What can you tell us about the music video for it? In the end, they chose ‘A Tune’ anyway and the other song never saw the light of day.

I did it though, after much hair pulling and teeth grinding. This time the brief was to “explore a sense of home and try to keep it upbeat”, which is a bloody hard thing to do when you’re writing about the war to end all wars. When I sent it to them it wasn’t actually what they wanted and I was asked to go away and write another one, which I did. I approached the song much more like it was a soundtrack piece, layering on the choral elements and trying to give it a haunted feeling. ‘A Tune I Might Remember’ got stuck in my head most frequently so I ran with it. My brief was initially very vague and I spat out several ideas that I thought might work. The brief was to “explore a sense of home and try to keep it upbeat”, which is a bloody hard thing to do when you’re writing about the war to end all wars. I agreed and wrote ‘A Tune I Might Remember’ to fit what I thought a WW1 credit sequence should sound like.ĭid your approach to writing the song differ from usual since you knew it would be featured in the film?

Leanne Pooley, the director, asked him if I’d be interested in writing a song for the credit sequence. How did the opportunity come about to be part of it? Did you write ‘A Tune I Might Remember’ specifically for the film? T o find out more, we shot him a few quick questions to ask about the song, what it's like for a New Zealand musician living in Australia, and when we can expect to see him back on this side of the ditch.Ģ5 April is an animated feature film about New Zealand’s involvement in the Gallipoli campaign of WW1. Ex-pat troubadour Stan Woodhouse - better known as Skyscraper Stan - is premiering the video for his single 'A Tune I Might Remember', which is featured in the soon-to-be-released film 25 April.

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