<P> Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome was the first Mad Max film made without producer Byron Kennedy, who was killed in a helicopter crash in 1983 while location scouting for the film . While the film was in development before Kennedy's death, director George Miller was hesitant to continue without his producing partner . "I was reluctant to go ahead," said Miller . "And then there was a sort of need to--let's do something just to get over the shock and grief of all of that ." A title card at the end of film reads: "...For Byron". </P> <P> Miller ended up co-directing the film with George Ogilvie, with whom he had worked on the 1983 miniseries The Dismissal . "I had a lot on my plate," said Miller . "I asked my friend George Ogilvie, who was working on the mini-series,' Could you come and help me?' But I don't remember the experience because I was doing it to just...You know, I was grieving ." Together, Miller and Ogilvie used a group workshopping rehearsal technique that they had developed . </P> <P> Exterior location filming took place primarily in the mining town of Coober Pedy, with the set for Bartertown built at an old brickworks (the Brickpit) at Homebush Bay in Sydney's western suburbs and the children's camp shot at the Blue Mountains . "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome proved far more challenging than The Road Warrior," said cinematographer Dean Semler . "We were dealing with more varied environments than before and it was essential that each of the worlds created for the film have a distinctly different look ." </P> <P> The musical score for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome was composed by Maurice Jarre, replacing Brian May, who composed the music for the previous two films . The film also features two songs performed by Tina Turner, "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" and "One of the Living," with the latter replacing Jarre's opening titles music . A soundtrack album was originally released by Capitol Records in 1985 . It includes Turner's "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)", which reached #1 in Canada, #2 in the US and #3 in the British single charts; it plays over the end credits . "One of the Living" was rerecorded for single release, and reached #15 in both Canada and the US, but only #55 in Britain . A double CD containing only Jarre's original music was issued in 2010 on Tadlow Music / Silva Screen Records . </P>

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