The Last Dragon (soundtrack)
Introduction

***The Last Dragon: Original Soundtrack Album*** is a [soundtrack album](/wiki/Soundtrack_album "Soundtrack album") for the 1985 movie *[The Last Dragon](/wiki/The_Last_Dragon "The Last Dragon")* starring [Taimak](/wiki/Taimak "Taimak"), [Julius Carry](/wiki/Julius_Carry "Julius Carry"), [Vanity](/wiki/Vanity_%28singer%29 "Vanity (singer)") and [Christopher Murney](/wiki/Christopher_Murney "Christopher Murney").[Allmusic\-The Last Dragon: Soundtrack Album](http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-last-dragon-mw0000587881) allmusic.com The music soundtrack album was supervised by executive producer Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown Records.

The soundtrack features the [DeBarge](/wiki/DeBarge "DeBarge")’s hit song, "Rhythm of the Night", written by Diane Warren. The song reached top five on the [*Billboard* Hot 100](/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100 "Billboard Hot 100") and \#1 on the [Billboard R\&B Singles](/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs"). Also included is new music by singers’ [Stevie Wonder](/wiki/Stevie_Wonder "Stevie Wonder"), [Smokey Robinson](/wiki/Smokey_Robinson "Smokey Robinson"), and the film's star, [Vanity](/wiki/Vanity_%28performer%29 "Vanity (performer)"); as well as various artists from the Motown label. The soundtrack also features songwriting from [Norman Whitfield](/wiki/Norman_Whitfield "Norman Whitfield"), who had left Motown in 1975 and set up his own record company, and returned to Motown in the early 1980s.


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