Music Designer Yahoo Serious Original Music Score Anthony Marinelli Tommy Tycho and Maurie Sheldon Music Editors David Roach, Michael T. Ryan Music Engineer/Mixers Robin Gray, Mark Curry Orchestral Music Performed by Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor Tommy Tycho Orchestra Manager Ron Layton Didgeridoo Music Alan Dargin SONGS ‘DJAPANA’ (M. Yurupingu) Performed by Yothu Yindi Courtesy of Mushroom Records/Hollywood Records Mushroom Music Pty Ltd ‘WILD THINGS’ (C. Taylor) Performed by Divinyls Courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc. By permission of EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Ltd. ‘RIDE’ (M. Plaza) Performed by Mental As Anything Produced by T. Farris, M. Plaza Courtesy of Syray Pty Ltd Syray Music ‘I FOUGHT THE LAW’ (S. Curtis) Performed by The Dukes Courtesy of Sony Music Acuff Rose, Inc. (USA) administered by MCA/Gilbey ‘RECKLESS’ (J. Reyne) Performed by James Reyne Courtesy of Mushroom Records Warner Chappell Music ‘BORN TO BE WILD’ (Bonfire) Performed by INXS Produced by M. Opitz Courtesy of Truism Pty. Ltd. MCA Music (Australia) Pty. Ltd. ‘FROM A MILLION MILES’ (Single Gun Theory) Performed by Single Gun Theory Courtesy of Volition Music under license from Nettwerk Productions Ltd. Courtesy of Sony Music Publishing ‘HANDLE THE FAME’ (Y. Serious, D. Roach, T. Tycho) Performed by Anthony Warlow Appears Courtesy of Polygram Records Produced by Y. Serious Courtesy of Serious Productions Pty. Ltd. “HAPPY ON MY WAY’ (P. Pyle) Performed by Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Courtesy of Sugar Hill Records Courtesy of Ernest Tubb Music ‘AS YOU LIKE IT’ (S. Kilbey) Performed by Steve Kilbey Courtesy of Steve Kilbey/Arista Records Courtesy of Sony Music Publishing ‘HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN’ (J. Lennon, P. McCartney) Performed by The Dukes Courtesy of Sony Music Northern Songs Limited (ATV) administered by MCA Music (Australia) Pty. Ltd. ‘BEDAZZLED’ (Succotash) Performed by Succotash Courtesy of ATI Mushroom Records ATI Publishing ‘FAITH’ (Stapleton, Kelly) Performed by The Dukes Courtesy of Sony Music By permission of MCA Gilbey EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Ltd. and MMA Music Reckless Kelly Soundtrack available in Australia on Mushroom CD’s & Tapes Music in the film: Didges can be seen being played in the film, but perhaps the most prominent musical instrument features in the Las Vegas scenes: Lyrics: Songs run over the tail and head credits. Tail credits: After a buzzing fly draws an animated “The End” and is shot for its troubles, and a title pops up to advise no flies were harmed in making the film, a song begins. This is Faith, performed by The Dukes. Lyrics as heard in the film: You’ve got to have faith in something We can believe what we want to believe Give us the joy, we’ll give you the music We got to give when we want to receive You know all of the faithful gonna see the sun rise (Chorus: Only the faithful, only the faithful) Only the faithful going to see it right So come on down, won’t you get on board Give yourself that funky reward Come on home, won’t you head on down Treat yourself to a funky sound Only the faithful going to see the day Only the faithful going to kiss the sky (Chorus: Faith! You’ve gotta have faith!) Only the faithful need to apply (Chorus: Faith! You’ve gotta have faith!) Faithful going to see the sun raise (Chorus: Faith! You gotta have faith!) Only the faithful gonna see it right (short musical interlude with saxophone) Only the faithful going to watch it rise Watch it rise Watch it rise Ooh Only the faithful going to greet the day (Chorus: Faith! You’ve got to have faith!) Only the people going to maintain the faith The chorus begins to fade out still singing ‘faith’ while the main voice also fades out ... As that music fades out, a didg announces the return of Yothu Yindi’s ‘DJAPANA’ (M. Yurupingu). This song features Aboriginal language, and this section is taken from a site claiming to represent the lyrics in correct form. This site is unable to confirm that the language is correct, but presents it as a guide … The English language lyrics are as heard in the film: Wo-o-o djäpana Wo-o-o warwu Wo-o-o rramani Wo-o-o galanggarri Hey you children Of the land Don't be fooled By the Balanda ways It will cause Sorrow and woe For our people And our land Wo-o-o djäpana Wo-o-o warwu Wo-o-o rramani Wo-o-o galanggarri So live it up Living it it up Living it up Living it up Living it up With sunset dreaming Head Credits: The same song can be heard over the head credits, and the same warning applies in relation to the Aboriginal lyrics. The English-language lyrics are as heard in the film: Djäpana wlutju Dhurulama ngunhawarrtji djäpana Warwu galanggarri Rripa ngunhawarrtji djäpana Warwu golungnha Look at the sun Falling from the sky And the sunset Takes my mind Back to my homeland Far away It's a story Planted in my mind It's so clear I remember Oh my, oh my, Sunset dreaming Wo-o-o djäpana Wo-o-o warwu Wo-o-o rramani Wo-o-o galanggarri Hey, you people You people out there How come You ain't fair To the people Of the land Try my, try my, Sunset dreaming Wo-o-o djäpana Wo-o-o warwu Wo-o-o rramani Wo-o-o galanggarri CD: The film’s soundtrack was released on a CD: CD (ST) Picture This TVD93375 1993 1. Born To Be Wild (Bonfire) (MCA Music) Vocals: INXS, produced by Mark Opitz and INXS 2. I Fought The Law (Curtis) (MCA/Gilbey) Vocals: The Dukes, produced by Geoffrey Stapleton and Sean Kelly 3. Wild Thing (Taylor) (EMI Music) Vocals: Divinyls, produced by Charlie Drayton and Mark McEntee 4. AwabaKelly (Serious/Dargin) (Mushroom) Vocals: Alan Dargin & Yahoo Serious, produced by Yahoo Serious 5. Djapana (Yunupingu) (Mushroom) Vocals: Yothu Yindi, produced by Mark Moffatt for Under New Management 6. Ride (Plaza) (Syray) Vocals: Mental As Anything, produced by Tim Farris and Martin Plaza 7. Handle The Fame (Serious/Roach/Tycho) (Mushroom) Vocals: Anthony Warlow, produced by Yahoo Serious 8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Lennon/McCartney) (MCA) Vocals: The Dukes, produced by Geoffrey Stapleton and Sean Kelly 9. Reckless Angels (Serious/Tycho) (Mushroom) Vocals: Yahoo Serious, produced by Yahoo Serious 10. From A Million Miles (Single Gun Theory) (Sony Music) Vocals: Single Gun Theory, produced by Anthony Valcic and Single Gun Theory 11. Faith (Stapleton/Kelly) (EMI Music/MCA/Gilbey/MMA) Vocals: The Dukes, produced by Geoffrey Stapleton and Sean Kelly 12. As You Like It (Kilbey) (Sony Music) Vocals: Steve Kilbey, produced by Steve Kilbey 13. Bedazzled (Succotash) (ATI) Vocals: Succotash, produced by David Price 14. Reckless (Reyne) (Warner/Chappell) Vocals: James Reyne, produced by Ross Cockle 15. Happy On My Way (Pyle) (Control) Vocals: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, production co-ordinated by Penny Parsons 16. Such Is Life (Serious/Tycho) (Mushroom) Vocals: Yahoo Serious & The Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra, produced by Yahoo Serious 17. Handle The Fame (Finale) (Serious/Roach/Tycho) (Mushroom) Vocals: Anthony Warlow, produced by Yahoo Serious VHS Music Trailer: The VHS copy of the film had a trailer for the CD release before the start of the movie (together with a trailer promoting the Warners Roadshow Movieworld). These are the bands that were mentioned in the promotion: Composers: Yahoo Serious took the main credit as “music designer”, and the three composers had little to do by way of underscore, with songs contributing much of the music to the soundtrack. Co-composerAnthony Marinelli: American composer Anthony Marinelli at time of writing was easy to locate on the web. He had a wiki listing here and an eponymous website here, there’s an interview with him here, and so on. (Below: Anthony Marinelli) Co-composer Maurie Sheldon: Maurie Sheldon was a music assistant on Frog Dreaming, and had done additional score on Serious’s Young Einstein. Other film credits are limited - he was credited as an additional orchestrator on the 1991 franchise picture Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. Sheldon turned up playing bass on cult items such as the 1983 Tim and Debbie LP Brainspace Vol II. Sheldon seems to have worked as a session bass player - he also played bass on Allan Zavod’s 1980 album What’s New! and Wayne Appleby’s 1990 album Shadows in the Sand. Sheldon also played bass for The Steve Murphy Quartet, which recorded the 1977 LP “Direct” for the Melbourne based Jazznote Records. Sheldon is listed on the rear of the What’s New! album and might well feature in some of the LP’s stills, but the copy available online is of poor quality: Co-composer Tommy Tycho: Co-composer Tommy Tycho had previously worked with Yahoo Serious on the Young Einstein soundtrack. Tommy Tycho was a well-known Hungarian-born pianist, conductor, composer and arranger, who specialised in television work, acting as the Seven network's music director for its first fifteen years, from 1956 to 1971. He has a relatively detailed wiki here. His own website became inactive after he suffered a stroke in 2008 at the age of 80. Unfortunately the Wayback Machine only saved a small and relatively useless main page for the site: At one point, a transcript of an extended interview with Tycho could be found on the ABC's Talking Heads, but the ABC, in its notoriously lax way regarding its online archives, has now lost the transcript of the interview.