Bond movie of all time imo. Caribbean water scenes, above and below the surface, villain with eye mask, antagonist and protagonist women of unbelievable beauty and hijacked atomic bombs during the atomic era.
This is one of the best bond themes
Say what you want about Tom Jones, but he could really belt out a song. Ultimate torch singer.
It took me until I was much older, but Thunderball is my favorite Bond of all time. I think it perfectly encapsulates the Connery Bond era perfectly and slows down the film to really emphasize the espionage and romance to sheer perfection.
RIP Sir Sean Connery. 1930-2020
😭😭😭
"It's perfectly fine to hit a woman, even repeatedly for any reason you feel like, it's a man's right to do so, as long as you don't do it with a closed fist." Sean Connery:
Nah, Connery is in Hell.
RIP Sean Connery....
This one was amazing along with the shirley bassey theme's!
Tom Jones did this a year or so after doing the successful " Whats New Pussycat" for the Peter Sellers Movie. He has a voice that makes this one of the best bond themes
One of the best James Bond themes, ever!!
this theme is sick! kicks adele's ass! Tom jones a magnificent voice.
Einer der besten Bondsongs
That last note always gives me an hernia but it is totally worth it!
Whatever you think about James Bond movies, they had some of the best theme songs ever.
This song suits Sean Connery’s James Bond so much!!!
Masterpiece like almost every Bond theme ✔️
Yay back those times when bond intros were hot but stylish
My very favorite of all the James Bond movies!!
Song speaks of the dark soul that is behind the scenes,Bond is just a pawn to him.
BEST BOND SONG...#2 is Goldfinger...#3 is You Only Live Twice.....And....TOM JONES IS a GOD !!!
Classic Bond! You got to have divers with spear gun submersibles,atomic weapons,and a bad guy with an eye patch
Jones was always great. Heard him in Vegas. Just like listening to the original 45 vinyl.
This isn't just a Bond film, it's the quintessential Spy Thriller that defined the genre. High nuclear stakes, deadly underwater fights, femme fatales, etc. I'm glad I got to experience it at home, but I bet it was a good time in the theater too
Tom Jones sung the hell out this song!!!!! Especially when he hit the ending,!!!
Thunderball is my favorite James Bond movie
Thunderball was the first Bond Movie I saw as a kid. Sure wish the TV people would do some more Bond movie marathons.
That would be cool...give Rocky and Rambo a break for once. 007
The best Bond theme song!
Mr jones you are amazing
Tom Jones also at the height of his powers. MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE Bond film. Action, style. That boat hydroplaniing was baaaad. Underwater fight scene: classic.
As a teen I always loved the intro video. Also the music too!
Farewell Mr. Bond.
Spectre was more intimidating in this than the movie which is named after it
Personally I believe the classic Bloefeld is inspired by Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes books. Both men are cold, calculating diabolical masterminds. Their goals were different but their methods were still the same.
RIP Sean Connery...
I saw all the movies when they came out and every movie had a great intro and musical hook. different styles. Thunderball is the most powerful and my favorite.
What a dope song!
This is my first response on this type of medium for a couple of years… unfortunately I’m not fan of this type of communication because it doesn’t seem to have any value… anyway anyway, I can say, whatever they want without having a real debate under really controlled circumstances, or have any upfront face-to-face interaction
Do you know what an ass is ?
Sounds like Tom Jones is describing the guy in the Dos Equis commercials.
The dos equis guy is 008
😆
A wonderful song for a wonderful movie
The bello at the end just gets me everytime. Killer tune. Jones nails it, great music and visuals too.
My favourite Bond Film and Music of the late music composer John Barry
Rest in peace Sean Connery. James Bond will always be your character. I'll miss you always
Claudine Auger (Domino Derval) had passed away on December 20, 2019. R.I.P. to Thunderball's Bond Girl.
Great performance from Tom, the big note at the end , not an easy song
for anyone.
This popped randomly in my head last night! Fantastic song
The Alpha Ballad!
Back when they made truly great Bond films.
Oi Casino Royale 2006 is a good bond movie
Lance Picaro that was 2006
I always felt "Never Say Never Again" was a better Thunderball movie than Thunderball. :)
...and also this film
What are you talking about? Casino Royale and Skyfall were excellent movies. This need to trash everything modern regardless of quality is cringeworthy.
Best Bond theme EVER !!!!!
Masterpiece. After many attempts, Tom Jones’ alleged fainting at the end of recording the perfect take merely underlines the Herculean efforts that were made on the quest for excellence during this golden age of cinema.
Back then… Bond was worth the wait. 🏆🇬🇧🏆