Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

 When Thunderball went into production, a new song had to be composed for the new title sequence. The producers were amused by the fact that the Japanese fans of James Bond called him "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang".  So it was decided that the theme song for the film would have that very title.

Maurice Binder designed the sequence from the song recorded by Dionne Warwick. Since the title of the film wasn't included in the lyrics (as opposed to those in Goldfinger for instance), it was thought that the singing should start after the word "Thunderball" had appeared. Thus the long musical intro for the song.

For some reason, it was eventually considered inappropriate for the theme song not to be named after the film and a new song was recorded by Tom Jones. Instead of creating a new sequence, it was timed to fit Binder's original designs in order to save costs.

Don't forget to click "like" on the Facebook page for more.
That's all for today, folks!