composer steve kilbey

(cast) band ‘sidewinder’ music super vision (sic) roger grierson PolyGram Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd original music by steve kilbey under licence from PolyGram Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd composer steve kilbey recorded and mixed by russell p. kilbey music post production peter thomas additional arrangements and instruments russell p. kilbey drums and percussion tim powles vocals sandy chick

“THE WAY OF ALL THINGS” (Barnard/O’Mara/Snellen/McDonald) Lost in Music/Black Pig/PolyGram Music Publishing performed by Rebecca’s Empire courtesy of Eternity Recordings

“PORTABLE WALT WHITMAN” (Lee) Heinous/PolyGram Music Publishing performed by Ben Lee courtesy of Fellaheen

“TEACH ME” (Perkins/Cruickshank/Gormly) Lost in Music/PolyGram Music Publishing performed by The Cruel Sea courtesy of Red Eye/Polydor “GONNA MAKE YOU” (Frechter/Page) Dick James Music Ltd performed by Tumbleweed courtesy of Polydor

“NO ASSOCIATION” (Gillies/Johns) Sony Music performed by silverchair courtesy of murmur/Sony

“SATURATED” (Owen/Rilen) PolyGram Music Publishing/Control performed by the Beasts of Bourbon courtesy of Red Eye/Polydor

“LIKE OTHERS DO” (Mitchell/Fonti/Fonti) Control/Lost in Music/PolyGram Music Publishing performed by Primary courtesy of Mercury

“TROUBLE” (Fitzpatrick/Askew/Blake) Island Music Ltd

“ANYTHING YOU WANT” (Craft/Craft/Branson/Melder) Moo Chewns/PolyGram Music Publishing performed by Sidewinder courtesy of Half A Cow/Mercury

“EVIL EYE” (Craft/Craft/Branson/Melder) Moo Chewns/PolyGram Music Publishing performed by Sidewinder courtesy of Half A Cow/Mercury

“NOT COMING HOME” (Craft/Craft/Branson/Melder) Moo Chewns/PolyGram Music Publishing performed by Sidewinder courtesy of Half A Cow/Mercury

“LOST IN YOUR SPACE” (Grace/Rohde/Ovenden) PolyGram Music Publishing/Rondor performed by Charlotte Grace courtesy of Eternity Recordings

“LIVE IT UP” (Smith) Syray/PolyGram Music Publishing performed by Mental As Anything courtesy of Syray

“HOUSE OF LOVE” (Mortimer/Goodfellow) Porky Publishing/PolyGram Music Publishing performed by East 17 courtesy of London Records

“A DAY AWAY” (Shihad) Zippy Zippy Ideas performed by Shihad courtesy of Polydor Australia

“GHOST OF LOVE RETURNED” (Phillis) Lost in Music/PolyGram Music Publishing performed by the Clouds courtesy of Red Eye/Polydor

“NO NEED TO ARGUE” (O’Riordan) Island Music Ltd performed by the Cranberries courtesy of Island Records

“TAILOR’S EYE” (Aylward/Schulz/Lord) Moo Chewns/PolyGram Music Publishing performed by Swirl courtesy of Half A Cow/Mercury “II ETERNITY” (Aylward/Schulz/Lord) Moo Chewns/PolyGram Music Publishing performed by Swirl courtesy of Half A Cow/Mercury

“FOR WHAT YOU BURN” (Shihad) Zippy Zippy Ideas performed by Shihad courtesy of Polydor Australia

“ZOMBIE” (O’Riordan) Island Music Ltd performed by the Cranberries courtesy of Island Records

“A STATE OF GRACEFUL MOURNING” (Myers/Peno) PolyGram Music Publishing (except Aust/NZ Mushroom Music) performed by Died Pretty courtesy of Sony soundtrack available on Mercury Records

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Lyrics:

Lyrics of songs heard over head and tail credits in the film.

Head credits:

After an Indian-sounding instrumental over surfing footage and head titles, the music turns into a rock number after the main title, Rebecca’s Empire’s The Way of All Things. Lyrics as heard in the film:

Blunt all the edges, untie all the tangles Says the way of all things Block all the passages, shut all the doors, then the tigers get in When you rest your head on the pillow Demons map the road that you follow There is a light at the end of the tunnel Says the way of all things Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah This is the way of all things

I've tried yoga, I've tried meditation, I've tried everything I've been silent for days on end, but the way still looks thin When I rest my head on the pillow Dreams map the road I should follow There is a light at the end of the tunnel Says the way of all things Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah This is the way of all things …

(The song then fades out to the sounds of school noises. In published versions of the lyrics, the rest of the song continues this way) ...

There's nothing sweeter than love Nothing stronger than love Nothing wider than love Nothing higher

Block all the passages shut all the doors then no water gets in But nothing is softer and sweeter than water Says the way of all things

When you rest your head on the pillow Dreams map the road that you follow There is a light at the end of the tunnel Says the way of all things

This is the way of all things

Tail credits:

As the camera choppers up high over the Newcastle cemetery, a short excerpt from Died Pretty’s song A State of Graceful Mourning begins and continues over tail credits:

Don't know where to begin Your mistake, or our sin Conscience walks out of here Never far, always near I will come I will come To this state of graceful mourning

I will come I will come To this state of graceful mourning (x4) Oooh oooh oooh oooh woooh Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh ...

The song fades out on a last ‘oooh’ and is replaced by a song attributed to the film’s composer Steve Kilbey (in the DVD, there’s about 1’55 to go):

(Instrumental to start)

Helicopters flying overhead Saw me see behind (? could be ‘beyond’?) Bad dreams inside my head Everything keeps goin’ wrong Ooh woh oooh Sometimes … that's right Ooooh Ooooh oooh oh Television in every home Telecasting our name Newspaper people writing it down Tell everybody our shame I've gotta go now ... I've gotta go now …

(Instrumental)

Oooh oooh That’s right, that’s right Oooh, oooh (Instrumental) Oooh, oooh That’s right, that’s right Oooh oooh That’s right Oooh CD:

The soundtrack was released on CD:

CD Mercury 5535392 1997 Mastered by Don Bartley, Studio 301, Sydney, Australia

The Way of All Things Rebecca’s Empire Teach Me Cruel Sea Saturated Beasts of Bourbon Portable Walt Whitman Ben Lee Gonna Make You Tumbleweed Titanic Days Sidewinder A Day Away Shihad Bound For the Floor Local H Ghost of Love Returned The Clouds Not Coming Home Sidewinder No Need to Argue The Cranberries Tailor’s Eye Swirl Kisses Tracy Bonham State of Graceful Mourning Died Pretty Blackrock Antitheme Steve Kilbey

The soundtrack was reviewed at time of release - this one was in the Sydney Morning Herald on 23rd May 1997:

There was also a ‘selections’ disc released:

CD Single Mercury Blackrock 1 1997

1. Titanic Days, Vocals: Sidewinder (N. Carft/M. Craft), Moo Chewns/ PolyGram Music Publishing 1997 Mercury Records Australia 2. Gonna Make You, Vocals: Tumbleweed (Fretcher/Page) Dick James/ PolyGram Music Publishing, 1997 Polydor Records Australia 3. Portable Walt Whitman, Vocals: Ben Lee (Lee), Fellaheen/PolyGram Music Publishing, 1997 Mercury Records Australia. 4. A Day Away, Vocals: Shihad (Shihad), Zippy Zippy Ideas, 1996 Wildside Records. 5. The Way Of All Things, Vocals: Rebecca’s Empire (Barnard/Snellen/ O’Mara/McDonald), PolyGram/Black Pig Publishing, 1995 Eternity Recordings

The music also played a big part in the film’s promotion, as in this tag on one TV commercial:

Music in the film:

The actual band playing in the film at the big party before things go wrong is credited as Sidewinder, but the band is barely seen in the coverage: Composer:

For a conventional summary of Steve Kilbey’s career as a composer, head off to his wiki here.

For a more evocative summary, head off to Kilbey’s website thetimebeing.com, which had a shop, blog, news, tarot, art and this ‘about’: welcome adventurous stranger welcome to the time being.com this is your connection this is your mainline this is your one stop one shot one place for all your many n varied steve kilbey needs ok you know who i am i was born last century a long time ago i reincarnated on this plane as a bouncing post war baby in 1954 in hertfordshire england n i moved to australia (thats in the southern hemi-sphere folks) with my mum n dad when i was 3 years old i got my first bass guitar at age 16 n i taught myself to play i joined a “cabaret” band at 18 n starting to earn the big $ (ha ha) i formed a couple of bands “precious little” who morphed into “baby grande” we might bring some of that music to light here…. peter koppes was in both these groups too however in 1980 i formed the best group in the uni-verse called the church we’ve made 2 million albums and sold over 30 copies no hang on… its the other way around ho ho (i’m quite the cosmick joker, arent i?) anyway i made loadsa records i recorded loadsa songs i wrote loadsa poems n blogs n a couple of books i started painting too n i painted (you guessed it) loadsa paintings too i dabble in acting n dancing and all kindsa artistic malarkey this site is the result of a conversation i had with my texan internet guru who said hey sk you should get it all under one roof so to speak so here we are now i hope to get all my bits n pieces on here eventually i got loadsa footage, videos , songs, snippets, etchings, unfinished things i will be raiding the vaults to bring you everything that you couldnt previously get including stuff you dont even know about old poems old songs new songs interviews all the latest gossip special odds n ends its all eventually gonna appear here my blogs of course will continue here naturally i hope to expand n expand until i swallow showbiz itself plus showing off why people call me the last true renaissance man (still left in my street) there will be yoga tips, backstage scenes, demos, stories tall tales n true from the legendary past i hope to interact with thee here and i truly welcome you together we will explore our relationship n build a timebeing community where like souls can congregate i am excited and deliriously happy to bring you the time being lets get together and make it what we want a work in constant progress looking forward to the pleasure of yer company much love sk

Kilbey also had a Facebook page here, and in 2018 was still touring, could be found on Twitter, etc.

(Below: Steve Kilbey in 2018, then in 2015, and then back on 26th April 1981 hosting the ABC pop show Countdown)