Music Composed and Conducted by

Music Editor Jeffrey Stephens Assistant Music Editor T. M. Christopher Orchestrator Greg McRitchie Orchestra Manager Kenny Watson Music Recording and Scoring Mixer Tim Boyle

Executive Music Supervision Windswept Pacific FIlm Music

Music Consultant Bones Howe

SONGS

Madame Butterfly Written by Giacomo Puccini Sung by Veronika Kincscs and Peter Dvorsky Accompanied by The Hungarian State Opera Chamber Chorus and Orchestra (Guiseppe Patane, Conductor) Courtesy of Hungaroton Records and Qualiton Imports, Ltd.

My Baby Let Me Down Written and Performed by Lucky Oceans

Waltzing Matilda Written by Marie Cowan and A. B. Patterson

A Dream Comes Back To You Written by Wendy Waldman and Basil Poledouris Performed by Wendy Waldman

This Film Would Not Have Been Possible Without the Participation Of ... … (including) For Life Records, Inc.

Live Music:

Live music turns up a number of times in the film, including Abigail’s (Rebecca Miller) introduction to the show, when Will (Matthew Modine) sees her miming to Puccini’s Madame Butterfly. There’s also a sunset party band - Perth-based musical identity Lucky Oceans is credited - and Joe Heiser (Stellan Skarsgård) is caught playing the cello.

When the yacht is ready to head out of the airport hangar, a brass band leads the way.

(Below: examples of mimed/live music in the film)

Lyrics:

The song, A Dream Comes Back To You, written by Wendy Waldman and Basil Poledouris and performed by Wendy Waldman, runs over the tail credits. Lyrics as heard in the film:

In another time, there was a night When all the wind and all the ragin’ sky Could not contain our dream And we were sure we’d go so far As we looked out across a million stars We had only to believe I never thought that I could lose you But then I had so much to learn ...

We toss our hearts into the air Never really thinking We watch ‘em fly into the sun We never cry ‘till love is gone But then, once in a while out of the blue A dream comes back to youuuu …

(musical interlude, driven by piano and bass)

When I close my eyes, I still can see The moment that you slipped away from me You were waiting for so long The words that I could never say Rushed out to catch you but it was too late I turned, and you were gone I never thought that I would find you Funny how the world can turn ...

We toss our hearts into the air Never really thinking We watch ‘em fly into the sun We never cry ‘till love is gone But then, once in a while out of the blue A dream comes back to youuuu …

Oh then, once in a while if you are true A dream comes back to youuuu …

(A piano underpins the singer holding on the final extended word, and then provides an end flourish)

This song can be found on at least one Waldeman release in full studio form:

CD:

The soundtrack has been released on CD, and was also released in Japan:

US: BSX Records, music for Wind and for the 1981 television movie directed by Richard T. Heffron. Japan: For Life Records - FLCF-28209, 1993

1. Prologue 2. Love in the Sewers 3. The Dinghy Race (Senta) 4. The Break-Up 5. Windward Work 6. Downwind 7. Defeat 8. The Glider 9. Sail Locker 10. The Petroglyph 11. Contest 12. Windshadow 13. Whomper Trails 14. The Bike Ride 15. To Australia 16. Dead Air 17. Winning 18. Irolita 19. Born on the Wind (Full-length English Version).

Composer Basil Poledouris:

Basil Poledouris is a Greek-American composer with a passing connection to the Australian industry, and with a lengthy list of feature film and television credits.

He’s too well known to detail at length here, but in passing it should be noted that he scored The Blue Lagoon, which had some Australians involved in it (including director Richard “Patrick” Franklin), and the western-tinged . His work on the latter film saw him do the scores for Australian director ’s and Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles. Poledouris also scored such cult classics as RoboCop and Starship Troopers.

Poledouris has a reasonably detailed wiki here, but there are many other references to his work available.

(Below: Basil Poledouris)