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Original Music John Capek

(cast) Band The Fargone Beauties

Music Composer John Capek Music Co-ordinator Peter Jansson

'Let's Make A Move' (John Spence) Performed by The Forgone Beauties

'Soul Arch' (J. Gillard/T. Murphy) Performed by The Forgone Beauties

'Guiding Hand' (Hugh Wilson/Richard Adamson) performed by Hugh Wilson and The Blue Phoenix (P) 1992 Emerald City Records/Polydor Records Australia (C) 1992 Rondor Music (Australia) Pty Limited/TWO/PolyGram

'Song of New Devotion' Written by John Capek and Marc Hunter published by Jonssongs and Essex Music performed by David Kopatz produced by John Capek and David Kopatz

'Surfers Paradise' written by John Capek published by Jonssongs performed by Rob McKenzie and John Capek produced by John Capek 'Can't Stop The Beat' (John Capek/Gaylon Horton) performed by 'Can't Stop The Beats' Produced by Capek and Horton

Live Music in the ﬁlm:

Lois Larimore’s character Donna McCain gets proceedings under way by deliberately mangling the Star Spangled Banner at the opening of a McCain resort

Then the band The Fargone Beauties turns up a number of times within the ﬁlm, singing the songs noted in the credits above.

(Below: a few stills of Lois Larimore and the band in performance in the ﬁlm)

Lyrics:

Songs run over head and tail credits of the ﬁlm.

Head credits song’s lyrics:

Lyrics for the opening song, Guiding Hand, sung by Hugh Wilson and the Blue Phoenix:

Ooohhh ... They tell me how the world is shaking A needle addict died tonight Compared to this my pain is so small But even so this staggers mind Sometimes I wonder what this game’s for Wearing masks that heighten the show Don’t tell me what I know is true

‘Cause I never want to see her face again I never want to feel there’s so much more I never want to feel her mind again I don’t care if I don’t even the score

The rogue heights, the fear of falling The goal’s sometimes hard to sight But her voice never ceases calling Stretching dress, so hard to ﬁnd Sometimes I wonder what this game’s for Wearing masks that heighten the show Don’t tell me what I know is true

(edit for movie version) Because I never want to see her face again (Chorus: freedom, freedom) I never want to feel there’s so much more (freedom, freedom) I never want to see her face again (freedom, freedom) I don’t care (freedom, freedom)

Help me get my freedom, freedom Ohhhhhh, help me gain my freedom Ohhhhhh.

The song peaked at #88 on the AMR/Aria singles chart in 1992 (details here).

Hugh Wilson’s Bandcamp page is here, suggesting that Wilson later veered towrds faith-based music. (He was with the Christian City Church in Manhattan). His YouTube channel was here, and his Facebook page was here, and his LinkedIn page here.

Wilson had a more recent outing with the band Brooklyn Social, with a short bio at Triple J here:

“Hugh Wilson had a semi-nomadic childhood in the Australian desert, eventually settling in Sydney. At the age of 19, Hugh was the winner in the male vocal category of Star Search - a nationally televised viewer-voted talent competition. Shortly after winning he signed to Polydor Records, releasing his debut and critically acclaimed album ‘Illiad’. Hugh later teamed up with the Leigh brothers of Pseudo Echo to form the band, Vertigo, enjoying success in the Australian charts, with what a critic called "the voice of an angel and the stage presence that hails from the dark side". In 2000, Hugh moved to New York to further his career in the US and in 2005-06 joined Lenny Kravitz's band as a vocalist for a US tour with Aerosmith.”

At time of writing, the full song was available on YouTube here. This version contained the middle section deleted from the movie, including:

(Guitar solo)

Find a window What we live for Wearing masks that heighten the show Don’t tell me what I know is true

(Below: Hugh Wilson) Lyrics for song over tail credits:

The song Tell Me Tomorrow was written and performed by Maurice D’Abruzzo.

Ooohh

(Chorus: Tell me tonight)

I know you want to be loved But no word passes from your lips I know you want to be soothed But no touch comes from your ﬁngertips If there is a way to send a message Better do it before I go Let me help you out ‘Cause I can tell you Everything that you should know

If you want to be the only one You better say it, just say it (Chorus: Tell me tonight) Today I stand here waiting to sound the drum I’m gonna pray that You will tell me tomorrow

Know that nothing is sure In this crazy world of ours Maybe there is no cure To the silence that surrounds us

But if there is a time To take your chances This is the time to show Let me help you out ‘Cause I can tell you Everything that you should know

If you want to be the only one You better say it, just say it (Chorus: Tell me tonight) Today I stand here waiting to sound the drum I’m gonna pray that You will tell me tomorrow

(Chorus: Tell me tonight, tell me tonight, tell me tonight)

Know that nothing is sure In this crazy world of ours Maybe there is no cure ... (fades out).

D’Abruzzo later worked as a music teacher, listed at Music Teachers Online with this short CV here:

Graduate of the Claude Moore School, 30 years teaching experience including Lombardo Music, Harbour Music, Gitlix Music, Cert IV in Training & Education., G4 Guitar School, Dickson's Music Hi, I am a guitar teacher/arranger, with a deep background as artist, producer, soundtrack writer, label owner (via MGM Distribution) & publisher (registered with APRA) and over 30 years experience in the music industry. I have been living & working on Sydney’s Lower North Shore for about 25 years. Some of my career highlights include being founder member/vocalist/guitarist with national ARIA charting/popular bands Eighty Eights & Getaway Plane, Top 10 Jazz Artist D’Abruzzo & now a project with my son, who himself made the Honours Roll in HSC Music 2006 – that project being Aaron & Maurice (Check it out on iTunes!). During the 80s, my biggest live audience was playing to 30, 000 at the Tanelorn Festival. My biggest TV audience was over a million on the ABC’s Countdown. During the 90s, I was commissioned to arrange 3 songbooks for popular Australian bands “Girlfriend”, “The Cruel Sea” & “Beasts of Bourbon”. In 1998 I published a guitar info site called “Guitar Lix Interactive” – featured by Yahoo as Yahoo Site of the Week. I have also written ﬁlm/TV soundtracks including the full score for the award winning documentary “The Amazing World of Minibeasts, distributed worldwide by National Geographic. As a guitarist, I appreciate all styles – from the beautiful simplicity of Bob Dylan to the astounding complexity of Paco de Lucia. I look forward to sharing your musical journey:-)

(Below: Maurice D’Abruzzo)

Composer John Capek:

Composer John Capek had previously worked with director Frank Howson on the feature ﬁlm Backstage, starring Laura Branigan, but a dispute with executive producer Geoff Burrowes saw them both exit that ﬁlm.

However they came together again to work on Boulevard of Broken Dreams.

Capek later returned to Canada. He had a wiki here, and his personal website was here, and that contained this CV:

John Capek is a composer, songwriter, keyboard player, arranger and scores music for feature ﬁlms and television. John's unique musical stamp is strongly inﬂuenced by his Czech birth, Australian upbringing, North American residency and extensive travel throughout the world.

Rod Stewart’s "Rhythm of my Heart" became a top hit in all major markets around the world, achieved number one in major territories and broke records for gaining more European radio stations than any other song.

"Rhythm of my Heart" was the most played song on European radio in its year of release and has gained ASCAP and SOCAN awards. "Rhythm of My Heart" was later covered by the Celtic Group RUNRIG and the single and album both debuted top ten on the British Charts in mid 1997. Currently "Rhythm of my Heart" is the lead off song on "The very Best of Rod Stewart" top 10 album and is featured in the West End musical "Tonight’s the Night”.

Rod Stewart’s single "This" gained a SOCAN award for being one of the most played songs on Canadian Radio for the year of release. Rod Stewart leads the list of popular musics Icons who have recorded Capek compositions. They include; Diana Ross, Joe Cocker, Cher, Toto, Chicago, Olivia Newton-John, Little River Band, Heart, Patti Austin and ManhattanTransfer. In the recent past Capek produced Dan Hill's album that generated a Billboard Hot 100 top 5 hit for Dan called "Can't We Try", a duet with Vonda Shepard. This song is now one of the most performed songs ever in the history of Canadian Radio. John also wrote three of the songs on the album including the Billboard AC hit single "Carmelia" which is also one of the most performed songs ever on Canadian radio.

John's song "Take Me Home" is on a multiplatinum Joe Cocker album. "Take Me Home" was the end title theme for the feature ﬁlm "Blown Away" starring Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones.

"Promises" is on Amanda Marshall's album which is over TEN times Platinum in Canada, and is also featured in the ﬁlm promo "In Love and War". In the recent past John has played on and arranged several tracks for the popular "Bart Simpson Sings the Blues" album, Kermit's "Unpigged" album, the Chipmunks Christmas Album, arranging duets with Kenny G and Kenny Loggins, Mariah Carey and Timothy B Schmidt of the Eagles.

Capek also scores for feature film and television. He scored the CBC-HBO special "The Canadian Conspiracy" which won the Genie Award in Canada for best comedy special. He scored the feature film "Boulevard of Broken Dreams",which won the Australian Oscar for best actor and best supporting actor. Other films that Capek has scored are in worldwide release and have achieved critical and financial success.

John Capek songs have been included in ﬁlms that he has scored, as well as other major Hollywood feature ﬁlms including Cocktail, Blown Away, The Silencer, Loch Ness and A Perfect Storm.

John Capek's own debut album INDABA which was recorded in South Africa at the time of Nelson Mandela's release from prison has been released worldwide to critical acclaim.

Capek's followup album "Life's Rich Tapestry" is in production.

Rod Stewart's 2001 album Human contains two Capek songs and the song "Love So High" is included on Cher's 2002 album. "Love So High" is the beginning and end title theme for one of Italy's top rating day time TV dramas.

The new UK group "The Alice Band" was a Capek production released May 2002.

British Mercury Award winner, Helicopter Girl has recorded two Capek songs for her album released spring 2004.

A celebrity in the Czech republic, Capek songs have been recorded by Czech icons, Karel Gott and Helena Vondrackova with mutiplatinum sales. Multiplatinum sales have also been tracked for the girl group "Black Milk" all now recording Capek songs for second and third recent albums.

Written with Murray McLauchlan, the song "Morning After Blues" was performed at Senator Grafstein's 9/11 tribute "Canada Loves New York" at the Roseland Ballroom on Broadway for an audience that included PM Jean Chretien and Rudi Giulianni.

As an educator, John has conducted songwriting workshops and seminars across Canada, the USA and Europe. His original methods are compiled in his book "How to Write a Hit Song Without Really Trying”.

John has a Diploma of Chemical Engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, is on the Board of Directors of the Songwriters Association of Canada. and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

(Below: John Capek)