Original Music

Original Music Composed, Performed and Produced by Mick Harvey

Original Music Published by Birthday Party Pty Limited

Recorded and Mixed at The Vault, Sydney Engineered by James Cadsky

“Darcy’s Theme” Written by Matt Walker Courtesy of Sony/ATV Music Publishing Recorded at Cloud Nine by Phil Downing

“Pickles’ Theme” Written by Matt Walker and Ashley Davies Courtesy of Sony/ATV Music Publishing

Additional Musicians Lap Steel Guitar Matt Walker Violin Naomi Radom Violin Airena Nakamura Cello Chloe Miller Drums Ashley Davies

“What I Done to Her” (Perkins/Owen), Performed by Tex, Don and Charlie Licensed by PolyGram Music Publishing Pty Limited Administered by Universal Music Australia Pty Limited Courtesy of Polydor Records, Licensed from Universal Music Australia Pty Limited

“My Mind’s Sedate” (Kippenberger/Knight/Toogood/Larkin), Performed by Shihad Licensed by PolyGram Music Publishing Pty Limited Administered by Universal Music Australia Pty Limited Licensed courtesy of Warner Music Australia Pty Limited

“Wishbone” (Rivers/Rohde/Moffatt), Performed by Red Rivers Licensed by Rondor Music Australia Pty Limited Administered by Universal Music Australia Pty Limited Courtesy Compass Brothers/ Festival Mushroom Records Australia Pty Limited

“Skippy Theme” Performed by Tom Budge, Courtesy of Eric Stanley Jupp

CD:

A CD of the soundtrack was released: CD Mute IONIC17CD 2003

Guest Musicians: Matt Waiker - Lap Steel Guitar Ashley Davies - Drums (3 & 10) Naomi Radom – Violin Airena Nakamura – Violin Chloe Miller – Cello

All arrangements and other instruments by Mick Harvey. Composed by Mick Harvey except tracks 3 & 10 by Matt Walker & Ashley Davies. Tracks 6 & 17 by Matt Walker, and track 14 by & “What I Done To Her” taken from the album "Sad But True” by Tex, Don & Charlie Recorded at Haig St, Wombarra and at The Vault, Balmain, Sydney with James Cadsky except Matt Walker's Lap Steel recorded at Cloud Nine, Sydney by Phil Downing Mixed at The Vault with James Cadsky except tracks 4, 12,13 & 15 at SingSing with Ross Cockle Mastered by Ross Cockle at SingSing, Melbourne Produced by Mick Harvey Executive Producers Mark Lazarus & Paul Goldman Published by The Birthday Party P/L/ Mute Song except tracks 3, 6, 10 & 17 by Sony and track 14 by Polygram Music/Control

01: Opening Credits 02: Training 03: Pickle Rides Out 04: Clarence And Blacky 05: On The Boat 06: Darcy's Gents 07: Fantasy Line-Up 08: Ruck Training 09: In Pickle's Bedroom 10: Grand Final First Half 11: Mum’s Tactics 12: Dumby At Half Time 13: Grand Final Second Half 14: What I Done To Her (Tex, Don & Charlie) 15: Under The Pier 16: Best On Ground Announcement 17: Pickle's Torches Darcy's Gents 18: The Shooting 19: Mourning Outside The Pub 20: Stones At House 21: Walking To Dumby 22: The Funeral

Composer Mick Harvey:

Mick Harvey is a veteran of the Australian music scene, and is too well known to detail at length here. He started with back in the days of The Birthday Party, and even managed to sneak a Birthday Party track on to the soundtrack, along with a few related songs from the time, such as The Saints and Chain. Harvey has a relatively detailed wiki listing here.

While there are many references and interviews available by googling, Nathan Bush does a good overview of Harvey’s career at Allmusic here, with this excerpt noting Harvey’s work in film:

...Using any idle time between his two day jobs, Harvey composed soundtrack music for the documentary Identity - Kid and Gisa Schleelein's Totes Geld (both 1987). This would become the pattern for Harvey as he would bide time between Bad Seeds and Crime albums with film work (Alta Marea & Vaterland collects projects from 1987-1992), production duties, and guest appearances, all the while remaining one of the few constants in the Bad Seeds' fluctuating lineup. Harvey's most significant solo work came in 1995 with , a tribute to . A culmination of his craft, Harvey shifted easily through a number of settings, from the rollicking tribute to American outlaws "Bonnie and Clyde" to the dripping sentimentality of "Overseas Telegram." 1997 brought greater change for the Bad Seeds as Cave wrote a group of piano-led ballads for The Boatman's Call. Harvey contributed to most songs, but the sparse and reserved material called into question the necessity of the group. Harvey released Intoxicated Man's companion, , the same year, and in 1999 curated the Bad Seeds' Best Of collection. He composed his tenth collection of film music for Andrew Dominik's Chopper, in 2000. A few years later, Harvey created the original score for Australian Rules, a 2002 film by director Paul Goldman. In 2005, Harvey resumed his solo career with One Man's Treasure. A selection of his film scores appeared as Motion Picture Music 1945-2005 from EMI in 2007, followed later in the year by a new studio album, Two of Diamonds. Harvey left the Bad Seeds in the late 2000s.

No tracks from Australian Rules made it into the CD collection of Harvey’s film music, but the collection gives a good impression of Harvey’s range:

(Below: Mick Harvey, first in a suitably Chopper-related pose, and then later in life)