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y separately published work icon Marvellous Melbourne : Soundtrack single work   lyric/song  
Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Marvellous Melbourne : Soundtrack
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Original songs and soundtrack music from the 1994 University of Queensland Drama Department revival of Marvellous Melbourne. Lyrics and music by Clay Djubal (except tracks 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11). All vocals and all instruments by Clay Djubal, except 'Mother Crosbie's Girls (additional vocals by Tabitha Carr-Thompson, Kelly Johanson, Alison Kerr, and Serena Melloy) and 'Hero's Theme' (spoken word by Michael Sealy).

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  • Contents: 1. 'Marvellous Melbourne', 2. 'Villain's Theme', 3. 'Heroes and Villains', 4. 'Hero's Theme', 5. 'Conflict Music', 6. 'Hang Hi's Dinner', 7. 'Opium Den Musak', 8. 'Mother Crosbie's Girls', 9. 'Flashlight Getting Excited', 10. 'Frank and Dorothy's Theme', 11. 'The Chase', 12. 'Marvellous Melbourne' (reprise).

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* Contents derived from the Brisbane, Queensland,:Have Gravity Will Threaten , 1994 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
'Heroes and Villains', Clay Djubal , Clay Djubal (composer), single work lyric/song
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'Heroes and Villains', Clay Djubal , Clay Djubal (composer), single work lyric/song
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First known date: 1994
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Marvellous Melbourne Clay Djubal (composer), Delyse Ryan , University of Queensland. Dept. of English , 1994 single work musical theatre drama humour

Play with music.

The story begins with the arrival of silly English 'new chum,' Charles Harold Vane Somers Golightly at the Spencer Street Railway Station. A local con artist, Robert Copeland, offers to show Charles around the city, in an attempt to take advantage of him. The scenes move briskly to the Burke and Wills Memorial, then out to Fairholme House on the outskirts of Melbourne. Later scenes include a Chinese opium den and Flemington during the running of the Melbourne Cup. Other characters include Dick Ledger (a 'revolutionary' who speaks on behalf of the 'down-trodden wukkin' man wot is a slave every day o' the week and ain't erlowed to git 's beer on a Sunday'), Detective Lynch and Inspector Lannigan (both with an eye on Copeland), Polly Sweetapple, Frank Seymour, Mother Crosbie, Maggie, Dorothy, Joseph Westley, and Hang Hi.

The musical score, including both pre-taped music accompaniment and live performance, juxtaposed contemporary sounds and styles (rock and pop) with traditional forms such as folk/traditional ballads and Chinese music. Original songs written for the production were 'Marvellous Melbourne', 'Villain's Theme', 'Hero's Theme', 'Mother Crosbie's Girls', 'Heroes and Villains', and 'Opium Den Musak.'

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  • 1880s
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  • Melbourne, Victoria,
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