The title was taken from an Italian journalist who in 1962 dubbed agent 007 as Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," which was written by John Barry and Leslie Bricusse. The original title credit theme to Thunderball was entitled "Mr.
The rest of the soundtrack for the film was also composed by John Barry this was his third soundtrack for the series. Jones said of the final note: "I closed my eyes and I held the note for so long when I opened my eyes the room was spinning." The song was sung by Tom Jones who, according to Bond production legend, fainted in the recording booth after singing the song's final, high note. John Barry teamed up with lyricist Don Black and wrote the song "Thunderball". Broccoli and Harry Saltzman were worried that a theme song to a James Bond movie would not work well if the song did not have the title of the film in its lyrics. The song was removed from the title credits after producers Albert R. The song was originally recorded by Shirley Bassey, but was later rerecorded by Dionne Warwick, whose version was not released until the 1990s. Kiss-Kiss, Bang-Bang", which was written by John Barry and Leslie Bricusse. The original title credit theme to Thunderball was entitled " Mr. Novel - Film - Radio - Soundtrack - Characters ( book/ film) - Locations ( book/ film) - Equipment ( book/ film) - Releases