What is "mallboy"

Mallboy is an Australian film released in 2001, written and directed by Vincent Giarrusso, which depicts the difficulties faced by an adolescent trying to grow up in a community plagued by social problems.

Mallboy is a soundtrack album by Australian indie rock/ electronic band Underground Lovers, released in 1997. The music was written as a score for the feature film of the same name written and directed by Underground Lovers keyboardist Vincent Giarrusso and starring Kane McNay and Neil Feeney.

Much of the album is atmospheric in tone, with sound effects echoing the inner city environment, but Giarrusso said his decision to limit the number of songs on the album was a deliberate one.

"I was adamant with the soundtrack that we didn't want a party tape, the back catalogue of a record company," he told The Australian. Instead he wrote minimal instrumentation, such as single guitar notes, to convey the inner state of the lead character, Shaun, by suggesting his turmoil. Giarrusso then worked with sound designer Philip Brophy to cut the film to the music rather than the other way around.