As the latest Bond movie 'Skyfall' starts hitting cinemas worldwide this week, meet the men behind the iconic theme song.
The unmistakable tune stems from an Asian tune British composer Monty Normal had sitting in his bottom draw.
Just weeks before the first movie 'Dr. No' was to be released, band leader John Barry and orchestrator Vic Flick were brought on board.
Mr Little did they know they were making perhaps the most recognisable theme music in history.
Mr Monty says he can remember the moment when he knew the Bond franchise was a hit.
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"In the film when Sean is sitting at the gambling table and you see the lower part of his body and slowly the camera pans to his face and he says "Bond; James Bond"...I think from that moment onwards, Sean was a star and the song
He still has his original manuscript, sitting at his house. Remarkably, it's not framed. Although Monty says it spent most of the last 50 years in a safe.
