Editing Robbie Robertson (section)

===Production and session work (1984–1992)===
Robertson co-produced the track "The Best of Everything", which was originally intended for the film ''[[The King of Comedy (film)|The King of Comedy]]'' but instead was included on the [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] album ''[[Southern Accents]]''.<ref name="Billboard30 March 1985">{{cite magazine|title=Spotlight|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5yMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT149|date=March 30, 1985|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=97|issue=13|pages=149–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> Robertson also worked on the horn arrangements for the track, and brought in Band alumni Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson as guests.<ref name="uncut_tp_sa">{{cite web|last1=Pinnock|first1=Tom|title=Southern Accents by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – An Uncut All-Time Classic|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/southern-accents-by-tom-petty-the-heartbreakers-an-uncut-all-time-classic-37789|website=Uncut Magazine Online|publisher=Time Inc. UK|access-date=July 2, 2016|date=April 27, 2012}}</ref><ref name="ucr_tp_sa">{{cite web|last1=Giles|first1=Jeff|title=The History of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Ambitious ''Southern Accents''|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-petty-southern-accents/|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|publisher=Diffuser Network|access-date=July 2, 2016|date=March 1, 2016}}</ref>

In 1986, Robertson appeared as a guest on the album ''Reconciled'' by [[The Call (band)|the Call]], playing guitar on the track "The Morning".<ref name="connolly_call">{{cite web|last1=Connolly|first1=Dave|title=Reconciled|url=http://www.connollyco.com/discography/call/reconciled.html|website=Progrography|publisher=Connolly and Company LLC|access-date=3 July 2016}}</ref>

Also in 1986, Robertson was brought on as creative consultant for ''[[Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll]]'' (1987), a feature film saluting [[Chuck Berry]].<ref name="geo_stroum_intv_2013">{{cite interview|last=Robertson|first=Robbie|subject-link=Robbie Robertson|interviewer=[[George Stroumboulopoulos]]|title=Robbie Robertson on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight: Interview|url=http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/videos/guest-interview/robbie-robertson|work=George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight|publisher=CBC|location=Toronto|date=November 25, 2013|access-date=February 16, 2016}}</ref> Robertson appears on camera, interviewing Chuck Berry, and then playing guitar while Berry recites poetry.<ref name="cb_60_ann">{{cite web|last1=Dietmar|first1=Rudolph|title=Chuck's 60th Birthday Celebrations (1986)|url=http://www.crlf.de/ChuckBerry/60thbirthday.html|website=A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry|access-date=July 4, 2016}}</ref>

In 1988, Robertson collaborated as a songwriter with [[Lone Justice]] lead singer [[Maria McKee]]. One of the songs they co-wrote, "Nobody's Child", was released on McKee's [[Maria McKee (album)|self-titled debut album]] in 1989.<ref name="rs_3-24-88">{{cite magazine|date=24 March 1988|title=Robertson Waltzes Again|url=https://www.pinterest.com/pin/173529391864312181/|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media LLC|issue= 522|access-date=July 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name="band_m_mckee">{{cite web|title=Maria McKee: ''Maria McKee''|url=http://theband.hiof.no/albums/maria_mckee.html|website=The Band Website|publisher=Jan Hoiberg|access-date=July 4, 2016}}</ref>

In 1989, Robertson recorded and produced a new version of the Band's "Christmas Must Be Tonight" for the ''[[Scrooged]]'' soundtrack. In 1990, Robertson appeared as a guest on the [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] album ''[[Beauty (Ryuichi Sakamoto album)|Beauty]]'', playing guitar on the song "Romance". He also contributed to the [[world music]] video and album production ''[[One World One Voice]]''.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

In 1992, Robertson produced the song "Love in Time" for [[Roy Orbison]]'s posthumous album ''[[King of Hearts (Roy Orbison album)|King of Hearts]]''. "Love In Time" was a basic demo Orbison had recorded that was believed to be lost, but had just recently been rediscovered. Robertson set about augmenting Orbison's basic vocal track with new arrangements and instrumentation, with the intent of making it sound like the arrangements were there from the beginning instead of later additions.<ref name="abc_in_concert">{{cite AV media|people=Robertson, Robbie|year=1992|title=ABC In Concert Profile: Roy Orbison|medium=television clip|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAI-C85WQK4| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122131018/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAI-C85WQK4| archive-date=2017-01-22 | url-status=dead|access-date=July 3, 2016|time=1:21}}</ref>