Rupert Hine obit

Rupert Hine, lyricist for "The Experience of Love", dies at 72

 

He was not on the list.

British producer and lyricist Rupert Hine has passed away on Friday at the age of 72, Deadline reports. In 1995, he teamed up with composer Eric Serra to pen the lyrics for "The Experience of Love", end title song for GOLDENEYE.

News of his passing was announced by the Ivors Academy of Music Creators, where Hine was a board member, without giving further details. Hine worked with artists like Rush, the Thompson Twins, Bob Gedolf, Suzanne Vega and "GoldenEye" main title performer Tina Turner. Apart from GOLDENEYE, his film soundtrack credits include THE FIFTH ELEMENT (composed by Serra), THE ADDAMS FAMILY and BETTER OFF DEAD.

He produced albums for artists including Rush, Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, the Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins, Stevie Nicks, Chris de Burgh, Suzanne Vega, Underworld, Duncan Sheik, Formula and Eleanor McEvoy. Additionally, Hine recorded eleven albums, including those billed under his own name, the pseudo-band name Thinkman, and as a member of the band Quantum Jump; with the latter, he achieved a number 5 hit on the UK Singles Chart in 1979, "The Lone Ranger". Additionally, he composed for film and television soundtracks, including the 1989 Ian Fleming biopic Goldeneye and the black comedy Better Off Dead.

 

Discography

Solo

Studio albums

Pick Up a Bone (1971)

Unfinished Picture (1973)

Immunity (1981)

Waving Not Drowning (1982)

The Wildest Wish to Fly (1983)

The Deep End (1994)

Soundtrack

Better Off Dead (1985)

Compilation album

Unshy on the Skyline - The Best of Rupert Hine (2015)

Thinkman

Studio albums

The Formula (1986)

Life is a Full-Time Occupation (1988)

Hard Hat Zone (1990)

Compilation album

Fighting Apathy With Shock - The Best of Rupert Hine as Thinkman (2019)

Quantum Jump

Studio album

Quantum Jump (1975)

Barracuda (1977)

Compilation

Mixing (1979)

Spin 1ne 2wo

Spin 1ne 2wo (1993)

Production credits

Jon Pertwee – "Who Is the Doctor" (single) (1972)

Rupert Hine and Simon Jeffes – Score (TV music) (1973)

Yvonne Elliman – Food of Love (album) (1973)

Various Artists – Colditz Breakpoint (album) (1973)

Jonesy – Growing (album) (1974)

Kevin Ayers – The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories (album) (1974)

Quantum Jump – Quantum Jump (album) (1974)

John G. Perry – Sunset Wading (album) (1975)

Nova – Blink (album) (1976)

Rupert Hine – "Snakes Don't Dance Fast" (single) (1976)

Dave Greenslade – Cactus Choir (album) (1976)

John G. Perry – Seabird (album) (1976)

Steve Tilston – Songs from the Dress Rehearsal (album) (1976)

Café Jacques – Round the Back (album) (1977)

Quantum Jump – Barracuda (album) (1977)

Anthony Phillips – Wise After the Event (album) (1977)

Anthony Phillips – Sides (album) (1978)

Rupert Hine and Simon Jeffes – The Kenny Everett Video Show (TV music) (1978)

Café Jacques – International (album) (1978)

After the Fire – Laser Love (album) (1978)

Rupert Hine – The Shout (soundtrack) (1979)

Murray Head – Between Us (album) (1979)

Quantum Jump – Mixing (album) (1979)

Camel – I Can See Your House from Here (album) (1979)

Wildlife – Burning (album) (1979)

The Members – The Choice is Yours (album) (1980)

Various Artists – First Offenders (album) (1980)

Rupert Hine – Immunity (album) (1981)

Saga – Worlds Apart (album) (1981)

Jona Lewie – Heart Skips Beat (album) (1981)

The Fixx – Shuttered Room (album) (1981)

Rupert Hine – Waving Not Drowning (album) (1982)

The Waterboys – "A Girl Called Johnny" (single) (1983)

The Waterboys – "December" (single) (1983)

The Fixx – Reach the Beach (album) (1983)

Saga – Heads or Tales (album) (1983)

The Little Heroes – Watch the World (album) (1983)

Chris De Burgh – The Getaway (album) (1982)

Rupert Hine – The Wildest Wish to Fly (album) (1983)

The Fixx – Phantoms (album) (1984)

Tina Turner – Private Dancer (tracks) (1984)

Howard Jones – Human's Lib (album) (1984)

Howard Jones – The 12" Album (album) (1984)

Chris De Burgh – Man on the Line (album) (1984)

Martin Ansell – An Englishman Abroad (album) (1985)

Howard Jones – Dream into Action (album) (1985)

Rupert Hine and Various Artists – Better Off Dead (soundtrack) (1985)

Thinkman – The Formula (album) (1986)

The Fixx – Walkabout (album) (1986)

Eight Seconds – Almacantar (album) (1986)

Howard Jones – Action Replay (album) (1986)

Tina Turner – Break Every Rule (tracks) (1986)

Thompson Twins – Close to the Bone (album) (1987)

Bob Geldof – Deep in the Heart of Nowhere (tracks) (1986)

Various Artists – Secret Policeman's Third Ball (tracks) (1987)

Underworld – Underneath the Radar (album) (1987)

Rebel Heels with Liz Larin – One by One by One (album) (1987)

Thinkman – Life Is a Full Time Occupation (album) (1988)

The Joan Collins Fan Club – "Leader of the Pack" (single) (1988)

Stevie Nicks – The Other Side of the Mirror (album) (1989)

Tina Turner – Foreign Affair (tracks) (1989)

Rush – Presto (album) (1989)

Thinkman – Hard Hat Zone (album) (1990)

Various Artists – One World One Voice (album) (1990)

The Fixx – Ink (tracks) (1990)

Bliss – A Change in the Weather (album) (1990)

Bob Geldof – The Vegetarians of Love (album) (1990)

Rush – Roll the Bones (album) (1991)

Remmy Ongala – Mambo (album) (1992)

Chris De Burgh – Power of Ten (album) (1992)

Howard Jones – In the Running (album) (1992)

Bob Geldof – The Happy Club (album) (1992)

Spin 1ne 2wo – Spin 1ne 2wo (album) (1993)

Rupert Hine – The Deep End (album) (1994)

Katey Sagal – Well... (album) (1994)

Various Artists – One Week or Two in the Real World (tracks) (1994)

Milla Jovovich – The Divine Comedy (tracks) (1994)

Les Négresses Vertes – Zig Zague (album) (1994)

Touch! – Marche avec moi (album) (1994)

This Picture – City of Sin (tracks) (1994)

Ezio – Black Boots on Latin Feet (album) (1995)

Éric Serra – GoldenEye (tracks) (1996)

Noa – Calling (album) (1996)

Duncan Sheik – Duncan Sheik (album) (1996)

Marian Gold – United (album) (1996)

Éric Serra – The Fifth Element (tracks) (1997)

Celtus – Moonchild (album) (1997)

Thanks to Gravity – Start (album) (1997)

Various Artists – Welcome to Woop-Woop (tracks) (1998)

Éric Serra – RXRA (album) (1998)

Duncan Sheik – Humming (album) (1998)

Eleanor McEvoy – Snapshots (album) (1999)

Stroke 9 – Nasty Little Thoughts (album) (1999)

Rat Bat Blue – Greatest Hits – Vol. 2 (The Hungry Years) (album) (1999)

Geoffrey Oryema – Spirit (album) (2000)

Suzanne Vega – Songs in Red and Gray (album) (2001)

Ra – From One (album, uncredited) (2002)

Teitur – Poetry & Aeroplanes (album) (2003)

Martin Grech – Unholy (album) (2005)

Amanda Ghost – "Time Machine" (single) (2006)

Stuart Davis – ¿What (album) (2006)

T.D. Lind – Let's Get Lost (album) (2007)

Songs for Tibet, album plus underlying remix The Heart of the Matter (2008)

Echo Echo – Fall Like You're Flying (album) (2010)

Rupert Hine - "Unshy on the Skyline" (album) (2015)

Songs for Tibet II, album plus You Can't Be Chased, Ostinato Mix (2015)

Rupert Hine - "Fighting Apathy With Shock" (album) (2019)