Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 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." 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 contains two
Mad Max 2 the release of "Mad Max", director George Miller received a number of offers from Hollywood, including one to direct "First Blood". However, Miller instead decided to pursue a rock and roll movie under the working title of "Roxanne". After working with writer Terry Hayes on the novelization of "Mad Max", Miller and Hayes teamed up to write "Roxanne" in Los Angeles but the script was ultimately shelved. Miller then became more intrigued with the idea of returning to the world of "Mad Max", as a larger budget would allow him to be more ambitious. "Making "Mad Max" was a very