Song - Now and Forever Composed by Graham Russell
Song - Now and Forever Performed by Air Supply
(The film is notable for offering a song and the performing group a front credit):
Music Composed by Bruce Rowland Song 'Now and Forever' Recorded by Big Time Phonograph Record Co. and Arista Records Inc.
Performed by Air Supply
Song 'Now and Forever' Published by Bestall Reynolds Music Composed by Graham Russell
Lyrics for the lachrymose title song which run over the tail credits:
When love is new And the world is out reaching for you We try hard to hold it all In our hands But it slips through Like soft drifting sands But drying the tears Can build it all like new
[Chorus:] Now and forever Remember the words From my heart will always be true Now and forever Together and all that I feel Is my love for you (in some non-movie versions "Here's my")
Learning each day The right time was so far away (in some non-movie versions "That the") To tell you the things I knew Now it's clear That the moment We searched for is here And counting the years Is all I want to do
[Repeat Chorus] Hold me as close As love will allow Until all your fears are gone What has all passed Is over now I'm here with you I'm here with you I'm holding on I'm holding on (in some non-movie versions, the following line is added) Is my love for you
[Repeat Chorus]
[Repeat Chorus]
[Repeat first three lines of Chorus and then music fades out over black]
Air Supply and others liked the song so well it was put out as a 45:
45 Big Time BTS-990 1983 (Picture sleeve) Produced by Harry Maslin for HRM Productions, Inc. Side A: Now and Forever (3'50") (Graham Russell) (Greenwood Music) Vocals: Air Supply Side B: Young Love (4'02") (Graham Russell) (Greenwood Music) Vocals: Air Supply.
Air Supply and others liked the song so well they used it as the title for their album: LP Big Time BT-7005 1982 Supplied with lyrics sheet Produced and Engineered by Harry Maslin for HRM Productions, Inc. Mixed at Allen Zentz Recording, Hollywood, California. Assistant Engineer: John Van Nest. Orchestra arranged and conducted by Frank Esler-Smith.
The song was the first track on the first side:
Now and Forever (3'50") (Graham Russell) (Bestall Reynolds Music/Greenwood Music) Vocals: Air Supply
As a rating band, the song is still easily available - for example, at time of writing, Air Supply could be seen performing it on YouTube here, with Vevo advertisement. The album has its own wiki here, which notes that the album was the last to go platinum for the band in the United States, peaking at #25, but the songs that did business were Even the Nights are Better (#5), Young Love (#38) and Two Less Lonely People in the World (#38).
Air Supply is too well known to dwell on here. They have a detailed wiki here.
The title of the song became something of a brand name for Air Supply, and appeared on many later outings:
The score by Bruce Rowland also made it to LP in the form of Side 1 Track 6, Jesse has a cry:
Other details:
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Directed and arranged by Bruce Rowland All Compositions Composed and Arranged by Bruce Rowland A Digital recording Recorded on Sony PCM 3324 Digital Audio multitrack recorder and mastered on a Sony PCM FI Digital Audio recorder Recorded by the AAV Australia mobile and mixed at AAV Australia - Studio One Executive Producer: Norman Bourke Producer: Chris Boniface Co-Producer: Greg Flood Producer's Assistant: Paul Petran Concert Master: Jan van den Berg ABC Engineers: Gerry McKechnie/Ross Smith Recording Engineer: Jim Barton Assistant Engineer: Doug Brady Maintenance Engineer: Dave Burton Special thanks to David Wilson and Don Bartley Album compiled by David Hayes Additional Players: Synthesisers - B. Rowland/Joe Chindamo Guitars - Rod Stone/ Don Stevenson Electric Bass - Mike Grabowsky Drums - Ron Sawdilands Didgeridoo/flute/alto sax - John Barratt Bagpipes - Rod Campbell.
Snowy River (Opening) Tom's Theme - (All The Rivers Run) Phar Lap Learns To Run Jessica's Theme - (The Man From Snowy River) All The Rivers Run - Main Theme Jessie Has A Cry - (Now And Forever) Hero To A Nation - (Phar Lap) Ray Burn's Theme - (All The Rivers Run) Sandhills - (Phar Lap) Snowy River Chase River Theme - (All The Rivers Run) Phar Lap's Arrival Love Theme - (All The Rivers Run) Olympic Opening Olympic Ballet Mountain Theme - (The Man From Snowy River) Whale Savers - Main Theme Snowy River - Closing
(Below: composer Bruce Rowland)
Composer Bruce Rowland
Rowland came into his own as a composer in 1982 - most notably doing the score for the big budget The Man from Snowy River (for which he won best score at the AFI Awards), along with Now and Forever, and he would next do the big budget race horse feature, Phar Lap. He would then turn to high end television miniseries such as All the Rivers Run and Anzacs, and the telemovie Cool Change, and then continued with a mix of features and television product.
He would return to The Man from Snowy River by providing the music for an arena spectacular in 2002, and he would maintain his connection to racehorses in the 2011 feature, The Cup.
Rowland has a reasonably detailed wiki here, and at time of writing he had his own website here, which contained its own shop for sheet music and soundtracks, online music, photos and videos.
It also contained this short biography:
Bruce Rowland was born on the 9th May, 1942 in Melbourne, Australia. The oldest of three sons, Bruce was born into a very musical family - he, his parents and his brothers shared a passion for music, in particular musical theatre. Bruceʻs grandfather, Leonard James Rowland was so renowned in the music industry, that the city of Maryborough named a park after him. Bruce, following the family tradition, studied piano and as a teenager played with various pop bands. Before long, Bruce had become one of Australiaʼs most sought after session players and arrangers. During the 1960ʼs Bruce worked with pop group The Strangers, backing the most popular recording artists at the time and touring with many international artistis including Roy Orbison and The Beach Boys. Bruce also worked on the popular teenage television series Go Show, playing keyboards and writing arrangements for guest artists like Olivia Newton-John and Billy Thorpe. In the mid sixties Bruce wrote the music for childrenʼs television programs Magic Circle Club and Adventure Island. This was a demanding challenge for Bruce, who was expected to write 10 songs a week for 50 weeks of the year. Amazingly, Bruce worked on the programs for five years. In the 1970ʼs Bruce moved onto writing jingles for radio and television, producing over 2,000 jingles, many of which are still on air today. The eighties started Bruce on some ambitious film projects, writing the scores for some of Australiaʼs most successful films. His first film was The Man from Snowy River (1982), which saw the soundtrack achieve double platinum status and won Bruce his first AFI award. Following this tremendous success, Bruce then wrote the scores for Phar Lap (1983) and Rebel (1985) winning him a further two AFIʼs. Since then, Bruce has written the scores for over 40 films in Australia and the USA. He was honoured in 2006 with the APRA International Achievement Award for his work in film. Along with film, Bruce has also worked on a variety of special projects. In 1988 he was commissioned to write the Royal Fanfare for the opening of “Expo 88”. In 1996, he was commissioned to write the music for the Prime Ministerʼs Olympic Dinner and then in 2000, Bruce wrote and conducted the music for the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. The performance included a special rendition of his score for The Man from Snowy River. In recent years Bruce has produced music for two Arena shows – Australian Outback Spectacular and The Man from Snowy River Arena Spectacular, with the latter scoring him an ARIA award in 2002. Bruceʼs other most recent project is short film The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello, which was nominated for both an Academy Award and a BAFTA. Bruce most recently worked on the musical score for Australian film, The Cup. Although thoroughly grounded in classical film scoring techniques he also uses the very latest in technology. Bruce's studios in Melbourne and Los Angeles are fully equipped with the latest equipment. Therefore he is able to produce scores ranging from fully orchestral to fully synthesized and anywhere in between using acoustic or electronic instruments as required. Bruce does a considerable amount of work in the United States, and lives in Melbourne and Los Angeles.