A View to a Kill Theme". Barry's composition from "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was modified for use in the songs "Snow Job", "He's Dangerous" and "Golden Gate Fight" of "A View to a Kill." "A View to a Kill" reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, thus becoming the peak song in the James Bond series. The 2015 track "Writing's On The Wall" later out performed the song in the UK by reaching number one. Duran Duran was chosen to do the song after bassist John Taylor (a lifelong Bond fan)
Licence to Kill (soundtrack) of "Licence to Kill" was directed by Daniel Kleinman, who later took over the reins of title designer from Maurice Binder for the 1995 Bond film, "GoldenEye". All the instrumental tracks are amalgams of various sequences and musical cues from the film rather than straight score excerpts. The end credits of the film feature the song "If You Asked Me To" sung by Patti LaBelle. Though the song was a top ten R&B charter and a minor pop hit for LaBelle, in 1992, the song was covered by and became a much bigger hit for singer Céline Dion. The track