Credited on the record as Roger Mason, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Stanhope.
Conscription 1969
2001 · ABC Classics ABC 461 800-2 · Sydney, Australia
- Artist
- Roger Mason
- Credited on the record as
- Roger Mason, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Stanhope
- Title
- Conscription 1969
- Release
- Australians at War
- Year
- 2001
- Label
- ABC Classics # ABC 461 800-2
- Format
- CD · Soundtrack
- Language
- Instrumental
- Country
- Sydney, Australia
- Songwriter
- Roger Mason
- Genre
- Film Score · Film Score
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Soundtrack to Australian "eight-hour television series that examines the effects of war on the lives of Australians and how this nation has been shaped by those experiences". Roger Mason was a composer based in Sydney, Australia, accompanied by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, formed in 1948 from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Several wars were covered in the documentary and this soundtrack, including World War One, World War Two, and Korea. The Vietnam War-related songs on this soundtrack were: "Special Forces in Vietnam", " Vietnam Vets ", "Conscription 1969", and "Vietnam Protests". Episode seven dealt with the Vietnam War, which "looks back at the issues surrounding the Vietnam War". Episode Seven of Australians at War, “Trying not to remember”, looks back at the issues surrounding the Vietnam War, including the protest movement and the conscription debate, but most importantly provides first-hand accounts from individuals who risked everything to fight in a “dirty war” they either believed to be right or were conscripted to serve in. Tragically, returned servicemen all too often continued to suffer upon their return home, where Australia’s citizens had become deeply divided…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Score to the eight-part ABC television series Australians at War (2001); episode seven covers Vietnam. 2-CD set.
About the artist
Roger Mason - composer based in Sydney, NSW; this score was performed with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (founded 1948, Hobart) conducted by David Stanhope.