Two Hands (Aus 1998)

Black comedy set in Kings Cross, Sydney. Jimmy (Heath Ledger) is supposed to deliver $10,000 for Sydney Mob boss Pando (Bryan Brown). But the money is stolen from Jimmy so he attempts a bank robbery to recover the money.

Director: Gregor Jordan

Music: Cezary Skubiszewski

Music Supervisor: Chris Gough

Crowded House - "Kare Kare" (Neil Finn, Nick Seymour, Paul Hester, Mark Hart) for closing credits.
Peter Jones plays drums on the soundtrack.

Soundtrack

Album:

CD: Manamusic productions, D32052 (Aus)
- Distributed by Festival trading as Best Boy

Album track listing

CD: Manamusic, D32052, 1999.

1. These Days (Powderfinger/Fanning)
Performed by Powderfinger
Produced by Powderfinger/Mark Elligott

2. Lucky Star (A. Wasiliev)
Performed by Alex Lloyd
Recorded by Alex Lloyd. Additional production and mix by Ed Buller at Mars.

3. Walking Kings X (C. Skubiszewski)*
Performed by Cezary Skubiszewski

4. What Does It Matter (Mitchell/Fonti)
Performed by Primary
Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Jamie Fonti at Little Boots Studio.

5. Stadium (Scott/Larkin/Sutherland/Sutherland/Searles)
Performed by Skunkhour
Recorded and Mixed by Tony Wall at Velvet Sound, Sydney.

6. Dark State Of Mind (Skerik/Harwood/Martin)
Performed by Tuatara

7. Belter (Powderfinger/Fanning)
Performed by Powderfinger

8. Staircase (C. Skubiszewski)*
Performed by Cezary Skubiszewski

9. Down In Splendour (Brough)
Performed by Straitjacket Fits

10. Heavenly Sublime (Tracky Dax)
Performed by Tracky Dax

11. Fletcher's House (C. Skubiszewski)*
Performed by Cezary Skubiszewski

12. Two Hands (D. Middleton)
Performed by Kate Ceberano

13. Love Theme (C. Skubiszewski/J. Skubiszewski)*
Performed by Cezary Skubiszewski

14. This Guy's In Love (Bacharach/David)
Performed by The Reels

15. Kare Kare (Finn/Hester/Seymour/Hart)
Performed by Crowded House

*Performed by Shane O'Mara, Barry Palmer, guitars; Tony Hicks, sax; Steve Hadley, bass; Peter Jones, drums. Produced by Cezary Skubiszewski.; Recorded and mixed by Michael Letho at Sing Sing/Platinum Studios Melbourne, Australia. Staircase mixed by Andy Baldwin and Cezary Skubiszewski

Album mastered by David Macquarie at Studios 301, Sydney, Australia
Executive album producer Chris Gough, Mana Music

Movie music credits

Music supervision Chris Gough, Mana Music

Sound mixer Phil Heywood
Music editor Lee Smith

Music performed by:-

Guitars Shane O'Mara, Barry Palmer, Gregor Jordan
Sax and bass clarinet Tony Hicks
Bass Stephen Hadley
Drums Peter Jones
Vibraphone Craig Beard
Beatmaster Andy Baldwin

Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra
(Members of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Orchestration and conducting Daryl McKenzie
Recorded and mixed by Michael Letho at Sing Sing/Platinum Studios, Melbourne
Orchestra recorded by Robin Gray at Allan Eaton Studios, Melbourne
Additional recordings engineered by Adam Rhodes as C-Zee Studios
Love Theme composed by Cezary and Jan Skubiszewski
'Score' © 1998 by Warner Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd

Songs

'Belter'
(Powderfinger/Fanning)
Performed by Powderfinger

'Dark State Of Mind'
(Skerik/Harwood/Martin)
Performed by Tuatara

'24-7'
(Scott/Larkin/Sutherland/Sutherland)
Performed by Skunkhour

'Lucky Star'
(Wasiliev)
Performed by Alex Lloyd

'Two Hands'
(Middleton)
Performed by Kate Ceberano

'Down In Splendour'
(Brough)
Performed by Straitjacket Fits

'Heavenly Sublime'
(Tracky Dax)
Performed by Tracky Dax

'Stadium'
(Scott/Larkin/Sutherland/Sutherland)
Performed by Skunkhour

'What Does It Matter'
(Mitchell/Fonti)
Performed by Primary

'This Guy's In Love'
(Bacharach/David)
Performed by The Reels

'These Days'
(Powderfinger/Fanning)
Performed by Powderfinger

'Kare Kare'
(Finn/Hester/Seymour/Hart)
Performed by Crowded House

Soundtrack available on Bestboy Records
Distributed by Festival

Notes

Bryan Brown completed Dear Claudia (Aus 1998) just before Two Hands, and also appeared in Sweet Talker (Aus 1991)

Cezary Skubiszewski (amongst others, including Phil Judd) wrote music for Sky Trackers (Aus 1994) (TV series)

Wasiliev is the surname Alex Lloyd uses for songwriting credits. He toured with Neil Finn in 2001.

'These Days' - Powderfinger was written specifically for Two Hands. Darren Middleton of Powderfinger also wrote the song 'Two Hands', sung by Kate Ceberano, for the soundtrack.

The date at the end of the movie is 1998 - it's dated 1999 on the Internet Movie Database.

Movie release information

Australia: 29 July 1999
VHS - PAL (in German)
DVD - NTSC, Region 1; PAL, Region 2

Classification

(strong language, guns...mob violence, several murders)
MA (15+, legally restricted - children under 15 must be accompanied by an adult to see the film in a cinema or hire the video - Aus)
R16 (NZ)
15 (UK)

Classification links - Aus, NZ, UK, US

Links

Two Hands (Aus 1998) (Internet Movie Database)

Two Hands Soundtrack (Australian Soundtracks - Home Page)
Two Hands Soundtrack (Festival Mushroom Records)

Two Hands (1998) (Bad Movie Night)

Sources of information

Australian Soundtracks - Two Hands Soundtrack; CD; TiTM; video

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