Ah, the rite of passage of writing the estimable James Bond theme. So many venerable artists have been lucky enough to be called upon to write the indelible theme for 007. Artists like John Barry, Carly Simon, Paul McCartney, Shirley Bassey, Nancy Sinatra, Sheryl Crow, errr… Chris Cornell… umm, Garbage…uh.
Yeah, so in keeping with the recent crop of… less-than-admirable bands, Swedish romantic-metal rockers H.I.M. have apparently been asked to lend their swoony brand of metal to the upcoming Bond Mcfranchise film (the 23rd Bond film that again will star Daniel Craig). [ed. they’re actually Finnish, but yeah, nobody cares…]
It’s just a rumor as of right now, but apparently Bond composers David Arnold and Don Black are very impressed with the band and some of their eros-laden Morrissey-metallic rock. The world awaits with bated breath.