LISA GERRARD

nitially known from her work with Brendan Perry as vocalist-musician-songwriter with shape-shifting gothic group Dead Can Dance in the 80s and 90s, Lisa Gerrard is now a prominent composer, vocal arranger and soundtrack artist, with an impressive catalogue of albums and scores built since her 1995 solo record, , accompanied by the Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra. Gerrard’s most visible mark was made with Hans Zimmer on the score for the 2000 historical epic, , but her three-octave glossolalia technique has been heard with collaborators such as Orbital, Ennio Morricone and The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices. For a new album, , Gerrard digitally. “Most of the music I’ve written in the past is existential. It’s always outside, reaching for something. This I can feel on my skin.”