Young Einstein Music Credits
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Original Music Score William Motzing Martin Armiger Tommy Tycho Bavarian Band Sylvester's Sextet Music Engineers Robin Gray Mike Stavrou Nick Launay Richard Lush Rock Session Musicians Ken Francis Kirk L'Orange Roger Mason Rick Chadwick Sunil Da Silva Nick Lyons Jason Morphett Orchestra Leaders Ron Leighton Robert Ingram Harmonies The Song Company Fat Opera Voice Jocelyn Pinkus Orchestral Music Performed by Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra Additional Score Maurie Sheldon Simon Walker Music Editor David Roach SONGS 'Great Southern Land’ Composed by Iva Davies Performed by ‘Icehouse’ Published by Catsongs Pty Ltd. Courtesy of Chrysalis Records Inc. & Regular Records Pty. Ltd. 'Hungry Town’* Composed by Oleh Witer and ‘Big Pig’ Performed by ‘Big Pig’ Produced by Nick Launay Etienne Conod & ‘Big Pig’ Mixed by Nick Launay Published by Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd. & Big Pig Music Courtesy of A & M Records, Inc. 'I Hear Motion’* Composed by Sean Kelly, Andrew Duffield, James Freud & Barton Price Performed by ‘Models’ Produced by Nick Launay Published by Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd. 'The Music Goes Round My Head’* Composed by Harry Vanda & George Young Performed by ‘The Saints’ Published by J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd. 'At First Sight’* Composed by Domenic Mariani Performed by ‘The Stems’ Produced by Alan Thorne, Domenic Mariani & Guy Gray Published by Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd. 'Weirdo Libido' Composed by Mick Blood & Daryl Mather Performed by ‘The Lime Spiders’ Produced by Cameron Allan Published by Virgin Music Aust. Pty. Ltd. Courtesy of Virgin Records Aust. Pty. Ltd. 'Great Big Brain' Lyrics by Serious & Roach Music arranged by William Motzing 'The Good, The Bad & The Ugly' Composed by Ennio Morricone 'Dumb Things’* Composed by Paul Kelly Performed by Paul Kelly & The Messengers Produced by Martin Armiger & Paul Kelly Re-mixed by Alan Thorne & Paul Kelly Published by Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd., Courtesy of A & M Records Inc. 'Rock and Roll Music' Composed by Chuck Berry Performed by ‘Mental As Anything’ (Courtesy of C.B.S. Records) Produced by Steve James Used by kind permission of Jewel Music Australia Pty. Ltd. *Re-produced by kind permission of Mushroom Records Pty. Ltd. Young Einstein Sound Track is available on A & M Records and Mushroom Records & Tapes (Australia & N.Z.) - logo (The Mushroom credit is on the VHS edition but not the US DVD) Title added for VHS release after roller has finished and faded to black: '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Published by ABKCO Music, Inc. The soundtrack was released on LP and CD. On some editions of the LP - the A & M release - Yahoo Serious wrote this note (signed ‘with all my laugh’ and “x” kisses): The music I chose for my first movie pays homage to the epic film score traditions, the symphonic classics, the musical anarchy of cartoon music and 35 years of rock and roll history. In Young Einstein we created or redesigned music and songs in order to weld story and picture without being obtrusive or detracting from the comedy. Narrative and dialogue in scenes are often replaced with song lyrics or musical parody, a 100 piece symphony orchestra evolves from the “Hendrix Style” rock version of Waltzing Matilda, while Beethoven’s “5th” fuses with Einstein’s theory of “Roll and Rock.” In producing this soundtrack, I featured the diversified musical styles from the film, including the songs of “Young Einstein’s” eight Australian bands together with dialogue from key scenes. On behalf of all the composers (dead or alive), the bands, and all the musicians, hope you enjoy it. Mushroom released a special limited edition with coloured vinyl: LP Mushroom TVL 93282 1988 Also pressed in limited edition pink vinyl (CA TVC 93282) A&M (UK. AMA 3929 Album Compilation: A Serious Production SIDE 1: 1. Roll and Rock Music (lyrics: Yahoo Serious, music: Beethoven, arr: W. Motzing) Vocals: Yahoo Serious, published by Mushroom Music, produced by Yahoo Serious 2. Rock and Roll Music (Chuck Berry) Vocals: Mental As Anything, published by Nightlight Music, produced by Steve James, courtesy of C.B.S. Records 3. The Music Goes Round My Head (Vanda/Young) Vocals: The Saints, published by J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., produced by Vanda & Young 4. Who Can You Trust? (Main Theme) (lyrics: Y. Serious, music: Young Einstein Theme, written by W. Motzing) Vocals: Yahoo and Lulu, arranged and orchestrated by Tommy Tycho, published by Mushroom Music, produced by Y. Serious 5. Dumb Things (Paul Kelly Vocals: Paul Kelly and The Coloured Girls, published by Mushroom Music, produced by Alan Thorne & Paul Kelly, re-mixed by Scott Litt 6. Hungry Town (Witer/Big Pig) Vocals: Big Pig, published by Mushroom Music/Big Pig, produced, recorded and mixed by Nick Launay 7. Great Southern Land (Iva Davies) Vocals: Icehouse, published by S.B.K. Songs, produced by Iva Davies & Keith Forsey, courtesy of Regular Records SIDE 2: 1. Great Big Brain (Yahoo Serious/David Roach) (music: George Friedrich Handel, arr: W. Motzing) Vocals: The Song Company, published by Mushroom Music, produced by Y. Serious 2. The Tasmanian (Yahoo Serious) Vocals: Yahoo Serious 3. I Hear Motion (Models) Vocals: Models, published by Mushroom Music, produced by Nick Launay 4. Theory Of Relativity (lyrics: Y. Serious) (music: ‘Wild Colonial Boy’ Trad, Arr: M. Armiger) Vocals: Yahoo Serious, published by Mushroom Music & Castle Music, produced by Y. Serious 5. At First Sight (D. Mariani) Vocals: The Stems, published by Mushroom Music, produced by Guy Gray, Alan Thorne, Dom Mariani. 6. A Fist Full Of Scientists (music: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - E. Morricone), (S.B.K. Cat. Partnership, BIEM c/o AMCOS), produced by M. Armiger, Y. Serious, D. Roach 7. Weirdo Libido (M. Blood/D. Mather) Vocals: The Lime Spiders, published by Virgin Music, produced by Cameron Allan, courtesy of Virgin Records 8. Young Einstein Pacifist (lyrics: Y. Serious), (music: Waltzing Matilda - M. Cowan, arr: M. Armiger & W. Motzing) 9. Young Einstein Theme, written by W. Motzing Vocals: Yahoo Serious, arranged & orchestrated by Tommy Tycho, published by Mushroom Music & Castle Music, produced by Y. Serious There were a number of spin-off 45s 45 Mushroom K694 1988 (Limited edition, picture sleeve) Side A: “The Music Goes Round My Head” (Vanda/Young) (Albert) Vocals: The Saints Produced by Vanda and Young, mixed by Brian McGee The B side wasn’t related to the movie: 45 CBS 653122 7 1988 (Picture sleeve) Sound recording made by Syray Pty. Ltd. Produced by Steve James Side A: “Rock And Roll Music” (3’00”) (Chuck Berry) (ARC) Vocals: Mental As Anything Again the B side wasn’t related to the movie: Kathryn Whitfield reviewed the soundtrack release for The Canberra Times on 19th January 1989: Just as Australian films are coming of age, so is Australian music. Young Einstein is set to hit the overseas market and the music contained on the film soundtrack is also of an international standard. And just like the movie, the music is home-grown. Mental As Anything belt out the Chuck Berry classic Rock and Roll Music with more oomph than the Beatles did. The Saints make a contribution with a cover of the Easybeats' The Music Goes Round My Head (which they have also cut as a single). Chris Bailey, lead vocalist for The Saints, is becoming more coherent in recent years and one can actually understand all the words! Old standards such as Big Pig's Hungry Town, Icehouse's Great Southern Land and The Models' I Hear Motion grace the soundtrack, intermingled with ditties from relative newcomers such as The Stems and the (now defunct) Lime Spiders. Star, co-producer, writer and director of Young Einstein, Yahoo Serious, makes a vocal contribution to the soundtrack - making use of the music of Beethoven and Handel, and from Australian standards like the Wild Colonial Boy and Waltzing Matilda, which become back ground music for Yahoo's words of wisdom. It is great that the soundtrack does not contain one American or English track, proving that Australia has an enormous store of talent. The soundtrack has used the cream of the Australian music industry and is a good compilation, a good package, and an excellent representation of what Australia has to offer. Buy it or else. I'm serious. It's all relative. The assembly of the music artists also featured as a TV Week poster (see this site’s photo gallery for a larger version). When it came to the re-worked soundtrack, the contribution by composers William Motzing and Martin Armiger - who had won a 1986 AFI award for their original work on the film - receded in significance, with additional music purchased, most notably the Mental as Anything contribution. Armiger was interviewed in the January 1987 issue of Cinema Papers, by Anna Grieve, and his contribution to the original soundtrack was discussed: The rather unlikely combination of Martin Armiger and William Motzing won the 1986 AFI award for best music score for a film that is itself a bizarre combination of elements, telling the story of a Tasmanian-born Einstein, played by the film’s director Yahoo Serious, who discovers rock ’n’ roll in 1906. It interweaves a semi- orchestral, semi-rock soundtrack with Armiger contributing the rock score. “It was weird doing an out-and-out comedy,” recalls Armiger. “Yahoo’s real thing is to go for the cliche. If you cut to France, you hear the Marseillaise, if you see Einstein and you want the audience to think he’s a good guy and he’s form Tasmania, then you play ‘Waltzing Matilda.’ He grimaces. “I was saying ‘Waltzing Matilda’, oh no, there’s no way I want to do it.