Mike's Murder

Jackson finished the Night and Day tour in May 1983. He had been asked to contribute a song to Mike's Murder, a film written and directed by James Bridges. He ended up writing both a handful of songs and a few instrumental pieces that were released on a soundtrack album in September. Unfortunately, the film itself was not ready for release then, since it was the subject of a dispute between Bridges and the movie studio that had financed it. The orphaned soundtrack album, however, managed to get into the Top 100 and even spawned a chart single in the Jackson composition 'Memphis', while 'Breakdown' earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. 8 tracks. Digipak. Lilith. 2006.