Return Captain Invincible Music Credits
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Original Score Composed and Conducted by William Motzing (cast) President's Band PALM COURT ORCHESTRA Music Consultant Lance Reynolds for Bestall Reynolds Production Songs Produced by Charles Fisher Songs Engineered by Allan Thorne, Trafalgar Studios Orchestration by William Motzing and Mark Isaacs Music Recordist Gerry Nixon, Thorn-EMI Studios 301 "Into the Blue" "We Need a Hero" "Bullshit" Written and Composed by Brad Love "Name Your Poison" "Captain Invincible" "Evil Midnight" Written and Composed by RIchard Hartley Richard O'Brien "Heaven in Your Eyes" Written and Composed by Beth Lawrence Norman Thalheimer Sung by Beth Lawrence "The World I Knew" Written and Composed by Billy Field Tom Price "Amazing how they're alike" Written and Composed by Jan Bunker Mike Scarpiollo All compositions administered world-wide by Bestall Reynolds Music We acknowledge with thanks permission to use in this motion picture the following musical compositions: "New York New York" Music by Leonard Bernstein Words by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Used by permission by Warner Bros. Music. "Give My Regards to Broadway" Words and music by George M. Cohan Used by permission by George M. Cohan Music Publishing Inc. "God Bless America" Words and music by Irving Berlin Used by permission of Irving Berlin Music Corp. We also acknowledge with thanks the permission of Ms Kate Smith and RCA Records to use Ms Smith's 1939 Victor recording of "God Bless America". "Riders of the Valkyries" Composed by Richard Wagner Music Mixer Gethin Creagh Specialised sound FX created by John J. Zuliakha John B. Levine Recorded at Emerald City Music Studio Sydney, Australia. Additional Specialised Sound Equipment provided by Roland Corporation Australia Pty. Ltd. Roland - logo Audio Mix Systems International Pty. Ltd. for supplying the R.M.S. D.M.X. series of Digital equipment Ampex Tape was used for the sound track Ampex Australia Pty. Ltd. Remarkably the Palm Court Orchestra was still a working band at time of writing (October 2014), and had its own website here, which inter alia provided these details: Sydney's Palm Court Orchestra was formed in 1974 to play the light music and popular classics of the Edwardian Era. Their vast repertoire in this genre includes ragtime, English and Continental waltzes, tunes from musical comedy, those cheeky, raggy arrangements of Tin Pan Alley songs and well known light classics such as those penned by Elgar, Dvorak, Rubinstein and Grieg amongst others. The orchestra has played very successful seasons at Sydney's Hilton Hotel, Melbourne's grand Windsor Hotel, at Pinetrees Lord Howe Island, and more recently at the sacred River Retreat, Bali, appeared as concert artists on the QE2, played for H.M. Queen Elizabeth on a number of occasions and for Prince Charles & Princess Anne and at the reception of Elton John's wedding. The P.C.O. has also accompanied silent movies, notably two Australian Classics, "For The Term Of His Natural Life" and more recently "Kid Stakes" and their faces and or music have been used in scenes in a number of Australian films and TV drama. They are virtually invisible in the film - perhaps they scored a close up in the out-takes in the longer cuts of the film. As it is, a few shapes and their instruments can barely be seen behind the singing US President and his cavorting entourage. (Below: the Palm Court Orchestra as they appear in the film). Composer William Motzing: Composer William Motzing's site, Spare Parts Productions, active as of October 2014, provides this short CV: William Motzing (BMus, MMus) was born in the USA. He graduated with a Bachelor of Music from Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York and continued his studies earning a Masters Degree from Manhattan School of Music.He went on to study conducting with Ernest Matteo, Nicholas Flagello, Ionel Perlea and Olga von Geczy; composition with Ludmila Ulehla and John Mayer at Birmingham Conservatoire(UK) and arranging with Rayburn Wright. During his career as a professional trombonist Bill performed with Kai Winding Septet, Jon Eardley Quintet, Gerry Mulligan Big Band,Bill Russo Big Band, Sal Salvador Big Band, Eastman-Rochester Symphony and the Pittsburgh Symphony. His diverse career has also included being the sound designer for Blood,Sweat and Tears for three years. In the classical arena Bill has conducted major symphony orchestras including the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestras. In Europe he has conducted the BBC Radio Orchestra,the Irish Radio/Television Concert Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, the Budapest Opera Orchestra and the Babelsberg Film Studio Orchestra in Berlin. Bill has composed, arranged, produced and conducted stage productions including Academy Award presentations and over 100 albums and CDs in the USA, Australia and Europe. As a composer/arranger his film credits include The Quiet American, Soul Food and the Simpsons. In Australia he is well represented via filmscores and television series including Mother and Son, Come in Spinner, Brides of Christ and Young Einstein. He currently teaches theory, arranging, modern jazz history, improvisation and ensembles at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Bill continues to perform his works regularly in Sydney and inspires all musicians he comes in contact with. (Below: William Motzing) (Below: William Motzing on the right, here conducting the music for the Australian feature film Kokoda at Studios 301, with composer John Gray on the left) The film is notable for featuring three tracks by Rocky Horror composers Richard O'Brien and Richard Hartley. There is no need to dwell on them here - there is plenty of information on their work for the film at the fan site Rocky Horror here, and with many links on the home page here. Brad Love also contributed three songs, and because he is less well known, here is his biography from his now defunct eponymous website: Born in Olympia, WA and raised in Malott, WA (just west of Okanogan) Brad Love started playing piano at the age of 5 years old. Growing up, both of his parents who were musical played guitar and sang folk and country music in the evenings at home. Brad started in his first band in Jr. High School in which he wrote all the songs that they performed on stage, because he felt "that writing was easier than learning songs off of a record". Brad and friends started recording when they were in high school on an 8- track recorder at a place called 'Waldo's' in Omak, WA. In 1975 right after making their first recording as a band called 'Aviary' Brad left northeastern Washington and headed for Washington University in Seattle, WA with longtime friend, Paul Madden. Within the next few years, Aviary took on change of members, to eventually become the band that Brian Lane, manager of the progressive rock band Yes, would get signed to a recording deal with Epic Records. (*See Aviary complete history in a booklet that comes with the re-release of Aviary's Self Titled CD on Rewind Records a product of Sony Music Special Products). After touring, Brad and the band headed for England to record a second, unreleased album. Lacking promotion support, the band was eventually dropped from the label. After seeing an Aviary video, Bestall and Reynolds (Air Supply) Management team contacted Brad for a solo management deal. In 1982 Brad recorded his solo album, 'Colours', on MCA Records with producer John Hug. 'Colours', was released on a technical basis only and received no promotion. Various record companies are considering the idea of a 'real' release of this beautiful album. Also that same year, Brad flew to Australia to work on film music for the movie, 'Captain Invincible' starring Alan Arkin. In 1983 Brad became a staff writer with Screen Gems for 2 years. After the management team of Bestall & Reynolds (Air Supply) split up, Brad teamed up with 3 guys from the band OXO and in 1984 the band recorded a demo tape which started a large bidding war amongst most of the major record labels. Lack of management caused the band to lose those deals and eventually break up. In 1984 Brad played stand-in keyboards for twosome Wang Chung performing on Solid Gold, American Bandstand and other television shows. From 1985 until 1993 Brad continued writing songs, and started a few Los Angeles bands, one band he originated was the band, 'Artica'. In 1993 Brad moved to Houston, TX and shortly thereafter he began recording his new CD 'Through Another Door'. Love's defunct website could, at time of writing, be accessed through the wayback machine here, and there is a 2002 interview with him available on a Dutch progressive rock page here. (Below: Brad Love) Like the film, the music has had a chequered career. One database, here, lists a 45 which wasn't commercially released: Side A: "Captain Invincible Theme" Side B: "Name Your Poison", vocals: Christopher Lee And another database lists the title theme as being part of a CD collection, Best of Science Fiction, released in 1993 in Germany, with composer William Motzing conducting the Czech Orchestra and including the 1'45" piece as track 15 on disc 2. (Further details here) But it seems that for a film approaching a musical, the score was never released on LP or disc, and it seems the best way to access the score remains by watching the movie. Lyrics for some of the featured songs: The first song in the film is Captain Invincible shouting some of the lyrics of Bernstein's "New York, New York" into the echoing NSW Blue Mountains, c. 9'20" (US DVD timing). c.