R.I.P. Monty Norman - Composer of the Iconic James Bond Theme

[excalibur]

One of the most iconic themes in the last 60 years of movies.

Bond theme composer Monty Norman dies aged 94

Composer whose work is indelibly associated with 007 also worked on a string of successful West End musicals

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[LuckyDuck]

It was also sad that the fictional character of James Bond was killed off. I was disappointed that Barbara Broccoli decided to kill him off, but when I gave it a bit of thought and reminded myself that the gays wanted the next Bond to be gay, women wanted the next Bond to be a woman and the blacks wanted the next Bond to be black, I decided that Barbara Broccoli made the right decision, rather than ruining the fictional Bond character's history. Millions of heterosexual men, especially those in Great Britain, fantasized about being that character and Ian Fleming, fashioned Bond loosely on himself, as he was a member of the OSS in World War II. So, killing him off, while he was still the Iconic character, was for the best. I frankly don't understand the LGBTQ, etc., for wanting to change our established fictional characters from their original creation, after all, they are perfectly capable of creating their own fictional spies and superheroes.