Theme from Picnic at Hanging Rock

...http://www.mobiuspublishing.com.au/Home.html (This featured music) is from the artist Jorge Rico - Picnic at Hanging Rock Theme music 2001 - "Pan Pipe Melodies" album. Purchased from iTunes music.
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Just added to read for anyone interested -
http://www.amazon.com/Picnic-Hanging-Rock-Jorge-Rico/dp/B000059O39

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_appropriation_in_western_music#1970s
Marcel Cellier, owner of the Swiss record label Disques other big hit of 1975 was Flutes De Pan et Orgue ("Pan Flute and Organ"), a 1971 recording of traditional Romanian pan flute music, performed by virtuoso Romanian pan flautist Gheorge Zamfir, and accompanied by Cellier himself on organ. The international vogue for Zamfir's music is largely due to Australian film director Peter Weir. His 1975 film Picnic at Hanging Rock, one of the most successful Australian feature films of the period, featured evocative music from the Cellier disc on the soundtrack, and the film's success created widespread interest in Zamfir and his music.
The popularization of the album was, ironically, the inadvertent outcome of a frustrated plan. Weir had been introduced to Zamfir's music a few years earlier, and when he began production on Picnic he decided to use pan flute music on the soundtrack; he approached Zamfir to compose original music in the same style, but Zamfir declined, so Weir was obliged to return to the music he had originally heard and licence some of the tracks from the Cellier LP. The irony is that, although it made him internationally famous, Zamfir would have made far more money from the publishing rights if he had composed the original music Weir wanted—since all but one of the tracks on the Cellier LP were credited to the ubiquitous "trad. arr. ...".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picnic_at_Hanging_Rock_%28film%29
- Music
The main title music, which plays a major role in creating the haunting atmosphere for which the film is remembered, comes from two traditional Romanian panpipe pieces, "Doina: Sus Pe Culmea Dealului" and "Doina Lui Petru Unc" with Romanian Gheorghe Zamfir on panpipe (or panflute) and Swiss born Marcel Cellier playing organ.
Weir first heard Zamfir's music on the album Flutes de Pan et Orgue, originally released on the French Cellier label. Although the film was instrumental in popularising Zamfir's distinctive music, Weir later revealed that Zamfir refused to contribute original music for the film, forcing Weir to obtain the licencing rights for the tracks he had originally heard on the Cellier disc.
The "ascent" theme, which plays first during the girls' climb, then during Michael's ascent of the Rock in pursuit of the missing girls, and later when Albert makes a similar climb, was one of several original compositions written for the film by Australian composer Bruce Smeaton.
Other music in the film is classical, including: Bach's Prelude No. 1 in C, a piano piece used near the beginning of the film; the Romance piece from Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; the Andante Cantabile movement from Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No.1 Op.11; and the Adagio Un Poco Mosso from Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, also known as the Emperor Concerto, a dreamlike piano piece used later in the film when Michael is haunted by his memories of Miranda.
The Adagio from Beethoven's Emperor Concerto, is a favourite of producer Hal McElroy; it has been used in several of his films, including the television mini-series Return to Eden.
There is currently no official soundtrack commercially available. In 1976, CBS released a vinyl LP titled "A Theme from Picnic at Hanging Rock" through their Epic label in the UK. This album included the two Doinas listed above, subtitled "Miranda's Theme" and "A Theme from Picnic at Hanging Rock" respectively; the remaining tracks were more Romanian folk tunes, and the artwork was unrelated to the film, or to Hanging Rock. The Doinas concerned are available on CD on the relatively obscure Disques Cellier label, and are also available as recorded live versions.
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Alien Winds - Mars Descent Audio at beginning and end of video - experimental :)

... this haunting story continues "Dream Within a Dream"
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[junysaerus]

hello somewhereintime just to say thankyou for getting message about pahr it was really nice to go through my mail and see a reply made me smile thankyou  have a good day love junysawrus

[somewhereintime43]

@junysaerus.. you're welcome :)

[junysaerus]

what a great film it made me go all goosepimply when i saw it in the cinema great filming why are the aussies so good at making these films walkabout for example this was beautiful and haunting was it true i still wonder today what happened to them a mystery would watch it over and over again junysawrusx

[somewhereintime43]

@junysaerus Thank you for your lovely comment :)

[Busterstheboy]

This is still OK but nowhere near as good as the actual track in the film. Weir really missed a trick by not making a soundtrack. Too many twiddly bits in this version and no organ. Don't mean to be ungrateful, though. Thanks for posting this.

[somewhereintime43]

That's alright, thanks for commenting :)

[florianchurch]

Both wonderful and mysterious music. Thanks for positing.

[clawpuss]

An exceptional score, perfect acting and beautiful cinematography combine to produce a truly marvelous piece of cinema. Hats off to Peter Wier.

[bond00777777]

nice music flute and organ .... moriconne ?

[baraxor]

That something supernatural occurred is perhaps a given. What I don't think is a given...even with the notorious "secret chapter"...is that the missing women ended their lives here, at least with respect to Miranda.

[ivanpolik]

this music is amaizing,i think it is better than original,i love the movie,beautifull job,thank you

[Hjalmberi]

Amazing music, does anyone have a music sheet of the melody? or midi?