File 1: Ross Edwards moving image materials

VT 5380-5389

file

1996-1997

9658666

10 videocassettes (VHS)

VT 5380
Paradise Road: Reel 1 to 12 Cut 9 Lockoff. T/C Display only. 'Note: Reel 1 black slug is to be 5 secs longer than it is.' E180.

VT 5381
Paradise Road Cut 2, 10/9/1996. E180.

VT 5382
Paradise Road Cut 3. E180.

VT 5383
Paradise Road Reel 1 Cut 9; Reel 2 Cut 8 no music; Reel 12 Cut 8. E180. Post-it note ‘Miss Drummond dies & Elgar’.

VT 5384
Paradise Road Reel 11, 12 Cut 8. E180.

VT 5385
Paradise Road Reels 2 to 8 Cut 8, 14/11/1996. E180. Post-it note ‘Marching into camp (Elgar)’.

VT 5386
Paradise Road Reel 1, 7, 11 Cut 9. E180.

VT 5387
Paradise Road Cut 4 Reels 1 to 10, 1/10/1996. E180.

VT 5388
Paradise Road Cut 4 Reels 11 to 14. E180. Post-it note ‘Rosemary’s love theme (Dennis captured)’.

VT 5389
Paradise Road Cut 8 Reels 1, 2, 9, 10. E180. Post it note ‘Women in swamp walking on road’.

In copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

These tapes were sent to Ross Edwards by the Village Roadshow Studio when he was working on the film score for Bruce Beresford’s feature film Paradise Road. Known as temp tracks, they include existing pieces of music which, during the editing phase of film production, served as guidelines to the composer for the tempo, mood and atmosphere that the director was looking for in a particular scene. They were generally chosen with great care and Edwards recalls that they were very helpful. The scene when Miss Drummond dies, for example, required some very poignant string music and as a guideline, they gave Edwards a passage from Elgar’s Violin Concerto. Other temp tracks were drawn from Edwards' own music, one by Shostakovich and one by John Williams. Edwards' brief was essentially to create what the director called an 'oriental atmosphere'.

Reference:
Information supplied by the composer (Library acquisition file)

Ross Edwards' original score for Paradise Road and other supporting material are held at MLMSS 10516/BOXES 21X-23X.