Music Martin Red Armiger and Symons

Music Engineer Michael Stavrou Vocalist Wendy Matthews

Curiously the film's credits make no mention of singer Marc Hunter, crediting only Wendy Matthews as vocalist in relation to the song that runs over the head and tail credits for the film.

Matthews has a relatively detailed wiki entry here; Hunter has a detailed wiki here.

Yet when the song was released as a 45, it was under Hunter's name:

45 Polygram 883 242-7 1985 (Picture sleeve) Produced by D. Walker Engineered by P. Walker Recorded at Trafalgar Studios © 1985 Jethro Films Pty. Ltd.

A side: The Empty Beach (D. Walker). (Copyright Control) Vocals: Marc Hunter. B side: Simple Words (M. Hunter/A. Mansfield) (Essex/CBS Songs).

The song also turned up on Hunter's album:

LP Polygram 827 233-1 1985 COMMUNICATION Guitar: Peter Walker Drums: Mark Kennedy Bass: Clive Harrison Piano and Fairlight CMI: Don Walker Backing Vocals: Ian Moss, Wendy Mathews Produced by D. Walker Engineered by P. Walker Recorded at Trafalgar Studios

Side 1, track 5: The Empty Beach (D. Walker) (Copyright Control) Vocals: Marc Hunter

The theme song runs over the opening and closing credits in essentially the same form. Lyrics for the song as it appears over the tail credits:

Sitting in the the Bondi sun Watching the seagulls, watching the sea Hoping no one comes along Ooh ooh

I've got all the empty beach I need Sitting in the Bondi sun Reading about a recovery Forty cents have fought and won Buys just a paper that I read

In a while I'll get up Take a walk to the news stand Buy a punter's pass And walk to the TAB An try my hand

Until then I'm sitting in the Bondi sun Watching the seagulls, watching the sea Hoping no one comes along Oooh ooh ooh

Got all the company I need Bondi sun Got all the empty beach I need Bondi sun Got all the company I need Bondi sun Got all the empty beach I need Sitting in the Bondi sun Got all the company I need … (song begins to fade out) All I need … Got all the empty beach I ever needed … Got all the empty beach I need … Ooohooh ooohoooh…. Got all the empty beach I need Got all the company I need. (song completes long fade out)

Composers:

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, here, active as of July 2015, and a detailed wiki here.

Below: Martin Armiger Armiger's website provided this filmography:

Date Title Type (feature film - in 2010 Red Dog production) (All News, 2010 ABC24 News Channel Interstitials and Promos) (3D feature 2010 Cane Toads: The Conquest documentary) 2010 (all main TV news -200 ABC1 TV News Themes bulletins) 5 Clubland 2007 aka Meet The Dwights (feature film) (USA title) 2006 The Surgeon (TV Series eps 4-8) (ABC TV 4hr mini- 2003 Marking Time series) Hildegarde (ABC TV 4hr mini- 2001 aka Hildegarde, a Duck series) Down Under (USA title) (telemovie and eps 2001 The Secret Life of Us 1-2) 2001 Hard Knox (TV miniseries) (feature film: song 2000 Dark City arranger) 1999 Powderburn (feature film) 1999 Fetch (short film) (6 x 30mins SBS TV 1999 House Gang comedy series) David Carradine’s Martial 1999 (TV documentary) Arts Adventure 1998 Two Girls and a Baby (short film) (65 x 5 minute 1998 Ketchup animation series) The Great Stumble 1998 (TV documentary) Forward Thank God He Met Lizzie 1997 aka The Wedding Party (feature film) (USA title) (4 x 1hr TV 1997 Wild Ones documentary series) 1996 Cody: Fall from Grace (telemovie) 1996 Cody: Another Cody (telemovie) 1996 Where Angels Fear to tread (TV documentary) 1995 Cody: The Wrong Stuff (telemovie) 1995 Cody: The Burn Out (telemovie) 1995 Party Girls (TV documentary) 1994 Cody: The Tipoff (telemovie) 1994 Cody: Bad Love (telemovie) (feature film: song 1994 'Til There Was You arranger/producer) ('Greed' and 'Envy' 2 1993 Seven Deadly Sins episodes of TV miniseries) 1993 Nice Guys Finish Last (TV documentary) 1992 The Other Side of Paradise (TV miniseries) 1992 Fremantle Conspiracy (TV miniseries) 1991 Children of the Dragon (TV miniseries) (TV documentary 1991 Flowers and The Wide Sea miniseries) 1991 Waiting (feature film) 1990 Come in Spinner (TV miniseries) The Wonderful World of 1990 (film documentary) Dogs 1990 Ring of Scorpio (TV miniseries) 1990 The Crossing (feature film) 1989 The Body Surfers (TV miniseries) The Rainbow Warrior 1989 (TV miniseries) Conspiracy 1989 Sweetie (feature film) 1988 The Last Resort (40 x 1hr TV Series) (TV 8 x 1 hr 1988 Stringer miniseries) 1988 Young Einstein (feature film) 1988 -199 Police Rescue (TV series) 0 Cane Toads: An Unnatural (feature 1988 History documentary) 1987 Relative Merits (TV Series) 1987 Perhaps Love (telemovie) I’ve Come about the 1987 (feature film) Suicide 1986 The Challenge (TV miniseries) 1986 I Own the Racecourse (feature film) 1986 Two Friends (telemovie) 1986 Cyclone Tracy (TV miniseries) 1986 Dancing Daze (8 x 1hr TV Series) 1985 The Empty Beach (feature film) 1985 The Lizard King (telemovie) (20 x half-hour TV 1984 Sweet and Sour Series) 1984 Displaced Persons (telemovie) 1984 White Man’s Legend (telemovie) 1983 Belau (TV documentary) Pure S (feature film: re- 1975 aka Pure Shit released 2009) 1972 Drac (40 minute film) Date Title Type (feature film - in 2010 Red Dog production) (All News, 2010 ABC24 News Channel Interstitials and Promos) (3D feature 2010 Cane Toads: The Conquest documentary) 2010 (all main TV news -200 ABC1 TV News Themes bulletins) 5 Clubland 2007 aka Meet The Dwights (feature film) (USA title) 2006 The Surgeon (TV Series eps 4-8) (ABC TV 4hr mini- 2003 Marking Time series) Hildegarde (ABC TV 4hr mini- 2001 aka Hildegarde, a Duck series) Down Under (USA title) (telemovie and eps 2001 The Secret Life of Us 1-2) 2001 Hard Knox (TV miniseries) (feature film: song 2000 Dark City arranger) 1999 Powderburn (feature film) 1999 Fetch (short film) (6 x 30mins SBS TV 1999 House Gang comedy series) David Carradine’s Martial 1999 (TV documentary) Arts Adventure 1998 Two Girls and a Baby (short film) (65 x 5 minute 1998 Ketchup animation series) The Great Stumble 1998 (TV documentary) Forward Thank God He Met Lizzie 1997 aka The Wedding Party (feature film) (USA title) (4 x 1hr TV 1997 Wild Ones documentary series) 1996 Cody: Fall from Grace (telemovie) 1996 Cody: Another Cody (telemovie) 1996 Where Angels Fear to tread (TV documentary) 1995 Cody: The Wrong Stuff (telemovie) 1995 Cody: The Burn Out (telemovie) 1995 Party Girls (TV documentary) 1994 Cody: The Tipoff (telemovie) 1994 Cody: Bad Love (telemovie) (feature film: song 1994 'Til There Was You arranger/producer) ('Greed' and 'Envy' 2 1993 Seven Deadly Sins episodes of TV miniseries) 1993 Nice Guys Finish Last (TV documentary) 1992 The Other Side of Paradise (TV miniseries) 1992 Fremantle Conspiracy (TV miniseries) 1991 Children of the Dragon (TV miniseries) (TV documentary 1991 Flowers and The Wide Sea miniseries) 1991 Waiting (feature film) 1990 Come in Spinner (TV miniseries) The Wonderful World of 1990 (film documentary) Dogs 1990 Ring of Scorpio (TV miniseries) 1990 The Crossing (feature film) 1989 The Body Surfers (TV miniseries) The Rainbow Warrior 1989 (TV miniseries) Conspiracy 1989 Sweetie (feature film) 1988 The Last Resort (40 x 1hr TV Series) (TV 8 x 1 hr 1988 Stringer miniseries) 1988 Young Einstein (feature film) 1988 -199 Police Rescue (TV series) 0 Cane Toads: An Unnatural (feature 1988 History documentary) 1987 Relative Merits (TV Series) 1987 Perhaps Love (telemovie) I’ve Come about the 1987 (feature film) Suicide 1986 The Challenge (TV miniseries) 1986 I Own the Racecourse (feature film) 1986 Two Friends (telemovie) 1986 Cyclone Tracy (TV miniseries) 1986 Dancing Daze (8 x 1hr TV Series) 1985 The Empty Beach (feature film) 1985 The Lizard King (telemovie) (20 x half-hour TV 1984 Sweet and Sour Series) 1984 Displaced Persons (telemovie) 1984 White Man’s Legend (telemovie) 1983 Belau (TV documentary) Pure S (feature film: re- 1975 aka Pure Shit released 2009) 1972 Drac (40 minute film) Date Title Type (feature film - in 2010 Red Dog production) (All News, 2010 ABC24 News Channel Interstitials and Promos) (3D feature 2010 Cane Toads: The Conquest documentary) 2010 (all main TV news -200 ABC1 TV News Themes bulletins) 5 Clubland 2007 aka Meet The Dwights (feature film) (USA title) 2006 The Surgeon (TV Series eps 4-8) (ABC TV 4hr mini- 2003 Marking Time series) Hildegarde (ABC TV 4hr mini- 2001 aka Hildegarde, a Duck series) Down Under (USA title) (telemovie and eps 2001 The Secret Life of Us 1-2) 2001 Hard Knox (TV miniseries) (feature film: song 2000 Dark City arranger) 1999 Powderburn (feature film) 1999 Fetch (short film) (6 x 30mins SBS TV 1999 House Gang comedy series) David Carradine’s Martial 1999 (TV documentary) Arts Adventure 1998 Two Girls and a Baby (short film) (65 x 5 minute 1998 Ketchup animation series) The Great Stumble 1998 (TV documentary) Forward Thank God He Met Lizzie 1997 aka The Wedding Party (feature film) (USA title) (4 x 1hr TV 1997 Wild Ones documentary series) 1996 Cody: Fall from Grace (telemovie) 1996 Cody: Another Cody (telemovie) 1996 Where Angels Fear to tread (TV documentary) 1995 Cody: The Wrong Stuff (telemovie) 1995 Cody: The Burn Out (telemovie) 1995 Party Girls (TV documentary) 1994 Cody: The Tipoff (telemovie) 1994 Cody: Bad Love (telemovie) (feature film: song 1994 'Til There Was You arranger/producer) ('Greed' and 'Envy' 2 1993 Seven Deadly Sins episodes of TV miniseries) 1993 Nice Guys Finish Last (TV documentary) 1992 The Other Side of Paradise (TV miniseries) 1992 Fremantle Conspiracy (TV miniseries) 1991 Children of the Dragon (TV miniseries) (TV documentary 1991 Flowers and The Wide Sea miniseries) 1991 Waiting (feature film) 1990 Come in Spinner (TV miniseries) The Wonderful World of 1990 (film documentary) Dogs 1990 Ring of Scorpio (TV miniseries) 1990 The Crossing (feature film) 1989 The Body Surfers (TV miniseries) The Rainbow Warrior 1989 (TV miniseries) Conspiracy 1989 Sweetie (feature film) 1988 The Last Resort (40 x 1hr TV Series) (TV 8 x 1 hr 1988 Stringer miniseries) 1988 Young Einstein (feature film) 1988 -199 Police Rescue (TV series) 0 Cane Toads: An Unnatural (feature 1988 History documentary) 1987 Relative Merits (TV Series) 1987 Perhaps Love (telemovie) I’ve Come about the 1987 (feature film) Suicide 1986 The Challenge (TV miniseries) 1986 I Own the Racecourse (feature film) 1986 Two Friends (telemovie) 1986 Cyclone Tracy (TV miniseries) 1986 Dancing Daze (8 x 1hr TV Series) 1985 The Empty Beach (feature film) 1985 The Lizard King (telemovie) (20 x half-hour TV 1984 Sweet and Sour Series) 1984 Displaced Persons (telemovie) 1984 White Man’s Legend (telemovie) 1983 Belau (TV documentary) Pure S (feature film: re- 1975 aka Pure Shit released 2009) 1972 Drac (40 minute film) Date Title Type (feature film - in 2010 Red Dog production) (All News, 2010 ABC24 News Channel Interstitials and Promos) (3D feature 2010 Cane Toads: The Conquest documentary) 2010 (all main TV news -200 ABC1 TV News Themes bulletins) 5 Clubland 2007 aka Meet The Dwights (feature film) (USA title) 2006 The Surgeon (TV Series eps 4-8) (ABC TV 4hr mini- 2003 Marking Time series) Hildegarde (ABC TV 4hr mini- 2001 aka Hildegarde, a Duck series) Down Under (USA title) (telemovie and eps 2001 The Secret Life of Us 1-2) 2001 Hard Knox (TV miniseries) (feature film: song 2000 Dark City arranger) 1999 Powderburn (feature film) 1999 Fetch (short film) (6 x 30mins SBS TV 1999 House Gang comedy series) David Carradine’s Martial 1999 (TV documentary) Arts Adventure 1998 Two Girls and a Baby (short film) (65 x 5 minute 1998 Ketchup animation series) The Great Stumble 1998 (TV documentary) Forward Thank God He Met Lizzie 1997 aka The Wedding Party (feature film) (USA title) (4 x 1hr TV 1997 Wild Ones documentary series) 1996 Cody: Fall from Grace (telemovie) 1996 Cody: Another Cody (telemovie) 1996 Where Angels Fear to tread (TV documentary) 1995 Cody: The Wrong Stuff (telemovie) 1995 Cody: The Burn Out (telemovie) 1995 Party Girls (TV documentary) 1994 Cody: The Tipoff (telemovie) 1994 Cody: Bad Love (telemovie) (feature film: song 1994 'Til There Was You arranger/producer) ('Greed' and 'Envy' 2 1993 Seven Deadly Sins episodes of TV miniseries) 1993 Nice Guys Finish Last (TV documentary) 1992 The Other Side of Paradise (TV miniseries) 1992 Fremantle Conspiracy (TV miniseries) 1991 Children of the Dragon (TV miniseries) (TV documentary 1991 Flowers and The Wide Sea miniseries) 1991 Waiting (feature film) 1990 Come in Spinner (TV miniseries) The Wonderful World of 1990 (film documentary) Dogs 1990 Ring of Scorpio (TV miniseries) 1990 The Crossing (feature film) 1989 The Body Surfers (TV miniseries) The Rainbow Warrior 1989 (TV miniseries) Conspiracy 1989 Sweetie (feature film) 1988 The Last Resort (40 x 1hr TV Series) (TV 8 x 1 hr 1988 Stringer miniseries) 1988 Young Einstein (feature film) 1988 -199 Police Rescue (TV series) 0 Cane Toads: An Unnatural (feature 1988 History documentary) 1987 Relative Merits (TV Series) 1987 Perhaps Love (telemovie) I’ve Come about the 1987 (feature film) Suicide 1986 The Challenge (TV miniseries) 1986 I Own the Racecourse (feature film) 1986 Two Friends (telemovie) 1986 Cyclone Tracy (TV miniseries) 1986 Dancing Daze (8 x 1hr TV Series) 1985 The Empty Beach (feature film) 1985 The Lizard King (telemovie) (20 x half-hour TV 1984 Sweet and Sour Series) 1984 Displaced Persons (telemovie) 1984 White Man’s Legend (telemovie) 1983 Belau (TV documentary) Pure S (feature film: re- 1975 aka Pure Shit released 2009) 1972 Drac (40 minute film)

Red Symons has a wiki here. He has subsequently had a much more electric career than Armiger after their various collaborations (which included Pure Shit), as shown by the short CV his agent provides here:

A science graduate in computer programming and pure maths, Red Symons has established himself in the entertainment industry as musician, author, stage & screen performer, record producer, composer, columnist and, most recently, breakfast announcer on ABC radio 774, Melbourne. Red's theatrical flair and humour was apparent from his early days as guitarist with the band "Skyhooks" who swept onto the Australian music charts with their "Living in the 70's" anthem, and many hits including "Ego is not a dirty word", "Women in Uniform', "Blue Jeans" and "All My Friends are Getting Married". His popularity as a media personality, however, was evidenced during his years with the long-running national television program, "Hey Hey It's Saturday". The Hey Hey team enjoyed music mixed with spontaneous banter and fun'n'games. Paradoxically, Red became one of the shows most endearing performers despite being the heartless and sarcastic judge in the weekly "Red Faces" segment. There can be few performers who have appeared on Countdown with a number one record, Neighbours in its first week ever, escaped from theBig Brother house, lost a quarter of a million dollars on Who wants to be a Millionaire, been measured as Australia's smartest celebrity ( yes, it's an oxymoron) on The National IQ Test and written music for Blue Heelers, whilst contributing a regular column to The Age newspaper. In between all this he managed to fit in a number of stage shows that inevitably involved some sort of cross-dressing. Red also wrote the music for Australia 's first condom commercial. Popular on the corporate and arts speaking circuit, a regular on ABC TV's Einstein Factor, a judge on 7 Network's Australia's Got Talent, Red Symons can be heard Monday to Friday, 5.30am-7.45am on ABC radio 774. (ABC radio Melbourne, the breakfast shift was current as of March 2015). (Below: Red Symons, in showbiz Skyhooks mode 1975, posing with dummy in 1975, working the red faces gong, and in more posed later official mode).