In A Savage Land (Original Soundtrack)

by David Bridie

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1.	Luya Head High Meris 02:22	buy track
2.	Closing Music 01:41	buy track
3.	Big Haus - Escape To The Southcoast 01:06	buy track
4.	Evelyn Leaves 00:56	buy track
5.	The Walk Up To Malakalash 01:13	buy track
6.	Village 00:50	buy track
7.	Your Winnings 01:01	buy track
8.	On The Railway Platform 01:32	buy track
9.	Mick's Grave 01:58	buy track
10.	Tom's Bula Bula 01:42	buy track
11.	Pearling 02:33	buy track
12.	Search And Loss In Adelaide 00:56	buy track
13.	Library 00:34	buy track
14.	Doba 01:34	buy track
15.	Phillip Dies 00:54	buy track
16.	Sail To Malakash 01:45	buy track
17.	Bula Bula Luya Meris 01:07	buy track
18.	Mr. Carpenter Comes In From The Rain 00:53	buy track
19.	The Departure 02:00	buy track
20.	Sail To Kiriwina 00:59	buy track
21.	The Mourning Cage 00:38	buy track
22.	Got Any Eggs? 00:34	buy track
23.	Minuwesi Totovava On A Blessings Mouth Organ 01:41	buy track
24.	Japanese Warships 01:17	buy track
25.	Rings 01:24	buy track
26.	Relationship Theme (Phillip-Evelyn) 00:33	buy track
27.	Siyeopa Wapa 00:24	buy track
28.	Lik Lik Copra 01:18	buy track
29.	Phillip Rows - Oyubuyobu - Yobu Song 01:11	buy track
30.	Hed Hi Orchestra 02:33	buy track
31.	Patrol Boat 01:55	buy track
32.	Love In The Lukaut Minor 00:41	buy track
33.	Marriage Proposal 02:01	buy track
34.	Chick Henderson with Joe Loss and his Band - Begin The Beguine 00:20	buy track
35.	Koiyakwai Stringband of Tawemam - Bulogala Bwaina 03:30	buy track
36.	Kasolukova Valam 03:54	buy track
37.	Kula Hassell 03:18	buy track
38.	(Hidden Track) 01:15	buy track

about

In A Savage Land

This has been such an all-consuming project; the kind that comes along rarely. I was impressed by Bill and Jenny's script, a portrayal of the Trobriands not as some light, romantic Pacific Paradise but a highly complex people holding on to their traditions and beliefs, observing the colonialists and anthropologists with a sense of disdain and a wicked sense of humour. The task was to create a soundtrack that gave a sense of heart to the film, one that captured the brooding intensity of the Trobriand Islands.

On the Trobriand Islands (Telek, Yothu Yindi) Ben Hakilitz and I slept in an open-air hut by the beach, venturing out in the cool of the evening to a local clearing. The whole village as audience followed, one by one the different performers came over to the microphone. Everyone fell quiet and each artist performed. the children watching in respectful awe as their Uncles and Aunties sang old songs. Laughter emptied during hip thrusting dances or some little play, probably at our expense.

Other days were spent recording ambience – layers of insects, conch shells, ocean noise, short radio generator and Ben playing percussion on old biscuit tins, 44-gallon drums and other odd things that made up part of the film set.

I returned to Melbourne and spent the next three months in the studio, beds of rhythm and textures were created. I would send Bill, Wayne Pashley (sound mixer) and Henry Dangar (editor) works-in-progress.

I began composing the orchestral cues, all dark strings, sad chord - oboes, clarinets and horns. The orchestral arrangements were recorded with the assistance of fellow ‘My Friend The Chocolate Cake’ cellist Helen Mountfort, who gathered together an orchestra of her mates. In the mix we pushed the surrounds, the textures, the layers.

I hope you like.

Bwena Bogi (Good Night)

David Bridie

credits

released January 1, 1999

Produced by David Bridie

Composed by David Bridie
Featuring musicians from the Trobriand Islands, PNG

Music Compile Engineer: Adam Rhodes
Surround and Stereo Mix: Simon Polinski with Adam Rhodes at Adelphi
Mastered by Simon Polinski at Steaming Gents

FEATURED MUSICANS
Ben Hakilitz: kundus, percussion, 44-gallon drums
Pius Wasi: mambu/bamboo flutes
Wenema Mosebuia: loloni 'paw paw stem', flutes/harp/singing (Kaibola village)
Tomenauli & Tobuyai Loloni: 'paw paw stem' flutes (Avebwelim village)
Tom Mowana: singing and adventures
Hubert Papi and Alphonse Kawei: skelli' song from Ponam Island, Manus Island
Kereka Kau and Gulupa Golkama: simbu mambu (Sina Sina village, Simbu Province)
Michael Barker: additional percussion tracks

Helen Mountfort: cello
Simon Polinski: bilas, suggestions
David Bridie: piano, keyboards, bilas
Ibobuwa Tosieru: vocals

and featuring the Luya Hed Hi Meris:
Bosuwota, Sitavata, Bowisomwesa, Bouvirivouth, Wainowosi, Kabiwaga, Vakadamani, Lumtavana, Boburesi, flumagava, Boutula M. Bourikuna, Bomlaina, Isuputala, Boutula T., Bomkwauri, Migileu from Luya village.

ORCHESTRA PRINCIPALS
Elizabeth Sellars: principal violin
Hope Csutoros: principal second violin
John Lynch: principal viola
Simon Mean: principal cello
Rosemary Webber: principal double bass
Geoff Lierse and Jules Evans: horns
Rianne Wilscut and Paul Kopetz: clarinets
Rachel Burke: oboe
Orchestral Supervisor: Helen Mountfort

Orchestral Arrangements: David Bride and Helen Mountfort
Conducter: Andrea Keeble
Recorded by Robin Gray at Alan Eatons Studios

All PNG recordings and soundscapes recorded on location in the Trobriand Islands by David Bride, assisted by Ben Hakilitz except for Pius Wasis Mambu recorded by Tim Cole at Raw Spirit Studios (Baxter), and Simbu Mambu recorded by John Phillips at Sina Sina village, Kundiawa Simbu Province and Skelli recorded by David Bride on Ponam Island, Manus Province

Thank You... Bo Bwen: John, Peter, Selina, William, Emmanuel and Jacob Tomtawa. Modiale Elliot, Wenema Mosebuia, David Namesake. Tokunou Tokwamula, Steven Steven, Henry Kaidoga. Dovana Motaesa, Jerome, Tom Mowana, Rod and Sereh Clark, Brenda Pam, Bill and Jenny Bennett, Michael Roberts, Liz Thompson, Wayne Pashley, George Telek, Paul Petran, Lynne Hamilton, Winnie and Stella Bride, Digby Holeong, Mark Worth, John Kasaipowalova, the Brothers Adelphi, Chris Scanlan, Silvana Milat, Glen Low, Henry Dangar.

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David Bridie Melbourne, Australia

David Bridie is a multi award winning songwriter and composer.
Founding member of Not Drowning Waving and My Friend the Chocolate Cake.

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Hindmarsh, SA

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