Artist
Mike Batt is a British songwriter/composer, born 6th Feb 1950, Southampton, UK.
His consistent track record of success includes production, composition and conducting on projects as diverse as "Watership Down" (music and lyrics to Art Garfunkel's international number one single, "Bright Eyes"), "Phantom of The Opera" (producing, orchestrating and contributing lyrics to the first hit) and a great deal of symphonic work, including many television and film scores. He has won five Ivor Novello Awards including "Best Film Song or Music" two years in succession, once with "Watership Down" and once with "Caravans" the epic adaptation of Michener's novel, starring Anthony Quinn.
He has conducted many of the world's great orchestras including the London Symphony, The London Philharmonic, The Royal Philharmonic, The Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the State Orchestra of Victoria and The National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland.
Tracks
A1
Caravan On The Move
04:01
A2
Main Title
02:54
A3
Russian Dance
01:43
A4
Inside Sardar Khan's Palace
01:33
A5
Journey To Badek
01:45
A6
The Camp At Qualir
03:01
A7
The Desolate Valley
01:23
A8
Caravan Song
02:03
B1
Qualir At Night
01:45
B2
Storm In The Desert
06:37
B3
Becky's Walz
01:03
B4
Kochi Dancer
01:13
B5
The Aftermath
03:47
B6
Theme From Caravans
03:40
Releases
Formats
Vinyl, Cassette, CD
Labels
CBS, Columbia, Epic
Countries
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe
years
1978, 1979, 1990, 1992
