- "I never saw the film. I read the script. They gave me the script and they told me the overall feeling to it. When I write music it's very strange, maybe it's normal, but I see things in songs in different colors. It's really strange, so when Sam was talking to me about the song, he had just started the title sequence and they were doing something with an octopus and the colors were very purple and that immediately made me go to the studio and want to write a song that sounded purple. So it sounds a bit haunting and dark and it’s scary. Barbara Broccoli was so supportive and just lovely through the whole process. I wanted to make it a vulnerable Bond song. I felt like doing the lyric like that that was my brave thing to do"
- ― Sam Smith
Samuel Frederick "Sam" Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer and songwriter. They rose to fame in October 2012 when they were featured on Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart. Their subsequent feature—on Naughty Boy's "La La La"—earned them their first number one single in May 2013.
Bond Involvement[]
After denying to admit and providing speculation that the Spectre theme song will be sung by Ellie Golding (who also provided speculations on Twitter, by stating, 'Live and Let Die'), on September 8, 2015, Smith confirmed that their new song, entitled "Writing's on the Wall", was released on September 25, 2015, and was the theme song to the 24th James Bond film Spectre. Smith got an Oscar and Golden Globe shared with James Napier for "Writing's on the Wall".
Trivia[]
- Smith won the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song, for his work on Spectre, which was shared with James Napier.
- Smith identifies as non-binary and prefers the pronoun "they".