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For tonight’s Bond on Vinyl post, we’re listening to music from Octopussy!
Eric Nathan Robertson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1948. He began his musical journey by learning music theory, organ, and piano in Scotland. Still, he was enrolled in the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada, at the age of fifteen.
Robertson began his professional music career as a teenager while still a student, serving as the music director for a church in Toronto, and playing organ in the R&B band Majestics. Before long, Robertson was composing music for both the church and the recording studio and became active as a studio musician. Robertson’s career also saw him become a record producer, a composer for film and television, and record his own albums of popular songs and movie themes. His ‘Magic Melodies’ album sold more than 1.25 million copies worldwide.
In total, Robertson composed more than sixty film scores, including TV films such as A Muppet Family Christmas. He has also written a substantial amount of choral and organ music, occasionally with instrumental or symphonic accompaniment. His 1983 album ‘Piano Hits’ reached number six on the Australian album charts, selling well enough to garner a follow-up album the next year. ‘All New Piano Hits ’84’ features sixteen tracks from TV shows of the era, such as ‘Love Boat,’ but also ‘Eye of the Tiger’ from Rocky, and ‘All Time High’ from Octopussy. Not the most common song to find covers for, this piano version of John Barry’s title track sounds great, even without any Rita Coolidge vocals.
148. Eric Robertson – All New Piano Hits ’84
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