007 (sometimes referred to as The 007 Theme), is an adventure theme composed by John Barry in 1963 for the Bond film, From Russia with Love.

Aht gypsy camp fight in ‘From Russia with Love’.

“007” is made up of a sharp guitar line with brass and strings. The theme appears in five James Bond films:

1. From Russia with Love — Played during the gypsy camp gunfight and also during Bond’s theft of the Lektor decoder from the Russian embassy in Istanbul.
2. Thunderball — Played when Bond runs from SPECTRE during a parade and when he joins the climactic underwater fight
3. You Only Live Twice — Played during the flight of “Little Nellie” before he battles four helicopters that attack him.
4. Diamonds Are Forever — Played during Bond’s destruction of Blofeld’s HQ
5. Moonraker — Played during the Amazon river chase.

This piece of music was also used by Philadelphia television station KYW-TV as the theme music for its evening news programme.

See also:

• Bond films: Soundtrack
• Bond films: Suspense motif
• Bond films: Title themes
• James Bond Theme