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Inside Lana Del Rey's era-defining James Bond theme song 'First Light'

NME·Ali Shutler·about 1 month ago
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D avid Arnold is a James Bond expert. In 1997, shortly after scoring sci-fi blockbuster Independence Day , he recruited Pulp , Iggy Pop , Bjork , Chrissie Hynde and Leftfield for the ambitious ‘Shaken And Stirred’ Bond covers album. 007 boss Barbara Broccoli was so impressed, she hired him to work on the soundtrack for that year’s Tomorrow Never Dies . He returned for The World Is Not Enough , Die Another Day , Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace . Now Arnold’s back in the world of martinis and MI6 for ‘ First Light ’, his titular collaboration with fellow Bond superfan Lana Del Rey that serves as the theme song to a bold new video game. “We didn’t set out to just make the next James Bond game , we set out to tell the next James Bond story ,” explains Dominic Vega, audio director at developer IO Interactive. “Getting the theme song right was really important to the soul of the project.” When the idea of Arnold and Del Rey working on it was suggested, “it seemed too good to be true,” he grins.…

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