Keith Emerson: Nighthawks (soundtrack) [1981]

Nighthawks was Keith Emerson’s second film score and his first for a Hollywood movie. The Nighthawks soundtrack album was the keyboardist’s first solo album to be released in the US.

Release Information

Film

Release date (US): 10 April 1981
Directed by Bruce Malmuth

Source: Nighthawks (1981). AFI Catalog.

Soundtrack Album

Release date: 1981
Label: Backstreet Records
Produced by Keith Emerson

Source: “Keith Emerson.” Discogs.com.

Tracklist

1. “Nighthawks — Main Title Theme” (Keith Emerson)
2. “Mean Stalkin'” (Emerson)
3. “The Bust” (Emerson)
4. “Nighthawking” (Keith Emerson / Mark Mueller)
5. “The Chase” (Emerson)
6. “I’m A Man” (Steve Winwood / Jimmy Miller)
7. “The Chopper” (Emerson)
8. “Tramway” (Emerson)
9. “I’m Comin’ In” (Emerson)
10. “Face To Face” (Emerson)
11. “The Flight Of A Hawk” (Emerson)

Personnel

• Composed, performed and produced by Keith Emerson
• Conducted by Godfrey Salmon
• Arranged by Harry Betts

• Keith Emerson: Keyboards
• Kendal Stubbs: Bass
• Neil Symonette: Drums
• Frank Scully: Percussion
• Jerome Richardson: Saxophones
• Greg Bowen: Lead trumpet
• Tristan Fry: Orchestral percussion
• Paulette McWilliams: Vocals on “Nighthawking”

• Special thanks to Kevin Crossley (Fairlight programming), Godfrey Salmon (strings and brass on “Nighthawking”), L’Orchestre de L’Opera de Paris

Source: Liner notes. Keith Emerson at the Movies. Esoteric Recordings. 2014.

Studios

• Advision Studios, London
• Compass Point Studio, Nassau, Bahamas
• Elite Studios, Nassau, Bahamas

Source: Liner notes. Keith Emerson at the Movies. Esoteric Recordings. 2014.

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