Christopher Hugh Neal (born 1946) is an Australian musician, songwriter, record producer and television and film music composer.
[Sounds Australian: Australian Music Centre Journal 1990 INTERVIEW From Midi to 80-Piece Orchestras: Chris Neal, Film Composer Michael Atherton "Chris Neal is a leading feature film composer. He studied classical piano and theory, jazz and orchestration"] He is regarded as one of Australia's most successful screen composers. Some of his most notable scores include
Buddies,
Bodyline
Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia. It was designed to combat the extraordinary batting skill of Australia's leading batsman ...
,
The Shiralee,
Turtle Beach and
Farscape
''Farscape'' is an Australian-American science fiction television series, produced originally for the Nine Network. It premiered in the US on Sci-Fi Channel's SciFi Friday, 19 March 1999, at 8:00 pm EST as their anchor series. The series was ...
. He has also scored and written songs for numerous well-known children's series including
Johnson and Friends,
Lift-Off
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Technology
* Lift-off (microtechnology), a fabrication technique
* Flame lift-off, a separation of flame from burner device
* Takeoff, the first moment of flight of an aerospace vehicle
* Reduction ...
,
Crash Zone
''Crash Zone'' is an Australian children's science fiction television series which aired on the Seven Network from 13 February 1999 to 25 August 2001. It was produced by Australian Children's Television Foundation, in association with the Disn ...
and
Noah and Saskia
''Noah and Saskia'' is a 13-episode TV program initiated, developed and produced by Patricia Edgar for the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) and the BBC as she stepped down after 20 years as Founding Director of the ACTF. The 13 ...
.
Neal has won several
AGSC and
APRA awards for his work and was awarded Best Original Music Score at the 1985 AFI Awards for his contribution to the film score for '
Rebel
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Rebel or rebels may also refer to:
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* Rebel (given name)
* Rebel (surname)
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'. Some of Neal's frequent collaborators have included
Denny Lawrence
Denny Lawrence (born 1951 in Sydney) is an Australian actor, writer, producer and director of television, theatre and film.
He studied at NIDA and the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. Among his most notable credits are the feature ...
,
Bob Ellis
Robert James Ellis (10 May 1942 – 3 April 2016) was an Australian writer, journalist, filmmaker, and political commentator. He was a student at the University of Sydney at the same time as other notable Australians including Clive James, Germa ...
,
George Ogilvie
George Buchan Ogilvie (5 March 1931 – 5 April 2020) was a prolific Australian theatre director and actor, who also worked as a director and actor within film and television.
Life and career
George Ogilvie began as an actor at the Canberra ...
,
Matt Carroll, and
Patricia Edgar
Patricia May Edgar AM is an Australian author, television producer, educator and media scholar best known as the founding director of the Australian Children's Television Foundation.
Early life
She was born in Mildura, Victoria, and moved ...
.
Early life and career
Neal was born in 1946 in
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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. He studied
AMEB
The Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) is a federated, privately funded corporation which provides a program of examinations for music, speech and drama in Australia.
The organisation had its beginnings at the Universities of Melbourne ...
grades in classical piano and music theory to the age of sixteen. He attended
North Sydney Boys High School
North Sydney Boys High School (abbreviated as NSBHS) is a government-funded, single-sex, academically selective secondary day school for boys, located at Crows Nest, on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In 2022, Nor ...
and in 1964, began an arts degree at
Sydney University
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with majors in music and Indonesian/Malayan studies. During his Uni years, he gigged around Sydney with rock bands - The Showmen and The Powerhouse.
In 1968, he worked extensively on the soundtrack of the Anglo/Australian feature film,
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with
Peter Sculthorpe, writing and producing the majority of the incidental score.
On the eve of completing his degree, Neal suffered a skull fracture during a game of rugby. The resultant
Inertia
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and
Tinnitus
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caused massive hearing loss and sleeplessness which prevented him sitting his final exams. Following a brief convalescence, he joined "The Alpha-Omega Revue" and headed off to the
Vietnam War
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zone, entertaining US troops for several months in 1968-9.
While in Vietnam, he began writing what was intended to be the world's first rock musical, "
Man-Child". However, by the time he had returned to Australia, the American show '
Hair
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The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and fi ...
' was already in the headlines.
Nevertheless, he packaged the show and presented it at the Sydney Showground in the world's first "bubble" air-inflated theatre (financed by his brother, developer James Neal). The season was cut short when a freak storm picked up a design fault in the plastic theatre and destroyed it. So the whole company (25 people in all) set off on a national capital city tour.
The tour was successful, breaking box office records in several cities and a ''"Man-Child"'' soundtrack album was recorded for the then fledgling M7 record company. This caused Neal to turn his attentions for a time to the development of his skills as a record producer and sound engineer, while continuing to work as a songwriter and composer.
In 1974, he recorded his second album, an instrumental rock LP called "''Winds of Isis"''. This record created widespread interest and is a highly sought after collector's item today. The album peaked at number 74 in Australia.
The multi-layered keyboard and guitar instrumentation was composed, performed and arranged by Neal. Following this, he worked the Sydney scene as a session keyboardist and performed on literally hundreds of advertising and film soundtracks. "''Winds of Isis'' - ''Remastered"'' was released as a streamable CD through Spotify, Apple, Deezer etc in 2021.
In 1978, Neal composed a complete score for Fritz Lang's silent movie masterpiece, "
Metropolis". The score was created using the massive Roland System-700 and MC-8 data entry device. (The MC-8 was the world's first fully functioning digital music sequencer). The score was performed live with the movie around several venues in Sydney. A cinema release with synchronised score was in development when
Giorgio Moroder
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announced the release of his version and the local movie producer withdrew, cancelling the project. ''"Metropolis - 1980"'' was released as a streamable CD through Spotify, Apple, Deezer etc in 2021.
In 1980, Neal again used the Roland system to create an electronic soundtrack for the feature film -
Crosstalk
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. The score was released on vinyl and is still available today.
As a record producer
During the seventies Neal produced records for the likes of the Marshall Brothers Band, the Nick Boston band, John Currie,
Slim De Grey
Clifford Frank de Grey (20 May 1918 – 16 March 2007), better known as Slim De Grey, was an English-Australian actor, compere, musician, lyricist, composer and comedian.
He served in the Australian Army during World War II, seeing action in th ...
,
Frankie Davidson
Francis Joseph Davidson (12 January 1934 − 22 July 2022) was an Australian entertainer who had several hit records in the 1960s, appeared on many TV variety shows, and acted in several Australian television police dramas, including ''Matlock ...
and Lester Coombs.
He produced Bob Hudson's smash hit "
The Newcastle Song" and Maureen Elkner's hit single "Rak Off Normie", (co-written by Hudson and Neal).
As a screen composer
Neal's screen composer credits date from the late 1970s and include
The Shiralee,
Bodyline
Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia. It was designed to combat the extraordinary batting skill of Australia's leading batsman ...
,
Buddies,
Rebel
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Rebel or rebels may also refer to:
People
* Rebel (given name)
* Rebel (surname)
* Patriot (American Revolution), during the American Revolution
* American Southerners, as a form of self-identification ...
,
Archer
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,
Shadow of The Cobra
''Shadow of the Cobra'' is a 1989 television miniseries based on the book ''The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj'' by Richard Neville and Julie Clarke.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p233
R ...
and
Emerald City
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Located in the center of the L ...
.
During the 1980s, Neal scored several films from the "
Winners
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It offers brand name clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, fine jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. Products are at a 20-60 ...
" series of telemovies, produced by
Patricia Edgar
Patricia May Edgar AM is an Australian author, television producer, educator and media scholar best known as the founding director of the Australian Children's Television Foundation.
Early life
She was born in Mildura, Victoria, and moved ...
of the
Australian Children's Television Foundation
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The ACTF helps develop children's television policy; distributes and pays for Australian children's television series; ...
.
Five Times Dizzy
''Five Times Dizzy'' is a children's novel by Australian author Nadia Wheatley It was first published in 1982. In 1986 it became an Australian children's television series.
Plot summary
''Five Times Dizzy'' is about the comedy and drama of a G ...
, produced by
Tom Jeffrey
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followed soon after. These projects kickstarted what would be a recurring part of his career; scoring and writing songs for children's television dramas including the timeless
Johnson and Friends,
Lift-Off
Liftoff, lift-off, or lift off may refer to:
Technology
* Lift-off (microtechnology), a fabrication technique
* Flame lift-off, a separation of flame from burner device
* Takeoff, the first moment of flight of an aerospace vehicle
* Reduction ...
,
Kaboodle,
Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers
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and more. Neal's songs and music were also featured in stage shows based on "Johnson and Friends", and in 1995-1996, Neal wrote the music for "Lift Off Live"; a stage musical based on the "Lift-Off" television series.
Feature film and television projects continued through the 1990s and 2000s, including
Pacific Drive
''Pacific Drive'' is an Australian television series made by Village Roadshow in association with New World International for the Nine Network which screened for 390 episodes from 29 January 1996 to December 1997, when it concluded it was show ...
,
Foreign Exchange
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and many more.
Personal life and current activities
In 1971, Neal met his future wife Mary, who was to become a member of the Man-Child cast. They married in 1974 and have two sons; Braedy and Toby, who are themselves accomplished musicians with successful careers in the business. Chris and Braedy collaborated on many projects for many years including Jim Henson's
Farscape
''Farscape'' is an Australian-American science fiction television series, produced originally for the Nine Network. It premiered in the US on Sci-Fi Channel's SciFi Friday, 19 March 1999, at 8:00 pm EST as their anchor series. The series was ...
.
Neal has worked frequently with
Bob Ellis
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and
Denny Lawrence
Denny Lawrence (born 1951 in Sydney) is an Australian actor, writer, producer and director of television, theatre and film.
He studied at NIDA and the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. Among his most notable credits are the feature ...
on several musicals throughout the 1990s and 2000s. These include "Neon Street" (also known as "Man - The Musical" and "The Big Smoke") and "High Time", a story about the
1979 Sydney Ghost Train fire at
Luna Park
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. Both of these shows were written as vehicles for the acclaimed performer
Philip Quast
Philip Mark Quast (born 30 July 1957) is an Australian actor and singer. He has won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical three times, making him the first actor to have three wins in that category.
He is perhaps best known f ...
, who has lent his voice to many of the songs. These recordings still exist as unpublished demonstration tracks.
In 2018, Neal donated his music archive to independent historian and archivist Joseph Marshall, who Neal has mentored for many years. Marshall has taken up the responsibility of preserving and digitising Chris Neal's vast catalogue and is the owner and operator of indie record label Silbert Records, which specialises in remastered children's television soundtrack releases including several of Neal's.
As a songwriter
Recently, Neal has taken a step back from film scoring to write and release his own, independent rock-based songs under the pseudonym Sirclo. The first of these projects, ''"Songs for an Empty Street"'', was released digitally (via streaming platforms) in 2018. Two follow-up albums have been released in 2020 / 2021 - ''"High Time - Songs From The Musical"'' and ''"70s Unreleased"'' (a re-mastering of a dozen songs written and recorded in the 70s, several in collaboration with lyricist, Henrietta Metcalfe).
In 2021, Sirclo (and friends), using the name Riff Gun, released a collection of blues/rock songs entitled ''"Not Robinson Crusoe"'' via Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and several other streaming services.
Film and television credits
* "Mutiny on the Western Front" (1979)
* "
Crosstalk
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" (1982)
* "Drought" (1982)
* "
The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain
''The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain'' is a 1983 Australian television docufilm about the Azaria Chamberlain case.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p. 45
Michael Thornhill later said tha ...
" (1983)
* "
The City's Edge
''The City's Edge'' is a 1983 Australian film co-written by Aboriginal Australian writer Bob Merritt.
Plot
Andy comes to Sydney and falls in love with the sister of a heroin addict.
Cast
* Tommy Lewis
* Hugo Weaving
Hugo Wallace Weaving ...
" (1983)
* "What Price Valour?" (1983)
* "
Crime of the Decade
''Crime of the Decade'' is a 1984 Australian TV movie.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p32
References
External links
*''Crime of the Decade''at Ozmovies
Australian drama television films
...
" (1984)
* "Water Babies" (1984)
* "
Winners
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It offers brand name clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, fine jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. Products are at a 20-60 ...
" (1984)
Top Kid', 'Tarflowers' and 'Quest Beyond Time'* "
Bodyline
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" (1984)
* "
Palace of Dreams
''Palace of Dreams'' is a 1985 Australian fictional mini series about a Jewish family running a hotel in working class inner city of Sydney in the 1930s.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p221 S ...
" (1985)
* "
CBS Storybreak
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" (1985)
Hank the Cowdog' and 'Dragon's Blood'* "
Archer
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" (1985)
* "
Rebel
A rebel is a participant in a rebellion.
Rebel or rebels may also refer to:
People
* Rebel (given name)
* Rebel (surname)
* Patriot (American Revolution), during the American Revolution
* American Southerners, as a form of self-identification ...
" (1985)
* "
Five Times Dizzy
''Five Times Dizzy'' is a children's novel by Australian author Nadia Wheatley It was first published in 1982. In 1986 it became an Australian children's television series.
Plot summary
''Five Times Dizzy'' is about the comedy and drama of a G ...
" (1985)
* "
Niel Lynne
''Niel Lynne'' (also known as ''Best Enemies'') is a 1985 Australian film about a young man during the 1960s.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p111
Plot
Niel Lynne (Paul Williams) is a romantic ...
" (1985)
* "
Short Changed
''Short Changed'' is a 1986 Australian film directed by George Ogilvie based on a script by Aboriginal writer Bob Merritt, who described it as a "black/white '' Kramer vs Kramer''".Mary Colbert, "Positive action: Bob Merritt, playwright and scre ...
" (1985)
* "
Around the World in 80 Ways" (1985)
* "
The Long Way Home" (1985)
* "
Double Sculls
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Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly ...
" (1985)
* "
Natural Causes
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" (1985)
* "
Bullseye" (1986/1987)
* "
The Place at the Coast" (1986/1987)
* "
Army Wives
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" (1986/1987)
* "
Ground Zero
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" (1987)
* "
The Shiralee" (1987)
* "
Future Past" (1987)
* "
Emerald City
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Fictional description
Located in the center of the L ...
" (1988)
* "
Grievous Bodily Harm
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" (1988)
* "
Computer Ghosts
''Computer Ghosts'' is a 1987 Australian film. It was shot under the titles ''Crooksnatchers'' and ''Hold the Circus''.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p29
Cast
* Nicholas Ryan
* Emily Symon ...
" (1988)
* "Mary MacKillop" (1988)
* "Soldier Settler" (1988)
* "
Touch the Sun" (1988)
Peter and Pompey' and 'Princess Kate'* "
Barracuda
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" (1988)
* "
Shadow of the Cobra
''Shadow of the Cobra'' is a 1989 television miniseries based on the book ''The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj'' by Richard Neville and Julie Clarke.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p233
R ...
" (1989)
* "
Celia" (1989)
* "More Winners" (1989)
The Big Wish'* "
A Country Practice
''A Country Practice'' is an Australian television soap opera which broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 5 November 1993, airing at 7:30 pm on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Altogether, 14 seasons and 1,058 episodes were p ...
" (1989)
* "
Afraid to Dance
''Afraid to Dance'' is a 1988 Australian film directed by Denny Lawrence and starring Nique Needles and Rosey Jones.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p107 It was shot in ...
" (1989)
* "
Trouble in Paradise" (1989/1990)
* "
Johnson & Friends" (1990)
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* "
The New Adventures of Black Beauty
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" (1990)
eries 1
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* "
The Paper Man" (1990)
* "
Turtle Beach" (1991)
* "
G.P." (1991)
eries 3
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* "Johnson & Friends" (1991)
eries 2
The Erie people (also Eriechronon, Riquéronon, Erielhonan, Eriez, Nation du Chat) were Indigenous people historically living on the south shore of Lake Erie. An Iroquoian group, they lived in what is now western New York, northwestern Pennsylvani ...
* "
The Nostradamus Kid
''The Nostradamus Kid'' is a 1992 Australian feature film written and directed by Bob Ellis.
The film is about the religious and sexual coming of age of a 1950s and 1960s Seventh-day Adventist boy. Ken Elkin (Noah Taylor) is a "randy young m ...
" (1992)
* "
Lift-Off
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Technology
* Lift-off (microtechnology), a fabrication technique
* Flame lift-off, a separation of flame from burner device
* Takeoff, the first moment of flight of an aerospace vehicle
* Reduction ...
" (1992)
eries 1
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* "The New Adventures of Black Beauty" (1992)
eries 2
The Erie people (also Eriechronon, Riquéronon, Erielhonan, Eriez, Nation du Chat) were Indigenous people historically living on the south shore of Lake Erie. An Iroquoian group, they lived in what is now western New York, northwestern Pennsylvani ...
(Co-composed with Braedy Neal)
* "Butterfly Island" (1992)
* "The Sharp End: Witnesses of Vietnam" (1992)
* "
Round the Twist
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" (1992)
eries 2 - Episode 11* "G.P." (1992)
eries 4* "
Law of the Land
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Use in ...
" (1993)
* "EC Plays Lift-Off" (1993)
* "
Jack Be Nimble
"Jack Be Nimble" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13902.1882
Lyrics
The most common version of the rhyme is:
:Jack be nimble,
:Jack be quick,
:Jack jump over
:The candlestickI. Opie and P. Opie, ...
" (1993)
* "G.P." (1993)
eries 5* "
Heartland
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* Heartland Bank, a New Zealand-based financial institution
* Heartland Inn, a chain of hotels based in Iowa, United States
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" (1994) (Co-composed with Braedy Neal)
* "The Damnation of Harvey McHugh" (1994)
* "G.P." (1994)
eries 6(Co-composed with Braedy Neal)
* "Johnson & Friends" (1994)
eries 3
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* "Lift-Off" (1995)
eries 2
The Erie people (also Eriechronon, Riquéronon, Erielhonan, Eriez, Nation du Chat) were Indigenous people historically living on the south shore of Lake Erie. An Iroquoian group, they lived in what is now western New York, northwestern Pennsylvani ...
(Co-composed with Braedy Neal)
* "
Correlli
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The series also featured her future husband Hugh Jackman in one of his earliest roles. ...
" (1995)
* "Johnson & Friends" (1995)
eries 4(Co-composed with Braedy Neal)
* "
Pacific Drive
''Pacific Drive'' is an Australian television series made by Village Roadshow in association with New World International for the Nine Network which screened for 390 episodes from 29 January 1996 to December 1997, when it concluded it was show ...
" (1996)
eries 1
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(Co-composed with Braedy Neal)
* "Pacific Drive" (1997)
eries 2
The Erie people (also Eriechronon, Riquéronon, Erielhonan, Eriez, Nation du Chat) were Indigenous people historically living on the south shore of Lake Erie. An Iroquoian group, they lived in what is now western New York, northwestern Pennsylvani ...
(Co-composed with Braedy Neal)
* "13 Gantry Row" (1998)
* "Mumbo Jumbo" (1998)
* "
Crash Zone
''Crash Zone'' is an Australian children's science fiction television series which aired on the Seven Network from 13 February 1999 to 25 August 2001. It was produced by Australian Children's Television Foundation, in association with the Disn ...
" (1998/1999)
eries 1
The Erie people (also Eriechronon, Riquéronon, Erielhonan, Eriez, Nation du Chat) were Indigenous people historically living on the south shore of Lake Erie. An Iroquoian group, they lived in what is now western New York, northwestern Pennsylvani ...
(Co-composed with Braedy Neal)
* "Time and Tide" (1999)
* "
Farscape
''Farscape'' is an Australian-American science fiction television series, produced originally for the Nine Network. It premiered in the US on Sci-Fi Channel's SciFi Friday, 19 March 1999, at 8:00 pm EST as their anchor series. The series was ...
" (1999-2000)
pisodes 1-26(Co-composed with Braedy Neal and Toby Neal under the name SubVision)
* "
Crash Zone
''Crash Zone'' is an Australian children's science fiction television series which aired on the Seven Network from 13 February 1999 to 25 August 2001. It was produced by Australian Children's Television Foundation, in association with the Disn ...
" (2001)
eries 2
The Erie people (also Eriechronon, Riquéronon, Erielhonan, Eriez, Nation du Chat) were Indigenous people historically living on the south shore of Lake Erie. An Iroquoian group, they lived in what is now western New York, northwestern Pennsylvani ...
(Co-composed with Braedy Neal)
* "
The Crop
''The Crop'' is a 2004 Australian comedy film set during the 1980s.
Plot
''The Crop'', is set in the early 1980s in Australia, and is about larrikin nightclub owner, Ronnie 'Blade' Gillette (George Elliot), and his barmaid girlfriend Geraldine ...
" (2003/2004) (Co-composed with Braedy Neal)
* "
Noah and Saskia
''Noah and Saskia'' is a 13-episode TV program initiated, developed and produced by Patricia Edgar for the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) and the BBC as she stepped down after 20 years as Founding Director of the ACTF. The 13 ...
" (2004) (Co-composed with Braedy Neal)
* "
Foreign Exchange
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" (2004) (Co-composed with Braedy Neal)
* "
MDA
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Places
* Moldova, a country in Europe with the ISO 3166-1 country code MDA Politics
* Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (2018), ruling coalition government in the Indian State of Meghalaya led by National Pe ...
" (2005)
eries 3, Episodes 5-8
* "
The Sleepover Club
''The Sleepover Club'' is a series of children's books by authors Rose Impey, Narinder Dhami, Lorna Read , Fiona Cummings, Louis Catt, Sue Mongredien (aka Lucy Diamond), Angie Bates, Ginny Deals, Harriet Castor and Jana Novotny Hunter. It has al ...
" (2006)
eries 2
The Erie people (also Eriechronon, Riquéronon, Erielhonan, Eriez, Nation du Chat) were Indigenous people historically living on the south shore of Lake Erie. An Iroquoian group, they lived in what is now western New York, northwestern Pennsylvani ...
(Co-composed with Braedy Neal)
* "Between Iraq and a Hard Place" (2008)
* "
Castaway
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" (2010)
Discography
* "
Man-Child" (1972) - musical cast recording.
* "Winds of Isis" (1974) - solo progressive rock album.
* "The Newcastle Song" (1974) (Bob Hudson)
s Producer* "Darwin Opera House Appeal" (1975)
s co producer* "The Marshall Bros." (1975)
s Producer* "Benny and the Jets" (1975)
s Producer* "Rak Off Normie" (1975) (Maureen Elkner)
s Producer and writer* "The Word Was Gough" (1975)
s Producer and writer* "Tasmanian Military Tattoo" (1976)
s Producer* "Picnic at Hanging Rock" (1976) (Nolan/Buddle Quartet)
s Producer* "Steph. 'n' Us" 1977 (
Stéphane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli (; 26 January 1908 – 1 December 1997, born Stefano Grappelli) was a French jazz violinist. He is best known as a founder of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the firs ...
)
s Engineer* "Great Hits of Scotland" (1977) (John McDonald)
s Producer* "Francis Butler" (1978)
s Producer* "Hokum Ensemble" (1978)
s Producer* "Rod Boucher" (1980)
s Producer* "Crosstalk" (1981) - movie soundtrack.
* "Buddies" (1984) - movie soundtrack.
* "Turtle Beach" (1991) - movie soundtrack.
* "An Afternoon with Johnson and Friends" (1992) - children's album based on a popular television series.
* Seven soundtrack recordings for "Lift Off" ranging from 1992-1995 - children's television soundtracks.
* "Heartland" (1994) - television soundtrack.
* "Johnson and Friends - Making Music" (1994) - children's television soundtrack.
* "Lift-Off Live - Songs from the Musical" (1995) - children's musical cast recording.
* "Songs from Li'l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers" (1998) - children's television soundtrack.
* "Farscape" (2001) - television soundtrack.
* "Themes" (2005) - a compilation of popular movie and television themes.
* "Cooling Pond" (2008) - independent project, co written and produced with collaborator Ian Davidson.
* "Songs For an Empty Street" (2018) - alternative/indie rock album under the name Sirclo.
*"High Time - Songs from the Musical" (2021) - concept album for a cancelled stage musical project, released under the name Sirclo and Friends.
*"70s Unreleased" (2021) - a collection of unreleased songs from the 1970s, released under the name Sirclo.
*"Not Robinson Crusoe" (2021) - a collection of blues/rock songs released under the name Riff Gun.
*"Winds of Isis - Remastered" (2021) - a remastered re-release of the prog rock classic from 1974.
*"Metropolis 1980" (2021) - A remastered compilation consisting of the majority of the score for the cult classic film 'Metropolis'.
References
External links
* http://chrisnealmusic.com - Chris Neal's website.
Australian songwriters
20th-century births
Australian male composers
Australian male musicians
Australian composers
Living people
Australian children's musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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