Tomorrow Never Dies is the soundtrack of the 18th James Bond

James Bond

James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

 film of the same name

Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies is the eighteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Bruce Feirstein wrote the screenplay, and it was directed by Roger Spottiswoode. It follows Bond as he tries to stop a media mogul from engineering...

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David Arnold

David Arnold

David Arnold is an English film composer best known for scoring five James Bond films, the 1994 film Stargate, the 1996 film Independence Day, and the television series Little Britain.-Film and television career:...

 composed the score of Tomorrow Never Dies, his first full Bond soundtrack

Soundtrack

A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

. Arnold came to the producer's attention due to his successful cover interpretations in Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project—which featured major artists performing classic James Bond title songs.

The theme tune was chosen through a competitive process. There were approximately twelve submissions; including songs from Swan Lee

Swan Lee

Swan Lee was a Danish band featuring Pernille Rosendahl on vocals. The name was taken from a Syd Barrett song.In 1996 Pernille Rosendahl formed a band with guitarist Jonas Struck, drummer Emil Jorgensen and her boyfriend Tim Christensen. After Christensen left in 1999, the remaining trio continued...

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Pulp

Pulp (band)

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, Saint Etienne

Saint Etienne (band)

Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...

, Marc Almond

Marc Almond

Marc Almond is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell...

, Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...

 and David Arnold. Arnold's entry—"Tomorrow Never Dies," sung by k.d. lang

K.D. Lang

Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...

—a bold, brassy number in the classic John Barry

John Barry (composer)

John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987...

/Shirley Bassey

Shirley Bassey

Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...

 vein, was chosen as the official theme song, and Arnold heavily incorporated elements of the song throughout the film's score. However, similar to the last-minute theme song switch that occurred with Thunderball

Thunderball (soundtrack)

Thunderball is the soundtrack for the fourth James Bond film of the same name.The soundtrack was released by United Artists Records in 1965. The music was composed and conducted by John Barry, and performed by the John Barry Orchestra. This was Barry's third soundtrack for the series...

three decades earlier, shortly before the film's release, the producers replaced Arnold and lang's theme with Sheryl Crow's, as Crow was a much bigger name at the time; Arnold's theme was re-titled "Surrender" and moved to the end credits.

The score itself follows Barry's classical style in both composition and orchestration, together with modern electronic rhythms present in most cues. Because the title song was changed so close to the film's release date, there was no time to work Crow's melody into any of the score. As a result, melody patterns from "Surrender" appear prominently many times in the score, mainly in the action cues, but it can also be heard in the dramatic "All in a Day's Work" track.

The DVD version of the film has an "isolated music track" allowing the viewer to watch the film with just the background music.

Scoring of the film had not been completed when the soundtrack was released so on a second album was released by Chapter III Records which removed the theme songs, Moby's Bond theme remake

James Bond Theme (Moby's re-version)

"James Bond Theme " is American electronica musician Moby's remake of The James Bond Theme used in the series of James Bond films. This remake was featured in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies and is also featured as the second track in Moby's compilation I Like to Score, a compilation of...

 and "Station Break", and had additional music, as well as an interview with David Arnold.

1997 release

1. "Tomorrow Never Dies
   Tomorrow Never Dies (song)
   Entertainment Weekly music critic Jim Farber negatively reviewed the song, explaining "While Crow's music has the right swank and swing, her brittle voice lacks the operatic quality of the best Bond girls and boys, like Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, or even Melissa Manchester...
   
   " – Sheryl Crow
   Sheryl Crow
   Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...
   
    (5:17)
2. "White Knight" (8:30)
3. "The Sinking of the Devonshire" (7:07)
4. "Company Car" (3:08)
5. "Station Break" (3:30)
6. "Paris and Bond" (1:55)
7. "The Last Goodbye" (1:34)
8. "Hamburg Break In" (2:52)
9. "Hamburg Break Out" (1:26)
10. "Doctor Kaufman" (2:26)
11. "*-3-Send" (1:17)
12. "Underwater Discovery" (3:37)
13. "Backseat Driver" – David Arnold
    David Arnold
    David Arnold is an English film composer best known for scoring five James Bond films, the 1994 film Stargate, the 1996 film Independence Day, and the television series Little Britain.-Film and television career:...
    
     and Alex Gifford of Propellerheads
    Propellerheads
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     (4:37)
14. "Surrender" – k.d. lang
    K.D. Lang
    Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...
    
     (Music by David Arnold
    David Arnold
    David Arnold is an English film composer best known for scoring five James Bond films, the 1994 film Stargate, the 1996 film Independence Day, and the television series Little Britain.-Film and television career:...
    
     and David McAlmont, Lyrics by Don Black) (3:56)
15. "James Bond Theme
    James Bond Theme (Moby's re-version)
    "James Bond Theme " is American electronica musician Moby's remake of The James Bond Theme used in the series of James Bond films. This remake was featured in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies and is also featured as the second track in Moby's compilation I Like to Score, a compilation of...
    
    " – Moby
    Moby
    Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...
    
    (3:12)

2000 release

1. "White Knight" (8:29)
2. "Sinking of the Devonshire" (7:06)
3. "Company Car" (3:07)
4. "Paris And Bond" (1:55)
5. "Last Goodbye" (1:33)
6. "Hamburg Break In" (2:53)
7. "Hamburg Break Out" (1:24)
8. "Doctor Kaufman" (2:27)
9. "*-3-Send" (1:15)
10. "Backseat Driver" (4:34)
11. "Underwater Discovery" (3:36)
12. "Helicopter Ride" (1:34)
13. "Bike Chase" (6:44)
14. "Bike Shop Fight" (2:42)
15. "Kowloon Bay" (2:27)
16. "Boarding the Stealth" (4:38)
17. "A Tricky Spot for 007" (2:48)
18. "All in a Day's Work" (5:09)
19. "Exclusive David Arnold Interview" (11:02)