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film theme


composers
Composers: Kerr / Burchill / MacNeil / Forbes / McGee
(Earlier sleeves simply state:- Lyrics: Kerr: Music: Simple Minds)


publisher
© EMI Music Publishing Limited: (1979 - 2007)
© JKMC-Bucks Music Group Ltd / Hornall Music / EMI Music Publishing Ltd: (2008 - 2014)
© BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd / EMI Music Publishing Ltd: (2015 -)


background
Film Theme was the third instrumental from Real To Real Cacophony and the most structured and formed. Obviously inspired by the the band watching late night spaghetti westerns, it revealed a new facet to the group: one of instrumentalists.

It was used during the later Real To Real Cacophony gigs as opening music.

A radical reworking of the song turned up a year later, given away on a limited edition flexi-disc with the I Travel single. Unfortunately this remains the only source of this version of the song.


"The original was recorded at Rockfield Studios in South Wales. Brian recorded the drums in the corridor - sounds ace. Mariella Frostrup was the tape operator for the first two albums as she worked with the Rolling Stones Mobile which we used on the first two albums along with the Buzz Mobile."

"It was about this time that Charlie would sit with a pen and draw on pieces of bread. Jim and I christened him 'the man wha' painted breed'."

Derek Forbes
www.derekforbesmusic.com
June 2016




lyrics
Instrumental


discography
Album Version (2:27)
Recorded and mixed: John Leckie
Arrangement: John Leckie and Simple Minds

Real To Real Cacophony LP Real To Real Cacophony MC I Travel 12" single Real To Real Cacophony LP (Virgin Reissue) Real To Real Cacophony MC (Virgin Reissue) I Travel 12" single I Travel German 12" single Real To Real Cacophony LP (Virgin Budget Reissue) Real To Real Cacophony MC (Virgin Budget Reissue) Real To Real Cacophony CD Real To Real Cacophony Reissue CD Themes Volume One Compact Collection Theme One: I Travel CD Theme One: I Travel MC Real To Real Cacophony Reissue CD Real To Real Cacophony Disky CD Original Gold compilation CD Real To Real Cacophony Remaster Promo CD Real To Real Cacophony Remaster Limited Edition CD Real To Real Cacophony Remaster CD Themes 1-4 Promo CDR Themes Volume One - Five X5 Real To Real Cacophony Promo CD X5 Real To Real Cacophony Promo CD X5 The Vinyl Collection (79,84)



Dub (1:26)
Recorded: John Leckie

I Travel 7" limited edition flexi-disc X5




live history
Real To Real Cacophony Tour: 1979-1980