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

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