Author: Soundtrack

Brand: Gabriel, Peter

Format: Soundtrack

Release Date: 18-06-2002

Details: Product Description 'Rabbit-Proof Fence' is an Australian film by Phillip Noyce. When Peter Gabriel heard about Rabbit-Proof Fence, he was intrigued. Not only was it an independent film (not your usual Hollywood blockbuster), but the film had a great story with little dialogue, in which the music would take a significant role in setting the mood, so he was keen to be involved. Amazon.ca Aside from a multimedia pastiche he did for England's millennium celebration, this soundtrack for Phillip Noyce's film marks Peter Gabriel's first full slate of original recordings in nearly a decade. In the meantime, Gabriel's globally ambitious Real World musical mini-empire has taken precedence; the knowledge the musician gleaned there is immediately apparent in his film cues here. While the booming electro-tribal rhythms of previous Gabriel work come instantly into play, there's a sense of spacious mystery that's perfectly emblematic of the story's Australian outback setting. Gabriel's penchant for dense aural construction gives way to an ambient soundscape punctuated by Aboriginal percussion, didgeridoo, and bird song, and occasionally washed over by lolling tides of synth and samples. It's an atmosphere that, like the Aboriginal world it evokes, is nearly devoid of traditional melody, but one infused with a gripping, almost subliminal power. "Cloudless" then brings in haunting indigenous voices as well, intertwining them with a wordless, Westernized choral to emphasize Gabriel's compelling world music vision. --Jerry McCulley

UPC: 724381223826

EAN: 0724381223826

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Note: No Slip Cover

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood