Richard Pleasance

Richard Arnold Pleasance is an Australian rock musician and producer. He was a founding member of Boom Crash Opera on guitar, bass guitar, vocals and as a songwriter in 1985; they released three albums before Pleasance left in 1992. Their hit Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) singles, "Great Wall" (No. 5, 1986) and "Onion Skin" (No. 11, 1989) were co-written by Pleasance, who also co-produced their second album, These Here Are Crazy Times (No. 10, 1989). His debut solo release, Galleon received four nominations at the ARIA Music Awards for 1992. Pleasance composed the theme music for Australian television series SeaChange (1998–2001), for 2006 feature film Kenny, and more recently he composed the theme music for the prison drama series Wentworth. Pleasance is married to Michelle, and, since May 2009, is living in Hepburn Springs, Victoria, where he has a recording studio.

Early life Pleasance was born in Park Orchards and attended Mitcham High School. His nickname at school was Polly. He was the founding guitarist for Melbourne-based band Government Drums in 1981 with Steve Bell, Michael Davis, Barbara Hogarth and Willy Zygier. After they disbanded in 1982, Pleasance joined Serious Young Insects in 1983 when founding bass guitarist, Michael Vallance left. Alongside Pleasance were Peter Farnan on guitar and vocals and Mark White on drums, but the group soon disbanded. Pleasance stated in a radio interview on 21st Sept 2021 (ABC Melbourne) that he was never a member of Serious Young Insects but would have liked to have been. Pleasance then formed Bang in 1983, which included Karen Ansel, Carol Hitchcock, Laurie McRae, Tim Rosewarne, Nick Seymour, Ren Walters, Oleh Witer and Sherine Abeyratne, and disbanded in 1984.

Release date: 1991 Label: East West / Warner Music Australia (903173999) Formats: CD, LP, cassette 59

Release date: 1995 Label: BMG Australia (7689640207) Formats: CD, cassette —

Release date: September 2021 Label: Formats: CD, digital download —

Soundtrack albums + List of soundtrack albums Title Details Kenny (soundtrack) Release date: 2006 Label: iNSYNC Music (INCD20062) Formats: CD, digital download Wentworth (soundtrack) Release date: April 2015 Label: Fremantle Media Formats: Digital download Brothers' Nest (soundtrack) Release date: May 2018 Formats: Digital download Wentworth Vol. 2 (soundtrack) Release date: June 2019 Label: LilliPilli Formats: Digital download

Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chartpositions Album AUS 2019 — "Crooked River" 2008 Emerald Falls Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie "Episode 14" from City Homicide Best Music for a Television Series or Serial

ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.

Galleon Best Male Artist

Galleon Breakthrough Artist – Album "Sarah (I Miss You)" Breakthrough Artist – Single Richard Pleasance Producer of the Year Richard Pleasance and Ross Hipwell for Galleon Best Cover Art 2001 The Very Best of SeaChange Best Original Soundtrack