A Time for Heroes

"A Time for Heroes"
Single by Meat Loaf and Tangerine Dream
B-side	"A Time for Heroes (Instrumental)"
Released	July 1987
Recorded	1987
Genre	Rock
Length	4:13
Label	Orpheum
Songwriter(s)	Jon Lyons; Meat Loaf and Brian May

A Time For Heroes was the theme of the 1987 International Summer Special Olympics World Games. The theme was composed by Jon Lyons; the instrumental versions were performed by Tangerine Dream and the vocal version was performed by Meat Loaf and Brian May.^[1]

Track listing

Personnel

• Jon Lyons – composer
• Christopher Franke
• Edgar Froese
• Paul Haslinger
• John Van Tongeren

Credits vocal version

• Written by M. Scott Sotebeer, Jon Lyons and Rik Emmett
• Produced and arranged by Jon Lyons
• Executive producer: M. Scott Sotebeer
• Associate producer: John Van Tongeren
• Mixed by
  Hit Factory, New York City
• Recorded at the Hit Factory, Record Plant, West Lake Audio, and Sine Wave Studios
• Meat Loaf – lead vocals
• Brian May – lead guitar solo
• Bob Kulick – rhythm guitar
• Jon Lyons — bass, acoustic guitar, additional keyboards and synthesizers
• John Van Tongeren — piano, synthesizers
• Bill Boydstun – additional synthesizer programming
• Chuck Bürgi – drums
• Gina Ricci, Amy Goff, Elaine Goff – backing vocals

References