Soundtrack

About the soundtrack

The Forged from Fire soundtrack was composed by musicians living and working in rural and regional Victoria. Each piece is drawn from the composer’s personal experience of living with their memories of Black Saturday. These are very personal works and we’re truly grateful for their contribution to the film.

The soundtrack was compiled by Kate Adam (Forged from Fire Music Advisor). Kate and Andrew listened to a lot of local music together. We were looking for instrumentals that suited the pace of the film. We were also looking for music that was both evocative and celebratory.

Music in order of appearance

After The Fires by Invention in Time
Copyright © 2010 Kate Adam and Ariel Valent

Counting on Me by Ron McIntyre
Copyright © 2010 Ron McIntyre

Natural Expression by Invention in Time
Copyright © 1998 Kate Adam and Ariel Valent

Silvan Sounds by Andrew Garton
Copyright © 2012 Andrew Garton

Julia by Charles Brown
Copyright © 2009 Charles Brown

Olive Lane by Ron McIntyre
Copyright © 2010 Ron McIntyre

The Steel of People by James, Grant, Gibson
Copyright © 2012 Colin James, Neil Grant, Amanda Gibson

Listen to the soundtrack

The Forged from Fire soundtrack is not available as a single release however individual pieces can be heard here.

After the Fires – Invention in Time

Counting on Me – Ron McIntyre

Silvan Sounds – Andrew Garton

Julia – Charles Brown

Olive Lane – Ron McIntyre

Steel of People – Blacksmiths’ Tree Choir

Invention in Time’s extraordinary composition began life as an assemblage of ideas in 2008. When the fires tore through King Lake and Strathewen, where Kate Adam had lived for much of her life, these ideas formed into After the Fires.

Charles Brown’s Julia was written for a woman he knew in Kinglake. He lost his house to the fires as well as many people he knew there, including a woman whom he knew from his daily walks. Julia was written for all whom Charles had lost that day.

Ron Mcintyre’s Counting on Me was written during a songwriting workshop after the Black Saturday Bushfires. Ron describes the song as “incorporating thoughts and reflections from the past.”

Olive Lane was specifically written in memory of Ron McIntyre’s musician friend, Graeme Savage, who lived on Olive Lane, St. Andrews. He died defending his mudbrick home.

Andrew Garton’s Silvan Sounds was the first piece he had played on a piano in five years. The piece reflects on loss and grief, in particular, that of his friend Judi’s father. Judi would take her own life four years later, one of several people within the region who struggled with depression and sought to return to the stars.

Steel of People began life as a poem penned by Neil Grant and Amanda Gibson. Colin James wrote the words into a song which was first performed by Neatly Folded Goat in 2013 after the Blacksmiths’ Tree public unveiling at the Whittlesea Showgrounds.

In 2017 Andrew Garton commissioned Kerry Clarke to transform the song into a choral work. It was performed for Forged from Fire by a choir comprised of people from Whittlesea and Nillumbik shires.

After the Fires – Invention in Time

Counting on Me – Ron McIntyre

Silvan Sounds – Andrew Garton

Julia – Charles Brown

Olive Lane – Ron McIntyre

Steel of People – Blacksmiths’ Tree Choir

Invention in Time’s extraordinary composition began life as an assemblage of ideas in 2008. When the fires tore through King Lake and Strathewen, where Kate Adam had lived for much of her life, these ideas formed into After the Fires.

Charles Brown’s Julia was written for a woman he knew in Kinglake. He lost his house to the fires as well as many people he knew there, including a woman whom he knew from his daily walks. Julia was written for all whom Charles had lost that day.

Ron Mcintyre’s Counting on Me was written during a songwriting workshop after the Black Saturday Bushfires. Ron describes the song as “incorporating thoughts and reflections from the past.”

Olive Lane was specifically written in memory of Ron McIntyre’s musician friend, Graeme Savage, who lived on Olive Lane, St. Andrews. He died defending his mudbrick home.

Andrew Garton’s Silvan Sounds was the first piece he had played on a piano in five years. The piece reflects on loss and grief, in particular, that of his friend Judi’s father. Judi would take her own life four years later, one of several people within the region who struggled with depression and sought to return to the stars.

Steel of People began life as a poem penned by Neil Grant and Amanda Gibson. Colin James wrote the words into a song which was first performed by Neatly Folded Goat in 2013 after the Blacksmiths’ Tree public unveiling at the Whittlesea Showgrounds.

In 2017 Andrew Garton commissioned Kerry Clarke to transform the song into a choral work. It was performed for Forged from Fire by a choir comprised of people from Whittlesea and Nillumbik shires.