In the seeming silence of the outback, the smallest sound is magnified: the whisper of wind through grass, the rustle of a lizard scuttling across the rocks. A radio suddenly crackling to life is shocking. John Barry’s music plays superbly with this rich soundtrack.
Walkabout took four months to film, and a year to complete. The adventure I had been a part of was woven into the fabric of the film. Edward Bond’s screenplay had become layered with the images and ideas Nic Roeg had talked of.
John Barry’s score evokes perfectly a sense of childhood yearning, a time gone for ever.