SOUNDTRACKS | albums
PHIL EMMANUEL
I've run out of superlatives for Phil Emmanuel - legendary 'electric guitar player', python breeder, painter, true-blue Aussie & glad-to-say mate. He even inspired choice of wedding song with his enhanced-rendition of Mark Knopfler's 'Local Hero'.
Our pro-affair was consumated with a midnight-dawn session back in '89 to record the soundtrack for my first ever fishing adventure 'Big River Country'. No script, no score, just a guitar, an idea, and two nights with Jack Daniels to produce sheer brilliance.
Sadly some mudhead sacrilegiously trashed the 24-track master, so it is no more. That's why you'll hear the video's nat sound/fx in the mix (when its published) ... sorry, but Phil's brilliance is worth more than such small sacrifice.
A decade later Phil flew even higher with his soundtrack for 'Kingfisher', recorded at Simon Mills London Music Studios on the Gold Coast. Second verse same as the first, with Phil and his beloved Levinson Blade wistfully howling the wilderness tones of 'Call Of the Wild'.
Innate sounds that only come from one who's just as much at home chasing snakes in the Australian bush as he is performing at a Chet Atkins Memorial gig on a Nashville stage.
www.philemmanuel.com
'INTO THE ARENA' 3-PLAY [ Michael Schenker ]
1 / FULL-FRAME
2 / SPLIT-SCREEN
3 / KALEIDO
CLIPS.IN.PRODUCTION [ Coming Soon ]
SOUNDTRACK:
BIG RIVER COUNTRY
SOUNDTRACK:
KINGFISHER
INTERVIEW PHIL:
THE EMMANUEL STORY
LIVE PERFORMANCE:
TUDOR HOTEL, TAMWORTH
PHIL'S ALBUMS | philemmanuel.com
TOMMY EMMANUEL
The Journey [ The Journey ]
Tommy Emmanuel too has been a major influence and literal inspiration in the Lomas / Naturescape journey.
As a solo guitarist Tommy is lauded by peer & legend as among the finest in the world. His albums, country-classical-rock uniquely blended with worldly influences from flamenco to baroque, paints a musical-mosaic of Australia -- its sound & vision, wide-open spaces, carefree nature.
Tommy's albums have always been my go-to for visual inspiration. They were instrumental in the creation of my 'listen to the music' mantra. So-much-so that 'The Journey' was the natural and only choice as the Naturescape Journey's soundtrack.
Together as 'The Emmanuel Brothers' , and solo, Phil & Tommy have been there from day-one ... from the Double-J studio recordings in the late seventies, to their closing ceremony performance at the Sydney Olympics, and on countless occasions since & in-between.
TOMMY'S ALBUMS | tommyemmanuel.com
THE HELLECASTERS
Phil Emmanuel first introduced me to The Hellecasters as"the greatest guitar band in the world".
"Hmm, big call" I thought at first, but it took just one listen for me to feel like a goat and be hooked forever. Literally! ... for The Helles, with their deep admiration for both Phil & Tommy, kindly permitted me to use all three of their albums for the soundtrack of my 4-hour fishing series, 'Breamin'
Nup, no mannilow elevator music for these pickers & pluckers, only the real arse-kicking thing! It was the perfect match for what was a brand new kind of toe-tapping sportfishing in Australia - flickin soft-plastic lures Yank-style.
Skip 'em. Twitch 'em. Roll 'em. Crank 'em. Bang, you better hang on!
[ 'Breamin' ...coming soon to hd.Cinema Archives ]
thehellecasters.com
IVA DAVIES [ ICEHOUSE ]
Great Southern Land [ Primitive Man ]
As one of Australia's most iconic anthems, Great Southern Land was a natural selection for Naturescape's earth-sea-sky Dreaming - a call for cultural reconciliation, for black & white to come together, to celebrate and share the beauty & bounty of this great southern land.
Like GSL, Icehouse has been one of Australia's most revered bands, and Iva one of our most respected composers of music & film scores.
My Icehouse-moment came during Australia's Bi-Centennial Celebrations in 1988, when in front of a Royal Gala Concert audience, Iva & I performed a guitar-to-camera duet during Electric Blue.
icehouse-ivadavies.com
