Keith Emerson: Nighthawks (soundtrack) [1981]

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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