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New Vintage: The Best of Simon May |
| New Vintage: The Best of Simon May | ||
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| Compilation album by Simon May | ||
| Released | 1994 | |
| Genre | Soundtrack | |
| Length | 53:12 | |
| Label | Artist Record Company | |
New Vintage: The Best of Simon May is a 1994 compilation album featuring some of the key works from British film and television music composer Simon May.
The album was accompanied by a UK tour, named "A Night Away From the TV". May used several school choirs for the show, which also included performers Kate Robbins and 1990 Opportunity Knocks winner Mark Rattray.[1] Some performances had to be cancelled because of low ticket sales.[2]
A BBC television Pebble Mill
special was broadcast on
Track listing
Orchestral tracks are performed by the Simon May Orchestra.
| Track No. | Title | Vocalist(s) | Associated show | Notes |
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| 1 | "EastEnders" | EastEnders | Co-written with Leslie Osbourne. This track is similar to the unpopular jazzy revamp of the theme heard in the programme around this time. | |
| 2 | "Always There" | Marti Webb | Howards' Way | Co-written with Leslie Osbourne with lyrics by Don Black. Vocal version of the theme tune, used over the end credits in the second series. |
| 3 | "Barracuda" | Howards' Way | Extended version of the closing theme. | |
| 4 | "When You Go Away" | Johnny Griggs | Eldorado | Vocal version of the theme, used over the end credits of the show's final episode. It was released as a single. |
| 5 | "Every Loser Wins" | Nick Berry | EastEnders | Featured in a 1980s EastEnders storyline with Simon Wicks (Berry), and was a UK number one single in 1986. |
| 6 | "Trainer" | Trainer | ||
| 7 | "More Than in Love" | Kate Robbins | Crossroads | Co-written with Barry Leng; reached no. 2 in the UK singles chart |
| 8 | "Summer of My Life" | Simon May | Crossroads | Reached no. 7 in the UK singles chart. |
| 9 | "Holiday Suite" | Holiday | Co-written with Barry Leng; reached no. 2 in the UK singles chart | |
| 10 | "More to Life" | Cliff Richard | Trainer | Lyrics by Don Black. Vocal version of the Trainer theme |
| 11 | "We'll Find Our Day" | Mark Rattray and Emma Robbins | Smike | Re-recorded version with one of the performers on the 1994 tour. |
| 12 | "Jobs for the Girls/Food and Drink/TV Weekly/Morning on BBC1" | Jobs for the Girls/Food and Drink/TV Weekly/Morning on BBC1 | Compilation of several themes. | |
| 13 | "The Dawning" | The Dawning | ||
| 14 | "Wolfgang" | Simon May | Inspired by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. |
References
- ^ http://www.surefire.uk.com/mark.htm
- ^ PEBBLE MILL SPECIAL, SIMON MAY, BBC1, 20 December 1994
- ^ http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/NBMV398H
External links
- Music From the Movies - information
- Track listing
- BBC Essex - with biographical information about May and details about the chart performances of some titles on this album.
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