Soundtracks (Tony Banks album)
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| Released | March 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1984–1986 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Label | Charisma/Virgin Atlantic (US and Canada) | |||
| Producer | Tony Banks, Richard James Burgess, John Eden | |||
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Soundtracks is a collection of soundtrack pieces from the films Quicksilver and Lorca and the Outlaws with music composed by Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks.
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
AllMusic's retrospective review rated more of the album's instrumental suites as mixed in quality, but dismissed the three pop songs as mediocre and "rather hookless".[1]
Track listing
[edit]- Music from the film Quicksilver
All tracks are written by Tony Banks (except noted)
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Featuring | Length |
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| 1. | "Short Cut To Somewhere" | Banks, Fish | Fish | 3:38 |
| 2. | "Smilin' Jack Casey" | 3:14 | ||
| 3. | "Quicksilver Suite: Rebirth" | 2:57 | ||
| 4. | "Quicksilver Suite: Gypsy" | 3:39 | ||
| 5. | "Quicksilver Suite: Final Chase" | 2:46 |
- Music from the film Lorca and the Outlaws (a.k.a. Starship)
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Featuring | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "You Call This Victory" | Banks, Jim Diamond | Jim Diamond | 5:14 |
| 7. | "Lion Of Symmetry" | Banks, Toyah Willcox | Toyah Willcox | 7:22 |
| 8. | "Redwing Suite: Redwing" | 5:37 | ||
| 9. | "Redwing Suite: Lorca" | 3:48 | ||
| 10. | "Redwing Suite: Kid And Detective Droid" | 2:07 | ||
| 11. | "Redwing Suite: Lift Off" | 3:06 | ||
| 12. | "Redwing Suite: Death Of Abby" | 1:40 |
Singles
[edit]- Lorca and the Outlaws EP (September 1985)
- "Redwing"
- "You Call This Victory" By Jim Diamond and Tony Banks
- "Lion of Symmetry" By Toyah Willcox and Tony Banks
- Shortcut to Somewhere (October 1986)
- "Shortcut to Somewhere" By Fish and Tony Banks
- "Smilin' Jack Casey"
- "K2"
Quicksilver Original Soundtrack (separate release)
[edit]- "Quicksilver Lightning" - Roger Daltrey
- "Casual Thing" - Fiona
- "Nothing at All" - Peter Frampton
- "Shortcut to Somewhere" - Fish and Tony Banks
- "Love Song from Quicksilver (Through the Night)" - John Parr and Marilyn Martin
- "One Sunny Day/Dueling Bikes from Quicksilver" - Ray Parker Jr. and Helen Terry
- "The Motown Song" - Larry John McNally A cover version of this song was done by Rod Stewart in 1991.
- "Suite Streets - From Quicksilver"
- "Quicksilver Suite I/Rebirth/The Gypsy" - Tony Banks
- "Quicksilver Suite II/Crash Landing" - Tony Banks.
Song notes
[edit]- A short section of Banks' music heard in the film Quicksilver did not appear on either the soundtrack album or Banks' Soundtracks album.
- Most of the tune to the track "Lorca" was reused in the song "Queen of Darkness" from the Bankstatement album (1989).
- "Smilin’ Jack Casey" is available only on this album. It is not available on the Quicksilver soundtrack album.
- A section of the song "Shortcut to Somewhere" was performed live for the first time when Genesis played a special concert for the 40th anniversary of Atlantic Records in 1988. It is the only Tony Banks solo song to have been played live by the band.
Musicians
[edit]- Tony Banks - bass, guitar, keyboards, producer (all except 1)
- Fish - vocals (1)
- Jim Diamond - vocals (6)
- Toyah Willcox - vocals (7)
- The Clinic - design
- John Eden - producer (6 thru 12)
- Richard James Burgess - producer (1)
- Andy Jackson - engineer (1)
- Chas Watkins - engineer (6 thru 12)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Soundtracks at AllMusic