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The Internet Movie Database lists four movies called "Rain" released in 2001. This one is Rain (2001/III). See below.
The 1970's. A family is spending the summer in a cottage by the sea as they have for many years. However, this time the parents marriage is ending and their daughter Janey, 13, is growing out of childhood.
Director: Christine Jeffs Music by Neil Finn and Edmund McWilliams "An eclectic range of music is widely and effectively used, from period pop to lovely original compositions by former Crowded House and Split Enz band member Neil Finn, working with Edmund McWilliams." - David Rooney, Variety, May 15, 2001 |
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Soundtrack album |
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Soundtrack
CD released in New Zealand, October, 2001. EMI Music NZ
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Album track listing |
1. Neil Finn You
Don't Know (Neil Finn)
2. Summer
Intro (Edmund McWilliams)
3. Neil Finn
& Edmund McWilliams Summer Of Love (Neil Finn and Edmund McWilliams)
4. Mum
In Bed (Neil Finn)
5. Neil Finn
Orange
And Blue (Neil Finn)
6. Red
Room (Neil Finn and Robert Moore)
7. Lisa Germano
Cry
Wolf (Lisa Germano/M. Burn/Jay Joyce)
8. The
Affair (Neil Finn)
9. Human Instinct
Black
Sally (Dennis Wilson)
10. Boat
Dawn (Neil Finn)
11. Neil Finn
Boat
Joyride (Neil Finn and Edmund McWilliams)
12. Kids
Floating (Neil Finn)
13. Batman
(Neil
Finn)
14. Shower
(Neil
Finn)
15. Lisa Germano
Phantom
Love (Lisa Germano)
16. Neil Finn
& Edmund McWilliams Drive Home (Neil Finn)
17. Liam Finn
Lucid
Dream (Liam Finn)
Produced by
Neil
Finn and Edmund McWilliams
Engineered
by Sam Gibson, Edmund McWilliams and Luke Tones
Recorded at
Roundhead Studios, Auckland, NZ between August 2000 and September 2001
Additional
recording done at Track Recording Studio, Cheltenham Beach, Auckland
Mixed by Neil
Baldock and Edmund McWilliams at Roundhead Studios
Mastered by
Steve Smart @ 310 Mastering, Sydney
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Movie music credits |
Music produced and composed by Neil Finn and Edmund Williams
Music recorded at Roundhead Studios, Auckland
"Bath/You Don't Know" "Little Bo Peep Blues" "Howzat" "Boat" "Maruzzella" "Cry Wolf" |
"Black Sally" "Summer Of Love" "Spooky" "Phantom Love" "Drive Home" "My Lucid Dream" |
Note: not consistent with CD credits for "Cry Wolf" and "Lucid Dream"
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Compilation album |
Waves: Selected New Zealand Masterpieces - Various Artists, EMI, 29 September 2003.
Compiled by Dan Sperber
1. Architecture - Gramsci
2. End of the Runway - The Brunettes
3. Drive Home - Neil Finn & Edmund McWilliams
4. The Southern Drop - Dan Sperber & Luke Casey: Relaxomatic
5. Kingdom Come - Dave Dobbyn
6. Lull - HDU
7. Sound Advice (Instrumental) - Breaks Co-Op
8. Beth - Voom
9. Epiphany - Nathan Haines
10. Brightest Star - Shihad
11. Beautiful Bear - The New Loungehead
12. Golden Dawn - Goldenhorse
13. Scared of Flying - Greg Johnson
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Composing the music |
This was on the news page at nilfun.net (the site is no longer online):-
"18/10 It's a perfect day for playing music and that's what we're doing, Ed, Liam, Sam and me....Soundtrack for a Christine Jeffs film....A blue sky, Seaside, Summer film with a dark undercurrent....it's becoming warmer every day and the studio door is wide open...."
From: Neil Finn's Narrow Win, John Earls, Planet Sound, Teletext, Channel 4, 15th April, 2001
Although the pace of his songs is much more natural now, Neil admits he still lives in fear of writer's block.
"There's a line in one song about 'the demons coming' which is my fear of facing a blank page," he admits.
"I did my first film soundtrack last year for Rain, a friend's low-budget film. The fact that I had images of the movie to work from meant the page wasn't blank. I found that a very enjoyable, easier way of working."
From the Press Kit for Rain (Word doc formerly at "Media Release 27 April 2001 - Rain to Screen at Cannes 2001" (New Zealand Film Commission):-
"'I was lucky to have a dark atmospheric piece to bring all my moody instrumental music out of the closet.' (Neil Finn)
"The score for Rain, Neil's first, is another element of his ongoing search for new ways of making music. A collaboration with fellow Aucklander Edmund McWilliams, it includes a full orchestral effect using a zither, rubber bands and a tape machine. 'I haven't really discovered what I can do yet, but I'm enjoying the exploration.'"
From Raincheck, TNT Magazine, May 21, 2001, Issue 925
"James Mottram spoke to Kiwi director Christine Jeffs about her debut effort, Rain, a quality work that stands out from the pack.
"With an original score provided by Neil Finn - who Jeffs met while shooting a promo for his tune Angel's Heap - Rain gave the director the chance to offer the musician his first soundtrack gig.
"'After we worked together originally, we became friends,' Jeffs recalls. 'He always was very supportive of the film and wanted to do the music. It was a baptism-by-fire for him. He had lots of ideas, being a creative person. It was a very emotional time for him because his mother had died. When he came to do the music it was very hard, but he did an extraordinary job.'"
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Notes |
Based on Kirsty Gunn's novel of the same name.
Christine Jeffs was Assistant Editor on Absent Without Leave (NZ 1992), music by Don McGlashan, David Long and Mark Austin.
Human Instinct Black Sally is from their 1970 album "Stoned Guitar".
Neil Finn - Once Removed - Rain is mentioned on the inside back flap of book as a current project.
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Movie release information |
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Classification |
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Links |
Kirsty Gunn (New Zealand Book Council)
Neil Finn, singing in the Rain? 13, October 2001 (New Zealand Herald)
Rain (New Zealand Film Commission)
Rain (New Zealand Film Archive)
Rain CD - Rain DVD (nzvideos.org)
Rain (2001) (Internet Movie Database)
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Movies titled Rain released in 2001 |
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Sources of information |
album; former bitzonline site; New Zealand Film Commission; former nilfun.net
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