40 Magic Synthesizer Themes

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1Miami Vice
performer:
Flash Systems (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
cover recording of:
Miami Vice Theme
composer:
Jan Hammer
2:32
2A View to a Kill
synthesizer programming:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
synthesizer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instrumental cover recording of:
A View to a Kill
orchestrator:
John Barry (English score composer)
writer:
John Barry (English score composer), Simon Le Bon (singer for Duran Duran), Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor (of Duran Duran), John Taylor (UK bassist for Duran Duran) and Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer)
composer:
John Barry (English score composer) and Duran Duran (English rock band)
publisher:
EMI Songs and Gloucester Place Music Ltd.
part of:
James Bond themes
part of:
A View to a Kill (from the James Bond film)
3:36
3The Eve of the War
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instrumental cover recording of:
The Eve of the War (in 1983)
lyricist and composer:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
librettist:
Doreen Wayne
publisher:
April Music Ltd.
is based on:
The War of the Worlds: Book 1, Chapter 1: The Eve of the War
part of:
Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of “The War of the Worlds”
1:43
4E.T.
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
cover recording of:
E.T.: Main Theme (in 1983)
composer:
John Williams (American score composer) (in 1982)
part of:
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (concert arrangement soundtrack)
1:43
5A Passage to India
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
synthesizer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
cover recording of:
A Passage to India
composer:
Maurice Jarre (composer and conductor)
3:45
6To the Unknown Man
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
cover recording of:
To the Unknown Man (in 1983)
composer:
Vangelis (Greek composer of electronic, new age and classical)
2:22
7Equinox
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
cover recording of:
Équinoxe, Part 5
composer:
Jean‐Michel Jarre
part of:
Équinoxe
1:41
8Magnetic Fields
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
cover recording of:
Les chants magnétiques, Part 2 (Magnetic Fields, Part 2)
composer:
Jean‐Michel Jarre
part of:
Les chants magnétiques
1:39
9Axel F.
recording engineer and producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
synthesizer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instrumental cover recording of:
Axel F (Beverly Hills Cop)
composer:
Harold Faltermeyer
2:59
10The Man With the Harmonica
orchestra:
London Starlight Orchestra (associated with Ed Starink and others) and The Allen Toussaint Orchestra
cover recording of:
C’era una volta il west: L’uomo dell’armonica (Man With a Harmonica)
composer:
Ennio Morricone (Italian classical and score composer)
part of:
C’era una volta il West (Once Upon a Time in the West)
3:13
11The Killing Fields
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
synthesizer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
performer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
cover recording of:
Étude (Mike Oldfield instrumental)
orchestrator:
David Bedford (composer)
composer:
Francisco Tárrega (Spanish composer and guitarist)
is based on:
Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Memories of the Alhambra)
3:09
12Chariots of Fire
synthesizer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
cover recording of:
Chariots of Fire (title theme of the 1981 film)
composer:
Vangelis (Greek composer of electronic, new age and classical)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
3:46
13Vienna
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instrumental cover recording of:
Vienna (in 1983)
writer:
Warren Cann, Chris Cross (UK bassist for Ultravox), Billy Currie and Midge Ure
publisher:
Hot Food Music Ltd., Jump Jet Music Ltd., Mood Music Ltd. (publisher) and Sing Sing Songs Ltd.
1:31
14State of Independence
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instrumental cover recording of:
State of Independence (in 1983)
lyricist:
Jon Anderson (Yes/Jon & Vangelis)
composer:
Jon Anderson (Yes/Jon & Vangelis) and Vangelis (Greek composer of electronic, new age and classical)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Warner Chappell North America, Spheric B.V. (from 1981 to present), Toughknot Ltd. (from 1981 to present) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1981 to present)
part of:
Spiritual High
1:58
15I’ll Find My Way Home
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instrumental cover recording of:
I’ll Find My Way Home (in 1983)
lyricist:
Jon Anderson (Yes/Jon & Vangelis)
composer:
Jon Anderson (Yes/Jon & Vangelis) and Vangelis (Greek composer of electronic, new age and classical)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Spheric B.V., Toughknot Ltd., Warner Bros. Music Co., Ltd., Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and Warner Chappell North America
1:50
16Thunderball
instrumental recording of:
Main Title: Thunderball
lyricist:
Don Black (English lyricist)
composer:
John Barry (English score composer)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
part of:
James Bond themes
part of:
Thunderball (film score)
3:05
17While You See a Chance
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instrumental cover recording of:
While You See a Chance (in 1983)
lyricist and composer:
Will Jennings and Steve Winwood
publisher:
Blue Sky Rider Songs, F.S. Music Ltd., Fantasy Songs Ltd., Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music Ltd. (publisher), Warner Bros. Music Co., Ltd. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
1:30
18I Won’t Let You Down
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instrumental cover recording of:
I Won’t Let You Down (in 1983)
writer:
Jim Diamond (Scottish singer/songwriter/guitarist) and Tony Hymas
1:24
19Maid of Orleans
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instrumental cover recording of:
Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans) (in 1983)
lyricist and composer:
Andy McCluskey
publisher:
April Musikverlag GmbH (publisher), Dinsong Ltd. and EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!)
1:41
20Nobody Does It Better
instrumental recording of:
Nobody Does It Better (from “The Spy Who Loved Me”)
lyricist:
Carole Bayer Sager
composer:
Marvin Hamlisch
publisher:
EMI U Catalog Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), EMI Unart Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd. and United Artists Music Ltd.
part of:
The 50th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and James Bond themes
part of:
The Spy Who Loved Me
5:05
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1Star Wars Suite
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
cover recording of:
Main Title (Star Wars) (in 1983)
composer:
John Williams (American score composer) (ended)
publisher:
Bantha Music, Fox Fanfare Music Inc., Utapau Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Star Wars Holiday Special (television soundtrack)
part of:
Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace (film soundtrack)
part of:
Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002 film score)
part of:
Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (film soundtrack)
part of:
Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope (film soundtrack)
part of:
Star Wars, Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019 film score)
part of:
Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (film soundtrack)
part of:
Star Wars, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (film soundtrack)
part of:
Star Wars, Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015 film score)
part of:
Star Wars, Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017 film score)
part of:
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
London Studio Orchestra1:34
2Magic Fly
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
cover recording of:
Magic Fly (original Ecama version)
composer:
Ecama
London Studio Orchestra1:26
3Moonraker
instrumental cover recording of:
Main Title (Moonraker)
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
John Barry (English score composer)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
part of:
James Bond themes
part of:
Moonraker (soundtrack of the 1979 James Bond film)
London Studio Orchestra3:40
4St. Elmo’s Fire Love Theme
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instrumental cover recording of:
Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire
composer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
publisher:
Foster Frees Music Inc. and Gold Horizon Music Corp.
London Studio Orchestra3:29
5Rambo, First Blood Part II
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
cover recording of:
Rambo: First Blood, Part II
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
London Studio Orchestra2:16
6Oxygene
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
cover recording of:
Oxygène, Part IV (in 1983)
composer:
Jean‐Michel Jarre
publisher:
Francis Dreyfus Music and JM Jarre Publishing Designee
part of:
Oxygène
London Studio Orchestra1:43
7Aurora
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
cover recording of:
Aurora (in 1983)
composer:
Ruud van Es, Peter Kommers and Rob Papen
publisher:
Nada International C.V.
London Studio Orchestra1:43
8Old & Wise
instrumental cover recording of:
Old and Wise
writer and composer:
Alan Parsons (of The Alan Parsons Project) and Eric Woolfson
publisher:
Careers Music, Inc. and Woolfsongs Ltd.
London Studio Orchestra3:11
9Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
instrumental cover recording of:
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Main Theme)
composer:
坂本龍一 (Ryūichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer, pianist, singer, songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music and やのミュージック (Yano Music)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 37)
part of:
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
London Studio Orchestra3:30
10Live and Let Die
synthesizer programming:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
synthesizer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instrumental cover recording of:
Live and Let Die
writer:
Linda McCartney and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Kobalt Songs Music Publishing (USA, ASCAP affiliated) and MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company)
part of:
The 46th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and James Bond themes
London Studio Orchestra3:19
11Ode to Amadeus
arranger:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
medley including a recording of:
Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“: I. Allegro (Serenade No. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1787)
part of:
Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“
London Studio Orchestra3:14
12Funkytown
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instrumental cover recording of:
Funkytown (in 1983)
lyricist and composer:
Steven Greenberg
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Intersong Music, Red Sea Songs, Rick S. Music (publishing company associated with Casablanca), Steven Greenberg Music, Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
London Studio Orchestra1:40
13Don’t You Want Me
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instrumental cover recording of:
Don’t You Want Me (Human League song) (in 1983)
lyricist:
Philip Oakey
composer:
Jo Callis, Philip Oakey and Philip Adrian Wright (Human League)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
London Studio Orchestra1:33
14Don’t Go
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instrumental cover recording of:
Don’t Go (in 1983)
lyricist and composer:
Vince Clarke (member of Erasure, Depeche Mode, Yazoo,…)
publisher:
Mega Music Ltd., Musical Moments Ltd., Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia KB
London Studio Orchestra1:31
15Too Shy
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instrumental cover recording of:
Too Shy (in 1983)
lyricist:
Nick Beggs and Christopher Hamill
composer:
Steve Askew, Nick Beggs, Christopher Hamill, Stuart Croxford Neale and Jez Strode
publisher:
EMI Songs and Tritec Music Ltd. (publisher and copyrights holder)
London Studio Orchestra1:29
16The Model
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instrumental recording of:
The Model (Kraftwerk) (in 1983)
lyricist:
Ralf Hütter and Emil Schult
composer:
Karl Bartos and Ralf Hütter
additional translator:
Ralf Hütter and Emil Schult
publisher:
Edition Positive Songs (publisher), Kling Klang Musik GmbH (Germany-based licensing and publishing entity controlled by Ralf Hütter), No Hassle Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
translated version of:
Das Modell
London Studio Orchestra1:11
17The Friend of Mr. Cairo
programming:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
producer:
Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instruments:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
arranger and orchestrator:
Star Inc. (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
instrumental cover recording of:
The Friends of Mr. Cairo (in 1983)
lyricist:
Jon Anderson (Yes/Jon & Vangelis)
composer:
Jon Anderson (Yes/Jon & Vangelis) and Vangelis (Greek composer of electronic, new age and classical)
publisher:
Spheric B.V., Toughknot Ltd. and Warner Bros. Music Co., Ltd.
London Studio Orchestra1:48
18The Man With the Golden Gun
instrumental cover recording of:
The Man With the Golden Gun (The Man With the Golden Gun)
lyricist:
Don Black (English lyricist)
composer:
John Barry (English score composer)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
part of:
James Bond themes
part of:
The Man With the Golden Gun (from the James Bond Film)
London Studio Orchestra3:22
19The Godfather TV Theme
orchestra:
London Studio Orchestra
cover recording of:
The Godfather TV Theme
writer:
Nino Rota (Italian composer)
London Studio Orchestra3:58
20Going Home
instrumental cover recording of:
Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero
composer:
Mark Knopfler
London Studio Orchestra3:55

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Release

manufactured in:Holland, Kingdom of the Netherlands
printed in:W. Germany
rights society:STEMRA (Netherlands rights society for composers and music publishers)
copyrighted (©) by:M.C.R. Productions (in 1989)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/41187965 [info]