Sam Smith confirmed for SPECTRE title song

After much speculation, and his own octopus ring based hint yesterday, Sam Smith has been confirmed as the singer of the title song for SPECTRE.

The track itself is called “Writing’s on the Wall”, and was co-written by Smith and Jimmy Napes, who was heavily involved with his debut album “In the Lonely Hour”.

CD, vinyl and digital releases are available to pre-order through his website. The song will be available to download and stream from Friday 25th September.

The CD single will also include an instrumental version of the theme.

SPECTRE producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said: “Sam and Jimmy have written the most inspirational song for Spectre and with Sam’s extraordinary vocal performance, “Writing’s on the Wall” will surely be considered one of the greatest Bond songs of all time.”

Smith himself added: “This is one of the highlights of my career. I am honoured to finally announce that I will be singing the next Bond theme song. I am so excited to be a part of this iconic British legacy and join an incredible line up of some of my biggest musical inspirations. I hope you all enjoy the song as much as I enjoyed making it.”

Sam Smith appears to confirm SPECTRE theme song

Singer-songwriter Sam Smith appears to have ended the months of speculation over who will perform the title song for SPECTRE.

The 23-year-old posted a photo on his social media platforms showing him wearing the famous SPECTRE octopus ring.

Despite being heavily linked to the role for much of the past year, Smith has repeatedly denied that he would be singing the main title song, saying in July it was “definitely not” him.

Official confirmation is expected by Tuesday.

New SPECTRE poster released

Today, Eon Productions released a new poster for SPECTRE. As of now, no further information was given on 007.com if this is meant to be the final theatrical poster. The full billing on the bottom (minus information on who’s going to perform the title song) may count as an indicator for this but not as an evidence.

SPECTRE video blog – The Bond Women of SPECTRE

SPECTRE Trailer released

SPECTRE Trailer to be revealed on Wednesday

The official 007 accounts have confirmed that the full trailer for SPECTRE will be revealed to the world on Wednesday 22nd July at 8am UK time.

• Midnight – Los Angeles
• 3am – New York
• 4am – Rio de Janeiro
• 8am – London
• 9am – Paris, Berlin, Rome, Johannesburg
• 10am – Moscow
• 3pm – Beijing
• 5pm – Sydney

Shooting SPECTRE: Clapperboard #12

… and, finally, we´re in Morocco!

SPECTRE video blog – Mexico’s Day of the Dead

The official 007 accounts have released a new video blog about SPECTRE filming in Mexico City, which includes an action sequence based around the traditional Day of the Dead festival. Celebrations take place throughout Mexico every year between 31st October and 2nd November. The blog itself focuses on the costumes and preparation needed to capture a mass parade involving more than 1,500 extras. The scenes are expected to feature as the opening pre-title sequence of SPECTRE.

Shooting SPECTRE: Clapperboard #11

From 2nd Unit this time… more boat action?

Christopher Lee dies aged 93

Today the news of Christopher Lee’s death on June 7th reached us through various news outlets. According to reports, the actor died shortly after being hospitalised for health problems, heart failure apparently being the most severe of them.

Obituaries touch on the various milestones of Lee’s career, his fame with Hammer films alongside colleague and friend Peter Cushing, his role as the Prince of Darkness, his later appearance in The Wicker Man. And of course his part as the world’s most expensive hit man in 1974’s The Man with the Golden Gun.

Later Lee went on to a part in the Star Wars prequels and afterwards to the role of Saruman in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings. He also had a number of smaller roles in Tim Burton projects, from Sleepy Hollow to Dark Shadows, working with the director on a regular basis. In 2011 Burton then was the one to award Lee his BAFTA fellowship.

Lee’s talent was so varied that he also continuously dabbled on the fringes of the music business. He contributed a song to The Wicker Man’s soundtrack, worked at the recordings of a number of operas and musicals between 1986 and 1998 and finally released a couple of Heavy Metal concept albums.

Lesser known perhaps is the fact Lee spoke German so well that he did his own part in the German dub of The Last Unicorn himself, a skill he regularly used to great effect whenever his work called for publicity appearances in Germany, and which – together with his well-mannered demeanour and his charming personality – endeared him to countless journalists over the years.

Christopher Lee died aged 93. He was a cousin of Ian Fleming and to this day a favourite villain with many Bond fans. Team and members of CommanderBond.net hereby express their condolences with his wife and family.

Photography of Sir Christopher Lee courtesy Wikipedia.