By Cheryl & Rich

Ed Sheeran Almost Did the James Bond Theme

Oct 21, 2022 | 5:57 AM

Ed Sheeran was first approached to write a James Bond theme song in 2019before the studio decided to hire Billie Eilish instead. She and her brother, Finneas went on to win an Oscar and Golden Globe for their music used in the film.

Billboard reported that Sheeran had already done all the meetings and started work on it when the movie suddenly changed directors and scripts.

He said, “I’m not gonna pretend it didn’t hurt not doing it. But if they came back I’d be like, ‘yeah, yeah, of course, yeah!’”

As an English performer, penning a Bond theme song is one of Ed Sheeran’s bucket list items.

SIDE NOTES

  • The opportunity at the time appeared tied to director Danny Boyle helming of the 25th Bond movie.
  • Boyle had worked with Sheeran on Richard Curtis’ 2019 Beatles fantasia Yesterday.
  • After Boyle quit over creative differences and was replaced by Cary Joji Fukunaga, Eilish was hired.

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