Dating the Enemy Music Credits

Original Music Mixed at Albert Studios Music Engineer Bruce Brown Music Co-ordination PolyGram Music Publishing Aust. Roger Grierson Kim Green

'Kulba Yaday; Performed by Christine Anu, composed by Anu/Bridie/Warusam/Barker published by Mushroom Music Pty Ltd, courtesy of Mushroom Records International BV

'Roll To Me' Performed by Del Amitri, composed by Currie published by PolyGram Music Publishing Pty Ltd courtesy of A&M Records Ltd, London, under licence from PolyGram Pty Limited

'Party' Performed by Christine Anu, composed by Anu/Bridie published by Mushroom Music Pty Ltd, courtesy of Mushroom Records International BV

'Two Way Dreamtime' Performed by DIG, composed by Saunders/Rollinson/Robertson/Richardson/Hewetson published by PolyGram Music Publishing courtesy of id/Phonogram Records, under licence from PolyGram Pty Limited

'Colonel Bogey March' Composed by Kenneth J Alford, performed by Claudia Karvan

'Monkey and the Turtle' Performed by Christine Anu, composed by An/Bridie published by Mushroom Music Pty Ltd, courtesy of Mushroom Records International BV

'Bubbles (Pigs Will Fly)' Performed by Bellydance, composed by Hughes published by PolyGram Music Publishing, courtesy of Bellydance/Roadshow Music

'Anything You Want' Performed by Sidewinder, composed by Craft/Craft/Branson/Melder published by Moo Chewns/Control, courtesy of Half A Cow/Mercury Records Australia, under licence from PolyGram Pty Limited

'Rock And Roll All Nite' Performed by Kiss, composed by Stanley/Simmons published by Hori Prod America Inc, Cafe Americana, courtesy of PolyGram Records Inc 'One of the Boys' Performed by St Johnny, composed by Hunter/Raiphs published by Island Music Ltd, courtesy of PolyGram Music Publishing LA

'Welcome to the Cheap Seats' Performed by The Wonderstuff, composed by Treece/Gilks/Hunt/Bell/Clifford published by PolyGram Music Publishing Limited, courtesy of Polydor Ltd (UK)

'Ave Maria' Composed by Schubert, arranged by Hirschfelder, published by PolyGram Music Publishing

'This Is What It Is' Performed by The Cruel Sea, composed by Atkins/Cruikshank/Gormly/Elliott published by PolyGram Music Publishing courtesy of Red Eye/Polydor, under licence from PolyGram Records Pty Limited

'Fingers' Performed by GW McLennan, composed by McLennan/Dobbyn published by Complete Music Ltd/Control, courtesy of White Records Pty Limited

'Only You (and You Alone)' Performed by the Platters, composed by Ram/Rand published by EMI Music Inc/Hollie Music Inc/Plaza Sweet Music Inc courtesy of PolyGram Records Inc

Soundtrack available on Mercury Records A PolyGram Company Mercury Records logo

Music in the ﬁlm:

As a result of Brett’s job, the ﬁlm is very pop-orientated, and music turns up in the ﬁlm in a number of ways. Singer Christine Anu turns up on Brett’s show to be interviewed, music plays on the big Harbour bash record launch on a boat, and it turns up in other places to add a comedic touch, for example an exercise class for women. A few examples:

Lyrics:

An old Platters number, Only You (And You Alone) heralds the beginning of the end of the ﬁlm.

Brett turns up in a taxi with empty suitcases in the boot to invite Tash to move into his apartment. They go through a variation on the routine established early in the movie. She says she’s messy, he says she’s aesthetically relaxed, she says she’s too punctual, he says he’s working on his punctuality, she says they have nothing in common, he says ‘perfect’ as the Platters kick into gear and they pash:

Only you can make all this world seem right Only you can make the darkness bright

(While they kiss and the camera goes up high on the scene, Rob and Laetitia begin making calf eyes at each other from their apartments)

Only you and you alone can thrill me like you do And ﬁll my heart with love for only you, wup wup wup wup, Uh oh …only you can make all this change in me For it's true, you are my destiny

(The camera cranes up off Brett and Tash to take in a view of the Sydney CBD)

When you hold my hand, I understand the magic that you do You're my dream come true, my one and only you …

(We see newspaper headlines and a TV Week noting Brett has said no to New York for Love My girlfriend comes ﬁrst! says Brett Flinders)

Before the full Platters song has ﬁnished, the image cuts to black, and a new upbeat song kicks in, Del Amitri’s Roll Me …

Look around your world pretty baby ..

(Cut up from black to see an old lady put TV Week on the bottom of her cat tray. The cover features Tash’s Smash Hit Show, Science Whiz Girl is New Star, before the old lady covers it with kitty litter).

Is it everything you hoped it'd be The wrong guy, the wrong situation The right time to roll to me... Roll to me...

(End credits then begin to roll over black)

And look into your heart pretty baby, Is it aching with some nameless need? Is there something wrong and you can't put your ﬁnger on it? Right then, roll to me ...

Chorus And I don't think I have ever seen a soul so in despair So if you want to talk the night through Guess who will be there?

So don't try to deny it pretty baby, You've been down so long you can hardly see When the engine's stalled and it won't stop raining It's the right time to roll to me The right time to roll to me The right time to roll to me Ooooh ...

The songs give way to instrumental music, a couple of different tunes, which run until the ﬁnal copyright notice, likely a way of keeping the music royalties under control while maintaining an upbeat sound …

CD:

A soundtrack of the CD was released:

CD Mercury 5351562 1996

Soundtrack creative manager: Adam Yazxhi Music supervision: Roger Grierson, Polygram Music Mastered by Don Bartley at Studios 301, Sydney, Australia Production: Darlene Melrose

1. I’m Gonna Release Your Soul (Dave Graney) (Polygram Music), vocals: Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes, (Courtesy id/Mercury Records) 2. Monkey & The Turtle (Christine Anu/David Bridie) (Mushroom Publishing), vocals: Christine Anu, (Courtesy White Records) 3. Welcome To The Cheap Seats (The Wonder Stuff) (Polygram Music), vocals: The Wonder Stuff, (Courtesy Polydor Records U.K.) 4. Anything You Want (N. Craft/M. Craft - Moo Chewns) (Polygram Music), vocals: Sidewinder, (Courtesy Half A Cow/Mercury Records) 5. Return Of The Ultra Vixen (Ben Mullins) (Polygram Music), vocals: Atlas Strings, (Courtesy Eternity/Polydor Records) 6. Brett’s Theme (D. Hirschfelder) (Polygram Music), original score 7. Not Like You (Dixon/Elliot/D-zine/Smith) (Control), vocals: Ute, (Courtesy id/Mercury Records) 8. Exhibitionist (D. Hirschfelder) (Polygram Music), original score 9. 2 Way Dreamtime (Saunders/Rollinson/Robertson/Richmond/Hewetson) (Polygram Music), vocals: D.I.G. (Courtesy id/Mercury Records) 10. Someone Who Appreciates You (D. Hirschfelder) (Polygram Music), original score 11. Fingers (G. W. Mc Lennan) (MMA/Trafalgar), vocals: G. W. Mc Lennan, (Courtesy White Records). 12. This Is What It Is (Cruickshank/Elliot/Rumour/Gormly) (Polygram Music), vocals: The Cruel Sea, (Courtesy Red Eye/Polydor Records) 13. Orange Blossom Cha Cha (D. Hirschfelder) (Polygram Music), original score 14. Bubbles (Pigs Will Fly) (Anthony Hughes) (Polygram Music), vocals: Bellydance, (Courtesy Roadshow Music). 15. Party (Christine Anu/David Bridie) (Mushroom Publishing), vocals: Christine Anu, (Courtesy White Records) 16. Right On (A. Jansson/P. Fuemana-Lawrence) (Polygram Music), vocals: O.M.C., (Courtesy Polygram Records N.Z.) 17. Only You (B. Ram/A. Rand) (Wildwood Music Inc/Robert Mellin Inc), vocals: The Platters, (Courtesy Polygram Records Inc. U.S.A.) 18. Love Theme From Dating The Enemy (D. Hirschfelder) (Polygram Music), original score

Composer:

David Hirschfelder has had a long and productive career as a ﬁlm composer, kicked along by his winning a BAFTA for his work on Strictly Ballroom, followed by his Academy Award nominated work for Shine.

Hirschfelder has a relatively detailed wiki here, and at time of writing he also had an ofﬁcial site site here, which offers details of awards, a ﬁlmography, a music archive and so on.

There was also a short biography:

David Hirschfelder is recognised globally as one of Australia’s most distinguished screen- composers, having garnered Oscar nominations for Scott Hicks' "Shine" and Shekhar Kapur’s “Elizabeth”.

He is also the winner of two BAFTA (British Academy) awards for "Strictly Ballroom" and "Elizabeth".

David's recent ﬁlm-scores include Craig Monahan’s "Healing", nominated for APRA and FCCA Awards; Jonathan Teplitzky’s "The Railway Man", which won AACTA and APRA 2014 ﬁlm score awards; and more recently, Russell Crowe's "The Water Diviner", which was nominated for an AACTA in 2014, and won the 2014 FCCA Regal Cinema Award for Best Music Score.

2015 saw David join forces with Jocelyn Moorhouse to score her long awaited return feature "The Dressmaker". Breaking box ofﬁce records in Australia, the ﬁlm will have it's U.S. release in September 2016.

David was also commissioned by Australian singer Katie Noonan to compose a piece for her album “With Love and Fury” released in 2016, a collection of Judith Wright poems set to music, featuring Katie and the legendary "Brodsky Quartet”.

Early 2016, David composed the score for Roger Spottiswoode's forthcoming English feature based on the best selling novel "A Street Cat Named Bob” - the true story of James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, whose life was transformed when he met a stray ginger cat. The premiere will be held in London November 2016.

In June 2016, David completed the score for Mark Lamprell's Australian/US feature ﬁlm comedy, "A Few Less Men", due for release later in 2016. (Below: David Hirschfelder - in the ﬁnal photo he’s with composers Nigel Westlake and Caitlin Yeo)

(Below: David Hirschfelder in the DVD extras for the release of Shine, and the awards featured in his home ofﬁce)