the whalerider ost (2003)

With Whale Rider Lisa Gerrard, the former voice of Dead Can Dance, returns with a soundtrack that follows acclaimed scores for Gladiator (with Hans Zimmer and The Insider (with Pieter Bourke). Those hoping for another glimpse into ecstasy through Gerrard's magnificent voice will be disappointed. This score to the New Zealand-set film relies more on texture and mood, with Gerrard's voice planted in a slowly undulating drift of synthesizers and sustained guitar lines.

It's not until "Biking Home" that you might even recognise Gerrard's voice in this quietly joyful mood piece. She only gives herself full, if understated, voice on the symphonic closing track "Go Forward" which echoes Gladiator's "Now We Are Free", but with Maori chanting. Though there is some compelling music on Whale Rider, much of it sounds bereft without the accompanying images.
--John Diliberto, Amazon.com



T r a c k L i s t i n g s
01 - Paikea Legend - 3:29
02 - Journey Away - 3:43
03 - Rejection - 1:43
04 - Biking Home - 3:25
05 - Ancestors - 1:43
06 - Suitcase - 1:04
07 - Pai Calls The Whales - 1:32
08 - Reiputa - 2:14
09 - Disappointed - 2:55
10 - They Came To Die - 2:19
11 - Pai Theme - 3:49
12 - Paikea's Whale - 4:01
13 - Empty Water - 1:40
14 - Waka In The Sky - 1:56
15 - Go Forward - 5:52


http://rapidshare.com/files/100700772/LGWaR.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/100691583/LGWaR.part2.rar
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