street hero music credits

(cast)
from the Debney Park High School Band
Paul McDonald
Margaret Edwardes
Lawrence Gibson
Nigel Scrimshaw
Tony Cervini
Dean Williams
Alex Lazima
Patricia Fauvrelle
Stuart Williams
Susan Wendelken
Pino Bertolini
Lisa Collins
Gary Brown
Kevin Edwardes
Mark Louey
David Lane
Bullent Ozcitti
Akin Kama
Julie Panagiotidis
Richard Morris
Billy Cakakios
conducted by Les Fagan
drum sequence
supervisor
playback co-ordinator
band co-ordinator
Bob Bickerton
Red Symons
Peter Worland
MUSIC
'New Hero"
written by
Ian Morrison &
Les Barker
performed &
produced by
Dear Enemy
Dear Enemy appear
courtesy of
Capitol Records
'Death Before Dishonour' written by
Ross Wilson,
James Black &
David R. Pepper
produced by
Ross Wilson,
James Black &
Ross Cockle
performed by Ross Wilson &
James Black
Ross Wilson appears
courtesy of
WEA Records
'Something To Believe In' written &
performed by
Del Shannon
produced by
Alan Mansfield
'No Angels Tonight'
written by
Garth Porter
produced by
Cameron Allen
performed by
Daryl Braithwaite
Daryl Braithwaite
appears courtesy of
Festival Records
'Wilder World'
written by
Todd Hunter,
Johanna Pigott &
Marc Hunter
produced by
Carey Taylor
performed by
Dragon
Dragon appear
courtesy of Polygram Records
'Every Beat Of My Heart' written by
Garth Porter
orchestral version
produced by
Red Symons
arranged by
Red Symons &
John Shaw
rock instrumental
version produced by
Red Symons
arranged by
Red Symons &
Garth Porter
vocal version
produced by
Charles Fisher &
John Sayers
performed by
Jon English &
René Geyer
Jon English appears
courtesy of
Midnight Records
'Haunting Me'
written by
Leo Sayer &
Vini Poncia
performed &
produced by
Leo Sayer
Leo Sayer appears
courtesy of Chrysalis Records
'Blood Red Roses'
written &
performed by
Sharon O'Neill
produced by
Mark Moffat &
Ricky Fataar
Sharon O'Neill
appears courtesy of
CBS Records
musical co-ordinator
Anthony A. O'Grady
original underscore
Bruce Smeaton
music assistant
Eugenie Teychenné
soundtrack compiled & mastered at
AAV-Australia (AAV logo)
soundtrack album available on
records and tapes
(thanks to)
The Footscray Yarraville Band
The soundtrack featured a number of pop songs by familiar faces in the Australian pop scene,
along with a couple of international names, with Leon Sayer being what might be called ABC
pop music show Countdown presentable.
Composer Bruce Smeaton did what little conventional underscore was involved in the
soundtrack, but the main effort - as might be expected of a Paul Dainty production - was in
generating pop music spin offs, including an LP and a number of 45s:
LP Festival RML-53133 (CA RMC-53133) 1984
Original Underscore: Bruce Smeaton
Album Executive Producer: Paul Dainty
Musical Co-ordinator: Anthony A. OʼGrady
Dear Enemy appears courtesy of Capitol Records
Dragon appears courtesy of PolyGram Records
Jon English appears courtesy of Midnight Records
Leo Sayer appears courtesy of Chrysalis Records
Ross Wilson & James Black appear courtesy of WEA Records
Sharon OʼNeill appears courtesy of CBS Records
Daryl Braithwaite appears courtesy of Festival Records
Richard Harvey appears courtesy of Chrysalis Records
SIDE 1:
1. Every Beat Of My Heart (3'04") (Garth Porter) (Razzle) Vocals: Jon English, Renee Geyer
Drums: Peter Warren, Bass Guitar: Ian Belton, Keyboards: Sam McNally, Guitars: Rex Goh,
Ken Francis, Engineer: John Sayers
Re-mixed by John Bee, recorded at Trafalgar Studios Sydney, mixed at ATA Studios and
Studios 301 Sydney. Produced by Charles Fisher & John Sayers for Paul Dainty Films.
2. New Hero (4'19") (Ian Morrison - Les Barker) (Castle) Vocals: Dear Enemy, Vocals: Ron
Martini Drums: Ian Morrison, Bass Guitar: Peter Leslie, Keyboards: Martin Fisher, Guitar: Les
Barker, Guitar: Chris Langford
Engineer: Chris Thompson, recorded at AAV Studios Melbourne, produced by Dear Enemy for
Paul Dainty Films.
3. Blood Red Roses (4'58") (Sharon OʼNeill) (CBS Songs) Vocals: Sharon OʼNeill
Drums/Percussion: Ricky Fataar, Bass Guitar: Michael Hegerty, Guitars: Brent Thomas, Mark
Moffatt, Keyboards: Sharon OʼNeill, Rick Chadwick, James Black
Background Vocals: Mark Williams, Mary Bradfield-Taylor
Engineers: Mark Moffatt, Alan Wright, re-mixed by: John Bee, recorded at Rhinoceros Studios
Melbourne & Studios 301 Sydney, produced by Mark Moffatt and Ricky Fataar.
4. Haunting Me (4'52") (Leo Sayer - Vini Poncia) (Festival/Rondor) Vocals: Leo Sayer
Drums: Dave Mattacks, Bass: Andy Pask, Guitars: Phil Palmer, Piano and Synthesisers: Derek
Austin, Synthesisers: John Mealing and Ian Lynn
Engineers: Simon Hurrell and Ross Cockle, assisted by Matthew Da Bell, recorded at Audio
International, London, England, mixed by Ross Cockle at AAV, Melbourne, Australia, produced
by Leo Sayer and Simon Hurrell for Paul Dainty Films
5. Billyʼs Theme (Rock instrumental) (2'05") (Garth Porter, Arr: Red Symons, Garth Porter)
(Razzle) Drums: Bob Bickerton, Guitars and Synthesisers: Red Symons, Garth Porter
Arranged by Red Symons, Garth Porter, produced by Red Symons
SIDE 2:
1. Wilderworld (3'55") (Todd Hunter - Johanna Pigott - Marc Hunter) (Essex/CBS Songs)
Vocals: Dragon, Vocals: Marc Hunter
Drums: Terry Chambers, Bass Guitar: Todd Hunter, Keyboards: Paul Hewson, Guitar: Robert
Taylor, Keyboards and Guitar: Alan Mansfield
Backing Vocals: Todd Hunter, Alan Mansfield, Paul Hewson, Robert Taylor
Recorded at Paradise Studios Sydney, RG Jones Studio London England, Sarm West
England, Townhouse Studio England, Maison Rouge Studio England and Rhinoceros Studio
Sydney Australia Produced, engineered and mixed by Carey Taylor for PolyGram Records.
2. Death Before Dishonour (4'06") (Ross Wilson - David Pepperell - James Black) (Doo Dah/
Black Music) Vocals: Ross Wilson, James Black
All instruments and synthesisers played and programmed by Ross Wilson and James Black
Digitally recorded at AAV Studios Melbourne, engineered by Ross Cockle, produced by Ross
Wilson, James Black and Ross Cockle for Paul Dainty Films
3. No Angels Tonight (3'30") (Garth Porter - Clive Shakespeare - Tony Leigh) (Razzle) Vocals:
Daryl Braithwaite
Drums: Graham Bidstrup, Bass Guitar: Chris Bailey, Keyboards: Glenn Muirhead, Guitars:
Martin Armiger, Robin Riley, Graham Bidstrup
Recorded at Studios 301 Sydney. produced and engineered by Cameron Allen for Paul Dainty
Films
4. Something To Believe In (3'11") (Del Shannon) (Matthews) Vocals: Del Shannon, Vocal
Harmonies: Wendy Matthews
Drums: Richard Harvey, Bass: Alan Mansfield, Guitars: Jeff ʻSkunkʼ Baxter, Ken Francis, Alan
Mansfield, Keyboards: Alan Mansfield
Horn Arrangement: Alan Mansfield
Recorded at Paradise B Studios Sydney, Studios 301 Sydney, engineered by Steve Bywaters,
remixed by Tim Kramer, produced by Alan Mansfield for Paul Dainty Films
5. Every Beat Of My Heart (3'09") (Garth Porter, Arr: by Red Symons, John Shaw) (Razzle)
The Streethero Orchestra
Drums: David Jones, Bass Guitar: Roger Maclachan, Guitars: Red Symons, Synthesisers: Red
Symons Recorded at AAV Studios Melbourne, engineered by Scot Heming
Orchestral arrangements by Red Symons and John Shaw, produced by Red Symons for Paul
Dainty Films
There were also a number of 45 spin-offs, though none of them did any significant business on
the charts. Dragon's Wilderworld was typical. While it was the third track on the 1984 album by
Dragon, Body and the Beat, which charted at number five on the albums chart, and contained
the top ten single Rain, the film-related 45 didn't take off. The B side featured a track by
underscore composer Bruce Smeaton:
45 Polydor 881 149-7 1984 (Picture Sleeve)
Side A:
Wilderworld (T. Hunter - J. Pigott - M. Hunter) (CBS Songs/Essex) Vocals: Dragon
Eng. Mixed & Produced by C. Taylor, recorded at Paradise Studio, Sydney, Australia.
Side B:
Easy Street (Bruce Smeaton) (Chappell) Bruce Smeaton, Orchestra
Engineered and mixed by Robin Gray, produced by Bruce Smeaton, recorded at Allan Eaton
Sound Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia
The Dragon LP which contained Wilderworld:
LP Polydor 817 874-1(CA 817 874-4)
Side 1 -Track 3 Wilderworld (T. Hunter - J. Pigott - M. Hunter) (CBS Songs/Essex) Vocals:
Dragon
There were a couple of other 45 spin-offs, but these too did no useful chart business. For
example, Dear Enemy's New Hero only made it to number 93 on the singles chart (David
Kent's Australian Chart Book 1970-1992):
45 Festival K-9493 1984 (Limited edition, picture sleeve)
Side A: New Hero (3'40")
(Ian Morrison - Les Barker (Castle) Vocals: Dear Enemy
Dear Enemy appear courtesy of Capitol Records, produced by Dear Enemy
Side B: Billyʼs Theme (2'48") (Rock Instrumental) (Garth Porter Arranged by Garth Porter &
Red Symons) Producer: Red Symons
Jon English's outing with Renée Geyer also did no chart business:
45 Festival K-9451 1984 (Limited edition, picture sleeve)
Side A: Every Beat Of My Heart (Garth Porter) (Razzle) Vocals: Jon English, Renee Geyer
Jon English appears courtesy of Midnight Records
Produced by Charles Fisher & John Sayers, recorded at Trafalgar Studios & ATA Studios.
Side B: Every Beat Of My Heart (Instrumental) (Garth Porter) (Razzle) Streethero Orchestra
Produced by Red Symons, recorded at AAV Studios, arranged by Red Symons & John Shaw
Underscore composer Bruce Smeaton:
Bruce Smeaton composed two of the segment scores (The Husband and The Priest) for the
portmanteau feature film Libido, before doing the score for Peter Weir's The Cars That Ate
Paris, and then moving on to do David Baker's The Great Macarthy.
Smeaton became a major award-winning Australian composer for film and television, who
immediately after working on Picnic at Hanging Rock would go on to work on a series of
classic Australian feature films, including Fred Schepisi's The Devil's Playground and The
Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith.
Working with Schepisi on The Priest episode for Libido helped prepare Smeaton for the more
expansive score he did for The Devil's Playground, and it's arguable - because his work on
Picnic tended to be overshadowed by the pan flute gambit - that the film was the first real
chance for Smeaton to do an expressive work that aided the atmosphere and emotion of a
fully effective drama.
With The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Smeaton continued in expansive mode, and because of
the film's substantial budget, the score was one of the few in the early revival that could afford
to be laid down at the old Anvil Studios near the village of Denham in Buckinghamshire, with a
British orchestra, the National Philharmonic, formed exclusively for recording purposes.
Smeaton would continue to work with Schepisi, after the director went to Hollywood
(Barbarosa, Iceman, Roxanne), and he also became involved in various television shows,
such as The Boy in the Bush, A Town Like Alice, 1915, and Five Mile Creek. During
1980-1982, he also scores for features such as Double Deal, Monkey Grip, Squizzy Taylor,
and Undercover.
Around the same time as the 1980 animation Grendel Grendel Grendel, Smeaton also did the
underscore for (…maybe next Time) and The Earthling (or at least the version designed for the
Australian cut).
Smeaton's relatively short wiki - at time of writing - is here.
At the moment, the wiki ignores Smeaton's contribution to the film, but this is hardly surprising,
because it's relatively modest, with the main emphasis on the pop music tracks.
(Below: Bruce Smeaton in 1988)
(Below: Smeaton as he turns up in the DVD 'making of' for Picnic at Hanging Rock):
(Below: in the 'making of' for Summerfield. Adding the hat changes everything)
The lyrics for the opening song, which runs over head titles, sung by Dear Enemy, titled New
Hero:
The kid's back
And he's risen from the dead
Thought he found new hope
Dusting off the cobwebs
But don't you call him mister
Or feel him loved and light
Just don't pull the plug
He's there, yes, this time (?, obscured)
You've got a new hero
You've got a new hero
You've got a new hero
(music takes over, and goes under dialogue in a car wash)
You've got a new hero
You've got a new hero
You've got a new hero
(music fades out as titles finish)
The lyrics for the closing song, which runs over end titles, performed by Jon English & René
Geyer, Every Beat of My Heart.
It's first played by the school band on the roof of a high rise public housing apartment block as
an instrumental, and then segues into the vocal version:
Oooh yeah …
(guitar howl)
I'm on a straighter course
I follow the beat of my heart
Here's from the force
Here with you's where I start
Gunna make it out of here
I'm gunna get my share
The chance is high
With every beat of my heart
Going to make a new start
There's no more holding back
There's no more losing track
Oooh oo ooh no
Well I know this time
I'm following my destiny
Here tonight nowhere else I should be
Feel I can touch the sky
I've got wings to fly
I'm reaching out
With every beat of my heart
Going to make a new start
Oh, there's no more holding back
There's no more losing track
Of the beat of my heart
… beat of my heart
Feel the beat of my heart
Oooh yeah …
(guitar solo)
There's no more holding back
Oooh oo oh no
There's no more losing track
Of the beat of my heart
… beat of my heart
(bass guitar solo)
With every beat of my heart
Feel the beat of my heart
With every beat of my heart
Gonna make a new start
There's no more holding back
There's no more losing track
Of the beat of my heart
I believe in my heart
(synth keyboard/ersatz horn and drum solo)
There's no more holding back
Heeey
There's no more losing track
Of the beat of my heart
… beat of my heart
Feel the beat of my heart ...
(instrumental continues after credits end, over black, with guitar solo, synth keyboard and
percussion dominant. It eventual eventually fades out)