Don Battye is an Australian born composer and producer but is best known as a former television executive on two of Australian television's longest running soap operas: Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series) in the 1980s which he followed with a stint on Neighbours. He was also responsible for co-composing the famous theme tune to Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series) alongside Peter Pinne with whom he set up the record label, Bayview, in the late 1990s on leaving the Grundy Organisation. He now produces and composes music from America where he now resides. Sons and Daughters was an Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation. ... Neighbours is a long-running Logie Award winning Australian soap opera, which began airing in March 1985. ... Sons and Daughters was an Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from...

Books

• music and lyrics by Peter N. Pinne ; book and lyrics by Don Battye. Adapted from the novel by William Dick' (1988). A bunch of ratbags. Montmorency, Vic. : Yackandandah. ISBN 0-73-163897-2.