STACK NZ Nov #68

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TAMI’S TAKE ON TELLY

MORE BRICKS IN THE WALL Roger Waters has revisited his Pink Floyd landmark The Wall with a brand new feature film and album Roger Waters’ The Wall – available this month on CD, DVD and Blu-ray – is both a concert film and a personal pilgrimage, with the former Pink Floyd man reflecting on the lives of both his grandfather and father, both of whom died in the first and second world wars, respectively. The concert is taken from his epic ‘The Wall Live’ world tour, which ran from 2010- 13 and was seen by more than 4 million fans. The film, shot in 4K and mixed in Dolby Atmos, features never-before-seen concert footage and includes the hits Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 , Comfortably Numb and Run Like Hell . Roger Waters’ The Wall is out on DVD and Blu-ray on November 20; the 2-CD soundtrack album will be released on November 2.

Tami Neilson

Bronwyn Turei

Tami Neilson enjoyed the challenge of scoring the series The Brokenwood Mysteries – but wasn’t so keen on appearing in front of cameras. The second series of feature-length whodunits set in the sleepy fictional small-town of

and Jay also had to come up with three songs – actually two and a bit – for use in one of the mysteries, which involved the murder of a country singer (played by Go Girls ’ Bronwyn Turei). “For the final episode I had to write songs for the character to sing,” she says. “They also wanted the tail end of a song; that was quite strange, to write just half of a verse!” The character in question actually looks to have been modeled on Neilson and she confides that she was approached about playing the part herself. However, the idea of ending up dead in a bathtub didn’t appeal. “If you’re going to die, you want to look glamorous,” she laughs. “For my first try at acting, I was kind of thinking a cameo, maybe the waitress who puts the coffee on the table and walks away.” The Brokenwood Mysteries once again stars Neill Rea as the country music loving Det Senior Sergeant Mike Shepherd and Fern Sutherland as his often exasperated sidekick Det. Kristin Sims. Guest stars this time include the likes of Robyn Malcolm ( Upper Middle Bogan ), Ben Barrington ( The Almighty Johnsons ) and Shane Cortese ( Nothing Trivial ).

Brokenwood is out this month on DVD and, as with the first season of the show, homegrown country music features prominently on the show. However, this time as well songs from local favourites like Marlon Williams and Delaney Davidson, Series 2 of The Brokenwood Mysteries also boasts an original score by roots/ country songstress Tami Neilson, whose latest album Don’t Be Afraid has just been released. “That was big dive into something new,” Neilson told STACK . “With the first series, a lot of us are on the soundtrack. But when it got renewed for a second series, they approached me and said ‘we would really like you to score the second series as well’.” Working with her Canadian-based brother and regular songwriting partner Jay Neilson, she admits scoring a TV show proved to be very different from traditional songwriting, so it was a steep learning curve. “In a song you’re telling a story in three minutes, whereas with scoring you are sometimes having to tell a story or convey an emotion in 10 seconds, and instead of words, you have images.” Although mainly instrumental music, Tami

BURGERS COME TO JB!

The Brokenwood Mysteries: Series 2 is due out on November 24

Although it hasn’t quite enjoyed the same sort of profile of other Fox animated shows like Family Guy and The Simpsons , Bob’s Burgers is set to pass an important TV milestone.The sixth season of the quirky animated series has just begun airing in the US and will soon celebrate its 100th episode. Featuring the voice talents of H. Jon Benjamin (Carl in Family Guy ) and Kristen Schaal ( Flight Of The Conchords ), the show follows the adventures of Bob Belcher, a third-generation restaurateur at his family’s food joint Bob’s Burgers. If you haven’t yet caught up with this wacky animated comedy, check out Bob’s Burgers: The Complete First Season , available exclusively at JB Hi-Fi from November 11.

As well as the fictional whodunits of The Brokenwood Mysteries , this month also sees the release of a collection of TV movies telling the stories of some of New Zealand’s most notorious crimes. True New Zealand Crime Stories is headed up by the three tele- features – How To Murder Your Wife , Venus & Mars and The Monster of Mangatiti (pictured) – that screened earlier this year in Television New Zealand’s ‘Sunday Theatre’ slot, plus two previously released TVNZ REAL KIWI MURDER MYSTERIES

movies based on famous murder cases, Siege and Bloodlines . The 2-disc set features a host of familiar faces – Geraldine Brophy, Craig Hall, Miriama Smith Joel Tobeck, Sara Wiseman and more – and is due out on November 18.

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