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 to cope with its general creative decline and the end of the Cold War". In October 2008 "Time Out" re-issued a review of "Licence to Kill" and also thought that Dalton was unfortunate, saying "one has to feel for Dalton, who was never given a fair shake by either of the films in which he appeared". On a more positive note,Collider's Eric Vespe put it in the top ten of his list, Chuck O'Leary of Fantastica Daily remarked that it was a rare entry in the Bond series where the danger seems real., while Screenrant's Mark Zambrano praised the new