Music byDon Burrows

Don Burrows was a major Australian jazz musician, composer and performer, and perhaps his best known group is the Don Burrows Quartet. He has a wiki here.

(Below: Don Burrows)

Burrows' work for the film soundtrack was released on LP, and is still regularly sought after by jazz enthusiasts:

LP (Stereo) EMI SCXO-7883 1969Composed and Arranged by Don Burrows.Personnel: Don Burrows: Baritone Sax, Alto Sax, Clarinet, Flute, Alto Flute. Errol Buddle: Alto Sax, Bassoon, Oboe, Clarinet, Flute. Graeme Lyall: Tenor Sax, Clarinet, Flute. Bill Burton: Trumpet, Fluegel Horn. Peter Haslam: Trombone. John Sangster: Vibes, Percussion. George Golla: Guitar. Ed Gaston: Bass. Jackie Dougan: Drums. (Sangster and Golla courtesy of Festival Records)

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SIDE 1:

2000 Weeks (Opening Titles) (4'12")The Human Menagerie (2'33")The Limelighter (00'44")On The Make (2'46")Conflict (3'59")Melbourne Backwater (00'51")First Love (4'21")The Spider Gang (2'07")Lost In The Crowd (1'15")

SIDE 2:

Thereʼll Be No Other Time (3'02")Hitch-Hiker (2'16")Soliloquy (2'21")Young Manʼs Fancy (2'34")Vertigo (1'31")Get Up And Go (00'57")Infidelity (3'09")Reflection (2'03")From Here In (1'20")

 

(Below: Don Burrows, Frank Gibson Jr, Julian Lee, Andy Brown and George Golla)

(Below: the Don Burrows Quartet in 1976)

One of Burrows' most regular partners was guitarist George Grolla, above on the left, and below with Starline guitar:

The LP was welcomed prior to its release, one of the few aspects of the film to be well received by the critics, as in this advance notice in the Melbourne Age on 9th January 1969:

2000 Weeks - Opening titles (D. Burrows) also appeared as track 2 on a CD in an ABC collection:

CD ABC 514 297-2 DON BURROWS - THE FIRST 50 YEARS - 1967-1976 VOLUME TWO

This was part of an ABC Music/Polygram 5 disc CD edition released in 1993, which is now extremely rare.

The solo single 2000 Weeks by Twilights guitarist and singer-songwriter Terry Britten was released around the time the film came out, but it has no direct connection with the film. Britten did several songs named after the film projects that inspired him. (Cathy Come Home, Age of Consent). Britten has a wiki here.

Unfortunately both the 45 and the sheet music used the spelling 2,000 Weeks:

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45 Columbia.DO-8711. 1969.2,000 Weeks (2:11) (Britten)Vocals: Terry Britten & The Twilights.Also on LP EMI. EMA 327. 1969.

2,000 Weeks (Britten). v: Terry Britten

The reverse on the 45 was Bargain Day (Britten), vocals: Terry Britten:

(Below: Terry Britten second from right with guitar)

Finally others also recorded the title track, including James Galway on flute:

LP RCA VRL1-7371 1980 SONGS OF THE SOUTHERN CROSSSide 1 track 4:

2000 Weeks (3:30)(Don Burrows, Arr: Julian Lee) (Control) James Galway, Flute. The Sydney Symphony Orchestra Conducted by David Measham.

New Zealand composer Julian Lee did the arrangement.