original music Mark Moffatt Wayne Goodwin

(cast)

Musicians Dennis French Russell Hinton Paul McInerney Peter Meredith Darren Ottery John Quinn Christopher Treuer Boy Drummer Gregory Long

Diamonds in the Rough (E. Craven/S. Joyce) Bright Spark Songs Artist: Lee Kernaghan

She Was Happy Till She Met You (J. Rodgers/McWilliams) Peermusic (Southern) Recording courtesy of EMI Music Australia Artists: Rick & Thel Carey

She'll Be Gone (T. Dean) Fable Music Recording courtesy of Image Music Group Pty Ltd Artist Terry Dean

Affairs of the Heart (A. Bowles) Bright Spark Songs Artist: Jason Donovan

Could I Have This Dance (W. Holyfield/B. House) Polygram Music/ Tree Publishing/Sony Music Publishing Aust. Artists: Jason Donovan and Danni 'Elle Gaha

My Achin' Heart (C. Porter) Bright Spark Songs Artist: Peter Phelps Help Me Make It Through The Night (K. Kristofferson) EMI Music Artists: Jason Donovan and Danni 'Elle Gaha

I Wanna Love You Like I Did Before (B. Smith/N. Smith) Bright Spark Songs/Warner Chappell Music Artists: Jason Donovan and Danni 'Elle Gaha

Old Man Emu (J. Williamson) July Music Recording courtesy of Fable Records Artist: John Williamson

Two Strong Hearts (B. Woolley/A. Hill) BMG Music/Warner Chappell Music Artist: Danni 'Elle Gaha

Jason Donovan courtesy of Polygram Records Danni 'Elle Gaha courtesy of Epic Records Lee Kernaghan courtesy of ABC Records - Phonogram Records

Recordings of performances by the above artists in this film were produced by Garth Porter

Music co-ordination Bright Spark Songs Pty. Ltd. Melbourne, Australia Richard East, John McDonald, Peter Martin, Sharyn Moran, Tony Moran

Music in the film:

The entire film has music as a sub-text, with Jason Donovan looking more convincing with a guitar in his hand than as a bull man. At the same time, he graciously cedes ground to his co-star Angie Milliken, and she gets to do the big number before the closing credits. Co-star Peter Phelps also gets a chance to strut his stuff:

Lyrics:

Songs run over the head, and just before, the tail credits. Lyrics as heard in the film:

Opening:

Lee Kernaghan sings the opening song, the country flavoured Diamonds in the Rough.

(Over images of a cattle-laden truck barreling along a dirt road)

Road train on a dusty track Run wheels to nowhere and back Hot sun on a blistered road Five hundred miles and I do it alone Uuunder the dust is diamonds in the rough

(Jason Donovan's Mike Tyrell honks his horn)

Big rig, tryin' to make ends meet Like in the song, it's eight days a week I work hard and I earn my sweat 'Cause out here there ain't no regrets Uuunder the dust is diamonds in the rough Uuunder the dust is diamonds in the rough

As the big wheels keep turning, There is one thing I'm certain As the big wheels keep a-rollin' There is one thing I know … I know, that uuuunder the dust There's diamonds in the rough …

Just like the wind, I can touch your soul Way out here, there's a face of its own I feel it speak and I feel it breathe It's in the town and the people I meet Uuunder the dust is diamonds in the rough Uuunder the dust is diamonds in the rough …

(After a short instrumental closer, the song fades out to the sounds of crows in the bush, and then the snoring of Chrissie - Angie Milliken and Lisa - Jocelyn Bright. They're uncomfortably attempting to sleep in the back of their car. They take off their face masks, and Lisa asks where's the toilet. We hear a little of Rick and Thel Carey's c. 1954 country flavoured She Was Happy Till She Met You, as Chrissie tells Lisa to have a piss in the field …)

Closing:

Chrissie gets to do the big final number before credits start to run. It's the old Olivia Newton-John, John Farnham standard, Two Strong Hearts.

(We see Chrissie and Mike in the street, kissing passionately - their daughters laughing at them - intercut with Chrissie beginning to get into the song. Then we're with Chrissie on stage in front of a band): Well there's no need to analyse this kind of emotion

(On Mike, their daughters and Dozer in the audience grooving to the music, a cutaway used through the song)

'Cause it comes naturally A simple case of feeling love and devotion So tell me tenderly I wanna give my life to you I wanna to feel my blood run through you And ohh, ooh, I want to touch you Over and over and over again

We've got two strong hearts We stick together like the honey and the bee You and me We've got two strong hearts Reaching out forever like the river to the sea Runnin' free I'm gunna run free

I feel there's no need for compromising my reputation When you lead me astray I'm proud to be a part of this fascination When I hear you sayyyy I wanna be there to guide you I'm gonna feel my love inside you And ohh, ohh, I want to touch you Over and over and over again

We've got two strong hearts We stick together like a honey and the bee You and me We've got two strong hearts Reaching out forever like a river to the sea Runnin' free Runnin' free

(Short guitar-led, instrumental interlude followed by clapping by the band to support the words)

We've got two strong hearts We stick together like the honey and the bee You and me We've got two strong hearts Reaching out forever like a river to the sea Yeeahh

(Clapping ends, as the band resumes backing Chrissie)

We've got two strong hearts We stick together like the honey and the bee

(We're now in close ups on Chrissie and a smiling Mike in the audience)

You and me We've got two strong hearts Reaching out forever like a river to the sea Oooh (sung high) We've got two strong hearts We stick together like a honey and the bee

(Chrissie begins moving down into the audience, heading for Mike)

You and me We've got two strong hearts Reaching out forever like a river to the sea Running free … Running free …

(Chrissie reaches Mike, as the song fades out. We hear a "hey Mike", and he and Chrissie turn to face the camera. As the audience applauds and cheers, she whacks him with his hat, they cuddle and smile to camera, and the image freezes. A country based instrumental takes over to accompany the end crawler).

Co-composer Mark Moffatt:

Moffatt had an eponymous website here, WM here, which contained this short bio:

Not only is Mark Moffatt one of the most experienced and respected producers to emerge from Australia, he is also an accomplished musician (guitar, pedal steel), engineer, and writer. In 1980, he took a position as director of artist development/house producer with Rupert Murdoch’s Festival Records, at that time Australia’s largest independent record label with 25% of the market. That year saw Mark’s first nomination as “Best Producer” and the beginning of steady chart success through the eighties and nineties. During his career in Australia he featured in reader and industry polls, including the Rolling Stone “Best Producer” and ARIA “Producer of the Year” categories . He has more productions in the APRA Top 30 songs of all time than any other single producer and has produced an astonishing 15 ARIA Hall of Fame inductees. As a writer he has had two #1 Australian country singles, two top ten pop singles, two top ten UK & European singles, and has composed scores for seven major motion pictures and TV series. Mark relocated to Nashville in 1996, at the invitation of Ten Ten Music president Barry Coburn. As director of A&R at Ten Ten until 2001, he worked extensively in the development of superstar Keith Urban. Production credits include : Keith Urban /the Ranch, the Saints, Yothu Yindi, the Divinyls, Neil & Tim Finn, Ross Wilson, Slim Dusty, Tony Joe White, Stacey Earle, O’Shea, Jasmine Rae, Deana Carter, Leslie Mills (with John Shanks & the Dust Brothers), Gloriana, Adam Gregory, Jason Aldean remixes. Mark is a leader in the emerging Independent sector of the Nashville Industry, achieving the highest number of independent Music Row chart entries in 2005 and 2007 saw his first Grammy nomination.

(Below: Mark Moffatt) Co-composer Wayne Goodwin:

Campaign Brief had this short obituary for Goodwin, published here 18th December 2008 (WM here):

The ad industry will be saddened to hear that Wayne Goodwin, violinist/ composer and multi-instrumentalist (piano,guitar, mandolin, viola, saxophone and drums) passed away peacefully last night. Wayne was a well loved stalwart of the Australian music scene – and has many friends in the ad industry. He was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins lymphoma in June of last year. Born of an Australian mother, Wayne first came to Australia on tour from Hollywood, California with Emmylou Harris twenty-three years ago and returned the following year to stay, performing with the newly reformed band Crossfire and to break into the film industry as a composer. His credits as a violinist list the who’s who of music including Midnight Oil, INXS, Jenny Morris, Sting, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Tony Bennett, ELO, Renee Geyer, Ross Wilson, The AustralianOpera and Ballet Orchestra, The Bolshoi Ballet, Gene Pitney, Dolly Parton, Dragon, Emmylou Harris, Jimmy Little, Michelle Shocked, Anne Kirkpatrick, Bread, Crosby, Stills and Nash (Wayne was awarded a platinum album for his violin solo on their hit single Wasted in the Way) and more… (Below: Wayne Goodwin) Around the time of the film, the Metro section of the Sydney Morning Herald did a profile of Goodwin, published 1st September 1995: