The Making Of The James Bond Theme Music

Ever since Ian Fleming created James Bond in 1953 and wrote "Casino Royale",  the first novel featuring Bond, the charisma of 007 and the craze for Bond movies has remained unaltered. Though "Casino Royale" was the first novel; "Dr. No", originally written in 1958 was made into the first Bond movie in 1962 with Sean Connery depicting the secret service agent on the silver screen. Authors have changed after Fleming's death in 1964, artistes depicting Bond have changed repeatedly from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig; but what have remained constant in the Bond movies are the character of Bond, Ian Fleming's name, the name of Albert R Brocolli as the producer even after his death and the theme music of all James Bond movies.
There has been a lot of controversy about the origin of this theme music. Without going into debate, I have tried to give you a feel about its origin and I have left it to your judgement to decide about giving credit for the creation of this timeless piece of music. I am keeping this post short and will be stressing more on music which is how I feel that a music blog should be.
Let us first hear the original theme music

Now I am sharing a playlist of all the music and songs that have gone into making the James Bond theme. Beyond doubt John Barry made a marvelous arrangement by borrowing from different tunes and songs dating as far back as 1940s. The result was an epic which is cherished by one and all.

To conclude watch this video which is a brilliant piece of work, a musical experiment, which is a potpourri of all the pieces of music that have gone into the making of the James Bond theme. It is not my work, I have merely borrowed it and I acknowledge and give full credit to the creator of this video (blofeld39).

I leave it to your judgement now.