Marvin Hamlisch - Nobody Does It Better (Instrumental) (1977) HQ

"Nobody Does It Better" is a power ballad by American composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager. It was recorded by Hamlish as an instrumental and as vocal version by Carly Simon as the theme song for the 1977 James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me". It was the first Bond theme song to be titled differently from the name of the film since Dr. No, although the phrase "the spy who loved me" is included in the lyrics.

"Nobody Does It Better" became a major worldwide hit, spending three weeks at #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 but was kept out of the top spot by Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" and #1 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart. It also reached #7 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was certified Gold by the RIAA, signifying sales of one million copies in the US. The song is Simon's longest-charting hit, as well the most successful hit of hers that she did not write herself.

Among the most successful Bond theme songs, "Nobody Does It Better" received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song where it lost to "You Light Up My Life", as well as a Golden Globe Award nomination. At the 20th Annual Grammy Awards held in 1978, "Nobody Does It Better" received a nomination for Song of the Year and Simon was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager were also nominated for an Oscar.

Hamlisch was one of only fifteen people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. This collection of all four is referred to as an "EGOT". He is one of only two people to have won those four prizes and a Pulitzer Prize (Richard Rodgers is the other). He is one of ten people to win three or more Oscars in one night and the only one other than a director or screenwriter to do so. Hamlisch also won two Golden Globes. He earned ten Golden Globe Award nominations, winning twice for Best Original Song, with "Life Is What You Make It" in 1972 and "The Way We Were" in 1974.

Hamlisch was the primary conductor for the Pittsburgh Pops from 1995 until his death. The Dallas Symphony Orchestra were he also once conducted performed a rare Hamlisch classical symphonic suite titled Anatomy of Peace (Symphonic Suite in one Movement For Full Orchestra/Chorus/Child Vocal Soloist) on November 19, 1991. It was also performed at Carnegie Hall in 1993, and in Paris in 1994 to commemorate D-Day. The work was recorded by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 1992.

In 2008, Hamlisch was also inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. He passed away in Los Angeles on August 6, 2012.

R.I.P. Marvin Hamlisch and Sir Roger Moore, "My James Bond".