Original Music by Martin Armiger (cast) The Band The Cockroaches Special thanks to Canberra Caledonia Pipes & Drums Music Mixer Martin Oswin Music Co-ordinator Martin Fabinyi for Two Guys In A Mustang Music Recorded & Mixed by Michael Stavrou Music recorded at Metropoolis Studio and Powerplant Studio, Melbourne Studios 301, Paradise Studio and Martin Armiger Studio, Sydney Remixed at Studios 301 Assistant Engineers Ian Hayes Paul Grant Music Clearances Meyrick Smith Music Assistant Vashti Rosenberg Strings orchestrated & conducted Derek Williams Strings led by Phillip Hartl Solo Voice Tanya Sparke Solo Trumpet Paul Tanichi Solo Cello Tony Morgan Solo Guitars Rex Goh Vibes Andrew Wilkie Samples Stuart Storm Nature Boy Written by eden ahbez Performed by Kate Ceberano, Courtesy Regular Records Published by Warner Chappell Music Group
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Original Music byMartinArmiger
(cast)The BandThe Cockroaches
Special thanks toCanberra Caledonia Pipes & Drums
Music Mixer Martin Oswin
Music Co-ordinatorMartin Fabinyi
for Two Guys In A Mustang
Music Recorded & Mixed byMichael Stavrou
Music recorded at Metropoolis Studioand Powerplant Studio,
MelbourneStudios 301,Paradise Studio
and Martin ArmigerStudio, Sydney
Remixed at Studios 301Assistant Engineers Ian Hayes
Paul GrantMusic Clearances Meyrick SmithMusic Assistant Vashti Rosenberg
Strings orchestrated& conducted Derek WilliamsStrings led by Phillip HartlSolo Voice Tanya SparkeSolo Trumpet
Paul TanichiSolo Cello Tony MorganSolo Guitars Rex GohVibes Andrew WilkieSamples Stuart Storm
Nature BoyWritten by eden ahbezPerformed by Kate Ceberano, Courtesy Regular RecordsPublished by Warner Chappell Music Group
Colonel Bogey MarchWritten by Kenneth J. AlfordPerformed by The Australian Military Band, Courtesy Festival RecordsProduced by Kevin NoonPublished by Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd./Boosey & Hawkes
Love LettersWritten by Edward Heyman and Victor YoungPerformed by Jenni ForbesPublished by Famous Music/Warner Chappell Music Group
SerenataComposed by Enrico ToselliSolo Violin Phillip Hartl, Arranged by Derek Williams
Nowhere To RunWritten by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie HollandPerformed by Stephen Cummings, Courtesy True Tone RecordsPublished by Jobete Music/EMI Music Publishing
My Boyfriend's BackWritten by Bob Feldman, Gerald Goldstein and Richard GottehrerPerformed by The Chantoozies, Courtesy Mushroom RecordsPublished by EMI Music Publishing
King Of The RoadWritten by Roger MillerPerformed by The Proclaimers, Courtesy Chrysalis Records LimitedProduced by Pete WingfieldPublished by Tree Music/Warner Chappell Music Group
She's Not ThereWritten by Rod ArgentPerformed by Crowded House, Courtesy Capitol RecordsPublished by Marquis Music (London) Ltd./Essex Music
For Your LoveWritten by Graham GouldmanPerformed by Peter Blakeley, Courtesy Capitol RecordsPublished by Hermusic (London) Ltd./MCA Music
Let's DanceWritten by James LeePerformed by The Cockroaches, Courtesy Regular RecordsPublished by Rondell Music/Warner Chappell Music Group
Here Comes That FeelingWritten by Joe Osborne and Dorsey BurnettePerformed by The Cockroaches, Courtesy Regular RecordsPublished by Champion Music/Acuff Rose Music/J. Albert & Son/MCA Gilbey Music
Betty WrongWritten by David Bowie and Reeves GabrelsPerformed and Produced by Tin MachineCourtesy EMI - USA, a division of Capitol Records Inc.Published by Jones Music America, Gabrels Music, Foxhunt Music
All songs produced by Martin Armiger except as noted.
Soundtrack available on Regular Records and its Licensees
Soundtrack Release:
The soundtrack was released on LP, CD and cassette:
LP Regular TVL93336 (CD) 1990Music by Martin ArmigerProduced by Martin Armiger except * Pete Wingfield, ** Tin Machine Executive Producer: Martin FabinyiEngineered by Michael Stavou except * and ** “Main Titles”, “The Chase” and “Love Theme” composed by Martin ArmigerRecorded at EMI Studios 301 Paradise Studios & M.A.R.S. Mixed at EMI Studios 301 & M.A.R.S. Conducted by Derek Williams Guitar - Rex Goh. Voice - Tanya SparkeDrums - Mitch Farmer1st Violin - Phillip Hartl Cello - Tony MorganKeyboard programming & samples - Stu StormStrings orchestrated by Derek WilliamsOrchestral leader - Phillip HartlCopyist - Andrew WilkieMusic clearances - Meyrick SmithAssistant to the producer - Vashti Rosenberg
Assistant engineering - Ian Loomis, Paul Grant, Simon Woolley
SIDE 1:
Main Titles (Martin Armiger) (EMI Music)King Of The Road * (Roger Miller) Vocals: Proclaimes. (Warner/Chappell) Recorded at R.G. Jones, London & R.E.L. Studios, Edinburgh The Proclaimers appear courtesy of Chrysalis RecordsNature Boy (Eden Ahbez) Vocals: Kate Ceberano(Warner/Chappell)Recorded at EMI Studios 301Drums - Peter Jones, bass - Stuart Speed, guitar - Ross Hannaford, Keyboards - Jex Saarelaht, strings conducted by Derek Williams, strings led by Phillip HartlShe’s Not There (Rod Argent) Vocals: Crowded House (Essex) Recorded at Metropolis Audio, mixed at EMI Studios 301Crowded House appear courtesy of Capitol RecordsFor Your Love (Graham Gouldman) Vocals: Peter Blakeley (MCA)Recorded at Paradise Studios, EMI Studios 301 & M.A.R.S. Mixed at M.A.R.S. Backing vocals - Mark Williams, percussion - Mitch Farmer, bass - Leon Gaer, guitar - Rex Goh, soprano saxophone - Jason MorphettPeter Blakeley appears courtesy of Capitol RecordsMark Williams appears courtesy of Albert ProductionsBetty Wrong ** (David Bowie/Reeves Gabrels) Vocals: Tin Machine (EMI Music) Produced by Tin MachineRecorded by Guy Gray at EMI Studios 301Remixed by Michael Stavrou & Martin Armiger at M.A.R.S. Tin Machine appear courtesy of EMI-U.S.A., a division of Capitol Records Inc.The Chase (Martin Armiger) (EMI Music)
SIDE 2:
Here Comes That Feeling (Joe Osborne/Dorsey Burnette) Vocals: The Cockroaches (Albert/Gilbey)Recorded at Powerplant StudiosRemixed at EMI Studios 301 My Boyfriend’s Back (Bob Feldman/Gerald Goldstein/Richard Gottehrer) Vocals: The Chantoozies (EMI Songs)Recorded at Metropolis Audio. Mixed at M.A.R.S. Percussion - Alex Pertout Keyboard Programming - Brett GoldsmithThe Chantoozies appear courtesy of Mushroom Music Nowhere To Run (Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland) Vocals: Stephen Cummings (EMI Songs)Recorded at Metropolis AudioMixed at EMI Studios 301Keyboard programming & guitar - Shane O’MaraPiano - Paul GrabowskyBacking Vocals - Rebecca Barnard, & Susie AhernSteven Cummings appears courtesy True Tone
Love Letters (Edward Heyman/Victor Young) Vocals: Jenni Forbes (Warner/Chappell)Recorded & mixed at M.A.R.S. Piano - Derek Williams, Synths & solo - Paul NajarLet’s Dance (James Lee) Vocals: The Cockroaches (Warner/Chappell)Recorded at Powerplant Studios & Rich StudiosRemixed at EMI Studios 301Love Theme (Martin Armiger)
Music in the Film:
The film used period related songs, with the exception of the David Bowie song which runs over the end credits.According to Al Clark, the creative team didn’t want to build the movie around period songs, but they thought that music could play a role, and the songs are used to accompany a number of montages. Clark says the creative team imagined that the film was set in Anzac Day 1965, and took songs from that period, which were then re-recorded by contemporary artists “so it didn’t just feel like an action replay.”Director Ogilvie wanted a pipe band for the Anzac Day March, because of its echoes from his own country town childhood in Goulburn - the Caledonia Pipes and Drums came up from Canberra to play - and he chose the Toselli Serenata for the ballroom dancing sequence as a way of creating an air of wistfulness in the montage that follows (Ogilvie scored a bronze medal for his ballroom dancing in his Goulburn years).Russell Crowe recorded a version of the protest song Eve of Destruction for possible use in the film, but no place could be found for it (Al Clark commentary track).As a piece of music trivia, the band that features at the evening dance contained two of the Wiggles, Jeff and Anthony, who were in the Cockroaches at the time (the band starts by performing Let’s Dance). (Al Clark, DVD commentary). The Cockroaches have a detailed wiki here. A soundtrack album and a couple of spin off singles were designed to promote the film, though without any impact on the box office.The Proclaimers’ version of Roger Miller’s King of the Road did however peak at #78 in Australia, according to the song’s wiki here, and it charted in the top ten in the UK and Germany. The Cockroaches are featured as the band at the night town dance, though the two numbers they perform didn’t help the band’s career - the 45 release of Here Comes that Feeling, with I Wanna Be With You as the B side, did no business (the songs didn’t make the 23 tracks in the Cockroaches’ “Best of” CD release)
The David Bowie song which runs over the end credits was being recorded by him in Sydney at the time the film was being made. EP Al Clark knew Bowie a little because he nearly did the score for 1984, which Clark produced, and he was in Absolute Beginners, which Clark EP’d. Clark rang Bowie on the off chance he might be able to offer a song, and he was working on a couple, with Betty Wrong the one used in the film.
Lyrics as they are heard in the film:
‘Till the sun blisters and spraysAnd every lamb ceases to grazeWhen the kiss of the comb
Tears my face from the bone
CHORUSI'll be your lightWhen the shadows fall down the wallsThen life will be doneAnd it just won't matter at all
I was carved from a handNurtured on grime, goodwill and screamsNow your breath fills my stepNow there is you ‘till life is gone
CHORUSBut I'll be your lightWhen the shadows fall down the wallsThen life will be doneAnd it just won't matter at all
I'll roll your ballTill the starscan't make me cryThen life will be doneAnd it just won't matter at allNot at all...(Guitar-based solo)When the kiss of the combTears my face …(guitar-based solo and fade out)
Live Action Music:
As noted above, the Canberra Caledonia Pipes & Drums lead the Anzac Day parade, and the Cockroaches’ turn up at the evening dance.
(Below: stills from the movie of the pipe band - only the drum major scores a close up - and the Cockroaches, who are only seen in wide shot).
Composer Martin Armiger:
Composer Martin Armiger had done one short forty minute film, Drac, in 1972, before doing Pure Shit in 1975. His next notable composition for the screen was the score for the 20 by half hour ABC TV series, Sweet and Sour, in 1984, and thereafter he composed music for TV miniseries (Cyclone Tracy, 1986, Come in Spinner 1990), documentaries (Cane Toads: An Unnatural History, 1988) and feature films (Young Einstein, 1988).
The prolific Armiger has many other scores to his credit, as well as an extensive career in pop music as a record producer and also as a performer, most notably in the band The Sports. He has also composed for the stage, and in 1998 won the AFI Award for Best Music for a feature film for Thank God He Met Lizzie.
He became the head of Screen Music at the AFTRS, which at one time carried his
staff details (link no longer working) and which provided this short career summary:
Award winning film composer Martin Armiger has been writing for the screen for more than thirty years. Early works still attracting interest include Bert Delings notorious 1975 feature about heroin users, (Pure Shit, re-released in 2009 by Beyond Films,) and Jan Chapman's series about rock musicians (Sweet and Sour, ABC 1984) which will have its soundtrack re-released this year. Other projects include Clubland, Thank God He Met Lizzie, Young Einstein, Sweetie, The Secret Life of Us, Marking Time, Come In Spinner and Police Rescue. His last film was Mark Lewis' 3D documentary feature Cane Toads: The Conquest, (to be released in 2010) and he composed the current on air music for ABC TV News. He is Head of Screen Music at AFTRS.
Armiger had his own website, no longer active as of May 2016, and a detailed wiki here.