{"id":383025,"date":"2026-04-16T20:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/383025\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T20:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:19:08","slug":"lana-del-rey-releases-title-song-for-james-bond-video-game-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/383025\/","title":{"rendered":"Lana Del Rey Releases Title Song For James Bond Video Game: Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/lana-del-rey\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lana-del-rey\" data-tag=\"lana-del-rey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lana Del Rey<\/a> has released a new song for the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/james-bond\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-bond\" data-tag=\"james-bond\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Bond<\/a> video game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/007-first-light\/\" id=\"auto-tag_007-first-light\" data-tag=\"007-first-light\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">007 First Light<\/a>. It will appear in the game\u2019s title sequence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cFirst Light\u201d is a grand and orchestral affair, embellished with motifs from the James Bond theme song. It was composed and co-written with David Arnold, who previously scored five James Bond films, including Tomorrow Never Dies and Casino Royale. The video game\u2019s score was created by the Flight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cThe Bond theme is a unique storytelling moment; it has to capture scale, drama, and intrigue all at once,\u201d Arnold said in a statement. \u201cHaving been part of that musical lineage, I understand how important it is to honor its heritage while allowing it to evolve. Lana brought an elegance and atmosphere to the song that felt perfectly suited to continuing that tradition while introducing something fresh for a new era.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t007 First Light is the first video game in the James Bond franchise since 2012\u2019s 007 Legends. Published and developed by IO Interactive, 007 First Light follows a Bond as a rookie MI6 agent in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/rs-gaming\/007-first-light-creators-tease-batman-james-bond-1235365756\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a new origin story<\/a> while he tries to earn his 00 status. It will be released on May 27 on PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X\/S, and arrives on the Nintendo Switch 2 console later this year.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhile the Bond community waits, the 007 First Light title sequence, featuring Del Rey\u2019s song, will premiere on the game\u2019s official channels on Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Steam, and X tomorrow (April 17) at 1:00 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tLana Del Rey has slowly teased her Did You Know There\u2019s a Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard follow-up, which is set to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/lana-del-rey-husband-jeremy-dufrene-new-country-album-2026-1235415567\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">country-inspired<\/a>, throughout the last year. Following a series of title changes (The Right Person Will Stay and Lasso), the album is currently called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/lana-del-rey-release-date-new-stove-single-1235512822\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stove<\/a>, but no release date has been set yet. In February, she released the spectral and intriguing single \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/lana-del-rey-white-feather-hawk-tail-deer-hunter-1235516275\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter<\/a>,\u201d describing it as her favorite song on the album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lana Del Rey has released a new song for the upcoming James Bond video game 007 First Light.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[97707,156,24973,48790,157,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-383025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-007-first-light","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-james-bond","11":"tag-lana-del-rey","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-new-zealand","14":"tag-newzealand","15":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}