Bruce Smeaton

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Bruce Smeaton (born 5 March 1938) is a composer, well known for a variety of Australian film and television scores in all genres - features, shorts, television, documentaries and advertisements.

He was born in Brighton, Victoria and currently lives in Binalong, New South Wales.

His film score compositions include Picnic at Hanging Rock, Seven Little Australians, Roxanne, Iceman, and "Circle Of Iron" '78.

His music has been championed by the Southern Cross Records and 1M1 Records labels.

Contents 1 Filmography 1.1 Documentaries 1.2 Feature films 1.3 Short films 1.4 Television

[edit] Filmography

Listed here is a selection of works for which Smeaton composed music.

[edit] Documentaries

• Bush, Books and Breedens (1973)
• My Brother Wartovo (1973)
• Kangaroo Island (1974)
• Pozieres (2000)

[edit] Feature films

• The Great Macarthy
• Libido (1973)
• Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
• Eliza Fraser (1976)
• Summerfield (1977)
• The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
• Grendel Grendel Grendel (1980)
• ...Maybe This Time (1980)
• Monkey Grip (1982)
• Departure (1985)
• Plenty (1985)
• Contagion (1987)
• Roxanne (1987)
• Evil Angels (1988)
• The Missing (1999)

[edit] Short films

• The Clown and the Mindreader (n.d.)

[edit] Television

• Seven Little Australians (1973, miniseries)
• Tandarra (1976, miniseries)
• A Thousand Skies (1986, miniseries)
• Jackson's Crew (1986, pilot)
• The Private War of Lucinda Smith (1990, dramatised documentary)