Spectre

This song was commissioned for the 2015 Craig-era James Bond film, Spectre. The song was rejected by the film producers, and Radiohead released it as a B-side to the 2016 single ‘Burn the Witch’.

Initially, Radiohead had offered Man of War, a song written in the 90’s during The Bends sessions. The song was later retooled for OK Computer, but it never made the cut for the initial release. As the story goes, Bond producers liked Man of Warbut scrapped it after realizing it was pre-recorded. [Pre-recorded material has implications for the Academy Awards. Jonny Greenwood’s score…