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
Motifs in the James Bond film series "The Living Daylights", as well as a double-decker bus in "Live and Let Die". Bond's adventures have taken him to over sixty countries, as well as outer space, in locations mostly described as attractive and exotic. These locations are primarily real places, though on occasion—such as San Monique ("Live and Let Die") and Isthmus ("Licence to Kill")—the destinations have been fictional. The locations used for filming have often altered because of the effects of Bond's presence: Scaramanga's hideout on Ko Tapu () in "The Man with the Golden Gun" is often now referred to as "James Bond Island" both by