Soundtrack
The score for Into the Night was written by Ira Newborn (tracks "Enter Shaheen" and "Century City Chase"). Newborn also composed two new songs for the film soundtrack "Into the Night" and "My Lucille" (both performed by blues singer B.B. King) and also arranged the classic song "In the Midnight Hour". The vinyl edition of this soundtrack included two songs composed by Ira Newborn, which are not included on the film soundtrack: "Don't Make Me Sorry" (co-written by Joe Esposito), performed by Patti La Belle and "Keep It Light" (co-written by Reginald "Sonny" Burke), performed by Thelma Houston. The official edition of the soundtrack also included songs "Let's Get It On" performed by Marvin Gaye and "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" performed by The Four Tops, both of which appeared during the film. There are no CD issue of this soundtrack, but all songs performed by B.B. King on film soundtrack are available on Classic B.B.King CD (from "The Universal Masters Collection").
On the vinyl edition there is a John Landis quote about the film soundtrack:
| “ | I presented Ira Newborn with the problem; compose a motion picture score to feature a particular player and not compromise his unique talents or integrity of the movie. The film is "INTO THE NIGHT", the player, B.B. King. | ” |
- Track listing
Side one
- "Into the Night" (B.B. King)
- "My Lucille" (B.B. King)
- "In the Midnight Hour" (B.B. King)
- "Enter Shaheen" (Ira Newborn)
- "Century City Chase" (Ira Newborn)
Side two
- "Don't Make Me Sorry" (Patti La Belle)
- "Keep It Light" (Thelma Houston)
- "Let's Get It On" (Marvin Gaye)
- "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (The Four Tops)
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