10 Greatest James Bond Movie Opening Title Sequences

Another Daniel Kleinman joint, Skyfall merges the action - Bond tumbling over a waterfall, having been shot from a speeding train on M's orders - with a wondrous underwater sequence and the near-flawless theme song from Adele, whose lyrics match the graphics and the themes of the film overall.

Transitioning through graveyards and Scottish mansions, the sequence cleverly weaves in visual cues and motifs from the rest of the film. It has it all: skulls, bullets, girls, blood and an overwhelming sense of betrayal as targets of Bond are burned and shot throughout, his own reflection and shadow becoming mysterious enemies drawn from the ether. Darkness seeps through every frame and the modernity of the visuals are balanced by the classicality of the song (which, by the way, won an Academy Award).

The superlative blend of Craig's image and an archetypally surreal trip through the many locales of the film (take particular note of the Skyfall stags and the Chinese dragons) is matched seamlessly with Adele's bombastic, classic-sounding number that wouldn't be out of place in any 007 feature from the past 60 years.

It doesn't get much better than this. Not much.