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Nearly a full decade after the release of Us, Peter Gabriel finally returned with new music in the summer of 2002 -- but it wasn't a new studio album, it was the soundtrack to Phillip Noyce's return to independent Australian cinema, Rabbit-Proof Fence. The film tells the true story of three Aboriginal girls who make a return to their home after being abducted by the government to serve as domestic help to a white family in 1931; as they make their journey through the Outback to their home, they follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, which had been constructed to prevent animals deemed agricultural pests -- including rabbits, dingoes, and foxes -- from crossing into Western Australia agricultural lands. This, understandably, is a moody, emotional piece, and Gabriel was an ideal choice for the soundtrack, since he proved with his score for Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ that he could stay faithful to the indigenous music of the region while synthesizing it with his own synth-based art-rock, providing a haunting, emotionally resonant soundtrack to the film. He does a similar thing here, using Aboriginal music as a foundation for much of his music, yet winding up with a score that's ultimately closer to Birdy than Passion. That's largely due to its long stretches of moody, spare keyboards, which dominate much of the album. The keyboards are the dominant sound here, not the rhythms, but it all blends together for a very evocative, dark yet hopeful set of music. It's not a splashy comeback, then, but a quiet return to something Gabriel does best -- creating soundscapes that are at once alien and familiar, eerie yet comforting. That he hasn't done this in a while does not diminish the fact that he's created a strong instrumental piece that stands on its own, outside of the film, holding its own with Birdy and Passion. And it only whets the appetite for a full-scale comeback.
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Richard Chappell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Drum, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Cousins, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Dulcimer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Percussion, Drum, Bass, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Electra Strings, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Ged Lynch, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Marco Migliari, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Myarn Lawford, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Rosie Goodji, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Jewess James, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Janganpa Group, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Elsie Thomas, Voices, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd
Richard Chappell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Cousins, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Percussion, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Percussion, Vocals, Drum, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ged Lynch, Percussion, Tom-Toms, AssociatedPerformer - Marco Migliari, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Kalsi, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Dhol Foundation, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adzido, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ningali Lawford, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Myarn Lawford, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sheryl Carter, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd
Gavyn Wright, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - London Session Orchestra, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Chappell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Orchard, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Cousins, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Percussion, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Shankar, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Percussion, Drum, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jackie Shave, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tchad Blake, Unknown, Other - Michael Brook, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marco Migliari, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd
Richard Chappell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Cousins, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Drum, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Marco Migliari, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ganga Giri, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd
Gavyn Wright, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - London Session Orchestra, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Chappell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Orchard, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Cousins, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Percussion, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - Shankar, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jackie Shave, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tchad Blake, Unknown, Other - Michael Brook, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ged Lynch, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Marco Migliari, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James McNally, Bodhrán Drum, AssociatedPerformer - The Dhol Foundation, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Hossam Ramzi, Cymbals, AssociatedPerformer - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - B'net Houariyat, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ganga Giri, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd
Richard Chappell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Shankar, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Brook, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marco Migliari, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ganga Giri, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd
Richard Chappell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Cousins, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Shankar, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Drum, Unknown, Didgeridoo, Other, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Electra Strings, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Brook, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ged Lynch, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Marco Migliari, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Myarn Lawford, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Ganga Giri, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer - Rosie Goodji, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Jewess James, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Janganpa Group, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Elsie Thomas, Voices, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd
Richard Chappell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Cousins, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Percussion, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Swift, Programmer - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Percussion, Drum, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tomasz Kukurba, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jerzy Bawol, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - Ged Lynch, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Marco Migliari, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mahut, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Doudou N'Diaye Rose, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ganga Giri, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd
Richard Chappell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Cousins, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - David Rhodes, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, Drum, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Norman, Programmer - Ged Lynch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Marco Migliari, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Assane Thiam, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Babacar Faye, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adzido, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Myarn Lawford, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd
Gavyn Wright, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Chappell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Cousins, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Whistle, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Shankar, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Percussion, Vocals, Drum, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Norman, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Shave, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Brook, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ged Lynch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Marco Migliari, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Dhol Foundation, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adzido, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ganga Giri, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd
Gavyn Wright, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - London Session Orchestra, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Chappell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Orchard, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Cousins, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Dulcimer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Percussion, Drum, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jackie Shave, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tchad Blake, Unknown, Other - Ged Lynch, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Marco Migliari, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Myarn Lawford, Vocals, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Ganga Giri, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer - Rosie Goodji, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Jewess James, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Janganpa Group, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Elsie Thomas, Voices, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd
Gavyn Wright, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - London Session Orchestra, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Chappell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Orchard, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Cousins, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Whistle, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - Shankar, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Percussion, Drum, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jackie Shave, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tchad Blake, Unknown, Other - Electra Strings, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Brook, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marco Migliari, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ganga Giri, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd
Gavyn Wright, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Chappell, Engineer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Vocals, Drum Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Cousins, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - Peter Green, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Swift, Programmer - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Norman, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Shave, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ged Lynch, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Marco Migliari, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - yang, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevin Quah, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ningali Lawford, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Myarn Lawford, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Zuzarte, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd
Richard Chappell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Evans, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shankar, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Rhodes, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Dmitri Pokrovsky, Unknown, Other - Michael Brook, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marco Migliari, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Quantec, Unknown, Other - Ningali Lawford, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Myarn Lawford, Vocals, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Sheryl Carter, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd
Peter Gabriel, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 Peter Gabriel Ltd
Album review
Nearly a full decade after the release of Us, Peter Gabriel finally returned with new music in the summer of 2002 -- but it wasn't a new studio album, it was the soundtrack to Phillip Noyce's return to independent Australian cinema, Rabbit-Proof Fence. The film tells the true story of three Aboriginal girls who make a return to their home after being abducted by the government to serve as domestic help to a white family in 1931; as they make their journey through the Outback to their home, they follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, which had been constructed to prevent animals deemed agricultural pests -- including rabbits, dingoes, and foxes -- from crossing into Western Australia agricultural lands. This, understandably, is a moody, emotional piece, and Gabriel was an ideal choice for the soundtrack, since he proved with his score for Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ that he could stay faithful to the indigenous music of the region while synthesizing it with his own synth-based art-rock, providing a haunting, emotionally resonant soundtrack to the film. He does a similar thing here, using Aboriginal music as a foundation for much of his music, yet winding up with a score that's ultimately closer to Birdy than Passion. That's largely due to its long stretches of moody, spare keyboards, which dominate much of the album. The keyboards are the dominant sound here, not the rhythms, but it all blends together for a very evocative, dark yet hopeful set of music. It's not a splashy comeback, then, but a quiet return to something Gabriel does best -- creating soundscapes that are at once alien and familiar, eerie yet comforting. That he hasn't done this in a while does not diminish the fact that he's created a strong instrumental piece that stands on its own, outside of the film, holding its own with Birdy and Passion. And it only whets the appetite for a full-scale comeback.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:43
- Main artists: Peter Gabriel
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Real World Productions Ltd.
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
© 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd ℗ 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd
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