Licence to Kill (soundtrack) version based on the James Bond Theme. The guitar riff heard in the original recording of the theme was played by Flick. The prospect, however, fell apart and Gladys Knight's song and performance was chosen, later becoming a Top 10 hit in the United Kingdom. The song was composed by Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen and Walter Afanasieff, based on the "horn line" from "Goldfinger", which required royalty payments to the original writers. At 5 minutes 13 seconds it is the longest Bond theme, though 45 single releases featured a shorter edit, running 4 minutes 11 seconds. The music video
Licence to Kill looks as bored in his second Bond film as Sean Connery did in his sixth." Opinion on "Licence to Kill" has changed with the passing of time, some reviews are still mixed, though film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes lists the film with a positive 77% "fresh" rating from 52 reviews. Reviews have improved since Daniel Craig's tenure, Glen intimating that Dalton's Bond influenced his. Some are still unimpressed.Tom Hibbert of "Empire" gives the film only two of a possible five stars, observing that "Dalton ... is really quite hopeless". Hibbert concluded that "he may look the part, but Timothy Dalton