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Billys Holiday Music Credits (cast) Kate Hammond Kris McQuade Billy Apples Max Cullen Rob McSpedden Richard Roxburgh Backing Singer #1 Lori Vallins Backing Singer #2 Sally Patience "Liberace" Phillip Scott Mr. Band Leader Masanori Fuminashi All Music Recorded and Mixed by Peter Cobbin Orchestrations Larry Muhoberac Orchestral Contractor Phillip Hartl Voice Coach for Max Cullen Bob Tasman Smith Music Recording Assistant Peter Thomas Music Business Affairs Jim Taig Music Licence Clearances Roy Ferin Recording Facilities Studio 301 EMI Sydney Music Tuition/Advisors Rod Mayhew Ray Alldrige Roy Ferin Jonathon Zwartz Ashley Turner Alan Davey Solo Saxophone Craig Walters The Billy Apples Quintet featured the playing of Trumpet James Morrison Trombone James Morrison Piano Larry Muhoberac Bass Jonathon Zwartz Adam Armstrong Drums Gordon Rytmeister John Morrison "I Can't Get Started" Vocal by Max Cullen and Tina Bursill Duke/Gershwin Arranged by Larry Muhoberac Produced by Peter Cobbin © Warner Chappell Music "After You've Gone" Vocal by Max Cullen Creamer/Layton Arranged by Larry Muhoberac Produced by Peter Cobbin © 1918 Francis Day & Hunter Ltd & J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd "It Must Have Been Easy For You" Vocal by Max Cullen Stewart/Ashdown/Vallins/Beazley Arranged by Larry Muhoberac Produced by Peter Cobbin © BMG Music Pty Limited, Warner Chappell Music, & Peermusic "Am I Blue" Vocal by Max Cullen Clarke/Akst Arranged by Larry Muhoberac Produced by Peter Cobbin © 1929 M. Witmark & Son, J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd "Why Was I Born" Vocal by Max Cullen and Billie Holiday Kern/Hammerstein Arranged by Larry Muhoberac Produced by Peter Cobbin © T. B. Harms Co. PolyGram Int. Publ. Inc. (ASCAP) "What a Night, What a Moon, What a Boy" Vocal by Max Cullen Razaf/Loeb/Wooding/Denniker Arranged by Larry Muhoberac Produced by Peter Cobbin © Words & Music Inc. & J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd "I Want The Whole Fairytale" Vocal by Max Cullen, Kris McQuade, Drew Forsythe, Genevieve Lemon, Richard Roxburgh Julie Haseler Stewart/Ashdown/Vallins/Beazley Arranged by Larry Muhoberac Produced by Peter Cobbin © BMG Music Pty Limited, Warner Chappell Music, & Peermusic "Too Much To Love Last Time" Vocal by Max Cullen Stewart/Ashdown Arranged by Larry Muhoberac Produced by Peter Cobbin © BMG Music Pty Limited "Mr Exhilaration" Vocal by Max Cullen Morrison/Whitburn Arranged by Larry Muhoberac Produced by Peter Cobbin © Warner Chappell Music, Lurline Eleven "Ragtime Romeo Ball" Vocal by Richard Roxburgh Stewart/Vallins Arranged by Larry Muhoberac Produced by Peter Cobbin © BMG Music Pty Limited, Warner Chappell Music "Is You Or Is You Ain't Ma Baby" Vocal by Max Cullen B. Austin/L. Jordan Arranged by Larry Muhoberac Produced by Peter Cobbin © Leeds Music Corp & MCA Music Australia Pty Ltd "I'll Do Beautiful Things To Your Heart" Vocals by Max Cullen and Chorus Stewart/Ashdown/Beazley Arranged by Larry Muhoberac Produced by Peter Cobbin © BMG Music Pty Limited, & Peermusic Soundtrack Album by Roadshow Music Produced by Peter Cobbin James Morrison plays Yamaha Instruments exclusively and appears courtesy of Warner Music Australia Music in the film: As a musical, it’s impossible to include indicative stills of the music that appears in the film. Instead see this site’s photo galleries for shots of assorted performers, bands and dancers in action. CD: A CD of the soundtrack was released: CD Roadshow Music 14874-2 1995 All arrangements and orchestrations by Larry Muhoberac, except * James Morrison ** Peter Cobbin Produced by Peter Cobbin All songs recorded and mixed by Peter Cobbin Assistant engineer & additional engineering: Peter Thomas Recorded & mixed at Studio 301 EMI Sydney Mastered by Oscar Gaona at 301 Mastering Orchestra contractor: Phillip Hartl Music business affairs: Jim Taig Sonics solutions & additional edits: Peter Raines The Billy Apples quintet featured the playing of: Trumpet - James Morrison Trombone - James Morrison Piano - Larry Muhoberac Bass - Jonathon Zwartz, Adam Armstrong Drums - Gordon Rytmeister, John Morrison The Producers would like to thank the following musicians for their contributions: Rod McCormack, Andra Muhoberac, Sall Dobbs, Steve Watson, Cheryl Webb, Louise Johnson, David Armstrong, Ian Date, Fiona McBain, Kenny Powell, Craig Walters, Alex Hewetson 1. I Can’t Get Started (Ira Gershwin/Vernon Duke) © Warner Chappell Music 2. After You’ve Gone (Creamer/Layton), vocals: Max Cullen, arranged by Larry Muhoberac, © 1918 Francis Day & Hunter Ltd & J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd. 3. Am I Blue (Clarke/Akst), vocals: Max Cullen, arranged by Larry Muhoberac © 1929 M. Witmark & Son & J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd. 4. Catharsis ** (Cobbin), arranged by Peter Cobbin, © Peter Cobbin 5. Journey ** (Cobbin), arranged by Peter Cobbin, © Peter Cobbin 6. Why Was I Born (Kern/Hammerstein), vocals: Max Cullen and Billie Holiday, arranged by Larry Muhoberac © T. B. Harms Co. Polygram Int. Publ. Inc. 7. What A Night, What A Moon, What A Boy (Razaf/Loeb/Wooding/Denniker), vocals: Max Cullen, arranged by Larry Muhoberac © Words & Music Int. & J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd. 8. I Want The Whole Fairytale (Stewart/Ashdown/Vallins/Beazley), vocals: Max Cullen, Kris McQuade, Drew Forsthe, Genevieve Lemon, Richard Roxburgh, Julie Haseler, arranged by Larry Muhoberac © BMG Music Pty. Limited, Warner Chappell Music & Peermusic 9. Too Much To Love Last Time (Stewart/Ashdown), vocals: Max Cullen, arranged by Larry Muhoberac © BMG Music Pty. Limited 10. Mr. Exhilaration * (Morrison/Whitburn), vocals: Max Cullen, arranged and performed by James Morrison © Warner Chappell Music, Lurline Eleven 11. Ragtime Romeo Ball (Stewart/Vallins), vocals: Richard Roxburgh, arranged by Larry Muhoberac © BMG Music Pty. Limited, Warner Chappell Music 12. Is You Or Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby (B. Austin/L. Jordan), vocals: Max Cullen, arranged by Larry Muhoberac © Leeds Music Corp. & MCA Music Australia Pty. Ltd. 13. It Must Have Been Easy For You (Vallins/Stewart/Beazley/Ashdown), vocals: Max Cullen, Tina Bursill and chorus, arranged by Larry Muhoberac. © BMG Music Pty. Ltd. Warner Chappell Music & Peermusic 14. I Can't Get Started, vocal by Max Cullen and Tina Bursill (Duke/Gershwin), arranged by Larry Muhoberac, produced by Peter Cobbin © Warner Chappell Music 15. I’ll Do Beautiful Things To Your Heart (Stewart/Ashdown/Beazley), vocals: Max Cullen and Chorus, arranged by Larry Muhoberac © BMG Music Pty. Limited & Peermusic 16. I’ll Do Beautiful Things To Your Heart (Instrumental) Single: According to some databases, Roadshow also released in 1995 an EP for promotional purposes with four tracks on it, but this is now extremely rare: Am I Blue, vocals: Max Cullen, arranged by Larry Muhoberac, produced by Peter Cobbin, © 1929 M. Witmark & Son, & J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd. Mr. Exhilaration (Morrison/Whitburn), vocals: Max Cullen, arranged and performed by James Morrison, produced by Peter Cobbin, © Warner Chappell Music, Lurline Eleven Too Much To Love Last Time (Stewart/Ashdown), vocals: Max Cullen, arranged by Larry Muhoberac, produced by Peter Cobbin, © BMG Music Pty. Limited I’ll Do Beautiful Things To Your Heart (Stewart/Ashdown/Beazley) vocals: Max Cullen and chorus, arranged by Larry Muhoberac, produced by Peter Cobbin. © BMG Music Pty. Limited & Peermusic James Morrison: Trumpet player Morrison is too well known to list here, though it it should be noted that he made a significant contribution to the sound track with his stylings. At time of writing, Morrison had an eponymous website here, and had a detailed wiki listing here. The constantly active Morrison can be found in many other locations on the internet. (Below: James Morrison) Arranger Larry Muhoberac: Muhoberac was a credentialed Elvis Presley musician. He is listed at Elvis Australia’s official Presley Fan Club here, with this note on how he came to be in Australia (there’s also an obituary here): ...Larry Muhoberac is a respected composer, producer, keyboardist, arranger and musician and has conducted for top acts such as Seals & Crofts. As well as working for Elvis Presley he has worked and recorded with Tina Turner, Neil Diamond, Ray Charles, Tanya Tucker, Barbara Streisand, The Carpenters to name but a few. Larry packed up in 1986 and moved to Australia where he continues to produce, compose and arrange. The connections between Elvis Presley and Australia are few. He never visited us. He never expressed any particular interest in the land 'down under' He was essentially a Memphis boy who, apart from his brief stint in the army in Germany, liked to stay in the Deep South and to spend his time in Graceland. If you think about it, the only connection Elvis really had with Australia was back in 1959 when the legendary rock promoter, Lee Gordon, announced to the press that Elvis and Colonel Tom Parker had agreed to a six day tour of Australia. Elvis immediately denied it and the tour never took place. It therefore comes as a pleasant surprise to learn that Larry Muhoberac, the man who played keyboards for Elvis for ten years, is an Aussie citizen and currently lives in a delightful home overlooking a valley full of gum trees on Sydney's northern beaches. Larry's story is one of those tales of a series of glorious accidents which led to a long period working for the most famous rock star the world has ever known. As a young man Larry moved from New Orleans to Memphis to find his musical fortune. It was while he was living in Memphis that he was asked in 1960, to play with Elvis' band and from that moment right through to the famous Las Vegas live performances in 1969, Larry was a regular. Muhoberac shared an AFI Award with Peter Cobbin for the score to the film, and he has a wiki listing here (he died in December 2016). (Below: Larry Muhoberac) Producer, recorder and mixer Peter Cobbin: Peter Cobbin was an Australian composer, who subsequently mainly worked as a recording engineer at Abbey Road studios on assorted projects.
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