OUT NOW! Original "Karate Tiger" (No Retreat No Surrender) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Frank Harris

Lange haben Fans und Musikfreunde darauf gewartet. Endlich ist es soweit! Der - bis Heute unveröffentlichte - Original-Soundtrack des Jean-Claude Van Damme Hits "Karate Tiger" (No Retreat No Surrender) von Komponist Frank Harris ist erhältlich. Inklusive der gesuchten Originalversion von "Hold On To The Vision" von Kevin Chalfant. Das Album wird ab sofort als digitaler Download bei der Musikplattform CD Baby angeboten. Wenn das keine guten Neuigkeiten sind.

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No Retreat, No Surrender - Karate Tiger
Original Motion Picture Score
composed and performed by Frank Harris
include 4 Versions of the Original Theme Song
"Hold On To The Vision" sung by Kevin Chalfant
and introducing Joe Satriani on Guitar
includes stereo versions of original mono score
and bonus tracks of original mono score
with 2008 Remixes

1 Hold On to the Vision Remix '08
2 Hold On to the Vision Orig '85
3 Hold On Lionshare Remix '87
4 Hold On to the Vision Karaoke
5 Training Sequence Remix '08
6 Training Sequence Orig '85
7 Opening Credits Remix '08
8 Opening Credits Orig '08
9 Ask Me to Stay Remix '08
10 Ask Me to Stay Orig '85
11 Bottle and a Song Remix '08
12 Disco Scene Orig '85
13 Bonus Tracks 1
14 Bonus Tracks 2
15 Bonus Tracks 3

Download: CDBaby.com

Finally after 22 years of waiting, fans of the movie “No Retreat No Surrender” and “Karate Tiger” can enjoy the original musical score by me via digital download that will include four versions of the main theme song “Hold on to the Vision”. Unfortunately for reasons that are not entirely clear to me to this day, the version of “No Retreat No Surrender” that was released in the USA did not include my original score. This music however, does exist in the versions found in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia etc.. Fans have been asking for this music for many years and the difficulty of getting permission from the original film company “Seasonal Films” out of Hong Kong, has been challenging. Fortunately, we now have a co-venture to make this possible. I want to express my great appreciation to Kevin Chalfant for singing his heart out on the theme as the song would not be the same without his great vocal. A little known fact about this magical theme song is that I hired in 1985 a yet to be discovered guitar player named Joe Satriani (yes, the now internationally known guitar God) who came over to the studio and laced the amazing guitar solo that has become one of the signature elements of the tune, and exemplifies the early sound of the legendary Satriani. Because I had only a short three weeks to complete 93 cues including 4 vocal songs and the theme song, I didn’t have time to get some of the music exactly how I wanted it, so I’ve taken this opportunity to re-perform and re-mix the theme song as well as a few other selected tracks. This wasn’t easy because when I dug out the old master 2-inch analog tapes, they were shedding (meaning they were disintegrating) so badly, they didn’t play at all. After much effort, I then restored these tapes and successfully transferred the original tracks to the digital domain. For the theme song, I used the original vocal track and the Satriani guitar track but replayed many of the keyboard tracks and of course, remixed it. Also, at the time of composing the score, the producers asked me to deliver all of the tracks in “mono”, which is what is embedded in the movie now. But luckily at that time I mixed the theme and other selected cuts in stereo and archived them so I’m including the “original version” of the theme but in stereo. I’m also including a remix that was done by my engineer and friend Ray Pyle in 1987, at the infamous Lion Share recording studios which was home to many hit records including “We are the World” etc. Also, I made a special instrumental/karaoke mix as well for those who might enjoy singing along. The bonus tracks are selected tracks and cues from the original mono score that I re-mastered and stereo-ized to the best of my abilities. This has been a very long and arduous journey in getting these songs to a place where everyone can finally hear them the way in which they are supposed to be heard. I hope you all enjoy the music. For more information about the music and myself please visit www.frankharrismusic.com

Read also the Full Exclusive Frank Harris
Interview with Martin Hentschel HERE

Besonderen Dank & Gruß an
Mr. Frank Harris!

No Retreat No Surrender Original Soundtrack Album
© 2008 Frankie Business (ASCAP) and
Season Fim Corp. Hong Kong (634479932199)