Chris Cornell & Casino Royale

Chris Cornell Performing Casino Royale Title Song

In case you missed, Chris Cornell, Audioslave lead singer has recored the theme song for the new James Bond Film. The acclaimed singer-songwriter, whose upcoming release with Audioslave marks the 11th album of his career, has also enjoyed success with the groups Soundgarden and Temple of the Dog, as well as his own critically acclaimed solo album in 1999, “Euphoria Morning.” He has also collaborated with such groups as Alice in Chains and made contributions to other soundtracks.

“I’ve always loved Chris’ work, both as a writer and as an artist, and had hoped someday to find the right film to inspire him,” said Lia Vollack, President, Worldwide Music for Columbia Pictures. “His music is both soulful and tough. It was the perfect complement to Daniel Craig and “Casino Royale”.

Cornell joins other performers such as Madonna, Sheryl Crow, Paul McCartney & Wings, Carly Simon, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Tina Turner, Gladys Knight, Sheena Easton, Duran Duran and Garbage who have performed title songs for previous James Bond adventures, though he will be among the select few who have both written and performed an “007″ title song (others include McCartney & Wings, Crow and Madonna). Other songs were written by composers as varied as Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse, Lionel Bart, John Barry, Bono & The Edge and Marvin Hamlisch. Daniel Craig stars as the new “007″ in “Casino Royale” directed by Martin Campbell. The film will be released worldwide by Columbia Pictures on November 17, 2006.

I had the chance to work with Chris earlier this year on a Music Video for his band Audioslave. This video for the song “Original Fire” was directed by P.R. Brown. See the video below.

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