Original Music Peter Sullivan

Music Recording Engineer Doug Brady Synthesiser Programmer Adrian Scott

Music in the film:

There are a few moments of humour involving Shadlow’s wife, and her insistence on playing the cello:

Composer Peter Sullivan:

Sullivan has had a long career in the music game as producer, arranger and composer. Sullivan was for a period the music director at the Nine network, and had his own Peter Sullivan Big Band.

At time of writing, he had a CV here, at a blogspot, which inter alia listed the following career highlights:

EDUCATION: Diploma of Music - University of Melbourne (1972) Performance – piano and double bass Diploma of Music - University of Melbourne (1972) Composition – supervisor Keith Humble Master of Music - University of Melbourne (2002) Composition – supervisor Brenton Broadstock Private Studies in conducting with Prof John Hopkins (2002-9) AWARDS: Penguin Award 1984 (Best Mini Series Theme) Penguin Award 1986 (Best Mini Series Theme) Penguin Award 1988 (Excellence in Music for the song Fly) Penguin Award 1990 (Best Mini Series Theme, The Magistrate) APRA Award 1991 Advance Australia Services to Music 1992 Australia Day Ambassador 1998-2011 Life Member - Australia Day Ambassador 2008 Variety Club Children’s Entertainer of the Year 2011

CAREER: 1988 commissioned to compose and conduct the song for the Australian Pavilion at 1998 Expo in Brisbane The Two-Man Band - with Mike Brady – highest selling Australian single Up There Cazaly

Arranger and Producer - albums and CDs for many of Australia’s leading artists including: Pseudo Echo, Little River Band, Mike Brady, Daryl Somers, Ricky May, Normie Rowe, The Seekers, Colleen Hewitt, Dennis Walter, Franciscus Henri, John Farnham and the Aussie Pops Orchestra.

Music Director at Channel 9 – shows included The Michael Crawford Special, Ernie and Denise, Pot of Gold, The Footy Show, In Melbourne Tonight, Alan Border Medal, Carols By Candlelight.

Music Director of the Peter Sullivan Big Band – performed at many major private, and corporate events and backing major international performers including Wayne Newton, Michael Crawford, Petula Clark, Kathryn Grayson, Chubby Checker, Barry Humphries, Paul Hogan, Kenny Rogers and in 1988 played at a reception during the visit of Prince Charles and Lady Diana in 1988.

Conductor – of all types of ensembles for films TV, big band, the Classical Experience Orchestra at The Crown Showroom

The following film and television credits were also listed:

TELEVISION CREDITS – Composer, arranger, conductor:

Man From Snowy River (3 series), Hinch, House Rules, The Magistrate, Half a World Away, Rose Against The Odds, Embassy, Chances, Law of the Land, Boys from the Bush, Boney, Half Way Around the Galaxy and Turn Left, The Bob Morrison Show, Ted Whitten Special, Pig’s Breakfast, Queens Kat, Carmel and St Jude, In Melbourne Tonight, Fear Factor, The Footy Show

FEATURE FILMS – Composer, arranger, conductor:

Pirate Movie, Humpty Dumpty Man, As Time Goes By, Breakaway, Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train, Nigel, Ground Zero, The Dish

Sullivan was a Victorian ambassador for Australia Day, and that site provides an additional CV for him here: Peter has a successful and colourful background crossing the whole music spectrum. Beginning at the Melbourne Conservatorium where he studied music for six years. He majored in composition earning honours in Double Bass and Composition. Peter has composed, produced and recorded original motion picture sound track scores for several Australian films including the “Pirate Movie” which he orchestrated, arranged and conducted a 75 piece orchestra. “Humpty Dumpty Man” , “As Time Goes By”, “Breakaway”, “Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train” and “Nigel”. He has written arrangements and produced albums for many of Australia’s leading artists including Pseudo Echo, Little River Band, Daryl Somers, Ricky May, Normie Rowe, The Seekers, Colleen Hewitt, Dennis Walter and arranged songs for the Melbourne Symphony orchestra for the “John Farnham Live” album. As part of “The Two Man Band” with Mike Brady they featured in the Guinness book of records with the highest selling Australian single “Up There Cazaly”. Peter’s television credits include themes and underscores for “Hinch”, “House Rules”, “The Magistrate”, “Half a World Away”, “Rose Against the Odds”, “Embassy”, ”Chances”, “Law of the land”, “Boys from the Bush”, “Bony”, “Half Way Around the Galaxy and Turn Left”, “The Bob Morrision Show”, “Man From Snowy River”, “The Ted Whitten Special”, “Pigs Breakfast”, “QueenKat, Carmel & St. Jude” and “In Melbourne Tonight” Peter was commissioned in 1988 to write, arrange and conduct the song for the Australian pavilion at the 1988 Expo in Brisbane. That year he won the 1988 Penguin Award for excellence in music for the song “Fly”. In 1989 he won the Penguin for excellence in music award for “This Man, This Woman” and in 1990 the award for the “Magistrate” mini series starring Franco Nero. In February 1990, Peter Sullivan received the Advance Australia Award for his outstanding contribution to Australian Music. In 1991 he received the A.P.R.A. Award for “Television Themes of the Year”, for the title song of the television series “Chances”. Peter received the 2011 Variety Club Children’s Entertainer of the Year Award.

At time of writing, Sullivan could be found on YouTube on piano, performing Vince Guaraldi's tune Cast Your Fate to the Wind, with drums and bass, here.

(Below: Peter Sullivan, and in performance)