Max Rockatansky Max Rockatansky Max Rockatansky is the title character and protagonist of the post-apocalyptic action films from the "Mad Max" franchise, which spans 1979 to 2015. He appears in the films "Mad Max", "Mad Max 2", "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome", and "". Created by director George Miller and producer Byron Kennedy, the character was played by actor Mel Gibson in the first three films, and by Tom Hardy in the fourth. In "Mad Max", Max Rockatansky is a Main Force Patrol officer tasked with maintaining law and order on the roads of a dystopic Victoria, Australia. Max is quiet, rarely speaking
Mad Max (soundtrack) Mad Max (soundtrack) Mad Max (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a soundtrack album for the 1979 film, "Mad Max", composed by Brian May. It was released on vinyl in the United States in 1980 by Varèse Sarabande, followed by a CD release on 26 October 1993. Composer Brian May first got in contact with director George Miller and producer Byron Kennedy after director Richard Franklin played the two May's score for his then-upcoming film "Patrick" (1978). Because the score resembled the work of Bernard Herrmann, May ultimately won the assignment of composing music for "Mad Max". "The sort of score