Storm Riders (1982)

Surfing (on the sea) - wave riding in Bali, Indonesia, Hawaii, South Africa, Queensland and South Australia. (non-fiction)

Director: David Lourie
Film-makers: Dick Hoole and Jack McCoy

Poster inside LP: Film soundtrack compiled by Hugh Rule and Brett Goldsmith

Split Enz - "Hard Act To Follow" (Tim Finn)
Split Enz - "Albert Of India" (Eddie Rayner) - on Peak PKA 1001 (date?) (US) only

Soundtrack albums

LP EMI. EMX-112, 1982 (Aus)

LP Peak PKA 1001 (date?) (US)
EMI EMS-81577 (LP, Japan, blue vinyl)

Album track listings

EMI. EMX-112, 1982 (LP, Aus)

Side One

1. "Summer of 81"
(Ian McCusker)
Mondo Rock

2. "Hard Act To Follow"
(Tim Finn)
Split Enz

3. "Bustin' Loose"
(Smith)
Moving Pictures

4. "Life Speeds Up"
(Kilbey)
The Church

5. "Local And/Or General"
(Kelly)
Models

6. "Unpublished Critics"
(Reyne-Williams)
Australian Crawl

Side Two

1. "Cool Change"
(Shorrock)
Little River Band

2. "Tunnel Of Love"
(Oxley)
Sunnyboys

3. "Hit & Run"
(Camillieri-Burstin-Faehse)
Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons

4. "Asian Paradise"
(Sharon O'Neill)
Sharon O'Neill

5. "Hot Cover"
(Moffitt-Prior-Clayton-Grossman)
Matt Finish

6. "I'm Not Like Everybody Else"
(Davies)
Jimmy & The Boys

7. "Falling"
(Mark Gillespie)
Mark Gillespie

Peak PKA 1001 (LP, US)

This has a different track listing and a slightly different cover.

1. "Hard Act To Follow"
(Tim Finn)
Split Enz

2. "Summer of 81"
(Ian McCusker)
Mondo Rock

3. "Life Speeds Up"
(Kilbey)
The Church

4. "Look At Me" (3:39) -
Matt Finish

5. "Big City Talk" (3:56) -
Marc Hunter

6. "Unpublished Critics"
(Reyne-Williams)
Australian Crawl

Side Two

1. "Gay Guys"
The Dugites

2. "This Is the Ritz"
N Z Pop

3. "People"
Mi-Sex

4. "I'm Not Like Everybody Else"
(Davies)
Jimmy & The Boys

5. "Local And/Or General"
(Kelly)
Models

6. "Albert Of India"
(Eddie Rayner)
Split Enz

(It starts and finishes like Waiata/Corroboree, but has different tracks in between.)

EMI EMS-81577 (LP, Japan, blue vinyl)

Side One:

1. Hard Act to Follow
Split Enz

2. Bustin' Loose
Moving Pictures

3. Life Speeds Up
The Church

4. Local And/Or General
Models

5. Unpublished Critics
Australian Crawl

Side Two:

1. Cool Change
Little River Band

2. Tunnel Of Love
Sunnyboys

3. Hit & Run
Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons

4. Falling
Mark Gillespie

5. Is This Where You Live
The Church

Notes

From the back of the LP sleeve (EMI EMX 112, 1982)

"STORM RIDERS are young and free and ready for anything - discovering the exotic jungles of Sumatra, Java, romantic Bali and the blistering desert of outback Australia. They ride the treacherous coastlines of Africa and the Great Australian Bight, pitting their courage against the biggest waves ever filmed, sharing waves with wild dolphins and Windsurfing huge life-and-death waves in Hawaii.
"These are the STORM RIDERS and they will take you on the ride of your life. The greatest ocean adventure ever filmed featuring the best Oz music you'll ever hear."

This movie is mentioned in the liner notes of the Japanese release of Finn, in the chronology of Tim and Neil.

Musicians:-

Craig Hooper was in Church in 1984, and Buster Stiggs in Models in 1981.

Joe Camilleri and Wilbur Wilde of Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons played on Tim Finn's album "Escapade" (1983); Wilbur Wilde played sax on "Voices" on the Split Enz album "See Ya 'Round" (1984).

Movie release information

Video, 90 min.
DVD - 25th anniversary special edition (date given as 1981)

There is another DVD release called Storm Riders which is a Chinese martial arts film based on the comic book series "Fung Wan: Wind and Cloud." Date: 1998.

Classification

G (General exhibition - Aus)

Classification links - Aus, NZ, UK, US

Links

Storm Riders (Internet Movie Database)

Storm Riders - DVD

Storm Riders (The Church Discography) Lots of detail about different releases.

Trailer on YouTube. No Split Enz music. Slightly censored ;)

Sources of information

Australian Record Collector's List (older version); Australian Soundtracks - Storm Riders; FOTE Discography; Finn (Japanese release); LP (Aus); Storm Riders (The Church Discography).

Page compiled by carolyn
Last updated 4th March, 2009.