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No Time to Die: Finneas O'Connell says he wrote new Bond theme with Billie Eilish on their tour bus

Finneas O'Connell has revealed he and sister Billie Eilish wrote James Bond theme song 'No Time To Die' in the bunk beds of their tour bus

Annie Lord
Monday 17 February 2020 13:04 GMT
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Billie Eilish says Bond theme was written in three days

Finneas O’Connell has revealed he and sister Billie Eilish wrote the new James Bond theme “No Time To Die“ in the bunk beds of their tour bus.

No Time To Die will be Daniel Craig’s final outing as the spy with the licence to kill. The film is scheduled to be released on 3 April.

In an interview with GQ, O’Connell, 22, said: “We wrote ‘No Time to Die’ on a tour bus. Specifically, in the bunks of our tour bus.

“We were given the first 20 pages of the script. I guess that’s up to the point when the song comes in during the movie, right? That’s how all the Bond films open up.

“So, we were able to read the first 20 pages, which was obviously incredible. It gave us such a good steer and such insight into where the song would fall, and the tone.

“Billie and I wrote the song, recorded the demo, sent it to them and then we finished it in London with Hans Zimmer doing the orchestral arrangements and also Johnny Marr from The Smiths.”

When asked if Americans are passionate about the British franchise, he said: “I think people in the States care about Bond now. OK, maybe specifically Billie and I really care about Bond. We love it. Always have done.”

Eilish previously admitted she and O’Connell spent just three days writing the track.

The No Time To Die theme song will be performed by Eilish for the first time at the Brit Awards on Tuesday, alongside both Zimmer and Marr.

At 18, Eilish is the youngest artist to record a Bond theme song.

Additional reporting from PA

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