Full Length AUSTRALIA Soundtrack – Out NOW on iTunes!

After months of waiting, constant emails and even a petition circulating at one stage, fans of the epic film Australia finally have their full length soundtrack! If you have previously purchased the EP version this soundtrack builds upon it with pieces of stunning score by musician David Hirschfelder. The album features 19 tracks, a beautiful digital book of artwork and is currently available exclusively on iTunes.

TRACKLISTING:
Welcome to Australia (Overture)
The Drover’s Ballad
All Night Long
You Ride Your Way, I’ll Ride Mine
No Man Hires Me, No Man Fires Me
Cantero de Ti
The Rush
First Kiss
Over the Rainbow
Faraway Downs
Whoa Babe
Life Begins Again
I Will Come For You
Fire From the Sky
King George Calls
Nimrod (From the Enigma Variations)
By The Boab Tree
Waltzing Matilda

June 19th, 2009

Behind The Scenes With Animal Logic VFX

As the lead VFX company for Australia, Animal Logic was awarded the task of designing and creating the key VFX shots that take place within the port town of Darwin. This entailed creating a CG Darwin, complete with harbour, wharf and ships that had to be re-dressed across the three time periods seen in the film: ‘Cattletown’, ‘Militarised’, and ‘Post-bombed’.

The Animal Logic team brought to life a CG Wharf modelled from lidar scans of Darwin wharf as well as various larger-than-life ships, creating the “heightened reality” of a romanticised Darwin. Referencing colour palettes from vintage photographs and classic epic films, the splenderous 1930s landscape provided an exciting canvas for the wide aerial shots and set extensions created.

In addition, CG cattle were added to boost the numbers in the cattle yeards, the cattle race and during the “triumphant return” when Sarah droves cattle into Darwin. These shots involved the combination of multiple plates shot accross three locations: the cattle town set in Bowen, Darwin harbour and the bluescreen wharf set on a stage in Sydney. The CG FX work includes the harbour water, huge burning smoke plumes, burning oil tanks, funnel smoke, fog, clouds, wakes, flames, atmos and cattle dust.

As seen in excerpts above, you can view a fantastic gallery of images, credits and additional information at the Animal Logic website Australia section.

June 16th, 2009