BEVERLY HILLS (CNS) - Onetime Everly Brothers guitarist Don Peake is suing a production company over profits he alleges are owed him for his work on the soundtrack for the 1977 horror film "The Hills Have Eyes" and its 1985 sequel.
The 80-year-old Peake's Beverly Hills Superior Court suit against Blood Relations Co. seeks a court declaration that he is entitled to both a computation and an accounting of profits allegedly owed him for both "The Hills Have Eyes" and "The Hills Have Eyes Part II."
Neither Peter Locke, identified in the suit as a "proprietor" of Blood Relations, nor another representative for the company could be immediately reached for comment on the suit brought Nov. 23.
Peake and Blood Relations signed an agreement in April 1977 for him to compose, arrange, score, produce and supervise the recording of original music to be used in the soundtrack of director Wes Craven's "The Hills Have Eyes" and the plaintiff fulfilled all his obligations, the suit states.
"(Peake's) music is an integral part of the film and its soundtrack," according to the suit.
The film was released in theaters and continues to be distributed through outlets such as Amazon Prime and similar streaming services, the suit states. The film's sequel features flashbacks from the original movie and also is distributed through Amazon and other streaming platforms, according to the suit.
The 1977 agreement does not have a method for computing profits or a time by which profits are to be reported or paid, according to the suit.
Peake has contacted Blood Relations during the last two years requesting a computation of profits received by the company for the two films, but company management has denied having an obligation to provide the information, the suit states.
Along with the Everly Brothers, with whom he began his career as lead guitarist in 1961, Peake has played with the Jackson 5, Glen Campbell, Marvin Gaye, Elvis Presley, Sonny and Cher and the Wrecking Crew. He was the first white guitarist to play with the Ray Charles Orchestra, with whom he both recorded and toured for 10 years.
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