MusicAndrew Hagen and Mort WilsonSchtung Music

Original Score Andrew HagenArranger/Conductor David PackerMusic Recorded by Alan LeungMusic Produced by Andrew Hagen

Mort Wilson

(Cast)Piano Player Abe WaltersBand Fiddlers Green Bush Band

The town dance provides a chance for the Fiddlers Green Bush Band and the piano player to provide some musical stylings.

(Below: music performers appearing in the film).

Composers Andrew Hagen and Mort Wilson:

Schtung started out as a New Zealand band in the 1970s. There is an excellent profile of the band here at Audio Culture, with programs, photos, and other details.

The band fell apart in the late 1970s, and what happened to the key members of the band, Andrew Hagen and Morton Wilson, explains how they ended up in Hong Kong and hooking up with Daisy and Simon.

Andrew Hagen and Morton Wilson performed briefly as a duo at the hip Blondie’s Café in Wellesley Street. They turned their hand to composing music for films and adverts and this gradually became their primary focus. Film score credits from this period included Kingpin, Squeeze, Starlight Hotel and The Scarecrow. The pair moved to Hong Kong in the 1980s and established the highly successful Schtung Music Ltd., specialising in creating soundtracks for advertising agencies. Today the company has offices in Hong Kong, Wellington, and Los Angeles.

Schtung Music was still active with offices in Santa Monica, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai at time of writing, and this profile of the company business was available here:

Origins

Schtung was originally a rock and roll band in New Zealand, formed by Andrew Hagen and Morton Wilson, President of Schtung Hong Kong. The band became so well known that theatrical and commercial directors soon asked them to branch out into scoring. And so Schtung Music, an international, full service music and sound design production house was born.

http://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/schtunghttp://www.schtungmusic.com/profile/profile.html

Clients

BROADCAST CLIENTSCBS, PBS, Sony, Lifetime, THE WEATHER CHANNEL, VH1, THE DISNEY CHANNEL, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, PRO SEIBEN EUROPE, STAR TELEVISION ASIA, CHANNEL 7 GERMANY, and C.T.N.

CORPORATE ADVERTISING CLIENTSIBM, COCA COLA, SONY, HONDA, FORD, MILLER BREWING, HEWLETT PACKARD, BUDWEISER, WHOLE FOODS, CHILI'S, SAMSONITE, FRANCE TELECOM, CLOTHESTIME, LIPTON, KSWISS, ISUZU, AT&T, MCI, CADILLAC, HAMMERMILL PAPER, MCDONALDS, NISSAN, SUZUKI, SEA WORLD, A & W ROOT BEER, NO FEAR, ANHEUSER BUSCH, J.C. PENNEY, HYUNDAI, KFC, CORONA BEER, N.Y. TIMES, LA TIMES, P.G.A., GATORADE, DODGE, CONSERVATION INTL, YAMAHA, DIADORA, VIRGINIA POWER, HAAGEN DAZ, and MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

AGENCY CLIENTSLEO BURNETT, TBWA CHIAT/DAY, BBDO, J. WALTER THOMPSON, MCCANN ERICKSON, OGILVY & MATHER, ARNOLD WORLDWIDE, ORCI y ASOCIADOS, PUBLICIS HAL RINEY, REISTER ROBB, GSD & M, CBS PROMOTIONS, BATES, DMB & B, LINTAS, MONTEMAYOR Y ASOCIADOS, YOUNG & RUBICAM, SAATCHI & SAATCHI, FCB, DENTSU, HKTA, and AD MARKETING

DVD MASTERING PROJECTSHOUSE PARTY IV, REPLICANT, KINKS IN CONCERT, STRING CHEESE INCIDENT, QUEEN, DAVE MASON, RICHOCET RIVER, MR. NANNY, SURF NINJAS, SUBURBAN COMMANDOS, AMONGST FRIENDS, 2 GIRLS IN LOVE, MERLING: THE MINI-SERIES, REPLICANT, THE HIDDEN II

DVD COMMENTARIESJULIE ANDREWS: OPERATION USA, FRANK AND BING CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, TONY HAWK: DESTROYING AMERICA, TONY HAWK: THE END, MICHAEL FARRELL: OPERATION USA, LUCY LAWLESS: XENA, SAUL SWIMMER (PRODUCER): QUEEN, DAVE DAVIES: KINKS, WISHMASTER 3, SAM KINISON, BOBBY JONES: STROKE OF GENIUS, CONTROL ROOM, CAPTAIN JOSHUA RUSHING, THE CRYING GAME & THE BUTCHER BOY (DIRECTOR NEIL JORDAN), and KANSAS CITY & CALIFORNIA SPLIT (DIRECTOR ROBERT ALTMAN)

DVD MENU SOUND DESIGNTHE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT, REPLICANT

Awards

CLIO AWARD, BDA INTERNATIONAL, FLAME AWARD, TELLY AWARD, LION AWARD, HK GOLDEN JUNK, among others

(Below: Andrew Hagen, and below that Morton Wilson with guitar).

(Below: Andrew Hagen and Mort Wilson in their Schtung days. In the first photo, Morton Wilson is standing on the left, while Andrew Hagen is seated centre).

(Below: the band, with Mort Wilson third from left and Andrew Hagen next to him fourth from left).