Editing Keith Emerson (section)

===1979–1991: Solo and group projects===
After ELP disbanded in 1979, Emerson pursued a variety of projects during the 1980s and 1990s, including solo releases, soundtrack work and other bands, including supergroup [[the Best (band)|the Best]]. In the early 1990s, Emerson rejoined the reunited ELP, but the group broke up again by the end of that decade.<ref name=classicbands>{{cite web |url=http://www.classicbands.com/elp.html |title=Emerson, Lake and Palmer |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=ClassicBands.com |access-date=19 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817063505/http://www.classicbands.com/elp.html |archive-date=17 August 2015 }}</ref>

====Solo career====
In 1981, Emerson released his debut solo album, ''Honky''. Recorded in [[the Bahamas]] with local musicians, it departed from Emerson's usual style in featuring [[calypso music|calypso]] and [[reggae]] songs, and was generally not well received,<ref name=perryhonky>{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Shawn |title=Honky: At the Movies: Off the Shelf |url=http://www.vintagerock.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=355 |publisher=Vintage Rock |website=Vintagerock.com |access-date=18 March 2016 }}</ref> except in Italy where it was a hit.<ref name=classicbands /> Emerson's subsequent solo releases were sporadic, including a Christmas album in 1988, and the album ''Changing States'' (also known as ''Cream of Emerson Soup'') recorded in 1989 but not released until 1995, after several of its songs had already been re-recorded and released in different versions on ELP's 1992 comeback album ''Black Moon''. ''Changing States'' also contained an orchestral remake of the ELP song "Abaddon's Bolero" with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and "The Church", which Emerson composed for the 1989 [[Michele Soavi]] horror film of the same name.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.backgroundmagazine.nl/CDreviews/KeithEmersonChangingStates.html |title=Keith Emerson — Changing States |last=Strik |first=Henri |editor-last=Ladiges |editor-first=Esther |location=[[Wijchen]], [[Netherlands]] |magazine=Background Magazine |publisher=backgroundmagazine.nl |access-date=19 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319022137/http://www.backgroundmagazine.nl/CDreviews/KeithEmersonChangingStates.html |archive-date=19 March 2016 }}</ref>

====Soundtrack work====
In the 1980s, Emerson began to write and perform music for films, as his orchestral and classical style was more suited for film work than for the [[new wave music|new wave]]-dominated pop/ rock market.<ref name=perryhonky /> He was given the script for ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'', but turned down the offer to score it.<ref name=EMM83/> Films for which Emerson contributed soundtrack music include [[Dario Argento]]'s ''[[Inferno (1980 film)|Inferno]]'' (1980), the action thriller ''[[Nighthawks (1981 film)|Nighthawks]]'' (1981) starring [[Sylvester Stallone]], (1984 film) Best Revenge, notable because he collaborated with [[Brad Delp]] from the rock band [[Boston (band)|Boston]] and [[Levon Helm]] from [[The Band]] both on vocals, and [[Garth Hudson]] also from The Band on accordion, that also featured an instrumental piece called "Dream Runner" that became a standard solo performance piece for Emerson during at ELP shows throughout the next decade, [[Lucio Fulci]]'s ''[[Murder Rock]]'' (1984), and Michele Soavi's ''[[The Church (1989 film)|The Church]]'' (also known as ''La chiesa'') (1989).<ref name=martin>{{cite web |last=Martin |first=Jeffery X |date=6 February 2015 |title=Music Review: Keith Emerson, "At the Movies" |url=http://popshifter.com/2015-02-06/music-review-keith-emerson-movies/ |publisher=Popshifter |website=Popshifter.com |access-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312222504/http://popshifter.com/2015-02-06/music-review-keith-emerson-movies/ |archive-date=12 March 2016 }}</ref> He was also the composer for the short-lived 1994 US animated television series ''[[Iron Man (TV series)|Iron Man]]''.<ref name=hammondhof /><ref>Macan, ''Endless Enigma'', p. 699.</ref>

====1980s and 1990s bands====
Starting in the mid-1980s, Emerson formed several short-lived [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]]s. The first two, [[Emerson, Lake & Powell]] (with Lake and ex-[[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]] drummer [[Cozy Powell]])<ref name=harrison>{{cite book |last=Harrison |first=Thomas |date=2011 |title=Music of the 1980s |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MBEZBL7Dr7YC&pg=PA85 |location=[[Santa Barbara, California]] |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group|Greenwood]] |page=85 |isbn=978-0-313-36599-7}}</ref> and [[3 (1980s band)|3]] (with Palmer and American multi-instrumentalist [[Robert Berry]]), were intended to carry on in the general style of ELP in the absence of one of the original members.<ref name=larkin>{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |editor-link= Colin Larkin (writer) |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title=Emerson, Lake and Palmer  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA2006-IA2068V |access-date=18 March 2016 |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |location=United Kingdom |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8 |pages=PA2006-IA2068 – PA2006-IA2069 }}</ref> Emerson, Lake & Powell had some success,<ref name=harrison /> and their sole album is considered one of the best of both Emerson's and Lake's careers. Stylistically, it was a departure from their 1980s progressive rock peers, Genesis and Asia.<ref name=classicbands /> Progressive rock analyst Edward Macan wrote that Emerson, Lake & Powell were closer to the "classic ELP sound" than ELP's own late-1970s output.<ref name=macanrockin366>Macan, ''Rocking the Classics'', p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=b98dJ3cYAksC&pg=PT366 PT366] and .</ref> By contrast, 3's only album sold poorly<ref name=classicbands /><ref name=larkin /> and drew comparisons to "the worst moments of ''Love Beach''"<ref name=macanrockin366 /> (which had been a commercial disaster for ELP<ref>{{cite book |last=Stump |first=Paul |date=2005 |title=Gentle Giant: Acquiring the Taste |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vrF7IklgSU8C&pg=PA140 |location=[[London]] |publisher=SAF Publishing |page=140 |isbn=978-0-946719-61-7}}</ref>).

[[File:Emerson, Lake & Palmer 07.jpg|thumb|left |Emerson performing with ELP in 1992]]

Emerson also toured briefly in 1990 with [[The Best (band)|The Best]], a supergroup including [[John Entwistle]] of [[The Who]], [[Joe Walsh]] of the [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]], [[Jeff "Skunk" Baxter]] of [[Steely Dan]] and [[The Doobie Brothers]], and [[Simon Phillips (drummer)|Simon Phillips]]. This project focused on covering songs from each of the members' past bands.<ref>Macan, ''Endless Enigma'', p. 520.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bbchron.blogspot.com/2011/01/best-kemerson-j-walsh-j-entwhistle.html |title=The Best (K.Emerson, J. Walsh, J. Entwhistle, J.Baxter, S.Phillips) - 1990-09-26 - Yokahama, Japan |author=BBKron |date=25 January 2011 |website=bbchron.blogspot.com |publisher=BB Chronicles |access-date=18 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010200722/http://bbchron.blogspot.com/2011/01/best-kemerson-j-walsh-j-entwhistle.html |archive-date=10 October 2011 }}</ref>

In the early 1990s, Emerson formed the short-lived group Aliens of Extraordinary Ability with [[Stuart Smith (musician)|Stuart Smith]], Richie Onori, Marvin Sperling and Robbie Wyckoff. The group's name came from the application process for a US [[visa (document)|work visa]], and the members included several British musicians who, like Emerson, had come to [[Los Angeles]] to further their careers.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rogers |first=John |date=1 February 2008 |title=Star Power Helps With Green Card: Hollywood Loves Its Foreign-Born Actors, But They Still Have Immigration Hurdles.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-feb-01-et-expatriate1-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |location=[[Los Angeles, California]] |access-date=18 March 2016  |agency=[[Associated Press]]|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105231547/http://articles.latimes.com/2008/feb/01/entertainment/et-expatriate1 |archive-date=5 November 2011}}</ref> The group turned down a record deal with [[Samsung]] because of Emerson's commitment to an ELP reunion and Smith's involvement with a possible reformation of [[The Sweet]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockmusicstar.com/heavenearth/2013/3/24/heaven-earth-stuart-smith.html |title=Heaven & Earth - Stuart Smith |last1=Orwat |first1=Thomas S. Jr. |date=24 March 2013 |website=rockmusicstar.com |publisher=Rock Music Star (Thomas S. Orwat, Jr.) |access-date=18 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313033021/http://www.rockmusicstar.com/heavenearth/2013/3/24/heaven-earth-stuart-smith.html |archive-date=13 March 2016 |quote=...&nbsp;I was playing in a band called, Aliens of Extraordinary Ability, with Keith Emerson. We were offered a record deal with Samsung, but Keith decided to go back to Emerson, Lake and Palmer. I then got involved in the reformation of the band Sweet, which ended up not happening. }}</ref>