Baz Luhrmann’s Australia has everything you want in a sweeping epic... Goodies, baddies, a strapping hero, a ballsy heroine (with a great wardrobe and well-placed hair), a kid with doe eyes, some cows, love across the classes, more than one opportunity to have a little cry, crescendo-ing strings and a happily-ever-after ending.
Nicole Kidman and Luhrmann are both fully forgiven for that Chanel advert. Even the bit where she says ‘driiive’, which makes me want to scrape off my own face.
Watch the trailer:
Australia is an ode to the most beautiful country in the world, complete with a bit of Rolf Harris on his wobble board, some ‘Waltzing Matilda’ and a smattering of didgeridoo. Harold Arlen’s ‘Over The Rainbow’ from The Wizard Of Oz is a recurring motif and the use of Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ is guaranteed to make you well up.
For some reason they’re not releasing the entire soundtrack, but you can buy a 5-track EP which includes the really quite dreadful ‘The Drover’s Ballad’ by Elton John and absolutely none of the really quite beautiful original score by David Hirschfelder.
Buy it here: 
For some reason they’re not releasing the entire soundtrack, but you can buy a 5-track EP which includes the really quite dreadful ‘The Drover’s Ballad’ by Elton John and absolutely none of the really quite beautiful original score by David Hirschfelder.
Buy it here: 
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