Matinee Idyll - Television Programmes
The Secret Life Of Us (Aus 2001-2004)

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The lives of eight twenty-somethings sharing an apartment block in Melbourne.

Composer/Music Co-ordinator: Martin Armiger

Music

Spotted by members of TiTM:-

"Addicted" - Neil Finn
"She Will Have Her Way" - Neil Finn
Miranda (Abi Tucker) singing most of the first verse of "Mean To Me"; also "Better Be Home Soon".
"I See Red" - Split Enz

The Secret Life of Us: music (Australian Television Information Archive) lists music from series 1, 2 and 3.

Series	Episode	Title	Artist	Song	Aus Air Date	Notes
1	09	The Secret Life of Us	Split Enz	I See Red	03 September, 2001
1	22	Now or Never	Deadstar	Texas	November 26, 2001	Nick Seymour with Deadstar?
2	06	It's Not Easy	Birdbrain	Brainbusta	08 April, 2002
2	08	Make Up Your Mind	Michael Den Elzen	Back 2 U	22 April, 2002
2	09	Controlling The Universe	Tim Finn	Say It Is So	29 April, 2002
2	15	Have A Little Faith	Tim Finn	Say It Is So	17 June, 2002
2	19	The Searchers	Crowded House	Black And White Boy	15 July, 2002
2	19	The Searchers	Tim Finn	Fraction Too Much Friction	15 July, 2002
2	19	The Searchers	Split Enz	Message To My Girl	15 July, 2002
2	19	The Searchers	The Swingers	Counting The Beat	15 July, 2002
2	22	Truth Is Beautiful, Without Doubt; So Are Lies	Michael Den Elzen	Back 2 U	05 August, 2002
3	02	The Cycle	Betchadupa	Filthy McNasty, Drop D	17 February, 2003
3	05	A Square Peg In A Round Hole	Betchadupa	Easy as it Seems	10 March, 2003
3	08	Drawing The Line	Michael den Elzen/David Munro	Ah Baby	07 April, 2003
3	16	Be True	Birdbrain	Cool But Hot	23 June, 2003
3	19	Outside the Loop	Betchadupa	Life Will Be The Same	July 14, 2003

Birdbrain is David Munro and Michael den Elzen

Soundtrack albums

Two soundtrack CDs have been released, the first a double album, the second a single album, but there are no Neil or Tim Finn or Crowded House or Split Enz tracks on any of them.

Notes

From Mushroom Music - Film and TV - Synchronisation (soundtrack) News (no date on page - found on 30th March, 2001, but no longer on line, September 2007.)

"The series 'Secret Life Of Us' is approximately half way through production. Some of the artists already used include so far ... Neil Finn ..." (+ 16 others).

Mushroom Music (November 2002) listed the music used on the 'Secret Life Of Us', but only from Series 1, Episode 9 onwards. There was no music by Neil Finn mentioned. No longer available (2007) on original site.

Filmed in St. Kilda, Melbourne.

Claudia Karvan was in The Big Steal (Aus 1990)

Links

The Secret Life of Us (2001) (TV) (Internet Movie Database)
The Secret Life of Us - The Secret Life of Us: music (Australian Television Information Archive)
The Secret Life of Us tv.com

Sources

TiTM