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name: "Bruce Smeaton"
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roles: ["Composer"]
born: "5 March 1938"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:12:28.706991+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Bruce Smeaton

Composer. Born 5 March 1938 in Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 5 March 1938, Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2926479, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006295/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69980

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Picnic at Hanging Rock*](https://film.one/film/picnic-at-hanging-rock.md) (88)

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## Biography

Bruce Smeaton is an Australian composer. He was born on 5 March 1938 in Brighton, Victoria.

Smeaton has composed scores for numerous Australian and international films and television productions. His credits include *The Cars That Ate Paris* (1974), *Picnic at Hanging Rock* (1975), *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978), *Roxanne* (1987) and *Evil Angels* (1988). He has received multiple Australian Film Institute awards for original music scores.

Earlier in his career Smeaton worked as a music teacher and composed advertising jingles. He has also written for orchestras and documentaries.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, realestate.com.au.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Picnic at Hanging Rock* (1975), Fi1m 88, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/picnic-at-hanging-rock.md)

## Also known for

- *Roxanne* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Evil Angels* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Iceman* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *The Cars That Ate Paris* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Circle of Iron* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Plenty* (1985), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Summerfield* (1977), Music

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