composerChris Neal

Music Re-Mix Engineer Ian DavidsonSource Music Research Screen Music International

John Hopkins

'Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie' by Bill HaleyUsed by kind permission ofEdward Kassner Music (Cue Management)Performed by Bill HaleyCourtesy of Sonet Records Limited/Sonet Grammafon

'Fly Away' by R. Hodgkinson/M. HamerUsed by kind permission ofFab/Flamingo (Screen Music International P/L)Performed by Simone DeeCourtesy of Flamingo Records

'Come On Boys' by D. Scotland/W. MillerUsed by kind permission ofFab/Flamingo (Screen Music International P/L)Performed by Simone DeeCourtesy of Flamingo Records

CD:

The film’s score was released on CD:

CD Polygram 513 360-2 1992All titles Composed by Chris NealPublisher: Screen Music InternationalProduced by Chris NealRecorded and mixed at The Living Room, Sydney by Ian Davidson, Chris Neal and Braedy NealThanks to the input team Matt Carroll and Lee SmithProject co-ordinators John Hopkins and Kathleen Low, Screen Music International Pty. Ltd.

Main ThemeMinou’s ThemeJudithLet The Fates DecideThe RiotChildren Without TearsBatu CavesWhispering KnivesLove ThemeSacrificeFor The RefugeesHomecoming

Live music:

Live music turns up in the film a number of times. A couple of examples:

Composer Chris Neal:

Chris Neal was very active during the 1980s and 1990s as a composer for film and television, having begun with the electronic score for the computer thriller Crosstalk in 1981.

He then moved through a diverse range of films, including the second world war Rebel, the “mateship” comedy Buddies, and telemovies such as Double Sculls and Archer.

In 1985 and 1986 he worked with director George Ogilvie on the 1985 'issues' film Short Changed, and then on the 1986 The Place At The Coast. Around this time he also worked on David Baker’s ill-fated Niel Lynne and the almost equally ill-

fated Bullseye, with both films facing the same limited and erratic distribution as did Around The World in 80 Ways. (The work Neal did for the engaging 1983 Buddies also had a limited audience).

This didn’t necessarily reflect on the composer’s work - the music in Around The World in 80 Ways is light and lively - but it does suggest the difficulties some films faced scoring space on theatrical screens in the 10BA years.

Despite these issues, Neal continued as a prolific composer for film and television, and was no doubt happy that memories of his first feature film, the ill-fated Crosstalk, had been swept aside, though it was an early example of Australian feature film electronica. (The Place at the Coast also shows some then modern stylings in the underscore, though it was another ill-fated film domestically, which also got caught up in the Pepper distribution scandal, whereby a number of NSW Film Corporation films ended up with their international rights lost to a Panama-based company).

Neal also did the score for The City's Edge, the NSWFC funded 1983 straight to tape noir outing which had been co-written by Robert Merritt and the film's director Ken Quinnell (and yet another caught up in the Pepper scandal).

At time of writing, Neal had a brief wiki here.

He also had his own website here.

The site contained this biography:

Early years studying classical piano and music theory were followed by an intensive period of progressive jazz study and practise, inspired by the recordings of such great artists as Bill Evans, Bobby Timmons, Oscar Peterson et al.

By the time of the new excitement delivered by the likes of Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly, it became obvious that eclecticism was the only way forward.

The 1960's were alive with music. There were gigs around Sydney with my jazz piano trio (usually Tony (Toot) Simon on drums and John Butterworth on Bass)as well as the absolute joy of playing keys and guitars for many gigs with such well established rock bands as The Showmen and The Powerhouse, while the love of songwriting and composing grew.....

In 1968, the opportunity arose to assist legendary composer Peter Sculthorpe create the score for the Anglo/Australian movie The Age Of Consent, starring first-timer Helen Mirren. What a journey. What a gift.

A bizarre, life-changing accident led to a few months in Vietnam entertaining US troops. The time spent "hanging out" in Saigon set up the next extraordinary chapter of this strangely fortunate life....

Then followed the creation of the hippie, flower-power rock musical, Manchild,

which toured Australian capital cities during 1971/72, creating several box-office records along the way.

A focal point of the early '70s was the creation of the solo prog rock album Winds Of Isis. This epic instrumental outing developed a small, but committed following and remains in demand to this day.

Another high point of the '70s was the development of an electronic score for Fritz Lang's silent classic, Metropolis. Live concerts featuring the soundtrack played live on the first commercially available microprocessor-based digital sequencer (The Roland MC-8)were presented around Sydney, while a film company sourced a high quality print to synchronise the music to. When the project was well into development, the word got out that Hollywood was working on a similar idea and the release did not go ahead . However, most of the music still exists in demo form.

The commercial scene in Sydney was thriving in the '70s. Movies, TV, TVCs and records - it was all happening. Ads for clients such as : Sunbeam, Goldenia Tea, Levis, Gilbey's Gin, 2UE, 2GB and Home Journal filled in the weekly slots not used up by record production work for The Marshall Brothers Band, Bob Hudson, Maureen Elkner, The Radiators, to name a few....and there was even an extraordinary situation in which I found myself engineering for the great, sublime Stephane Grapelli.....

By the time the '80s arrived, a career in film scoring was well underway, with many features, TV series, documentaries and kids dramas making up the slate. This remains the main focus today.....

In 1980, The Living Room suite of recording studios was setup at Chatswood on Sydney's North Shore. This became home to the creation of many scores and soundtracks for featurs films and television dramas for the next twenty years.

In 2001, we moved to Avalon on the Northern Beaches and set up Springboard Studios, which is still home...

(Below: Chris Neal)

The site also provided this TV and filmography up to 2010: 

(* Co-composed with Braedy Neal)

2010   CASTAWAY            series  Northway Prod2008  BETWEEN IRAQ      AND A HARD PLACE    doco    PrecisionPics2006  THE SLEEPOVER CLUB 2  series   Southern Star*2005  MDA – Eps 5–8       series  ABC2004   FOREIGN EXCHANGE    series   Sth Star/Magma*      NOAH & SASKIA       series  ACTF/BBC*2003  THE CROP            feature  Miracle Pics*2001  THE CRASH ZONE 2     series  ACTF/Disney2000   FARSCAPE 2            series  Jim Henson Co*1999  FARSCAPE             series  Nine TV/Henson*      TIME AND TIDE       telemv  ABC Prod1998  THE CRASH ZONE       series  ACTF/Disney*      MUMBO JUMBO         telemv  Artist Services      13 GANTRY ROW       telemv  Rob Bruning Prod1997  PACIFIC DRIVE 2       series  Village Roadshow*1996  PACIFIC DRIVE       series  Village Roadshow*1995  CORRELLI             series  ABC      JOHNSON & FRIENDS 6  series  Film Australia*1994  HEARTLAND           series  Northway Prod*      THE DAMNATION      OF HARVEY MCHUGH    series  ABC      GP 6                 series  ABC/Matt Carroll*      LIFT OFF 3             series  ACTF Prod*      JOHNSON & FRIENDS 5  series  Film Australia*1993  LAW OF THE LAND     series  Roadshow Coote Carroll      JACK BE NIMBLE       feature  Zee Films (NZ)      GP 5                 series  ABC/Matt Carroll      LIFT OFF 2             series  ACTF Prod      JOHNSON & FRIENDS 4  series  Film Australia      FURTHER ADVENTURES      OF BLACK BEAUTY 4    series  Pro Films (NZ)1992  THE NOSTRADAMUS KID feature  Simpson leMesurier      LIFT OFF 1             series  ACTF Prod       FURTHER ADVENTURES      OF BLACK BEAUTY 3    series  Pro Films (NZ)      BUTTERFLY ISLAND    series  Mediacast      GP 4                 series  ABC/Matt Carroll      JOHSON & FRIENDS 3    series  Film Australia1991  TURTLE BEACH        feature  Village Roadshow      GP 3                 series  ABC/Matt Carroll      JOHNSON & FRIENDS 2  series  Film Australia      FURTHER ADVENTURES      OF BLACK BEAUTY 2    series  Pro Films (NZ)1990  JOHNSON & FRIENDS    series  Film Australia      FURTHER ADVENTURES

      OF BLACK BEAUTY     series  Pro Films (NZ)      THE PAPER MAN       series  Roadshow Coote Carroll      TROUBLE IN PARADISE feature  Regency Pictures1989  SHADOW OF THE COBRA series  View Films      CELIA                feature  Seon Films      THE BIG WISH        telemv  ACTF Prod1988  EMERALD CITY        feature  Limelight Prod      GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM feature  Smiley Films      MARY McKILLOP       telemv  Film Australia      SOLDIER SETTLER     telemv  Film Australia      PETER & POMPEY       telemv  ACTF Prod      PRINCESS KATE       telemv  ACTF Prod      BARRACUDA           telemv  Amalgamated Portman1987  GROUND ZERO         feature  GZ Productions      THE SHIRALEE         series  SA Film Corp1986  BULLSEYE             feature  PBL Prod      THE PLACE AT THE COAST  feature  Daedalus Films      ARMY WIVES          series  Village Roadshow1985  NIEL LYNNE          feature  David Baker Films      SHORT CHANGED       feature  Ross Matthews Prod      AROUND THE WORLD      IN 80 WAYS          feature  Palm Beach Pictures      5 TIMES DIZZY       series  Samson Films      THE LONG WAY HOME    telemv  ABC      DOUBLE SCULLS     telemv  Smiley Films      ARCHER              telemv  Village Roadshow      NATURAL CAUSES       telemv  ABC1984  BUDDIES              feature  JD Prod      REBEL                feature  P Emmanuel Prod      BODYLINE            series  Kennedy Miller      PALACE OF DREAMS    series  ABC      CRIME OF THE DECADE telemv  ABC      TOP KID             telemv  ACTF Prod      TARFLOWERS          telemv  ACTF Prod      QUEST BEYOND TIME    telemv  ACTF Prod1983  THE CITY'S EDGE     feature  CB Films1981  CROSSTALK           feature  Walltowall Films