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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 - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, Produced by, Music, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Engineer, Guitar, Percussion, Recorder, Produced by, Dulcimer - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, Produced by - Electra Strings, Strings - Ged Lynch, Drums, Percussion - Marco Migliari, Engineer - Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Recording - Myarn Lawford, Vocals, Voices - Rosie Goodji, Vocals, Voices - Jewess James, Vocals, Voices - Janganpa Group, Vocals, Voices - Elsie Thomas, Vocals, Voices
© 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd
Richard Chappell, Engineer - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, Produced by, Music, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Engineer, Percussion, Recorder, Produced by, Crotales - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, DJ, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Produced by, Didgeridoo - Ged Lynch, Drums, Percussion - Marco Migliari, Engineer - Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Johnny Kalsi, Percussion - The Dhol Foundation, Drums - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Recording - Adzido, Percussion - Dhol Foundation, Drums - Ningali Lawford, Vocals - Myarn Lawford, Vocals - Sheryl Carter, Vocals
© 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd
Gavyn Wright, Violin - London Session Orchestra, Strings - Richard Chappell, Engineer - Steve Orchard, Engineer, Recording - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Produced by, Music, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Engineer, Percussion, Recorder, Produced by - Gavin Wright, Violin - Shankar, Violin - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Drums, Percussion, Produced by - The London Session Orchestra, Strings - Jackie Shave, Violin - Tchad Blake, Orchestra - Michael Brook, Engineer, Recording - Marco Migliari, Engineer - Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Recording
© 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd
Richard Chappell, Engineer - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Music, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Engineer, Recorder - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Drums - Marco Migliari, Engineer - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Recording - Ganga Giri, DJ, Didgeridoo
© 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd
Gavyn Wright, Violin - London Session Orchestra, Strings - Richard Chappell, Engineer - Steve Orchard, Engineer, Recording - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Produced by, Music, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Engineer, Percussion, Recorder, Produced by, Bass - Gavin Wright, Violin - Shankar, Violin - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Guitar, Percussion, Produced by - The London Session Orchestra, Strings - Jackie Shave, Violin - Tchad Blake, Orchestra - Michael Brook, Engineer, Recording - Ged Lynch, Drums, Percussion - Marco Migliari, Engineer - Hossam Ramzy, Cymbals - Cousins, MasteringEngineer - James McNally, Bodhrán - The Dhol Foundation, Drums - Hossam Ramzi, Cymbals - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Recording - B'net Houariyat, Vocals - Dhol Foundation, Drums - Ganga Giri, DJ, Didgeridoo
© 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd
Richard Chappell, Engineer - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Vocals, Produced by, Music, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Engineer, Piano, Recorder, Produced by - Shankar, Violin - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Produced by - Michael Brook, Engineer, Recording - Marco Migliari, Engineer - Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Recording - Ganga Giri, DJ, Didgeridoo
© 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd
Richard Chappell, Engineer - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Produced by, Music, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Engineer, Guitar, Recorder, Produced by - Shankar, Violin - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, DJ, Drums, Guitar, Produced by, Didgeridoo, Miscellaneous - Electra Strings, Strings - Michael Brook, Engineer, Recording - Ged Lynch, Percussion - Marco Migliari, Engineer - Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Recording - Myarn Lawford, Vocals, Voices - Ganga Giri, DJ, Didgeridoo - Rosie Goodji, Vocals, Voices - Jewess James, Vocals, Voices - Janganpa Group, Vocals, Voices - Elsie Thomas, Vocals, Voices
© 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd
Richard Chappell, Engineer - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Vocals, Produced by, Music, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Engineer, Recorder, Produced by, Shaker - Alex Swift, Programmer - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Drums, Produced by, Shaker - Tomasz Kukurba, Violin - Jerzy Bawol, Accordion - Ged Lynch, Drums, Percussion - Marco Migliari, Engineer - Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Recording - Mahut, Percussion - Doudou N'Diaye Rose, Loops - Ganga Giri, DJ, Didgeridoo
© 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd
Richard Chappell, Engineer - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Music, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Engineer, Recorder, Music, Bass - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, Music - Chuck Norman, Programmer - Ged Lynch, Drums - Marco Migliari, Engineer - Assane Thiam, Drums - Babacar Faye, Drums - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Recording - Adzido, Percussion - Myarn Lawford, Vocals
© 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd
Gavyn Wright, Violin - Richard Chappell, Engineer - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Produced by, Music, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Engineer, Percussion, Recorder, Produced by, Whistle - Gavin Wright, Violin - Shankar, Violin - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Produced by - Chuck Norman, Keyboards, Programmer - Jackie Shave, Violin - Michael Brook, Engineer, Recording - Ged Lynch, Drums - Marco Migliari, Engineer - Cousins, MasteringEngineer - The Dhol Foundation, Drums - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Recording - Adzido, Percussion - Dhol Foundation, Drums - Ganga Giri, DJ, Didgeridoo
© 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd
Gavyn Wright, Violin - London Session Orchestra, Strings - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Vocals - Richard Chappell, Engineer - Steve Orchard, Engineer, Recording - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Produced by, Music, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Engineer, Recorder, Produced by, Bass, Dulcimer - Gavin Wright, Violin - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Drums, Guitar, Produced by, Shaker - The London Session Orchestra, Strings - Jackie Shave, Violin - Tchad Blake, Orchestra - Ged Lynch, Percussion - Marco Migliari, Engineer - Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Recording - Myarn Lawford, Vocals, Voices - Ganga Giri, DJ, Didgeridoo - Rosie Goodji, Vocals, Voices - Jewess James, Vocals, Voices - Janganpa Group, Vocals, Voices - Elsie Thomas, Vocals, Voices
© 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd
Gavyn Wright, Violin - London Session Orchestra, Strings - Richard Chappell, Engineer - Steve Orchard, Engineer, Recording - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Produced by, Music, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Engineer, Recorder, Produced by, Bass, Whistle - Gavin Wright, Violin - Shankar, Violin - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Drums, Produced by, Gong, Shaker - The London Session Orchestra, Strings - Jackie Shave, Violin - Tchad Blake, Orchestra - Electra Strings, Strings - Michael Brook, Engineer, Recording - Marco Migliari, Engineer - Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Recording - Ganga Giri, DJ, Didgeridoo
© 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd
Gavyn Wright, Violin - Richard Chappell, Drums, Engineer, Programmer - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Piano, Programmer, Vocals, Produced by, Music, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Engineer, Keyboards, Recorder, Produced by, Bass - Peter Green, Guitar - Gavin Wright, Violin - Alex Swift, Programmer - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Guitar, Vocals, Produced by - Chuck Norman, Keyboards, Programmer - Jackie Shave, Violin - The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Vocals - Ged Lynch, Drums, Percussion - Marco Migliari, Engineer - Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Recording - yang, Personal Assistant, Assistant - Kevin Quah, Personal Assistant, Assistant - Ningali Lawford, Vocals - Myarn Lawford, Vocals - Derek Zuzarte, Engineer, Recording
© 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd
Richard Chappell, Engineer - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Vocals, Produced by, Music, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Richard Evans, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Engineer, Recorder, Produced by, Music - Shankar, Violin - David Rhodes, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Produced by, Music, Berimbau - Dmitri Pokrovsky, Flute - Michael Brook, Engineer, Recording - Marco Migliari, Engineer - Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Recording - Quantec, Miscellaneous - Ningali Lawford, Vocals - Myarn Lawford, Vocals, Voices - Sheryl Carter, Vocals
© 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd
Gavyn Wright, Violin - Richard Chappell, Drums, Engineer, Programmer, Tambourine, Loops - Peter Gabriel, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Vocals, Produced by, Music, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Richard Evans, Mixer, Engineer, Guitar, Recorder, Bass - Peter Green, Guitar - HAGUE, Mixer, Produced by - Stephen Hague, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Programmer - Gavin Wright, Violin - Alex Swift, Programmer - David Rhodes, Guitar, Vocals - Chuck Norman, Keyboards, Programmer - Jackie Shave, Violin - The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Vocals - Ged Lynch, Drums, Percussion - Marco Migliari, Engineer - Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Edel Griffith, Engineer, Recording - yang, Personal Assistant, Assistant - Kevin Quah, Personal Assistant, Assistant - Ningali Lawford, Vocals - Myarn Lawford, Vocals - Ganga Giri, DJ, Didgeridoo - Derek Zuzarte, Engineer, Recording
© 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records 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: 00:58:46
- Main artists: Peter Gabriel
- Composer: Peter Gabriel
- Label: Real World Productions
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
© 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd
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