Boab Lullaby - Australia

Australia, a beautiful movie with multi layered stories which include World War II, Bombing of Darwin, monopoly of cattle business, the "Stolen Generation" half-Aboriginal children, a love story...etc. The breathtaking sceneries and sound tracks. You can get more details about the movie at Wikipedia Australia (2008 film).

This post is about a soundtrack from the movie called Boab Lullaby (or First Kiss), what a beautiful piece of music. And there is the ukulele tune played at the beginning and end of the sound track. It was played few times in the movie during quiet moments of the story.

Many suggest that Boab Lullaby is actually only the ukulele part of the sound track. The whole sound track itself is called "First Kiss". But I don't see "First Kiss" listed among the sound tracks from the movie. It is all confusing.

"First Kiss" sound track from Australia (2008 Film)

And Boab Lullaby itself is said to be originated from the song Such Great Height by Iron and Wine. I tried strumming it on ukulele and it does sound similar.

Here is a link to a version of the Such Great Height played plucked on guitar. Here is the chord for ukulele version. Try it yourself.

Anyway, I enjoyed both the movie and sound tracks. Hope you enjoy them too... :-)