Pre-Title Sequence from this landmark SBS series (3x52min) produced by Renegade Factual and directed by Jacob Hickey.
It’s a massive industry that stops for no-one and I tried to reflect that in the themes associated with the industry. Largely narration driven meant that the film required a lot of music. They recorded one of the massive iron ore trains passing on a track during the shoot and when they played me the sound I immediately wanted to base the main theme upon this rhythm and include the sound itself as part of the orchestral percussion layers.