Keith Emerson: Nighthawks (soundtrack) [1981]
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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
- “Nighthawks — Main Title Theme” (Keith Emerson)
- “Mean Stalkin'” (Emerson)
- “The Bust” (Emerson)
- “Nighthawking” (Keith Emerson / Mark Mueller)
- “The Chase” (Emerson)
- “I’m A Man” (Steve Winwood / Jimmy Miller)
- “The Chopper” (Emerson)
- “Tramway” (Emerson)
- “I’m Comin’ In” (Emerson)
- “Face To Face” (Emerson)
- “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