“Live and Let Die” was written by Paul McCartney, with Linda McCartney credited alongside him, for the 1973 James Bond film of the same name, the eighth entry in the franchise and the first to star Roger Moore as Bond. The song went down in history as the title theme for that film, but also as one of the most decisive Bond themes ever written, because it was the first to push the world of 007 so clearly toward rock music. It was not simply an elegant cinematic melody. It was a song built on dramatic shifts, orchestral explosions, harder edges, and the feeling that Bond himself was entering a different era.