BRUCE SMEATON

Bruce Smeaton (born 5 March 1938) is a composer born in Brighton, Victoria. 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. His ground-breaking synthesized score for Wendy Cracked a Walnut was nominated for an ARIA Award in 1991 for Best Soundtrack / Cast / Show Album. He 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). He currently lives in Binalong, New South Wales.

SINGLES 
''Theme From The Cars That Ate Paris / The Visit (From The Soundtrack Of "The Cars That Ate Paris") 1974 Cam 
''Theme From The Great Macarthy / Football'' 1975 Cam 
''Main Theme From Ben Hall / Love Theme From Ben Hall" 1975 Cam 

''Summerfield Theme / Run Into Danger'' 1977 M7
''The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith / Gilda'' 1978 RCA

ALBUMS 
'The Great Macarthy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)' 1975 Cam
'Iceman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)' 1984 Southern Cross Records 
'Undercover (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 1984 WEA
'A Town Like Alice' 1986 Southern Cross Records
'Roxanne (Original Motion Picture Score)' 1987 Silva Screen 
'Wendy Cracked A Walnut (Original Score)' 1990 One M One
'Film + Television Themes' 1991 Phonogram
'The Missing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)' 1999
'Roxanne And Other Film And Television Themes By Bruce Smeaton' 2002 1M1 Records
'Eliza Fraser / Summerfield' 2002 1M1 Records
'Grendel Grendel Grendel' 2004 1M1 Records

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Smeaton