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Peter
Gabriel
Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof
Fence
released: 06.18.02
our score: 3.5 out of 5.0
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Peter Gabriel
has very much become an artist intent on tackling ambitious projects
and crafting them into a CD deep with his own visions and talent
for expressionism. Whether you loved or loathed the Millennium
Dome project, those who visited it could not help but be amazed
by the fantastic, colourful show performed there and it was Gabriel
who provided the music for it, brilliantly crafting a soundtrack
that involved all kinds of traditional music from across the British
Isles.
His latest
project is similar in that it is a soundtrack based on traditional
world music, but this time the setting for the emotional journey
is the Australian outback. Long Walk Home is Gabriel's
soundtrack for the forthcoming Phillip Noyce film, The Rabbit
Proof Fence, and it features 15 atmospheric, peaceful pieces
that blend historical aboriginal instruments with a modern eye
for emotion and drama to yield a haunting CD that will be welcomed
by those interested in movie soundtracks or world music.
The film itself,
which stars Kenneth Brannagh, tells the story of people pulled
away from their families in a policy to break up aboriginal homes
- but they know they will be able to find their way back if they
follow the famous fence that spans Australia to keep rabbits off
farmland.
Gabriel, who
also did the score for Martin Scorcese's Last Temptation of
Christ, says he has had plenty of film offers since that but
has not taken them-partly because he feels he is a slow worker.
He said: "But with Rabbit Proof Fence I was attracted because
it was very independent in nature, it was very different from
normal Hollywood fodder."
For a haunting
movie soundtrack that blends past and present styles, you'll have
to go a long way to beat Long Walk Home.
17-Jun-2002
2:00 PM
If you
liked Long Walk Home...
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| Tracklist:
1.
Jigalong
2. Stealing the Children
3. Unlocking the Door
4. The Tracker
5. Running to the Rain
6. On the Map
7. A Sense of Home
8. Go Away Mr. Evans
9. Moodoo's Secret
10. Gracie's Recapture
11. Crossing the Salt Pan
12. The Return - Part 1, 2, & 3
13. Ngankarrparni
14. The Rabbit Proof Fence
15. Cloudless |
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