Music from McLeod's Daughters
The television series McLeod's Daughters had many different songs for their closing credits which were written by Posie Graeme-Evans and Chris Harriot and performed by singer Rebecca Lavelle.
Production
In 2008, Graeme-Evans tells of the songwriting process for the soundtracks.
For me, writing the songs for McLeod's has become an emotional journey into the heart of the series and the characters we've all come to love so much. I'd always thought Chris Harriott and I could use songs as a way to get under the skin of Claire, Tess, Meg, Jodi, Becky, Nick and Alex; almost like tools within an episode, the songs would give voice to what the characters were feeling but could not say. But as Chris and I have developed the songs, they've become much more to me than that: they've become a way of exploring how we all feel, the things we'd all like to say.[1]
The music was performed primarily by Rebecca Lavelle. A few songs were performed by other artists including Abi Tucker and Doris Youanne. Three CDs, called McLeod's Daughters: Songs from the Series, were released in 2002, 2004, and 2008:[2]
List
| Song title | Performer | CD | Featured in episode(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Matter of Time | Rebecca Lavelle | - | |
| All I Ever Wanted Was Love | Rebecca Lavelle | - | 97, 129, 136, 212 |
| Alone & Afraid | Rebecca Lavelle | - | 199 |
| Am I Crazy? | Rebecca Lavelle | 1 | 1, 6, 221 |
| Belonging | Rebecca Lavelle | - | 198 |
| Brick & Becky’s Theme | Instrumental | - | 47, 122, 145 |
| Broken Dreams | Rebecca Lavelle | 3 | 104, 128, 149, 216, 219 |
| By My Side | Rebecca Lavelle | 2 | 48, 81, 99 |
| Charlotte's Song | Rebecca Lavelle | 3 | 84 |
| Common Ground | Rebecca Lavelle | 1 | 2, 6, 9, 12, 13, 25, 33, 59, 74, 78, 110, 172, 197, 213, 215 |
| Did I Tell You? | Rebecca Lavelle | 2 | 67, 72, 135, 147, 166, 176, 209 |
| Don't Give Up | Rebecca Lavelle | 2 | 75, 106, 139, 168, 179, 193, 203, 210 |
| Don't Judge | Rebecca Lavelle | 1 | 3, 6, 14, 56, 130, 189, 196, 218 |
| Drover's Run (My Heart's Home) | Rebecca Lavelle | 3 | 178, 211, 224 |
| Feet On The Ground | Rebecca Lavelle | - | 3, 32, 54 |
| Forever | Doris Youanne, Peter Hardy, Abi Tucker, Matt Passmore | - | 222 |
| Gentle, Gentle (Life Of Your Life) | Rebecca Lavelle | 2 | 60, 61, 62, 83, 165 |
| Had To Happen | Rebecca Lavelle | 3 | 89, 93, 95, 122, 161 |
| Heat | Rebecca Lavelle | 1 | 8, 26, 194, 220 |
| Hey Girl (You Got A New Life) | Rebecca Lavelle | 2 | 70, 88, 91, 101, 109, 113, 117, 142, 157, 170, 171, 173 |
| Hey You | Abi Tucker | - | 196 |
| Hopeless Case | Rebecca Lavelle | 1 | 3, 11, 15, 37, 38, 39, 55, 66, 80, 87, 92, 100, 114, 116, 121 |
| I Reach Out | Rebecca Lavelle; Naomi Starr | - | 28 |
| I Wish The Past Was Different | Rebecca Lavelle | 3 | 134 |
| In His Eyes | Rebecca Lavelle | 2 | 53, 137 |
| It Comes To This | Rebecca Lavelle | 3 | 167 |
| Just A Child | Rebecca Lavelle | 1 | 24, 29, 190, 207, 212 |
| Kate's Lullaby | Michala Banas | - | 206 |
| Life Makes A Fool Of Us | Rebecca Lavelle | - | 158 |
| Locked Away Inside My Heart | Rebecca Lavelle | 3 | 170 |
| Love Is Endless | Rebecca Lavelle | - | 146 |
| Love You, Hate You | Rebecca Lavelle | 1 | 1, 8, 86, 98, 102, 119, 131, 191, 205 |
| Matter Of Time | Rebecca Lavelle | - | 11, 33 |
| McLeod's Daughters Theme | Rebecca Lavelle | - | 2-224 |
| My Enemy, My Friend | Abi Tucker | - | 196 |
| My Heart Is Like A River | Rebecca Lavelle | 1 | 5, 7, 31, 32, 52, 73,177, 178 |
| Never Enough | Rebecca Lavelle | 1 | 30, 31, 43, 115, 132, 188, 192, 202 |
| One True Thing | Rebecca Lavelle | 3 | 184 |
| Our Home, Our Place | Rebecca Lavelle, Michala Banas | 3 | 163 |
| Room to Move | Rebecca Lavelle | - | 2, 16 |
| So Sorry | Rebecca Lavelle | - | 126 |
| Something So Strong | Rebecca Lavelle | - | 96, 154 |
| Sometimes | Rebecca Lavelle | 2 | 79, 105, 123, 133, 144, 186, 217 |
| Sorrow | Rebecca Lavelle | - | 219 |
| Speak My Angel | Abi Tucker | - | 224 |
| Stay | Rebecca Lavelle | - | 108, 112, 140 |
| Strip Jack Naked | Rebecca Lavelle | 3 | 85, 94, 111, 120, 155, 185 |
| Take The Rain Away | Rebecca Lavelle | 2 | 45, 69, 73, 107, 138, 143, 160, 203 |
| Tears on My Pillow | Rebecca Lavelle, Glenda Linscott | - | 87 |
| The First Touch | Rebecca Lavelle | 2 | 50, 145, 204 |
| The Siren's Song | Rebecca Lavelle | 1 | 36, 40, 44, 68, 103, 124, 175, 187 |
| The Stranger | Rebecca Lavelle | 2 | 71, 90, 156, 174 |
| Theme - Seasons 1-4 | Rebecca Lavelle | 2 | 2-106 |
| Theme - Seasons 5-8 | Rebecca Lavelle | 3 | 107-224 |
| This Perfect Day | Rebecca Lavelle | 3 | 100 |
| Time Turn Over | Rebecca Lavelle | 3 | 223 |
| Too Young (Was I Too Young) | Rebecca Lavelle | 2 | 82, 173 |
| Truckstop Woman | Doris Younane, Simmone Jade Mackinnon, Luke Jacobz, Gillian Alexy | - | 222 |
| Trust The Night | Rebecca Lavelle | 3 | 178, 222 |
| Understand Me | Rebecca Lavelle | 1 | 4, 58, 76, 125, 153, 167, 195, 201, 206 |
| Wake Up Gungellan | Doris Younane, Abi Tucker, Gillian Alexy | - | 222 |
| We Got It Wrong | Rebecca Lavelle | 1 | 35, 64, 77, 127, 214 |
| We Had No Time (The Man I Loved) | Rebecca Lavelle | 3 | 208, 209 |
| You Believed | Rebecca Lavelle | 3 | 169, 223 |
References
- ^ "Songs from the series". 2008-10-14. Archived from the original on 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "Australian Television: McLeod's Daughters: soundtracks". www.australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 2021-04-01.