Alan Hawkshaw The Silent Witness LP Jesus Shroud Of Turin Documentary Soundtrack

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Alan Hawkshaw "The Silent Witness" Original Sound Recording
An Investigation Into The Holy Shroud Of Turin
Full-Length 12" Vinyl Record Album

Description: This rare album cover features an image of the Shroud Of Turin. On the back cover are stills from the documentary and album notes. The vinyl record is in glossy clean very good+ to excellent condition. The cover is in very good condition, a few light creases. Made in England. Recorded at Oakwood, Utopia & Morgan Studios. Distributed by PYE Records Sales Ltd. The pictures in this listing are of the actual record album you will receive. Check out our other listings for a wide variety of vinyl records and CDs. We ship worldwide in secure, padded packaging. Please let us know if you have any questions for a prompt reply. Tracklist and additional album information below.

Tracklist:
   Side One
Opening Title
The Silent Witness (Main Theme)
Light
Turin Cathedral
Constantinople
The Resurrection
Wilderness
Excerpt From Haydn's Creation
End Montage
The Silent Witness (Main Theme) Reprise
   Side Two
The Story Of The Silent Witness narrated by Kenneth More

The Silent Witness is a documentary based on scientific investigations of the Shroud of Turin. Noted medical examiners, theologians, physicists and historians use modern science to trace the probable history of the cloth. Director: David W. Rolfe; Writers: Ian Wilson, Henry Lincoln, David W. Rolfe; Stars: Kenneth More, Richard Hamer, Sarah Twist; Music by Alan Hawkshaw. The Shroud of Turin also known as the Holy Shroud is a length of linen cloth bearing the negative image of a man. Some describe the image as depicting Jesus of Nazareth and believe the fabric is the burial shroud in which he was wrapped after crucifixion. (wiki)

William Alan Hawkshaw (1937-2021) was a British composer and performer, particularly of library music used as themes for movies and television programs. Hawkshaw worked extensively for the KPM production music company in the 1950s to the 1970s, composing and recording many stock tracks that have been used extensively in film and TV. He was the composer of a number of theme tunes including Grange Hill originally library music recorded in Munich known as "Chicken Man" and Countdown. In addition, he was an arranger and pianist, and in the United States with the studio group Love De-Luxe scored a number 1 single on the Billboard Hot Dance Music chart with "Here Comes That Sound Again" in 1979. His song "Charlie" is heard on Just for Laughs Gags. He was the father of singer-songwriter Kirsty Hawkshaw a member of the dance music group Opus III and also worked with artists such as Tiësto, Delerium, BT, Seba and Paradox. Born in Leeds, Hawkshaw worked as a printer for several years before becoming a professional musician, first joining the pop group The Crescendos. In the early 1960s, he was a member of rock and roll group Emile Ford and the Checkmates. He also formed the Mohawks band and Rumplestiltskin with some session musicians. At that time, Hawkshaw was an exponent of the Hammond organ, heard in the Mohawks' music, and also on the UK recording of the musical Hair. In 1965 Hawkshaw played piano on The Hollies group composed album track; "Put Yourself in My Place" included on the EMI/Parlophone album; Hollies being featured on a piano solo during the song. Hawkshaw was also featured playing with David Bowie on the Bowie at the Beeb album, in a performance recorded for the "John Peel in Top Gear" show on 13 May 1968, in which he played a solo on "In The Heat of the Morning". In 1969, Hank Marvin recruited Hawkshaw into The Shadows to tour Japan in which one concert was recorded and subsequently released in Japan, The Shadows Live in Japan, taking a featured lead on piano on "Theme from Exodus". In 1970, Hawkshaw recorded one more studio album with The Shadows, Shades of Rock before leaving this band. He also did appear as keyboardist on The Shadows' spin-off vocal group Marvin, Welch, & Farrar's self-titled debut and follow-up Second Opinion albums both released on EMI's reactivated Regal Zonophone label in 1971. In the 1970s, he played in The Shadows; he worked for Olivia Newton-John, Jane Birkin, and Serge Gainsbourg as a musical director, arranger and pianist and was a keyboard player for Cliff Richard, for whom he also co-wrote "The Days of Love", one of six shortlisted songs which Richard performed in A Song for Europe that year. He also played keyboards on Donna Summer's 1977 double album Once Upon A Time. One of his best-known compositions is "Blarney's Stoned" which was used as the theme tune for Dave Allen's television shows The Dave Allen Show and Dave Allen at Large. In 1975, he wrote the theme tune to the BBC's On the Move educational programme, which featured Bob Hoskins as an illiterate lorry driver; the song was sung by The Dooleys. In 1977, he composed "New Earth Parts 1 & 2" for Hank Marvin's Guitar Syndicate LP project. This was subsequently sampled over 30 years later by Jay-Z for his song "Pray". Also, during the late 1970s, music by Hawkshaw appeared in several films by Radley Metzger, including Barbara Broadcast and Maraschino Cherry. Hawkshaw performed the music The Night Rider the theme for Cadbury's Milk Tray adverts, which was composed by another prolific creator of advertising themes, Cliff Adams. Hawkshaw also composed "Best Endeavours", which has been the theme for Channel 4 News since 1982, and was used for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's The National news and current affairs programme from 1984 to 1987. His tune "Chicken Man" was used as the theme for Grange Hill from its first series in 1978 until 1989, and revived for the final series of Grange Hill in 2008. Another recording of Chicken Man was used contemporaneously with the original Grange Hill version for the ITV quiz show Give Us A Clue. The Countdown "Chimes" jingle used on Channel 4's Countdown game show was also composed by Hawkshaw. He composed all the music for the Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World series, and the theme "Technicolour", which was used for the BBC Midlands Today programme. In the United States, he also scored a number 1 single with "Here Comes That Sound Again", as part of Love De-Luxe With Hawkshaw's Discophonia in 1979. Also in 1979, he released a disco album under the performing name "Bizarre" which was essentially a solo project with the help of executive producer Barry Mason. He also once more appeared with The Shadows, guesting on their 1979 UK chart-topping album String of Hits playing piano on a cover of Paul Simon's "Bridge Over Troubled Water". Hawkshaw is credited with the co-composition of "I Feel So Good", a 1966 release by Manchester's Playboys. The Alan Hawkshaw Foundation, in conjunction with the Performing Rights Society, has provided scholarships to underprivileged music students and media composers at both the Leeds College of Music and the National Film and Television School since 2003. After a brief early marriage, Hawkshaw married German-born Christiane Bieberbach in 1968; they had two children. Ivor Novello Award best film score The Silent Witness 1979. (wiki)

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