With bonus material below:
Morning of the Earth film trailer
Bali Waters, song by Tamam Shud
Crystal Voyager soundtrack, also produced by G Wayne Thomas
Crystal Voyager film edit
Australian singles charts:
Open Up Your Heart/Morning of the Earth entered the Australian singles chart* on 24 April 1972 and peaked at #21.
Album:
The soundtrack album Morning of the Earth entered the Australian albums chart* on 17 April 1972 and peaked at #16.
Songwriter:
G Wayne Thomas
Producer:
G Wayne Thomas
Record label of Australian release:
Warner Bros
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
OPEN UP YOUR HEART
MORNING OF THE EARTH
BONUS CLIP BELOW – another track from the Morning of the Earth soundtrack album by Tamam Shud.
Also other bonus material relating to the Morning of the Earth and Crystal Voyager surf films.
Wikipedia:
Morning of the Earth is a 1971 classic surf film by Alby Falzon and David Elfick.
The film’s soundtrack was produced by G. Wayne Thomas and included music and songs by noted Australian music acts Tamam Shud, John J. Francis, Brian Cadd, Mike Rudd and G. Wayne Thomas. The record became the first Australian Gold soundtrack album.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_of_the_Earth
Morning of the Earth:
After seeing the initial rushes of the film, Wayne agreed to do the recording of the soundtrack. He had been working for a number of years on minor commercial projects, and at last had a project of sufficient depth to pour his skills.
He worked extensively with the songwriters of Morning of the Earth before going into the studio, fully comprehending each individual song and idea. The recording was carried out on 16 track recording equipment so that he had plenty of room to add strings, brass, moog sounds or anything else which was needed. Some of the music was beautifully simple and Wayne kept it that way.
Read more: www.morningoftheearth.net/music-thomas.asp
Lyrics:
Open Up Your Heart
Morning of the Earth
Both songs are also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 70s
Also on Bang a Gong: Take it Easy by G Wayne Thomas
Find more songs to enjoy: Bang a Gong song finder
BONUS SONG TRACKS & FILM CLIPS
Morning of the Earth trailer:
The Morning of the Earth soundtrack album featured three tracks by Sydney psychedelic and surf rock band Tamam Shud. This is Bali Waters:
Morning of the Earth complete original soundtrack – YouTube playlist:
Crystal Voyager
G Wayne Thomas followed his soundtrack work for Morning of the Earth with a soundtrack for the 1973 Australian surf film Crystal Voyager, putting together a studio band called the Crystal Voyager Band.
Crystal Voyager original soundtrack – YouTube playlist:
10-minute edit of the Crystal Voyager film:
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