You can currently buy the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition for £6,950. The new watch is completed by a NAIAD LOCK caseback, which keeps all of the engravings in correct alignment.

Finally, the number “62” refers to the year of the very first James Bond film. Kamen rerecorded the Bond theme with Vic Flick. Michael Kamen, whod scored Lethal Weapon and Die Hard, took over. The letter “A” signifies a watch with a screw-in crown, while “007” is, of course, James Bond’s iconic agent number. Licence to Kill (1989) 'Licence to Kill' by Gladys Knight John Barry retired. Jerry Smith from Music Week wrote, 'Gladys Knight beats all-comers for the dubious pleasure of singing the theme to the latest Bond movie, written and produced by Narada Michael Walden, and basically a pastiche of the best of the previous themes. “0552” is a naval code-number, with “923 7697” being the number for a divers’ watch. On the caseback, you’ll find a series of numbers, which follow the format for genuine military-issue watches. It's made from Grade 2 Titanium, and has been purposefully built with military needs in mind.įor this watch, Omega has introduced an aluminium dial which replicates the aged brown 'tropical' hue that certain vintage dials turn over time. This is the watch that'll be strapped to Bond's wrist in the upcoming film, No Time to Die. The track 'Wedding Party', used during the wedding of Felix Leiter to Della Churchill, makes reference to the track 'Jump Up' from the first Bond film, Dr. 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 end credits of the film feature the song ' If You Asked Me To' sung by Patti LaBelle. The music video 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.Īll the instrumental tracks are amalgams of various sequences and musical cues from the film rather than straight score excerpts. Uniquely, the credits for the song (writers and performer) are not included in the opening titles. The version used in the movie itself was edited to 2 minutes 53 seconds. The origin of that device is commonly thought to be from the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming.In the first James Bond novel, 1953’s Casino Royale, Fleming introduces the 00 Section of MI6, Britain’s secret service. 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 concept of having a license to kill is popular in espionage fiction and films. 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. The prospect, however, fell apart and Gladys Knight's song and performance was chosen, later becoming a Top 10 hit in the United Kingdom. A track purporting to be the unused Clapton/Flick theme was uploaded to the music sharing website SoundCloud in January 2022 and was later confirmed to be genuine. The guitar riff heard in the original recording of the theme was played by Flick.

The theme was said to have been a new version based on the ' James Bond Theme'. Initially Eric Clapton and Vic Flick were asked to write and perform the theme song to Licence to Kill. Because the usual James Bond composer John Barry (who had scored almost every film from From Russia with Love onwards) was not available at the time as he was undergoing throat surgery after suffering a rupture of the esophagus in 1988, the soundtrack's more upbeat and suspenseful score was composed and conducted by Michael Kamen.

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