Sum of Us the Music Credits

Original Music Dave Faulkner

Music Production Charles Fisher for Minute Productions Mixing/Engineering Charles Fisher Jim Bonneford Music Supervisor John Hopkins for Screensong

"Sister Madly" and "Better Be Home Soon" (Neil Finn) Mushroom Music, performed by Crowded House coutresy (sic) of Capitol Records and EMI Music Australia

"Can We Get Closer" (Diesel) Lizard Songs/EMI Songs Australia performed by Diesel, courtesy of EMI Music Australia

"Ain't That The Way" (Dave Faulkner) performed by Formula One, featuring Tina Harrod produced by Charles Fisher

"Baby Let's Wait" (Collette Roberts, Charles Fisher, Dave Faulkner) Warner/Chappell Music and Trafalgar Music performed by Collette, produced by Charles Fisher

"Will I With You" (Gyan) Trafalgar Music, performed by Gyan courtesy of Trafalgar Records, produced by Charles Fisher

"It Will Be Alright" (Jimmy Barnes/Jeff Neill) Dirty Sheet Music/EMI Songs Australia/Mushroom Music performed by Jimmy Barnes, courtesy of Mushroom Records

"Frozen in Time" (Dave Faulkner) performed by Dave Faulkner, produced by Charles Fisher

"Rockin' Christmas" (Jim Manzie/Glen A Baker) Mushroom Music, performed by Ol '55 courtesy of Mushroom Records, produced by Charles Fisher

"Love Explosion" (Dave Faulkner) performed by Formula One, featuring Tina Harrod produced by Charles Fisher

"The One and Only You" (Mark Seymour/Hunters and Collectors) Human Frailty/Mushroom Music performed by Hunters and Collectors, courtesy of Mushroom Records

"I've Learned to Cope" (Maxwell/Ferris/Russell) Sony Music Publishing Australia/Warner Bros. Music/Mushroom Music performed by Bass Culture, courtesy of Mushroom Records

Soundtrack available on Picture This Records

CD release:

Music from the sound track was released on CD:

CD Picture This D31216 1994

Thanks to... The Musicians, performers, writers, producers, engineers, publishers, record companies, management, Michael Gudinski, Vince Lovegrove, Ian James, Anne- Marie Taranto, Paul Costello, Grant Thomas, Charles Fisher, Ian Smith, Michael Roberts, Sarah Pearson and Scott Murphy

Sister Madly (Neil Finn) (Mushroom Music) Vocals: Crowded House, produced by Michael Froom, recorded by Tchad Blake, mixed by Bob Clearmountain for Fast Forward Productions Ltd., courtesy of Capitol Records and EMI Music Australia Will I With You (Gyan) (Trafalgar Music) Vocals: Gyan, produced by Charles Fisher Courtesy of Trafalgar Records. It Will Be Alright (Barnes/Neill) (EMI Songs/Mushroom) Vocals: Jimmy Barnes, produced, engineered and mixed by Don Gehman for Rhapsody Productions Inc., executive producer: Jimmy Barnes, remixed by Paula Jones, Jimmy Barnes and Jeff Neill, mix engineer: Paula Jones, courtesy of Mushroom Records Ain’t That The Way (Dave Faulkner) (Kinetic Music) Vocals: Formula One featuring Tina Harrod, produced by Charles Fisher for Minute Productions, mixed by Charles Fisher and Jim Bonnefond, associate producers: Cat and Moose (I Want A) Rockin’ Christmas, (Jim Manzie/Glenn A. Baker) (Mushroom Music) Vocals: Ol’ 55, produced by Charles Fisher, courtesy of Mushroom Records Sh Boom (Fester/Keys/McRae/Edwards) (Hill And Range Songs/J. Albert and Son) Vocals: Margaret Urlich, produced by Charles Fisher, mixed by Charles Fisher and Jim Bonnefond, arrangement by John Stewart, courtesy of Sony Music Australia Can We Get Closer (Diesel) (Lizard Songs/EMI Music) Vocals: Diesel, produced by Diesel and Craig Porteils, engineered by Craig Porteils, assisted by Lachlan Mitchell, courtesy of EMI Music Australia I’ve Learned To Cope (Maxwell/Ferris/Gamble) (Sony/Warner Chappell/Control) Vocals: Bass Culture featuring Lisa Maxwell, produced by Pee Wee Ferris, engineered by Tony Espie, remixed by Ollie J. Courtesy of MXL Music The One And Only You (Lyrics Mark Seymour, Music Hunters & Collectors) (Human Frailty/Mushroom Music) Vocals: Hunters & Collectors, produced by Hunters & Collectors and Nick Mainsbridge for Absolute Productions, engineered by Nick Mainsbridge, mixed by Mark Freegard for 140 db, courtesy of White Records Love Explosion (Dave Faulkner) (Kinetic Music) Vocals: Formula One featuring Tina Harrod, produced by Charles Fisher for Minute Productions, mixed by Charles Fisher and Jim Bonnefond, associate producers: Cat and Moose Better Be Home Soon (Neil Finn) (Mushroom Music) Vocals: Crowded House, produced by Mitchell Froom, recorded by Tchad Blake, mixed by Bob Clearmountain for Fast Forward Productions Ltd., courtesy of Capitol Records and EMI Music Australia

Lyrics:

The music for the ﬁlm was dominated by sourced tracks. The songs over the head and tail credits were extremely familiar Neil Finn/Crowded House pieces.

The lyrics for the song Sister Madly which runs over the head credits, as heard in the ﬁlm (the song begins after some piano music runs over Jeff reminiscing about play footy with Gran in the back yard, and then playing footy with the boys of The Buccaneers RLFC):

Now, you're heading down to get someone Should've done what he had to do years ago The position is coming through All the people that you're standing on All the people that you're standing on

Now, you're heading down to be someone Someone that you've seen in a magazine Your premonition is coming true Oh, baby, you're not so green No, baby, you're not so green No, baby, you're not so ….

(The song continues over footage of Harry at the helm of a Sydney ferry, shots of the harbour etc)

[CHORUS] Sister madly waking up the dead Systematically stepping on my head 'Cause sister madly waking up the dead Systematically stepping on my head

(The camera follows Harry to the old Sir William Wallace pub in Balmain):

Now, you're heading down to ﬁnd something Something that you buried in your backyard The position is coming through From all the dirt that you're digging up From all the dirt that you're digging up

Now, you're heading down to be somewhere Somewhere you imagined in your wildest dream...

(the song fades down with Harry in the pub and looking at a newspaper ad for Desiree’s Introduction Agency computer dating, “the modern alternative,” service. Dialogue begins to run over the song)

The opposition is coming through From all the people that you're standing on From all the people that you're standing on And now, you'd better take a ﬁrm hand The chorus then runs over Jeff jogging with a mate ...

[CHORUS] Sister madly waking up the dead Systematically stepping on my head Sister madly waking up the dead Oohh a haah Systematically stepping on my head …

(A guitar solo sees Harry at home and Jeff jogging alongside the harbour)

Now, you're heading down to get someone Someone that you should've had years ago The position is coming through All the people that you're standing on All the people that you're standing on All the people that you're standing on You're hard to get a hand on …

(By now Harry is cooking badly while Jeff is jogging home alone)

Sister madly waking up the dead Systematically stepping on my head Hey! So sister madly waking up the dead You’re systematically stepping on my head!

(As Jeff enters the house exhausted and ﬂops on the couch, the music does a little ﬂourish and exits).

The lyrics for the song Better Be Home Soon, which runs over the tail credits, as heard in the ﬁlm (the song begins after Jeff wonders if Greg will show up and begins pushing his dad Harry away through Sydney’s Botanic Gardens. The camera pulls back to a very wide shot of the Gardens, then pans around to pick up the Opera House and harbour, before fading to black and tail credits rolling):

Somewhere deep inside Something's got a hold on you And it's pushing me aside ‘Cause you stretch on forever And I know I'm right For the ﬁrst time in my life That's why I tell you You'd better be home soon Stripping back the coats Of lies and deception Back to nothingness Like a week in the desert And I know I'm right For the ﬁrst time in my life That's why I tell you You'd better be home soon... Don't say no Don't say nothing's wrong When you get back home Maybe I'll be gone Ooohh …ooohooh … (short organ solo and words sung in the distance)

It would cause me pain If we were to end it But I could start again You can depend on it And I know I'm right For the ﬁrst time in my life And that's why I tell you You'd better be home soon… Oooh ... That's why I tell you You'd better be home soon …

(song fades out as roller ends and last title fades to black)

Composer:

Dave Faulkner is too well-known to detail at length here. He is perhaps best known for his work as a member of the pop band Hoodoo Gurus, though around the time of him composing the score for The Sum of Us, he also did the score for the Laure McInnes’ black and white arthouse drama Broken Highway.

Faulkner has a reasonably detailed wiki here, with useful links, and in later life, he became music critic for The Saturday Paper, with a tag here. (access paywall restricted). The band was also still touring in 2017, though it was at its pop peak in the 1980s.

(Below: Dave Faulkner in an early band, in Hoodoo Gurus and by himself in later years).