Wil Malone (born 1952, in

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, North London) is a British music producer and arranger, who has worked with artists including

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and Italian rocker

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. In 1976, Malone and

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covered a

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song, "

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", for the musical documentary '' All This and World War II''. Malone also did the string arrangements for several songs by collaborative techno group UNKLE. Malone released an eponymous solo album in 1970 and another called ''Motherlight'' and composed the score for the cult horror film ''

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'' in 1972.

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