- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “… Come Watch For De Moon …”
- 2 “… but oh, you haunted me so …”
- 3 “… the Midas touch—a spider’s touch …”
- 4 “… he looks at this world and wants it all …”
- 5 “… well, it takes my breath away …”
- 6 “… make one dream come true …”
- 7 “… we have all the time in the world …”
- 8 “… touch it, stroke it and undress it …”
- 9 “… you gotta give the other fellow hell …”
- 10 “… an assassin that’s second to none …”
- 11 “… nobody does it better … ”
- 12 “ … that moonlight trail that leads to your side … ”
- 13 “… you see what no one else can see … ”
- 14 “… hold on tight, let the flight begin …”
- 15 “… though I know there’s danger there, I don’t care …”
- 16 “… until we dance into the fire …”
- 17 “… the living’s in the way we die … “
- 18 “… and you know I’m going straight for your heart …”
- 19 “… time is not on your side …”
- 20 “… until the world falls away …”
- 21 “… no point in living if you can’t feel alive …”
- 22 “… it’s not my time to go …”
- 23 “… the coldest blood runs through my veins …”
- 24 “… a door left open, a woman walking by …”
- Afterword
- Appendix 1: James Bond Scores on LP and CD
- Appendix 2: The Bond Songs That Never Were
- Bibliography
- Photo Credits
- Index
“… it’s not my time to go …”
“… it’s not my time to go …”
Die Another Day
- Chapter:
- (p.227) 22 “… it’s not my time to go …”
- Source:
- The Music of James Bond
- Author(s):
Jon Burlingame
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
While David Arnold was again signed to write the score for the first 007 film of the 21st century, the lack of success for his title song on the previous film led MGM management to seek a big-name artist for the new one. They signed Madonna, who in turn enlisted her producer-partner Mirwais and French arranger-conductor Michel Colombier to orchestrate and conduct the live elements of the tune. Techno/electronica in style, it divided Bond fans but became a major chart success, reaching no. 8 in the U.S. and no. 3 in the U.K. Madonna also made a cameo appearance in the film as a fencing instructor and made an edgy video that took off on the film's early torture scenes.
Keywords: David Arnold, Madonna, Mirwais, Michel Colombier, techno, Die Another Day
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “… Come Watch For De Moon …”
- 2 “… but oh, you haunted me so …”
- 3 “… the Midas touch—a spider’s touch …”
- 4 “… he looks at this world and wants it all …”
- 5 “… well, it takes my breath away …”
- 6 “… make one dream come true …”
- 7 “… we have all the time in the world …”
- 8 “… touch it, stroke it and undress it …”
- 9 “… you gotta give the other fellow hell …”
- 10 “… an assassin that’s second to none …”
- 11 “… nobody does it better … ”
- 12 “ … that moonlight trail that leads to your side … ”
- 13 “… you see what no one else can see … ”
- 14 “… hold on tight, let the flight begin …”
- 15 “… though I know there’s danger there, I don’t care …”
- 16 “… until we dance into the fire …”
- 17 “… the living’s in the way we die … “
- 18 “… and you know I’m going straight for your heart …”
- 19 “… time is not on your side …”
- 20 “… until the world falls away …”
- 21 “… no point in living if you can’t feel alive …”
- 22 “… it’s not my time to go …”
- 23 “… the coldest blood runs through my veins …”
- 24 “… a door left open, a woman walking by …”
- Afterword
- Appendix 1: James Bond Scores on LP and CD
- Appendix 2: The Bond Songs That Never Were
- Bibliography
- Photo Credits
- Index
