original music Ollie Olsen

The haBiBis Lead & Harmony Vocals & Recorder Racheal Cogan Lead Vocal Pascal Latras Cretan Lute, Bouzouki & Guitar Irine Vela Guitar Mulaim Vela Lead & Harmony Vocals, Bouzouki & Hand Drum Achilles Yiangoulli

Greek Music Supervisor & Consultant Irine Vela Music Licence Supervisor Christine Woodruff

Music Engineers Paul Efthimiou Ross Cockle Assistant Engineer Adam Rhodes Midi-Assistant Bryan St. James

MUSIC

Opium Shuffle written by Richard Maguire/Steve Hellier, Deconstruction Songs Ltd administered throughout the world by BMG Music Publishing Ltd performed by Death In Vegas, courtesy of Concrete under licence from BMG Australia Limited

Leave You Far Behind written by Howard Saunders/Simon Shackleton used with kind permission of MCA Music Australia Pty Ltd., performed by Lunatic Calm, courtesy of Universal Music UK Pty Ltd under licence from Universal Music Special Markets

Ajare (Brothers in Rhythm Club Mix) written by Joseph Wisternoff/Nick Warren/Titat Siddiqui used with kind permission of MCA Music Australia Pty Ltd performed by Way Out West, courtesy of deConstruction under licence from BMG Australia Limited

Know Your Product written by Chris Bailey/Ed Kuepper, Mushroom Music Pty Ltd performed by The Saints, courtesy of EMI Music Australia Pty Ltd

Las Vegas written by Maurice Ar/giro/Glenn Bennie/Vincent Giarrusso PolyGram Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., performed by Underground Lovers courtesy of Polydor Records, under licence from PolyGram Pty Limited Everything I Wanted written by D. Minogue/M. Taylor/S. Torch Mushroom Music Pty Ltd/Festival Music Pty Ltd/Rive Droite Music performed by Dannii, courtesy of WEA Records UK under licence from Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd

Theme From Shaft written by Isaac Hayes, East Memphis Music/Irving Music administered by Rondor Music Australia Pty Ltd, performed by Isaac Hayes (p ) 1971 Fantasy Int (USA), under licence from Festival Records Pty Ltd

If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up written by Betty Davis Higher Music Publishing Inc. and Betty Marby Music administered by Famous Music Inc. performed by Betty Davis, courtesy of UFO Music Ltd

You're Not The Only One Who Feels This Way written by A. Balmont/S. Hensworth/D. Johnstone, Sony/ATV Music Publishing performed by Ammonia, courtesy of murmur by arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment Australia

Freak (re-mix for us rejects) written by Daniel Johns, Sony/ATV Music Publishing performed by silverchair, courtesy of murmur by arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment Australia

Loaded written by B. Gillespie/R. Young/A. Innes EMI Music Publishing/Complete Music/PolyGram Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd performed by Primal Scream, courtesy of Creation Records by arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

Tiny Little Engines written by Ollie Olsen/Andrew Till/Geoffrey Hales Psy-Music/PolyGram Music Publishing, performed by The Visitors courtesy of Psy-Harmonics Pty Ltd

You Sexy Thing written by Erroll Brown, Rak Music Ltd administered by EMI Music Publishing performed by Hot Chocolate, courtesy of EMI Music Australia Pty Ltd

Living In A Child's Dream written by Michael Bower, MCA Music Australia Pty Ltd., performed by Masters Apprentices, courtesy of EMI Music Australia Pty Ltd

Gonna See My Baby Tonight written by Kevin Borich, Mushroom Music Pty Ltd performed by La De Das, courtesy of EMI Music Australia Pty Ltd Fige Ke Ase Me (Go Away and Leave Me), written by Panagiotis Gavalas/Konstandinos Virvos/Anastasios Koulouris performed by Orchestra Stefanakis and the haBiBis Jim Kavvadas (lead singer), Evangelos Kirkopoulos (Keyboards) George Kirkopoulos (Drums), Steven Kirkopoulos (Clarinet) Vasilios Gheorgopoulos (Bouzouki), Irine Vela (Bass) Mulaim Vela (Guitar), Zois Tsikas (Drums)

Chtes To Vradi Stou Karipi (Last Night At Karipi's), written by Georgios Katsaros, performed by Katsaros

Tsifteteli Orientale (Oriental Belly Dance), written by Dimitrios-Takis Lavidas performed by Takis Lavidas, courtesy of Music Box International

Mi Mou Thimonis Matia Mou (Don't Be Angry With Me My Love), written by Stavros Kougioumtzis performed by George Dalaras, courtesy of Minos. EMI S.A.

Mia Kalimera (One Good Morning) written by Demetre Christodoulou/Dora Sitzani Loizou/Emmanuel Loizou performed by Maria Mercedes

Tha Spaso Koupes (I'll Break Cups), traditional arranged by the haBiBis performed by the haBiBis, with Zois Tsikas (Toubeleki)

Milo Mou Kokkinno (My Red Apple), traditional arr Racheal Cogan/Irine Vela performed by the haBiBis, with Geroge Kirkopoulos (Clarinet)

Thrash 9 traditional arranged by the haBiBis, performed by the haBiBis

Dimitroula Mou (My Dimitroula), written by Panayiotis Toundas, performed by the haBiBis with George Kiriakidis (Toubeleki), George Kirkopoulos (Clarinet)

Sinefiasmeni Kiriaki (Cloudy Sunday), written by Vasilis Tsitsanis, performed by Elena Mandalis

To Koritsi Apopse Theli (Tonight the Girls Want to Dance) written by Hristos Kolokotronis/Ioannis Tatasopoulos performed by the haBiBis, with George Kiriakidis (Toubeleki) George Kirkopoulos (Clarinet) Garcilama (Dance in 9) traditonal arranged Irine Vela, performed by the haBiBis featuring Christos Balzidis (Oud) Zois Tsikas (Toubeleki)

Genithika Gia Na Pono (I Was Born To Be Hurt) written by Vasilis Tsitsanis/Konstantin Virvos performed by the haBiBis, with George Kiriakidis (Accordian) (sic)

O Thromos (The Road), written by Kostoula Mitropoulou/Dora Sitzani Loizou/Emmanuel Loizou performed by Manos Loizos

Bouzouki Solo performed by Irine Vela

Soundtrack available on murmur music murmur logo Through Sony Music Entertainment

Music in the film:

A club mix of Primal Scream’s Loaded runs over the tail credits, but there’s little point in transcribing the full lyrics, because only a few lines can be heard.

These are variants on the following, with the last few lines turning up at the end, with a heavy processed echo:

Just what is it that you want to do? Well, we wanna be free, we wanna be free to do what we wanna do And we wanna get loaded and we wanna have a good time

For the rest, there is plenty of Greek dance and music performed in the film, especially by The haBiBis.

A few indicative stills (see this site’s galleries for more):

CD release:

A CD of the soundtrack was released, but curiously it contains very little of the Melbourne Greek musical culture that otherwise runs rampant through the film. Only one track by The haBiBis made it onto the disc, together with composer Ollie Olsen’s Greek- inflected themes: CD Murmur MATTCD 071 1998

Soundtrack co-ordination: John O'Donnell, Jonathan Williamson Clearances: Angela Blackhall Greek Music Advisor: Irine Vela Design: Louisa Chisari Mastering: Wayne Baptist

01: HEAD ON OPENING THEME (Ollie Olsen), (Control), by arrangement Head On Productions Pty. Limited 02: LEAVE U FAR BEHIND (Saunders/Shackleton), (MCA Music), vocals: Lunatic Calm, licensed from Universal Music (UK) Ltd. 03: OPIUM SHUFFLE (Richard Fearless/Steve Hellier), (Control), vocals: Death In Vegas, licensed from BMG Australia Limited, sound recording made by 1997 deConstruction. 04: KNOW YOUR PRODUCT (C. Bailey/E. Kuepper), (Mushroom Music), vocals: The Saints, licensed from EMI Music Australia, sound recording made by 1978 EMI Music Australia 05: FREAK (REMIX FOR US REJECTS)(Johns), Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia), vocals: Silverchair, courtesy of Murmur/Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited, sound recording made by 1997 Sony Music Productions 06: YOU SEXY THING (Errol Brown), (EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Limited), vocals: Hot Chocolate, licensed from EMI Music Australia, sound recording 1975 made by EMI Records Ltd. 07: THRASH 9 (Trad. Arr: by the haBiBis), (Control), vocals: haBiBis, licensed from the haBiBis 08: LAS VEGAS (Argiro/Bennie/Giarrusso), (PolyGram Music Publishing Australia), performed by Underground Lovers, licensed from PolyGram Pty. Limited, sound recording made by 1994 Polydor Records Australia 09: EVERYTHING I WANTED (D. Minogue/M. Taylors/S. Torch), (Control), vocals: Dannii, licensed from Warner Music Australia Pty. Limited, sound recording made by 1997 Warner Music UK Limited. 10: YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FEELS THIS WAY (Balmont/Hensworth/ Johnstone), (Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia), vocals: Ammonia, courtesy of Murmur/Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Ltd, sound recording made by 1997 Sony Music Productions 11: TINY LITTLE ENGINES (Andrew Till/Ollie Olsen/Geoffrey Hales), (Control), performed by The Visitors, licensed from Psy-Harmonics, sound recording made by Psy- Harmonics 12: LIVING IN A CHILD'S DREAM (Words and Music by Michael Bower), (Apollo Music), vocals: The Masters Apprentices, licensed from EMI Music Australia, sound recording made by 1967 James Keays Pty. Ltd. 13: THA SPASO KUPES (I'LL BREAK CUPS) (Trad. Arr: by the haBiBis), (Control), vocals: haBiBis, licensed from the haBiBis 14: THEME FROM "SHAFT" (I. Hayes), (Rondor Music Australia P/L), licensed from Festival Records Pty. Limited, sound recording made by 1971 Fantasy Records Inc. 15: END THEME (Ollie Olsen), (Control), performed by Ollie Olsen, by arrangement Head On Productions Pty. Limited 16: LOADED (Gillespie/Innes/Young), (EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Limited), vocals: Primal Scream, licensed from Creation Records/Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty. Limited, sound recording made by 1991 Creation Records

Composer Ollie Olsen:

Olsen is too well known to feature at length here. He has a relatively detailed wiki here, and he appears in the DVD/Blu-ray release for Richard Lowenstein’s cult film Dogs in Space, providing a commentary on various aspects of the movie, including the score, as well as appearing in the ‘making of’ on those releases.

In the usual way, the ABC managed to lose the link to its documentary series Long Way To The Top, which provided this useful summary of Olsen’s career:

• Ian 'Ollie' Olsen has produced innovative music for the past twenty-five years. He is a key-figure in the post-punk electronic movement. • In the mid '70s he studied electronic music under Felix Werder - a German composer who had studied under Karlheinz Stockhausen. • The late '70's saw him forming one of the first electronic bands, Whirlywirld. They released a number of recordings on Missing Link Records. • Over the next ten years he played with experimental outfits Hugo Klang, Orchestra of Skin and Bone, and the hard-core industrial techno band NO. • Ollie Olsen was the music producer for the Richard Lowenstein movie, 'Dogs In Space'. He wrote most of the music including the hit song 'Rooms For The Memory', sung by Michael Hutchence who played the lead role. • He then collaborated with U2 on the single 'New York, New York' by Echo Homo. • In 1989 he was approached by Michael Hutchence to produce an album, the critically acclaimed 'MAX Q', which spawned the hits 'Way Of The World' and 'Sometimes'. • Ollie Olsen formed the band Third Eye and released three albums from 1992 -1994. • He also formed acid-house label Psy-Harmonics. The 1994 Third Eye LP 'Ancient Future' was the first release. • Ollie continues an on-going commitment for Psy-Harmonics as AR Manager and Producer. • He lectures on electronic music and composes for film and television. • His most recent album, 'Emptiness' was released under his own name for the first time. It explores Ollie's roots in avant-garde/experimental composition. • Ollie often collaborates on interactive projects with Troy Innocent and is currently working on the electronic component of Australian composer Richard Mills' new opera, 'The Wreck of the Batavia' performing at the end of 2001. • His side project is called AOA, with various members of the legendary Japanese collective 'Boredoms'. The AOA's album was released in 2001 under the title, 'Emotion x Vacation - AOA Silent Summer Collection'. • Ollie Olsen also performs occasionally with the Australian Art Orchestra.

Olsen remained active as of 2016, though unfortunately a site which provided these more up to date details as a background to a new performance has dropped off the internet:

Olsen is now active again with events as a member of three-piece noise and soundscape band Taipan Tiger Girls, who have launched their first full-length album – 1 – in a live show at the Old Bar on 31 July 2015.

As so far as history goes, Olsen developed interest in electronic music in the mid 70s and studied under German composer Felix Werder. He went on to work on a range of experimental work, sound installations and dance music, as well as creating film and television soundtracks.

He was an important part of Melbourne’s punk/post-punk scene in the late 70s/early 80s as leader and vocalist, and with others formed punk bands like The Reals and The Young Charlatans. Post-punk work includes such confrontational bands as Whirlywirld, Hugo Klang, Orchestra of Skin and Bone and industrial techno outfit NO.

In 1984, Olsen was asked to appear with band Whirlywirld in cult classic feature film on the Melbourne underground punk scene – Dogs In Space. He also directed the soundtrack, which featured such artists as Iggy Pop, Boys Next Door, Brian Eno and INXS vocalist Michael Hutchence! Hutchence was lead actor in the movie, and made friends with Olsen. They afterwards collaborated (along with band members John Murphy and Gus Till) in music project Max Q, a classic Australian electronic album with a theme of political paranoia. They mixed the album in New York City, which was remixed by DJ Todd Terry.

Olsen came back to Australia and was a part of the early techno scene in Melbourne. He played in cities across the country and co-managed label Psy-Harmonics with Andrew Till (Gus Till’s brother and current label manager of Machine). His various projects and collaborations at that time included Third Eye, Antediluvian Rocking Horse, Shaolin Wooden Men, The Visitors, Psyko Disko, Fluro Conspiracy, Assassin Device and more.

However, as his music was always uncompromising, he became less interested in generic dance music, and went back to the underground to refocus on his personal projects. After release of album Emptiness in 1999, Olsen re-embraced his noise roots with collaboration

In 2008, Olsen collaborated with Melbourne electronic composer Steve Law on their drone-based project Mutagen Server. This led to a showcase at Melbourne’s planetarium, along with Robert Henke (Monolake/ Ableton designer), who was showcasing his Laying Buddha album.

(Below: Ollie Olsen, as he appears in the film Dogs in Space, doing vocals for the band Whirlywirld; as he appears in the ‘making of’ for Dogs in Space; and as he appears in the Popcorn Taxi event discussing the film, available on the DVD/Blu-ray release).