man from hong kong music credits

Music
Noel Quinlan
Theme songs
"Sky High"
Performed by
Composed by
Arranged by
Jigsaw
Scott and Dyer
Richard Hewson
"A Man Is A Man Is A Man"
Sung by
Deena Greene
Composed by
Noel Quinlan
Music Recorded by
The Production House
Hong Kong
1. Noel Quinlan:
One site dedicated to world fusion music provided this short CV of composer Noel Quinlan:
Noel Quinlan developed the unique sound of his incredible MIDDLE KINGDOM CD series to bridge
the gap between East and West. The recordings combine fine Oriental musicians with the Western
sensibilities of sound and harmony, and provide a new and intriguing look into different times and
culture.
Noel Quinlan is an Australian composer who has lived for many years in the Orient, particularly in
Hong Kong and China. He started Big Sky in the early 90s to help fill the gap between Eastern and
Western music, and was one of the first composers to explore the World Fusion genre. His Middle
Kingdom series of recordings remain a unique evergreen which has sold over 1,000,000 copies in
Asia, and his music is heard world-wide in movies, documentaries, and TV series such as Yan Can
Cook. He now divides his time between Australia and Hong Kong while he works on new projects and
improving his golf game.
At time of writing, April 2013, he is on Facebook, here.
(Below: Noel Quinlan)
Another site provides this more detailed CV taking his career up to 2006:
Noel Quinlan was born in Sydney Australia. He attended Chevalier College and Goulburn Tech. He
was a professional guitarist from the age of 15, and worked studio sessions. He worked the Mavis
Bramston Show, The Tonight Show and Coogee Bay Hotel. He signed with CBS Records, worked
with the Bee Gees, Rowan and Martin, Sean and Sonia, and Peter Allen He left Australia to the Hong
Kong Hilton Den with the In People. He formed Quinlan Collection, touring South East Asia. He was
MD at Godown Nightclub HK, then returned to the Hong Kong Hilton Den as Musical Director.
He formed Hong Kong's first jingle house, composing/producing thousands of tracks for advertising,
film and record. He also created Asia's first multi-track recording studio, The Production House and
House Records, HK's leading indie record company.
He participated in career development of popular Chinese recording artists Paula Tsui, Teresa Tang,
Alex Tong, Roman Tam, Sandra Lang, Susanna Kwan, Frances Yip, Tony Orchez, Danny Summer
and Teresa Carpio.
He signed local groups Jade and Willy & The City Band, each selling over 500,000 copies of Noel's
songs "My Generation" (Levis) and "Yang Guang Kong Qi" (Towngas Song).
He pent two years studying film in Los Angeles, with three film scores for Ringo Lam and attended
Grove School of Music, under Henry Mancini, Nelson Riddle and Dick Grove.
Back in HK, he designed and built The Sound Department (HK) Ltd., a digital recording facility to
compete with the world's best..Australian band INXS and Michael Hutchence chose Noel's studio to
work on album, Kick.
Noel has composed the scores for over 40 feature film (Man From Hong Kong etc) and
documentaries, together with orchestral works for the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Cologne
Radio Orchestra, and concert artists Tim Rice and Elaine Page.
He has acted as Musical Director for various live media events, including Hong Kong's "Metro Hit
Awards". He is heard throughout Asia, including STAR-TV, MTV, and Metro Broadcast.
In February 1991 he released "Middle Kingdom", combining ancient Chinese melodies with modern
technology and performed on computers and traditional instruments. This landmark CD was the first
in the continuing series, with total sales now exceeding 1,000,000 CD's.
The unique style of the "Middle Kingdom" productions has greatly influenced modern Asian record
production, and is used extensively in films and television series. Big Sky productions are featured in
the TV series "For Love or Money", ICAC, and "Yan Can Cook", seen in over 50 countries. He
recently completed 52 episodes for "Martin Yan's Chinatowns", with Middle Kingdom V released in
early 2005.
In 2001 he appeared on the compilation CD "Voyage" in the company of Enya, Enigma, Deep Forest,
Kitaro, Mike Oldfield et al.
His latest production is an original retro/lounge CD "Riverwind" with veteran performer Lucky Starr for
release 2006.
Middle Kingdom Chillout Remix was released for Xmas 2006.
2. Sky High - Jigsaw:
The producers deliberately spent a considerable amount of money from the film's budget hoping to
manufacture a hit pop song, and ended up with Leeds Music in London and the group Jigsaw. The
strategy proved remarkably successful, and main title theme was released in Australia as a 45:
45 (Stereo) Private Stock PVT-10857 1975
Produced by Chas Peate
A Belsize Production Arranged by Richard Henson
Sky High (Scott-Dyer) (Leeds) Vocals: British Jigsaw
The song did well enough to have its own wiki here.
It reached #9 in the UK, #3 in the US and #1 in Japan, while reaching #3 in Australia (the wiki
suggests #8 but it went higher on some charts). The song gave the movie exposure on chart shows
such as the ABC's Countdown
The band was called British Jigsaw because of an Australian band called Jigsaw. They were also
sometimes called a one hit wonder, but they did have several other minor hits, with Love Fire
reaching #30 in the US in 1976 and If I Have To Go Away charting in the UK.
(Below: Splash UK version)
The single was later collected in a number of original hits compiles and a Channel Seven 1976
Telethon compile.
K-Tel released it as LP, with the theme on side 2 track 10 and a remixed version became a minor hit
in 1989 in the United States:
45 Possum TDS 537 1989
Skyhigh Jigsaw
Produced by Chase Peate & Pete Hammond
Mixed by Mixmaster Pete Hammond. Side Two Mixed by Dave Ford. Recorded and Mixed at PWL
Studios 1 & 2, LondonKeyboards: Clive Scott. Bass & Drums: Pete Hammond Vocals & Percussion:
Des Dyer
© 1989 Libido Records UK.
Side A: Skyhigh (Scott - Dyer) (MCA Music) Vocals: Jigsaw UK.
Side B: Skyhigh (Instrumental) (Track 2 on Side B:) (Scott - Dyer)(MCA Music) Jigsaw UK
Les "Mixdoctor" Adams of D.M.C. also had a go at it for Splash Records.
When British singer Newton recorded Sky High in the mid 1990s, produced by Mike Stock and Matt
Aitken, it charted in the top ten in Australia.
CD Love This D 11953 1994
Performed by Newton.
Track 1 mixed by Seth & Jess Thethub, mix engineer: Peter Day. Track 2 mixed by Mobius Loop.
Track 3 mixed by The Red BaronTracks 1, 2 & 3 written by C. Scott & D. Dyer. Tracks 1, 2 & 3
published by MCA Music Ltd.
Track 1 Sky High Radio Edit.
Track 2 Sky High Hiza Kite Mix.
Track 3 Sky High Kaiser Height Mix.
The song has been covered by a number of other artists, and below, here a few of the many other
editions. Various versions are also available on YouTube: