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Live and Let Die — Paul McCartney’s song helped take Bond into a new era (Financial Times)

Live and Let Die — Paul McCartney’s song helped take Bond into a new era (Financial Times)

What makes a classic James Bond song? A sense of the epic, surely. Flaring brass, rippling strings. A melody-driven framework, an irresistible hook. Paul McCartney and Wings’ “Live and Let Die”, written for the eighth instalment of the film franchise, certainly ticks the right boxes …