1986 Soundtrack – Wildcats

Wildcats is a 1986 American sports comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and is also the film debut of Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson.

Molly McGrath is the daughter of a famed football coach who is dying to head her own team. When her wish is finally granted, Molly leaves her job coaching girls’ track at an affluent high school (Prescott High School) to take over a football team at an inner-city high school (Central High School)–the kind of place where guard dogs are needed to patrol the campus. At first the new coach’s idealism and optimism are suffocated with racial and gender prejudice, but eventually her overriding spirit begins to whip her unruly team into shape. At the same time, she must also struggle to win a battle for the custody of her two young daughters. The real test for Molly comes when her Central High team faces Prescott in the city championship.

Tracks

1  The Isley Brothers – Good Hands (David Wolinski, James Newton Howard) 4:13
2  Mavis Staples – Show Me How It Works (David Wolinski, James Newton Howard, David Pack) 3:27
3  Michael Jeffries – Razzle Dazzle (David Wolinski, James Newton Howard) 3:42
4  Randy Crawford – I Don’t Wanna Be Normal (David Wolinksi, David Pack, James Newton Howard, Michael McDonald, Patrick Leonard) 5:13
5  Sidney Justin – Rock It (David Wolinski, James Newton Howard) 3:25
Brenda Russell – Penetration (David Wolinski, James Newton Howard) 4:33
James Ingram – Hard To Say (David Wolinski, James Newton Howard, David Pack) 4:10
8  Tata Vega – Love Lives Alone (David Wolinski, James Newton Howard, David Pack) 3:51
James Newton Howard – Molly’s Theme (David Wolinski, James Newton Howard) 4:23
10  Joe Cocker – We Stand Alone (David Wolinski, James Newton Howard, Joe Cocker) 4:01

Musicians

1 The Isley Brothers – Good Hands

Drums JR Robinson
Guitar (solo) Steve Lukather
Guitar Mike Landau
Guitar David Pack
Background Vocals O’Kelly Isley
Background Vocals Ronald Isley
Background Vocals Rudolph Isley


2 Mavis Staples – Show Me How It Works

Background Vocals David Pack
Background Vocals Julia Tillman Waters
Background Vocals Maxine Willard Waters


3 Michael Jeffries – Razzle Dazzle

Guitar Paul Jackson Jr


4 Randy Crawford – I Don’t Wanna Be Normal

Guitar Paul Jackson Jr
Synthesizer Patrick Leonard


5 Sidney Justin – Rock It

Guitar David Wolinski
Synthesizer Patrick Leonard


6 Brenda Russell – Penetration

Bass Nathan East
Drums JR Robinson
Guitar (solo) Steve Lukather
Guitar Mike Landau
Guitar David Pack


7 James Ingram – Hard To Say

Guitar David Wolinski


8 Tata Vega – Love Lives Alone

Guitar David Wolinski
Guitar David Pack
Background Vocals Amy Holland


9 James Newton Howard – Molly’s Theme

Guitar Elvis Pakfish
Synthesizer Larry Williams
Sax Larry Williams


10 Joe Cocker – We Stand Alone

Bass Nathan East
Drums Carlos Vega
Guitar Mike Landau
Background Vocals Julia Tillman Waters
Background Vocals Luther Waters

Liner Notes

Producer – David Wolinski, James Newton Howard
Producer (Executive) – Joel Sill, Michael Ostin
Coordinator (Album) – Debbie Reinberg
Engineer – Ray Blair
Engineer (Assistant) – Frank Dookun
Engineer (Assistant Mix) – Charlie Paakkari, Glen Holguin, Julie Last
Mastered By – Doug Sax

Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Mixed At Studio 55, LA
Mixed At Lion Share Recording Studios
Recorded At Fool On The Hill Studio
Recorded At Studio 55, LA
Recorded At Sunset Sound
Phonographic Copyright Warner Bros Inc.
Copyright Warner Bros Inc