Composer Cezary Skubiszewski Original Music Composed and Produced by Cezary Skubiszewski © Warner/Chappell Australia Recording Engineer (score) Adam Rhodes Music mixed by Tony Espie Brass Arrangements by Daryl McKenzie Cezary Skubiszewski Music Recorded at Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne Music Licenses and Clearances Christine Woodruff Skippy Composed by Eric Jupp (Control) Footage used with the permission of Lee Robinson, Fauna Productions Pty Ltd Am I Sexy written by M. Engelen/O.Adams/C.S. Johansen/C. Van Lierop © published by Shock Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Ltd on behalf of Be's Songs performed by The Lords of Acid, (p) 1999 Antler-Subway Records You Should Be Dancing (Blockster Club Mix) Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb Gibb Brothers Music administered by BMG Music Pty. Limited, performed by Blockster (p) 1999 Ministry of Sound Recordings Ltd, licensed courtesy of EMI Music Australia Pull Up to the Bumper written by Sly Dunbar/Robbie Shakespeare/Dana Manno Universal - Songs of PolyGram International Inc./Ixat Music (BMI)/ Universal - PolyGram International Publishing Inc./Chenana Music/ administered by Universal - Polygram International Publishing Inc. (ASCAP) performed by Deni Hines, courtesy of Mushroom Records International BV. Breakin' ... There's No Stopping Us written by Jerry Knight/Ollie E. Brown, © Ollie Brown Sugar Music & Crimsco Music/ Almo Music by permission Rondor Music Australia, performed by ilanda & Joanne BZ under licence from Ape Records, © 1999 Ape International Get Tzatziki With It written by Jaime Jiminez/John Von Ahlen/Nick Giannopoulos © 1999 Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Limited/Control all rights reserved, used by permission, performed by Nick Giannopoulos Love Lies Bleeding written by R. Keiller/A. Cartwright Published by Festival Music Pty Limited, Australia, Performed by Sonic Animation Licensed from Festival Records Pty Ltd/Courtesy of Global Recordings Pty Limited She's Got That Vibe written by Barry Hankerson & Robert Kelly, Zomba Enterprises Inc./Zomba Songs Inc. administered by BMG Music Pty. Limited, performed by Redzone courtesy Mushroom Records International BV The Hinch Theme written by Peter Sullivan, courtesy of Sully Music Born To Be Alive written by Patrick Hernandez, performed by Patrick Hernandez courtesy of Entertainment Enterprise by arrangement with Beaver Music Somebody Like You Aaron Hendra/Jimmy Christo Lotus Music (Aust) Pty Ltd/Gotham/Universal Music Publishing Pty. Ltd performed by Jimmy Christo, courtesy of Mushroom Records International BV Shine written by V. Amorosi/M. Holden/R.Parde, Standard Music/Dreamdealers Pty Ltd/ Marjac Productions, performed by Vanessa Amorosi, courtesy of CBK Productions Pty Ltd Funiculi-Funicula Music by Luigi Denza, Arrangements C. Skubiszewski, D. McKenzie, D. Ashton-Smith Performed by David Ashton-Smith Divertimento Music by W. A. Mozart, Vocal Arrangement: C. Skubiszewski Performed by Capriol String Trio, Violin: Tuillia Ashton Lomax Violin: Matthew Tomkins, Cello: Peter O'Reilly, Voice Soprano: Irena Grainge La Rejoussance Music by G. F. Handel, Organ: Calvin Bowman Soundtrack available through Mushroom Records (logo) on Sputnik (logo) Soundtrack CD: A CD of the soundtrack was released: CD Mushroom MUSH332692 1999 Executive producer: Nick Giannopoulos Compiled by Nick Giannopoulos and Michael Parisi Mastered by Ross Cockle at Sing Sing Mastering 1. Pull Up to the Bumper, vocals: Deni Hines 2. Breakin' There's No Stopping Us, vocals: Ilanda and Joanne BZ 3. (She's Got That) Vibe, vocals: Redzone 4. Shine, vocals: Vanessa Amorosi 5. Somebody Like You, vocals: Jimmy Christo 6. Am I Sexy?, vocals: The Lords of Acid 7. You Should Be Dancing (Blockster Club Mix), vocals: Blockster 8. Born To Be Alive, vocals: Patrick Hernandez 9. Love Lies Bleeding (Radio Mix), vocals: Sonic Animation 10. Bang-A-Boomerang, vocals: The Mavis's 11. Love Theme from 'The Wog Boy’, Cezary Skubiszewski 12. Get Tzatziki With It (Mythologic Mix), vocals: Planet J featuring Nicky GiO 13. Pull Up to the Bumper Smash'N'Grab's "White Limo" Club Mix, vocals: Deni Hines Review: Brad Green reviewed the CD release for Urban Cinefile, available here and saved to WM here: Seemingly, The Wog Boy soundtrack has been compiled as an upbeat, unpretentious accompaniment to an upbeat, unpretentious movie. It is. It’s also astonishingly uninspiring. The first track is a Deni Hines reworking of Grace Jones’s Pull Up to the Bumper; and it sounds like a car commercial. Hines has vocal chords of impeccable pedigree but they’re put to a meagre challenge here. Indeed, I’ll be surprised if this dance ditty doesn’t end up Gracing an ad for one of those pastel coloured sports coupes with a chic chick at the wheel honking at horny hunks. The whole soundtrack, in fact, comes across like an extended jingle, with formula computer sequenced arrangements of the club-pop "variety" (ahem… club-pop uniformity) underscoring slick but insipid performances that reek of a corporate average session sound. This is the sonic equivalent of colour by numbers: four- on-the-floor kick drum, tizzy snare sample on the back beat, open hi-hat on the upbeats, gooey synth samples with all the verve of pre-packaged, microwaved moussaka and technically proficient vocals totally bereft of character. Ironically, the best track, Born to be Alive, really has been utilised in a recent ad campaign (those marvellous beer commercials starring The Castle’s Michael Caton). But another disco classic, the BeeGees’ You Should Be Dancing, has all the life sucked out of it in a trite club-mix reworking. Admittedly, the diva-esq vocals of Vanessa Amorosi really do gleam on Shine, and I thought I caught some interesting use of a bouzouki around track 12, but by that time it may have just been an Hellenic haze seeping through the sonic stupor. I believe that the correct Wog-speak for anything excellent, colourful and compelling is "Sick". This soundtrack is beyond such ailments; it’s deathly dull. Chart: Ilanda’s and Joanne BZ’s version of Breakin' There's No Stopping Us reached #38 on the Australian ARIA chart, wiki here. The track Get Tzatziki with It was used in the promotional campaigns for the film. Lyrics: Two songs run over the tail credits. The first is Somebody Like You, performed by Jimmy Christo: You look around the world and you see You can have it all But there’s one thing you need Sometimes that can be the hardest to find Wooo oooh … yeah (song edit*) Every minute, every moment I dream about you 'cause it’s all I can do You got me feeling, the deepest emotions What did I do to deserve, Somebody like you Wooo oooh … somebody ... Guess only time can tell Where the road's gonna take us Where we'll be tomorrow I hope and pray I will always be with you Only you … Every minute, every moment I dream about you 'cause it’s all I can do You got me feeling, the deepest emotions What did I do to deserve, Somebody like you Every minute, every moment Oooh I dream about you 'cause it’s all I can do (chorus ‘all I can do’) You got me feeling, the deepest emotions (‘what did I do’) What did I do to deserve, Somebody like you Wooo oooh … somebody ... Oooh oooh Somebody ... (* Lyrics deleted for the film version: There's nothing like holding you close in my arms Make me feel like I could fly so high I don't know what I would do, baby if you weren't mine) The second song is Shine, performed by Vanessa Amorosi. Lyrics as heard in the film with cuts compared to other versions: (Chorus: Shine, shine) (Don't, don't, don't, don't you do it) (Don't, don't, don't, don't you do it) You say, that you never had a mum and nobody needs you So cry, so cry You believe that life rolls by just to deceive you By your time, by your time You're getting old And the longer you take, the slower your pain will grow It will grow, it will grow You can close your eyes And hope that when you open them you've got a brand new life Friend you'll find, you can't hide (shine) You can give your life You can lose your soul (shine) You can bang your head or you can drown in a hole (shine) Nothing lasts forever, but, you can try Look around you, Everyone you see, everyone you know is gonna (shine) shine (Don't, don't, don't, don't you do it) Shine, shine (Don't, don't, don't, don't you do it) (shine) (Song edit*) Nothing lasts forever, but, you can try Well, look around you, Everyone you see, everyone you know is gonna shine (Second song edit**) You say that you've never had a mum and nobody needs you So cry, so cry, so cry You believe that life rolls by just to deceive you By your time, well, by your time You're getting old And the longer you take the slower your pain will grow It'll grow, it'll grow You can close you eyes And hope that when you open them you've got a brand new life (shine) You can give your life, or You can lose your soul (shine) You can bang your head or you can drown in a hole (shine) Nothing lasts forever, but, you can try Look around you, Everyone you see, everyone you know is gonna (shine) shine You can bang your head or you can drown in a hole Nothing lasts forever, but, you can try But look around you, Everyone you see, everyone you know is gonna Shine (Don't, don't, don't, don't you do it) (Don't, don't, don't, don't you do it) (Don't, don't, don't, don't you do it) (Don't, don't, don't, don't you do it) Shine ..