Magic Fly: Synthesizer Hits, Volume 2

~ Release by London Studio Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

The London Studio Orchestra is not credited on the cover, but the recordings are the same (same AcoustIDs) as on 20 Magic Synthesizer Themes, Volume 2.

Annotation last modified on 2015-02-21 14:36 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
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
1:35
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
1:26
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)
3:40
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.
3:29
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)
2:16
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
1:43
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.
1:43
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.
3:11
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
3:30
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
3:19
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“
3:14
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)
1:40
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)
1:33
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
1:31
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)
1:29
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
1:11
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.
1:48
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)
3:22
19The Godfather TV Theme
orchestra:
London Studio Orchestra
cover recording of:
The Godfather TV Theme
writer:
Nino Rota (Italian composer)
3:58
20Going Home
instrumental cover recording of:
Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero
composer:
Mark Knopfler
3:55

Credits

Release group

included in:40 Magic Synthesizer Themes by The London Studio Orchestra (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)
Space Themes and Synthesizer Greats by Ed Starink (keyboardist, songwriter & producer)