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Lisa Gerrard Whale Rider 4 AD Records
Though she went mainstream with her contribution to the Gladiator soundtrack, Australian Lisa Gerrard will forever be known as the second half of transcultural goth music phenomenon Dead Can Dance (disbanded after nearly 20 years and 10 albums). The voice of Lisa Gerrard is like no other. Mediaeval incantations erupt from her as if channeled from another place and time.
Those vocals reverberate throughout Whale Rider, the soundtrack to the independent New Zealand film of the same name. The film follows the life a young girl who, not being born a boy, has disappointed her family. Determined, she seeks her place, her...
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