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The Coolangatta Gold (Aus 1984)

aka The Gold And The Glory (1984)

Director: Igor Auzins

Original music by Bill Conti
Sound supervisor, mixer:- Phil Judd (engineer)

"Fraction Too Much Friction" (Tim Finn) - played by a band around a swimming pool.

Cast includes: Wilbur Wilde - Lead Singer

Notes

Saxophone player Wilbur Wilde (real name Nick Aitken), was a session musician on this soundtrack, he also played on Tim Finn's album "Escapade" (1983); and on "Voices" on the Split Enz album, "See Ya 'Round" (1984). And on the Starstruck (1982) soundtrack.

There is an LP soundtrack for this film, released by Starcall, SFL1 0116, 1984. All 6 tracks are from the score written by Bill Conti.

A 28 track soundtrack CD of Bill Conti's music was released by 1M1 Records 1M1CD1031, around 2002, but again no "Fraction Too Much Friction".

Movie release information

Released: 22 November, 1984, Aus, US
Video: RCA-Columbia-Hoyts

Classification

• PG (Aus)
• 15 (Radio Times, UK)

• Classification links - Aus, NZ, UK, US

Links

Coolangatta Gold, The (Aus 1984) (Internet Movie Database)

The Big Blue - article on iron man contest.

Coolangatta, Queensland.

Sources of information

Aus Cin; Aus Film92; Australian Soundtracks (no longer online); Aus Who; Bill Conti Discography (no longer online); e-mail; search engine

Page compiled by carolyn
Last updated 8th September, 2007.