Kamen and Hotei – Guitar Concerto (1998)
Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor, Co-Producer
Solo Guitar by Tomoyasu Hotei
Originally commissioned by Eric Clapton
The album was released in Japan only.
Album, London Decca
LINER NOTES
Michael Kamen
Guitar Concerto
for Electric Guitar, Rock Band & orchestra commissioned by
Eric Clapton
Tomoyasu Hotei (lead guitars)
Nathan East (bass guitar)
Greg Philinganes (keyboards)
Steve Ferrone (drums)
Ray Cooper (percussion)
Phil Palmer (rythm guitar)
The National Philharmonic conducted by Michael Kamen
Eric Clapton/Michael Kamen
Edge of Darkness
Tomoyasu Hotei (guitar solo)
Scott Rockenfeld, Eddie Jackson & Chris DeGamo of Queensryche
Seattle Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen
Recorded in
BBC Studio…Maida Vale, Planet Kingdom Studio…Tokyo, Metropolis…London
Engineered and mixed by
Stephen McLaughlin with Kunihito Imai
Produced by
Michael Kamen, Stephen McLaughlin, Chris Brooks
Special thanks to: Eric Clapton, Ray Cooper, Roger Forrester, Harvey Goldsmith, John Beug, Russ Titelman, The Royal Albert Hall, Roger Lewis, Lenny Zakatek, Wan² -san, Kasuya-san, Imai-san, Ed Shearmur, Bill Harrison, Vic Fraser, All the musicians who have given their inspired performances, Sid and Shirley Sax, Lydd House.
Representative for Hotei
Toy Box Publishers
Mitsunobi “Wan” Sekiguchi - Manager, Toy Box Publishers
Senji Kasuya - President, Toy Box Publishers
Lenny Zakatek - International Manager IRc2 London
Hidehito Satake - Guitar Technician
Tomoyasu Hotei appears courtesy of Toshiba/EMI.
It’s all for Sandra, Sasha and Zoe
Publishers: K-Man Corp/Sony/ATV Music/EC Music/Toy Box International (The Guitar Concerto version with Hotei’s guitar playing); K-Man Corp./Sony/ATV Music/EC Music (The Guitar Concerto - Orchestral version); E.C. Music/K-Man Corp./Sony/ATV Music (The version of Nuclear Train)
Photos
Decca/Simon Fowler
Art Direction & Design
RuriFujita, Kunishige Sasaki
℗ 1998 The Decca Record Company Limited London
Videos
First movement
Second movement
Third movement
TRACKLIST
MICHAEL KAMEN - GUITAR CONCERTO
for Electric Guitar, Rock Band & orchestra commissioned by Eric Clapton
1. First movement
2. Second movement
3. Third movement
ERIC CLAPTON/MICHAEL KAMEN
EDGE OF DARKNESS
4. Nuclear Train
5. Third movement of Guitar Concerto minus guitar