Music Composed by Nigel Westlake

"That'll Do" Written by Randy Newman Performed by Peter Gabriel

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

Original Music Composed & Orchestrated by Nigel Westlake

Orchestration Assistant & Principal Copyist Peter Mapleson Music Copyists Laura Bishop, Damien Ricketson Parts Proof Reader Julie Simonds Co-ordinator Jan Loquet Westlake

Recording Engineer, Mixer & Editor Christo Curtis Recorded at The Iwaki Auditorium - ABC Southbank Centre, Melbourne

ABC Recording Engineers Jim Atkins, Richard Gervin Orchestra Booking Agent Ron Layton

Performed by The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Nigel Westlake, Brett Kelly Orchestral Leaders Rudolf Osadnik, Michael Kisin

MUSIC

Music Supervisor Christine Woodruff

'That'll Do' music and lyrics by Randy Newman Randy Newman Music & MCA Music Publishing, A division of Universal Studios, Inc. produced by Bob Ezrin performed by Peter Gabriel courtesy of Real World Records, Geffen Records and Virgin Records

'If I Had Words' arranged by Johnathon Hodge from Camille Saint-Saens, Symphony No. 3 (Editions Durand) and lyrics written by Johnathon Hodge Rak Publishing Ltd, administered by EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd 'Rushin' 'The Future' 'Condition Red' written by Ben Suthers/Pee Wee Ferris Sony/ATV Music Publishing/Weepee Productions performed by Pee Wee Ferris courtesy Weepee Productions & Dancepool by arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment Australia

'Girl From Ipanema' written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes English Title by Norman Gimbel Published by MCA - Duchess Music Corporation

'The Anvil Chorus' from Il Trovatore written by Guiseppe Verdi

'Non Je Ne Regrette Rien' written by Charles Dumont/Michael Vaucaire Southern Music Publishing Co performed by Edith Piaf ℗ 1961 Pathe Marconi EMI licensed courtesy of EMI Music Australia Limited

'Largo Al Factotum Della Citta' from The Barber of Seville written by Gioachino Puccini

Excerpts from Madama Butterfly written by Giacomo Puccini

'Are You Lonesome Tonight?' words and music by Roy Turk & Lou Handman Bourne Co/Cromwell Music Inc./ Redwood Music Limited administered by J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd

'Barnyard Boogie' written by Louis Jordan/Wilhelmina Gray Eastman Publishers Pty Ltd all rights administered by EMI Music Publishing Pty Ltd performed by Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five courtesy of MCA Records under licence from Universal Music Special Markets

''Chattanooga Choo Choo' written by Harry Warren/Mack Gordon EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd performed by Glen Miller & His Orchestra featuring vocal by Tex Beneke & the Modernaires courtesy of RCA Records Inc under licence from BMG Australia Limited

'That'll Do' music by Randy Newman Randy Newman Music & MCA Music Publishing A division of Universal Studios, Inc. produced by Bob Ezrin performed by James Watson and The Black Dyke Mills Band

'Boum!' written by Charles Trenet © 1938 Editions Raoul Breton licensed by EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd performed by Charles Trenet

'Are You Lonesome Tonight' written by Roy Turk & Lou Handman Bourne Co./Cromwell Music, Inc./Redwood Music Limited administered by J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd produced by Raul Malo and Don Cook performed by The Mavericks courtesy of Curb Music Company/MCA Records

'Symphony No. 3' written by Camille Saint-Saens, Editions Durand

'That's Amore' written by Jack Brooks/Harry Warren Four Jays Music administered by Frankdon Music/ Famous Music administered by BMG Australia performed by Dean Martin ℗ 1957 Capitol Records licensed courtesy of EMI Music Australia Limited

'Protected by Angels' written by Paddy Moloney, Chrysalis Songs produced by Bob Ezrin and Paddy Moloney performed by The Chieftains courtesy of RCA Victor/BMG Classics

Soundtrack album produced by Bob Ezrin for Sanctuary Soundtracks, Inc.

'Jingle Bells' 'Three Blind Mice' 'Cat's Warmup' written by J.S. Pierpont arranged by Llew and Mara Kiek written by Llew Kiek

All other vocal arrangements by Llew Kiek or Llew & Mara Kiek Additional Music produced and edited by Antony Partos & Paul Healy (Supersonic), Christo Curtis

Singing Animals Leslie Andrews, Tony Backhouse, Jane Birmingham, Stuart Davis, Christine Douglas, Jenny Duck-Chong, Daryn Elston-Smith, Michael Halliwell, Zoe Georgarkis, Mara Kiek, Gordon Holleman, Tyrone Landau, Catherine Lukin, Joanne Maunsell, Rob Maxwell-Jones, Kerry Ella Mcaullay, Susan Reppion-Brooke, William Selwyn, Kate Swadling, Vicki Watson, Brett Weymark

Soundtrack Album on Geffen Records

Music in the film:

The film begins with a homecoming parade featuring a brass band doing a rustic uptempo version of the film’s main theme: Thereafter music turns up regularly in the film. As in the original, the mice regularly break into song, but perhaps the biggest logistical feat is a choir of cats: At the climax, a human band also gets caught up in the mayhem:

Lyrics:

A Randy Newman song, performed by Peter Gabriel, “That’ll do”, runs over the first part of the end titles roller, following by an orchestral re-statement of the theme.

It’s preceded by the narrator, saying, as Farmer Hoggett gets his new pump for the well working:

Narrator: “And finally, dear ones, the pig and the farmer were content again in each other’s company, and things were back to where they started, more or less.”

Watched anxiously by Mrs Hoggett, with a “hmm”, the farmer gets a tap working in the barn. As music begins to swell, he looks into the camera, as if it were Babe:

Farmer Hoggett: “That’ll do piggie, that’ll do.” A few beats from the trio, the Hoggetts and Babe, and an iris wipe takes Babe to black, and the song begins, with lyrics as heard in the film:

A kind and steady heart Can make a grey sky blue And a task that seems impossible Is quite possible for you A kind and steady heart Is sure to see you through It may not seem like very much right now But it’ll do, it’ll do ... When you find yourself in the middle of a storm And you’re tired and cold and wet And you’re looking for a place that’s cosy and warm You’ll make it, if you never forget... A kind and steady heart Can conquer doubt and fear A little courage goes a long, long way Gets you little bit further down the road each day And before you know it you’ll hear someone say That’ll do, Babe … that’ll do …

(instrumental interlude)

A kind and steady heart Is sure to see you through A little courage goes a long, long way Gets you little bit further down the road each day And before you know it you’ll hear someone say That’ll do … that’ll do …that’ll do, Babe … that’ll do …

The song fades out and an orchestral suite with diverse themes takes over for the rest of the end credits roller.

CD of the soundtrack:

The soundtrack was released on CD:

CD Geffen GEFD-25310 1998 (* song does not appear in the film)

Album produced by Bob Ezrin for Sanctuary Soundtracks Associate album producer Merck Mercuriadis for Sanctuary Music Ltd. Executive album producer: George Miller, Doug Mitchell, Bill Miller Executive in charge of music for Universal Pictures: Harry Garfield Music Supervisor for Kennedy Miller: Christine Woodruff Senior Album Engineer: Jimmy Hoyson

Nigel Westlake Orchestral Score (Tracks 2, 3, 6, 9, 13, 15)

Performed by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Composed, conducted and produced by Nigel Westlake Orchestral leaders: Rudolf Osadnik, Michael Kisin Recorded, mixed and edited by Christo Curtis ABC Engineers: Jim Atkins, Richard Gervin Principal copyist: Peter Mapleson Recorded at The Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Ed Shearmur: Orchestral Score (Tracks 1, 11, 14, 16)

Performed by London Metropolitan Orchestra Conducted by Ed Shearmur Orchestral leader: Jonathon Rees Piano: Wix Contractor: Andy Brown Recorded at Air Lyndhurst, London Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, CA

01: THAT'LL DO, performed by Peter Gabriel, featuring Paddy Maloney and The Black Dyke Mills Band; music and lyrics by Randy Newman, produced by Bob Ezrin, arranged by Ed Shearmur, engineered and mixed by Stephen McLaughlin, recorded at Air Lyndhurst, London, mixed at Angel Studios, London, Peter Gabriel appears courtesy of Geffen Records Inc./ Virgin Records Ltd. Real World Records 02: BABE: A PIG IN THE CITY 03: THE RETURNING HERO, performed by Mice and cast 04: NON, JE NE REGRETTE RIEN, performed by Edith Piaf, written by Charles Dumont and Michel Vaucaire, courtesy of Capitol Records, under License from EMI Music Special Markets 05: CHATTANOOGA CHOO-CHOO, performed by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Tex Beneke & The Modernaires with Cast, written by Barry Warren and Mack Gordon, courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment 06: SCRAM, THIS IS NOT A FARM!, performed by Mice and Cast 07: THAT'S AMORE, performed by Dean Martin, written by Jack Brooks and Harry Warren, courtesy of Capitol Records, under License from EMI Music Special Markets 08: THREE BLIND MICE, performed by Cat Chorus, produced by Llew Kiek, arranged by Llew Kiek and Mara Kiek 09: A PIG GETS WISE, performed by Mice and Cast 10: ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT *, performed by The Mavericks, written by Roy Turk and Lou Handman, produced by Raul Malo and Don Cook, courtesy of Curb Music Cornpany/MCA Records 11: PROTECTED BY ANGELS *, performed by The Chieftains, featuring The Black Dyke Mills Band, written by Paddy Maloney, produced by Bob Ezrin and Paddy Maloney, arranged by Ed Shearmur, engineered by Stephen McLaughlin (London), Ivan O'Shea (Briarcliff), mixed by Bob Ezrin and Jimmy Hoyson, recorded at Air Lydhurst, London and Briarcliff Studios, Dublin, mixed at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, courtesy of RCA Victor Records 12: THE BIG CITY (TWO STEP NADYA) *, performed by The Terem Quartet, written by A. Tsygankov, produced by Tony Berg, engineered by Richard Evans, a WOMAD production for Real World, arranged by I. Ponomarenko, courtesy of Real World Records, ℗ 1992 Real World Records, Ltd. 13: BABE'S LAMENT 14: A HEART THAT'S TRUE *, performed by E.G. Daily, written by Kimmie Rhodes, produced by Bob Ezrin aud Gabe Rhodes, engineered by Jimmy Hoyson, Gabe Rhodes and Stephen McLaughlin, mixed by Jimmy Hoyson, recorded at Air Lyndhurst, London and Rondor Studios, Los Angeles, mixed at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles 15: THE END, performed by Mice and Cast 16: THAT'LL DO (INSTRUMENTAL) *, performed by James Watson and The Black Dyke Mills Band, music by Randy Newman, produced by Bob Ezrin, engineered and mixed by Stephen McLaughlin, recorded and mixed at Air Lyndhurst, London

Composer Nigel Westlake:

Ed Shearmur did several key tracks for the film, including the arranging of Randy Newman’s song.

Shearmur has a wiki here, but Nigel Westlake, who did the first Babe film, retained the composer credit.

Nigel Westlake’s first feature film was the relatively obscure feature about prostitutes, Candy Regentag, aka Kiss the Night, and he followed this with the documentary Antarctica and another obscure feature, Backsliding.

In the 1990s, it was his work with George Miller on the Babe films that made his name outside the realm of classical music.

For an interview with Westlake about the music for Babe, see this site’s listing for that film here. The sequel recycles many of the elements heard in the first film.

Westlake has a relatively detailed wiki here.

At time of writing, Westlake had his own website under the name Rimshot Music here, which contained this CV, as well as many other details:

Nigel Westlake's career in music has spanned more than 3 decades. He studied the clarinet with his father, Donald Westlake (principal clarinettist, Sydney Symphony Orchestra 1961-1979) and subsequently left school early to pursue a performance career in music. Nigel toured Australia and the world playing with ballet companies, a circus troupe, chamber music groups, fusion bands and orchestras to the cities of London, New York, Rome, Washington, Tokyo, Beijing, Paris, Amsterdam, Vancouver, Moscow, Hong Kong, Berlin, New Delhi and Singapore and many others. His interest in composition dates from the late 1970's when he formed a classical/jazz- rock/world-music fusion band to play original music. During this time he started to receive offers to compose for radio and circus. Commissions for TV and film soon followed. In 1983 he furthered his studies of contemporary music in the Netherlands. From 1987 to 1992 he was a clarinettist with the Australia Ensemble resident at the University of New South Wales. In 1992 he joined guitarist John Williams's group 'Attacca' as a performer and composer for tours of the United Kingdom and Australia. Since then he has given his primary attention to composition.

His film credits include the feature films MISS POTTER, BABE, BABE - PIG IN THE CITY, CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION, A LITTLE BIT OF SOUL, THE NUGGET and the Imax films ANTARCTICA, IMAGINE, THE EDGE & SOLARMAX. His romantic score for the Beatrix Potter biopic Miss Potter won "Feature Film Score of the Year" & "Best Soundtrack Album" at the 2007 APRA / AGSC Screen Music Awards. The films Babe & Miss Potter were both international hits, being No. I at the box office in many territories around the world. His television credits include documentaries, telemovies, news themes & station idents. Westlake's work has been widely performed and has earned numerous awards, including the Gold Medal at the New York International Radio Festival and numerous APRA and Screen Composer Guild awards for his film and concert music. The feature film Babe won the Golden Globe Award in 1996 for "best feature musical/ comedy". His conducting debut was with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in 1997. He has since conducted all the major Australian Symphony Orchestra in recordings and performances of his own works.

His works have been performed by:

John Williams, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The Takacs Quartet, The Australia Ensemble, Michael Kieran Harvey, Synergy Percussion, Amsterdam Percussion Ensemble, Trilok Gurtu, New York Percussion Quartet, Craig Ogden, Slava Grigoryan, Leonard Grigoryan, Timothy Kain, Karin Schaupp, , Goldner String Quartet, Elektra String Quartet, Macquarie Trio, Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony,Tasmanian Symphony, The Queensland Orchestra, West Australia Symphony, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Saffire, Guitartrek, Ogden Tanner, The Seymour Group, Australian Virtuosi, The Academy of Melbourne, Simon Tedeschi, Ensemble Aark, Percadu, Rebecca Lagos, Catherine McCorkill,Schoenberg Ensemble, Berlin Philharmonie, 4-Mallity Percussion quartet, Storioni Trio, Alice Giles, Camerata of St John's, Australian Festival of Chamber Music (Composer in residence 2012) and conducted by:

Kent Nagano, Paul Daniel, Richard Hickox, Markus Stenz, Ola Rudner, David Porcelijn, Yaron Traub, Jean Louis Forestier, Richard Gill, Brett Kelly,Benjamin Wallfisch, David Stanhope, Vladimir Verbitsky, Andrew Litton, Michael Christie & John Demain, Reinbert de Leeuw, Benjamin Northey

His opus one, Omphalo Centric Lecture (1984) for percussion quartet has become one of the most frequently performed and recorded works in the percussion repertoire by groups in the USA, Japan, Europe and Australia.

In 2004 Nigel Westlake was awarded the HC Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship at the Australian National University. In 2008 he was voted onto the board of APRA as Writer Director. In 2008 he founded the Smugglers of Light Foundation in memory of his son Eli, to promote cultural awareness and empowerment through education via the mediums of music and film in youth and indigenous communities. On Australia Day 2011, he conducted a suite of his music for Symphony on the Bay, a music & fireworks spectacular, to an estimated audience of 200,000 in Sydney's Darling Harbour. * His tribute in music to his son, "Missa Solis – Requiem for Eli", was the winner of the prestigious 2013 Paul Lowin Orchestral Prize (one of Australia's richest prizes for music composition), won the 2011 Limelight Award for Best New Composition, was named Orchestral Work of the Year at the 2012 Art Music Awards, and has recently been released to critical acclaim on ABC Classics, conducted by the composer. It has received numerous performances by the Melbourne Symphony and Sydney Symphony Orchestras in 2011 and 2012. He holds an honorary Doctorate in Music, awarded by the University of New South Wales in 2012. "Compassion" - a song cycle in 7 movements based on a collection of ancient Hebrew & Arabic texts, composed in collaboration with Melbourne based singer songwriter Lior, won the 2014 ARIA for Best Classical Album

(Below: Nigel Westlake)