GRAND･PRIX REQUIEM GOOD-BY HERO ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK / グランプリ レクイエム グッバイ・ヒーロー オリジナル サウンドトラック / GRAND･PRIX REQUIEM GOOD-BY HERO ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Original soundtrack to the documentary movie "Grand Prix Requiem" aka "Good-by Hero" (1987), which is a Japanese-American-Italian co-production focused on F1 racers who dedicated their lives to F1 Grand Prix.
The tracks 01, 04, 08 & 09 begin with excerpts of racing noise, and the track 08 also contains three short interviews of Alain Prost, Satoru Nakajima and Nelson Piquet by Niki Lauda.


01. Closing Theme
Vocals: EIKICHI YAZAWA
Words and Music: Michael Lunn
Arranged by James Newton Howard
Produced by James Newton Howard
Engineered by Ross Pallone
Production Coordinator: JoAnn Tominaga
Mixed by Greg Ladanyi
Recorded at The Studio
Mixed at The Complex
All keyboards: James Newton Howard
Guitar: Michael Landau
Drum programming and percussion: James Newton Howard
Additional synthesizer programming: David Boruff
Background vocals: Jason Scheff and Bill Champlin

02. Opening Theme
Vocals: EIKICHI YAZAWA
Written by Richard Page, Steve George and John Lang
Arranged by James Newton Howard
Produced by James Newton Howard
Engineered and Mixed by Ross Pallone
Production Coordinator: JoAnn Tominaga
Recorded at The Studio
Mixed at The Complex
All keyboards: James Newton Howard
Guitar: Michael Landau
Drum programming and percussion: Michael Mason
Additional synthesizer programming: David Boruff
Background vocals: Jason Scheff and Bill Champlin

03. Instrumental
Lyricist: Mark Jordan & Bobby Lakind (Tetsuya Chiaki)
Composer: Eikichi Yazawa

04. Instrumental
Lyricist: Tetsuya Chiaki
Composer: Eikichi Yazawa

05. Instrumental
Lyricist: Tetsuya Chiaki
Composer: Eikichi Yazawa

06. Instrumental
Lyricist: Tetsuya Chiaki
Composer: Eikichi Yazawa

07. Closing Theme (instrumental)
Lyricist and Composer: Michael Lunn

08. Opening Theme (instrumental)
Lyricist and Composer: Richard Page / Steve George / John Lang

09. Closing Theme (instrumental / slow version)
Lyricist and Composer: Michael Lunn


Arranger: James Newton Howard (01, 02)
               Masamichi Amano ( 03~09)


[INSTRUMENTAL VERSION MUSICIANS]
Keyboards - JUN SATO
                  MASAMICHI AMANO
Guitar - RYO YONEMITSU
            HIROYUKI TANBA
Bass - GREGG LEE
Cello - TAKAO FUJITA
MIXED BY MASAYOSHI OKAWA