Tout simplement génial!!! I can imagine the feeling of pleasure that JOHN TAYLOR was feeling at this time working with his idol (BERNARD EDWARDS) in DURAN DURAN and POWER STATION.

From JOHN BARRY's Biography:

"JOHN BARRY's title-song collaboration with DURAN DURAN was his most successful to date. A View To A Kill became a chart-topper in America and reached number two in Britain. The music, for what turned out to be ROGER MOORE's last outing as 007, was recorded as usual at C.T.S. Studios in Wembley, London. Sessions took place in March and April 1985, although DURAN DURAN had already taped their contributions separately in America (together with BERNARD EDWARDS and JASON CORSARO). When BARRY arrived at C.T.S. for the first session, his prime purpose was to add the backing of the full orchestra, thus turning the vocal / band accompaniment into the
finished article. This was achieved by recording the orchestra conventionally, before certain sections were isolated.

JOHN TAYLOR, of DURAN DURAN, a keen BOND / BARRY fan, had originally suggested to CUBBY BROCCOLI that the group would be ideal to write and sing the theme song for 'A View To A Kill', without actually expecting the call. When it arrived it filled them with utter dread. Lead singer SIMON LE BON took up the story as follows: "JOHN BARRY didn't really come up with any of the basic musical ideas. He heard what we came up with and he put them into an order. And that's why it happened so quickly because he was able to separate
the good ideas from the bad ones, and he arranged them. He has a great way of working brilliant chord arrangements. He was working with us as virtually a sixth member of the group not really getting on our backs at all. He gets half a writing credit but all he really did was to make sure that he was able to use what we wrote later on in the film, to add orchestration and so on. He just wanted to make sure that what we did didn't make him wince."

01) DURAN DURAN - A View To A Kill (Album Version) (3:35)
Produced by BERNARD EDWARDS, JASON CORSARO and DURAN DURAN (1985)
Written by DURAN DURAN and JOHN BARRY
Engineered and Mixed by JASON CORSARO
Recorded at Maison Rouge and CTS Studios, London
Mixed at the Power Station Studios, New York
Featured in the Original Motion Picture, Album Soundtrack, 12" Single and 7" Single "A VIEW TO A KILL"
(P)&(C) 1985
Musicians:
Vocals by SIMON LE BON
Bass by JOHN TAYLOR
Guitar by ANDY TAYLOR
Drums by ROGER TAYLOR
Keyboards by NICK RHODES
Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by JOHN BARRY
Digital Sampling by JONATHAN ELIAS
Link (3.2 MB):
http://www.mediafire.com/?jc4ycf1vm1e

02) DURAN DURAN - A View To A Kill (Demo Take 1 Version) (3:41)
Is the oldest demo, the majority of the lyrics are different from the released version, the chorus is "Jump Out Of The Fire" (instead of "Dance Into The Fire"). The music is very simple, no effects are here.
Direct Link (3.3 MB):
http://www.duranitaly.com/Mu02/01.zip

03) DURAN DURAN - A View To A Kill (Demo Take 2 Version) (3:40)
This demo is on the middle, many effects are already added, and the lyrics are "working in progress".
Direct link (3.3 MB):
http://www.duranitaly.com/Mu02/02.zip

04) DURAN DURAN - A View To A Kill (Demo Take 3 Version) (3:42)
Is the newest demo, it's very similar to the released song.
Direct Link (3.3 MB):
http://www.duranitaly.com/Mu02/03.zip

05) DURAN DURAN - A View To A Kill (Art Of Mix Version) (7:01)
Amazing remix.
Link (9.7 MB):
http://sharebee.com/626d473e

Really interesting to compare on one side work of Duran Duran produced in solo by Bernard Edwards and on the other side work of Duran Duran produced in solo by Nile Rodgers.
They are quite different.
I think there was really such a "Bernard Edwards Sound" (heavy bass, heavy drums) we can ear on Power Station, Robert Palmer's Riptide, Burglar Soundtrak, Distance and others Bernard productions.