pianoJohn Graylingmusic 'In the Mist'by Leos Janacek

songs

'She's My Baby' sung byJohnny O'Keefe

'She Wears My Ring' sung byJohnny O'Keefe

'The Girl That I Love' sung byRussell Morris

'Without You' sung byDoug Parkinson

'The Star' sung byRoss D. Wylie

The film's music is distinguished by not featuring a composed underscore, reflecting director Bruce Beresford's attitude at the time to the use of music, which can also be seen in his use of music for 'Breaker' Morant.

The result is an astute, if restricted, use of music to establish mood, atmosphere and period ranging from Janacek to Ross D. Wylie.

While some of the music isn't strictly of the period - Johnny O'Keefe's pop music hey day was the 1950s and early 1960s - it was all part of the ongoing mood of revivalist nostalgia for the recent past, in which the film traded.

All the music, apart from the piece by Janacek, could be described as middlebrow pop, true to the time, and true to the film's satirical intent.

O'Keefe has a wiki here.

She Wears My Ring reached number two on the domestic charts in 1964, and was O'Keefe's last major hit in the 1960s.

She's My Baby was re-released in August 1969 and reached twenty two in the domestic charts. It had originally been released in December 1959.

(Below: Johnny O'Keefe, the wild one, in his hey day and a few of the pressings of his two songs).

Russell Morris has a wiki here.

The Girl That I Love was a B side, released in July 1969 (with Part Three into Paper Walls) and was

a follow up to Morris's massive March 1969 hit The Real Thing.

(Below: Russell Morris and the LP that featured The Girl That I Love)

Doug Parkinson has a wiki here.

Without You was released as a single with Hair by Columbia/EMI in September 1969 and charted as high as 3 in Melbourne.

(Below: Doug Parkinson and his single Without You)

Ross D. Wylie has a wiki here.

The Star was released by Festival in September 1969.

(Below: Ross D. Wylie and The Star)