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Bruce Smeaton is a Sound Australien born on 5 march 1938 at Australia (Australie)
Bruce Smeaton (born 5 March 1938) is an Australian composer who is well known for a variety of Australian film and television scores in all genres, including features, shorts, television, documentaries and advertisements. His scores include Picnic at Hanging Rock, Seven Little Australians, Roxanne, Iceman, and Circle of Iron. He has won the Australian Film Institute (AFI) 'Best Original Music Score' Award for The Cars That Ate Paris (1974), The Great McCarthy (1975), The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) and Street Hero (1984, shared with Garth Porter and others).
In 1964 he spent time as a public school music teacher, at Fawkner Technical School (then an all-boys school) in the Moomba Park area of North Fawkner, a suburb of Melbourne. At the time he had a passionate interest in vintage cars which he would often bring to school.
He currently lives in Binalong, New South Wales.
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Bruce Smeaton was born in Brighton, Victoria. His music has been championed by the Southern Cross Records and 1M1 Records labels.In 1964 he spent time as a public school music teacher, at Fawkner Technical School (then an all-boys school) in the Moomba Park area of North Fawkner, a suburb of Melbourne. At the time he had a passionate interest in vintage cars which he would often bring to school.
He currently lives in Binalong, New South Wales.
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Wendy Cracked a Walnut (1990)
Directed by Michael Pattinson
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Rosanna Arquette, Bruce Spence, Hugo Weaving, Kerry Walker, William McInnes
Roles Music
Rating50%
The Alien Years (1988)
, 1hGenres Drama, Historical
Actors Victoria Longley, Christoph Waltz, John Hargreaves, Nick Tate
Roles Music
Rating67%
Elizabeth Paterson (Longley) is the daughter of an important figure in the Australian government. She falls for and ultimately marries Stefan (Waltz), a German national. They move to South Australia to run a vineyard but their peace is disturbed by the outbreak of the First World War. The government orders that all German nationals living in Australia must be imprisoned.
Evil Angels (1988)
, 1h58Directed by Fred Schepisi
Origin Australie
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Deborra-Lee Furness, Bruce Myles, Bud Tingwell, Charles Dance
Roles Music
Rating68%
Seventh-day Adventist Church pastor Michael Chamberlain (Sam Neill), his wife Lindy (Meryl Streep), their two sons, and their nine-week-old daughter Azaria are on a camping holiday trip in the Outback. With the baby sleeping in their tent, the family is enjoying a barbecue with their fellow campers when a cry is heard. Lindy returns to the tent to check on Azaria and is certain she sees a dingo with something in its mouth running off as she approaches. When she discovers the infant is missing, everyone joins forces to search for her, without success. It is assumed what Lindy saw was the animal carrying off the child, and a subsequent inquest rules her account of events is true.
Roxanne (1987)
, 1h47Directed by Fred Schepisi
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films about the labor movement, Films based on plays, Disaster films
Actors Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall, John Kapelos, Damon Wayans
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating65%
C.D. "Charlie" Bales (Steve Martin), the fire chief of a small American ski town in Washington, is intelligent, humorous, charismatic, athletic and skilled. He is close to many in town, especially his godsister, Dixie (Shelley Duvall), who owns the town diner and several rental homes. He becomes immediately attracted to beautiful newcomer Roxanne Kowalski (Daryl Hannah), an astronomy student in town for the summer searching for a new comet. She adores Bales, but only as a friend, preferring Chris (Rick Rossovich), a handsome but dim fireman who has just joined Bales's unit to help turn it around. Bales is sensitive about his large nose, which many in town have learned to not mention. He is unable to have it surgically altered because of a dangerous allergy to anesthetics.
Eleni (1986)
, 1h54Directed by Peter Yates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors John Malkovich, Kate Nelligan, Linda Hunt, Oliver Cotton, Ronald Pickup, Rosalie Crutchley
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating68%
The film is told in a flashback format with Gage, now living in the United States, returning to his native Greece to solve the mystery of his mother's death when he was a child. The film looks back to the effect of the 1940s Greek Civil War on the remote Greek village of his upbringing, and he investigates what happened to his mother after Communist guerrillas invade the village.
The Naked Country (1985)
Directed by Tim Burstall
Actors Rebecca Gilling, John Stanton, Ivar Kants, John Jarratt
Rating53%
Plenty (1985)
, 2h1Directed by Fred Schepisi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Meryl Streep, Charles Dance, Ian McKellen, Tracey Ullman, John Gielgud, Sting
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating59%
Spanning nearly 20 years from the early 1940s to the 1960s, the plot focuses on Susan Traherne, an Englishwoman who is irreparably changed by her experiences as a fighter for the French Resistance during World War II when she has a one-night stand with a British intelligence agent. After the war ends, Susan returns to England and becomes determined to make a life for herself by achieving what she wishes in the post-war world which, after her time away, she finds trivial and inadequate, while acting with complete disregard for everybody around her.
Iceman (1984)
, 1h40Directed by Fred Schepisi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes La préhistoire
Actors Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, John Lone, Josef Sommer, David Strathairn, Philip Akin
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating60%
Anthropologist Stanley Shephard (Timothy Hutton) is brought to an arctic base when explorers discover the body of a prehistoric man (John Lone) who has been frozen in a block of ice for 40,000 years. After thawing the body to perform an autopsy, scientists discover to their amazement a real possibility to revive him and their attempt to resuscitate the "iceman" proves successful.
Street Hero (1984)
, 1h42Directed by Michael Pattinson
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Vince Colosimo, Sigrid Thornton, Sandy Gore, Bill Hunter, Peta Toppano, Amanda Muggleton
Rating55%
Vinnie is a teenage boy who is an outcast at school, alienating teachers and students alike. He is a local courier for the local Mafia boss. He lives in welfare housing with his mother (Peta Toppano), a young brother and sister, and his Mum's lover who he can't stand. Vinnie takes out his aggression with the world practicing boxing at the local gym. He is haunted by images of his father (when just a boy he witnessed his father's murder) and his father's boxing career. His music teacher (Sandy Gore) encourages him to get involved as a drummer with the school band, and his girlfriend Gloria (Sigrid Thornton) and others influence him to stay away from the Mafia.
Double Deal (1983)
, 1h30Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Louis Jourdan, Diane Craig, Bruce Spence, Kerry Walker, Harold Baigent
Roles Music
Rating49%
En Australie, Christine, mannequin trentenaire, se morfond auprès de son mari Peter, sexagénaire et richissime homme d'affaires. Tout change pour elle avec l'irruption dans sa vie d'un mystérieux et sensuel jeune homme qui, un jour, l'aborde au volant de la Rolls qu'il vient de voler : Christine tombe dans les bras du bel inconnu. Avant de s'enfuir ensemble, ils mettent à sac la maison de Christine. Puis, déguisés en clowns, ils dévalisent un bureau de poste. Mais Peter n'est peut-être pas étranger à cette échappée de sa femme à la Bonnie and Clyde…
Monkey Grip (1982)
, 1h39Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Noni Hazlehurst, Colin Friels, Harold Douglas Hopkins, Candida (Candy) Raymond, Michael Caton, Chrissy Amphlett
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating60%
Squizzy Taylor (1982)
, 1h37Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Crime
Actors David Atkins, Jacki Weaver, Steve Bisley, Robert Hughes, Ernie Bourne, Esme Melville
Roles Music
Rating58%
Barbarosa (1982)
, 1h30Directed by Fred Schepisi
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Willie Nelson, Gary Busey, Isela Vega, Gilbert Roland, Alma Martinez, Jiří Voskovec
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating62%
Young Karl Westover (Gary Busey), a pre-Civil War Texas farm boy, accidentally kills his brother-in-law and must flee to Mexico. Early into his flight he is met by the outlaw Barbarosa (Willie Nelson) who, seconds later, kills a man who was following him. It is apparent that Barbarosa knows him, but doesn't say. Despite his disgust that Karl has nothing worth robbing, is loath to leave the poor rube to die in the desert. Barbarosa shows Karl how to find water, make a fire, and catch an armadillo for his supper before leaving him with the advice to go home to Texas.
Grendel Grendel Grendel (1981)
, 1h28Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age, Films based on Norse mythology
Actors Peter Ustinov, Keith Michell, Arthur Dignam, Ernie Bourne, Colin McEwan
Roles Music
Rating66%
Initially narrated by the titular character through a flashback, Grendel (Peter Ustinov), the "Great Boogey", recounts how he first left his cave as a child and encountered the Danish King Hrothgar (Ed Rosser) and his thanes. After being rescued by his mother, Grendel pondered over the similarities he shared with the Danes, yet lamented on their not being able to understand his language. He watched as Hrothgar's power and wealth grew, disgusted at his excesses and the royal Shaper's (Keith Michell) revision of history, presenting the king's underhanded and brutal achievements as glorious victories. Desperate to find meaning in life, Grendel encountered the dragon (Arthur Dignam), who informed Grendel that his sole purpose in life is to terrify humanity, thus stimulating human imagination and encouraging social cohesion.
...Maybe This Time (1981)
, 1h36Genres Drama
Actors Judy Morris, Bill Hunter, Michael Preston, Leonard Teale, Jude Kuring, Rod Mullinar
Roles Music
Rating63%
Fran, the assistant to university professor Paddy, is about to turn 30. She is having an affair with a married minister's aide, Stephen. She returns home to the country town she grew up in and has a fling with an old flame, Alan. She also begins sleeping with Paddy.