A View to a Kill (soundtrack) A View to a Kill (soundtrack) A View to a Kill is the soundtrack for the film of the same name, the 14th installment in the James Bond film series. The theme song "A View to a Kill", was written by John Barry and Duran Duran, and was recorded in London with a 60-piece orchestra. "A View to a Kill" is the most successful Bond theme to date. In 1986 Barry and Duran Duran were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Duran Duran was chosen to do the song after bassist John Taylor (a lifelong Bond
A View to a Kill held on 12 June 1985 at the Odeon Leicester Square Cinema in London. It achieved a box office collection of US$152.4 million worldwide with $50.3 million in the United States alone. On its opening weekend in the US it earned $10.6 million. Although its box office reception was excellent, the film's critical response was mostly negative. Rotten Tomatoes currently gives "A View to a Kill" a 36% approval rating, which is the lowest rating for the Eon-produced Bond films on the website. The film was first broadcast on British television on 31 January 1990. One of the most common criticisms