Lisa Gerrard

With a vision and vocal style that is as unique as it is precise and allembracing Lisa Gerrard has established herself as one of the worlds most highly acclaimed film composers winning a Golden Globe for her work on the score for Gladiator with Hans Zimmer Lisa also received an Oscar nomination for Gladiator along with two further Golden Globe Award nominations for her scores to Ali and The Insider Lisas film work also includes Whale Rider a feature which received an Academy Award nomination and garnered Lisa an international award for the score Her musical journey began in the early 1980s when she and fellow Australian Brendan Perry formed duo Dead Can Dance In 2012 the band reunited for a sellout world tour With nine albums released between 1984 and 1995 the duos musical canvas expanded with each release to take in a timeless mix of worldmusic influences medieval chants folk ballads baroque stylings Celtic flavours electronics samples and anything else that took their fancy Several solo and collaborative albums were well received and Lisa made a natural progression to composing for films