Lana Del Rey’s Bond theme

Lana Del Rey has released “First Light,” the official title song for *007 First Light*, the new James Bond video game from IO Interactive and Amazon MGM Studios. (variety.com) The song was co-written with David Arnold, the composer who scored five Bond films, and outlets including Pitchfork and Deadline reported it arrived on April 16 as part of the game’s rollout. (pitchfork.com) (deadline.com) IO Interactive said the full title sequence would debut on the game’s official channels on April 17 at 10 a.m. Pacific, one day after the track hit streaming services. (webwire.com) Bond themes are a franchise ritual: a standalone song opens the title sequence and helps define the mood of a new film or, in this case, a new game. Arnold’s involvement ties the project to the modern Bond sound he helped shape in films from *Tomorrow Never Dies* through *Quantum of Solace*. (rollingstone.com) (variety.com) For Del Rey, the release closes a long-running Bond subplot. Pitchfork noted that she had submitted “24” for the 2015 film *Spectre*, but Sam Smith’s “Writing’s on the Wall” was chosen instead. (pitchfork.com) The game itself is IO Interactive’s original Bond origin story, not an adaptation of an existing movie. The studio says *007 First Light* launches May 27, 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, with a Nintendo Switch 2 version coming later in the summer. (upi.com) (youtube.com) That setup gives the song a different job than a film single. It is attached to a new Bond story that IO Interactive is building from scratch, with Amazon MGM Studios backing the release and the *Hitman* developer handling the game. (variety.com) (mynewsdesk.com) The immediate next step is the game’s title-sequence reveal and then the May 27 launch. For now, the Bond song Lana Del Rey did not get to release in 2015 has arrived in 2026, attached to Bond’s next video-game reboot. (webwire.com) (pitchfork.com)