Lisa Gerrard - Wikipedia Lisa Gerrard Lisa Gerrard Background information ( 1961 - 04 - 12 ) 12 April 1961 ( age 56 ) Origin Melbourne, Australia Genres Neoclassical dark wave new - age ethereal wave gothic rock Occupation ( s ) Composer, singer, musician Instruments Vocals Years active 1981 -- present Labels Gerrard Associated acts Dead Can Dance Website lisagerrard.com Lisa Gerrard ( born 12 April 1961 ) is an Australian musician, singer and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with music partner Brendan Perry. In addition to singing, she is an instrumentalist for much of her work, most prolifically using the yangqin ( a Chinese hammered dulcimer ). Since her career began in 1981, Gerrard has been involved in a wide range of projects. She received a Golden Globe Award for the music score to the film Gladiator, on which she collaborated with Hans Zimmer. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Dead Can Dance 2.2 Solo and collaborative career 2.3 Film career 3 Vocal ability 4 Personal life 5 Discography 6 Filmography 7 References 8 External links Early life Lisa Gerrard was born on 12 April 1961 in Melbourne, and grew up in the suburb of Prahran with her Irish immigrant parents. She has said that she grew up with `` Mediterranean music blaring out of the houses '' and that this influenced her music, particularly on later Dead Can Dance albums and in her solo and collaborative works. Gerrard 's first foray into forming bands and creative music - making was in Melbourne 's little band scene, an experimental post-punk scene which flourished from 1978 until 1981. It was at one of these little band events that she first met Dead Can Dance co-founder Brendan Perry. Perry recalls, `` It never occurred to me that we would one day collaborate musically together because at the time I thought her music was too avant garde. I particularly remember one song that she sang about finding a man in the park and asking her mother if she could bring him home to keep in her wardrobe as she attacked this chinese dulcimer with two bamboo sticks ''. Career Dead Can Dance Main article : Dead Can Dance Dead Can Dance originally formed as a quartet in 1981 in Melbourne, but in 1982 moved to London with members Gerrard, Brendan Perry and bass player Paul Erikson. Shortly after coming to England, Erikson flew back to Australia, leaving the band as a duo. Dead Can Dance recorded eight albums on the 4AD Records recording label beginning with the self - entitled Dead Can Dance LP in 1984. In 2005, the song `` Nierika '' became part of the opening titles for Mexican television station TV Azteca 's soap opera `` La Chacala ''. The band split in 1998, but reunited in 2005 for a world tour. In 2012, the band announced a new world tour to coincide with the release of their new album, Anastasis. Solo and collaborative career Lisa Gerrard at Beacon Theater, August 2012 In 1995, Gerrard recorded and released her first solo album, The Mirror Pool. After the release of this album, she continued to work with Dead Can Dance, releasing the album, Spiritchaser, in 1996. Following this, in 1998 she recorded Duality in collaboration with Pieter Bourke. This album would mark the beginning of an extensive collaboration for a number of film scores, including The Insider and Ali. Gerrard began a new collaboration with Patrick Cassidy in 2004 with the release of Immortal Memory. Again, this collaboration was furthered in film work, including Salem 's Lot. The following year in 2005, Gerrard contributed to the Ashes and Snow Soundtrack. For the songs `` Womb '' and `` Wisdom '', she and Patrick Cassidy wrote and performed together. Her collaboration with Cassidy extended to include work with conductor Julie Rogers on the songs `` Devota '' and `` Vespers ''. In 2006, Sanctuary, a documentary about the life and work of Gerrard, was recorded and released in September. It is the work of producer and director Clive Collier and features extensive interviews with Gerrard and various people who have collaborated with her in the past, including Michael Mann, Russell Crowe, Hans Zimmer and Niki Caro. The documentary was released on DVD by Milan Entertainment on 24 April 2007. Also in 2006, Gerrard released her second solo album, The Silver Tree. This album was markedly different from her previous work and was also her first album released outside 4AD Records. The album was first released on iTunes, with a wider physical release planned at a future date. The album was nominated for the Australian Music Prize for 2006. In 2007 a retrospective album The Best of Lisa Gerrard, a compilation of fifteen songs, was released covering her career in Dead Can Dance, solo work, and film work. A world tour was undertaken in 2007 beginning in April in Melbourne, Australia. This tour marked the first time Lisa Gerrard had toured in Australia, with a performance in three cities. The tour was followed by performances in Europe and North America. More performances took place in Europe and Russia from 30 October to 22 November 2007. In November 2007, Gerrard collaborated with German electronic musician Klaus Schulze on the double - album Farscape. The album was released 27 July 2008 and was followed by a European tour. In 2009, Gerrard completed work on the documentary by Australian adventurer Tim Cope called On the Trail of Genghis Khan and contributed her voice to the soundtrack, which began airing in 2010, of the Japanese NHK taiga drama Ryōmaden, a story based on the life of Sakamoto Ryōma. Also in 2009, Gerrard created her own record label, Gerrard Records, which, aside from being a conduit for the release of Gerrard 's future works, will also act to promote and support unrecognised artists of all genres. In September 2009, Gerrard and Klaus Schulze performed another tour in six European cities -- Warsaw, Berlin, Amsterdam, Essen, Paris, and Brussels. This tour coincided with the release of Come Quietly, a joint project between Gerrard and Schulze that was released during the tour. Gerrard released her third solo album, The Black Opal, in October 2009. The album included collaboration with Michael Edwards, Patrick Cassidy, Pieter Bourke and James Orr and was the first release to come from Gerrard Records. In 2010, Gerrard released a new album with fellow composer Marcello De Francisci titled `` Departum '' from Gerrard Records which was followed by the release of three new singles ; `` Coming Home '' -- as featured in Legend of the Guardians : The Owls of Ga'Hoole, `` Entry '' and `` Come This Way ''. Gerrard also collaborated with Prash Mistry from `` Engine Earz Experiment '' on a track titled `` Spirit Guide '' which will appear on his upcoming album in 2011. On 1 December 2010, Gerrard capped off a busy 2010 with the release of a new soundtrack album with Cye Wood titled The Trail of Genghis Khan which contains music from the Gerrard and Wood score to the documentary TV series by Australian adventurer Tim Cope. In July 2014, Gerrard released a new solo album entitled Twilight Kingdom through her own record label, Gerrard Records. In 2014, Gerrard collaborated with British composer, songwriter & producer, Chicane. Her vocals feature in the album ' The Sum of its Parts ' featuring in songs ' 38 Weeks ' and ' Orleans '. The Album was released in 25 January 2015 by Modena Records. Gerrard 's vocals are heavily featured in the video game ' Armello ' launched on 1 September 2015, titled ' Wyld 's Call ', produced by Michael Allen. Her vocals feature towards a Celtic theme of the soundtracks. Film career Gerrard 's first experience in composing music for a film came with the 1989 Spanish film El Niño de la Luna, directed by Agustí Villaronga. The film score was composed by Dead Can Dance and the film featured Lisa Gerrard in her first acting role. El Niño de la Luna describes the story of David, a young orphan with special powers, escaping an institution with the help of a fellow institute inmate, Georgina, played by Lisa Gerrard. `` Now We Are Free '' ( 2000 ) 30 - second extract from `` Now We Are Free '' by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard. Theme from Gladiator. Problems playing this file ? See media help. Gerrard participated in a number of musical scores but came to fame as a film composer after recording The Insider in 1999, with Pieter Bourke, and Gladiator in 2000, with Hans Zimmer, which received an Academy Award nomination for best music score, although only Zimmer was nominated. It did, however, win a Golden Globe Award for both composers. Gerrard 's score for the New Zealand independent film Whale Rider consisted entirely of solo material ; a soundtrack album was released by 4AD. In 2005 Gerrard collaborated with Ennio Morricone for Fateless followed by a collaboration with Jeff Rona on the score for the feature film `` A Thousand Roads '' and the song On an Ocean for the Henry Poole Is Here score. Gerrard along with Dead Can Dance also provided several contributions to the soundtrack of Baraka, a visual journey showcasing mankind 's impact on our planet. Gerrard was also invited by Denez Prigent to collaborate with him on his piece `` Gortoz a ran -- J'attends '' ( meaning `` I await '' ), a piece that was later used in the soundtrack of Ridley Scott 's film Black Hawk Down. In Paris, 2009 In 2009 Gerrard wrote the score for Balibo, for which she won a Best Feature Film Score award at the 2009 APRA Screen Music Awards and an Aria Award for Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Album at the 2009 Aria Awards. Gerrard finished 2009 by contributing her voice to the theme song for the Japanese NHK taiga drama Ryōmaden, which began airing in 2010. In 2010 Gerrard completed the score for Tears of Gaza with Marcello De Francisci which was well received despite its controversial theme. Gerrard also scored the Jim Loach - directed Oranges and Sunshine, starring Emily Watson and Hugo Weaving, released in April 2011, which gained her another nomination at the 2011 IF Awards for Best Music Score. In November 2010 Gerrard provided vocals and additional music for the post-apocalyptic sci - fi thriller Priest, scored by Christopher Young, which was released in 2011. In November 2011 Gerrard completed the score for Burning Man, which won her Best Music Score at the 2011 Film Critics Circle of Australia awards, beating scores for Snowtown, The Hunter and Red Dog. Vocal ability DCD concert, 2012 Gerrard possesses the vocal range of a contralto but can also reach upward into the mezzo - soprano range. Her voice has been described as rich, deep, dark, mournful and unique. Examples of Gerrard 's mezzo - soprano range include the songs `` The Host of Seraphim '', `` Elegy '', `` Space Weaver '', `` Come This Way '' and `` One Perfect Sunrise ''. Gerrard however performs more predominantly in the dramatic contralto range in her other songs, `` Sanvean '', `` Sacrifice '', `` Largo '', `` Lament '' and `` Not Yet ''. Gerrard sings many of her songs, such as `` Now We Are Free '', `` Come Tenderness '', `` Serenity '', `` The Valley of the Moon '', `` Tempest '', `` Pilgrimage of Lost Children '', `` Coming Home '' and `` Sanvean '' in idioglossia. With respect to such work she has said, `` I sing in the language of the Heart. It 's an invented language that I 've had for a very long time. I believe I started singing in it when I was about 12. Roughly that time. And I believed that I was speaking to God when I sang in that language. '' Personal life Gerrard was married to Polish graphic design artist and music producer Jacek Tuschewski, with whom she has a daughter ( born 1992 ). Her nephew Jack Gerrard plays for Cairns post-hardcore act Almost a Square as the drummer and back - up vocalist. Discography Main article : Lisa Gerrard discography 1995 -- The Mirror Pool 2006 -- The Silver Tree 2009 -- The Black Opal 2014 -- Twilight Kingdom Filmography 1989 -- Moon Child 2006 -- Sanctuary 2016 -- `` Tanna '' 2017 -- `` 2.22 '' References Jump up ^ Jane Cornwell ( 25 August 1995 ). `` Truly, madly, deeply dippy -- Arts and Entertainment ''. The Independent. Retrieved 6 August 2014. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Archived 7 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ ( 2 ) Archived 4 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` On the Trail of Genghis Khan ''. Timcopejourneys.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014. Jump up ^ Anderson, John ( 20 September 2010 ). `` Variety Reviews -- Tears of Gaza -- Film Reviews -- Toronto -- Review by John Anderson ''. Variety.com. Retrieved 4 October 2011. Jump up ^ `` Lisa Gerrard : album reviews and ratings ''. Musicfolio.com. 20 February 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2014. Jump up ^ Original Soundtrack. `` A Customer 's review of Gladiator : Music from the Motion Picture ''. Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2011. Jump up ^ `` Music : The Mirror Pool ( Cassette ) by Lisa Gerrard ( Artist ) ''. Tower.com. 22 August 1995. Retrieved 4 October 2011. Jump up ^ `` Lisa Gerrard on Tour ''. Synthtopia. 19 May 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2011. Jump up ^ `` Lisa Gerrard & Patrick Cassidy 04 Elegy ''. YouTube. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` YouTube ''. YouTube. Retrieved 6 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke `` Sacrifice '' ``. YouTube. 6 July 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` Sanvean ( I am your shadow ) -- Lisa Gerrard ''. YouTube. 5 April 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` lisa gerrard -- Largo ''. YouTube. 7 February 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard -- Not Yet ''. YouTube. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2014. Jump up ^ Gerrard, Lisa. `` Quotation by Lisa Gerrard ''. www.IMDb.com. External links Wikiquote has quotations related to : Lisa Gerrard Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lisa Gerrard. Official website Lisa Gerrard on IMDb Lisa Gerrard discography at MusicBrainz Air - Edel Associates Gerrard, Lisa ( 1961 -- ) in The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth - Century Australia Lisa Gerrard Studio albums The Mirror Pool ( 1995 ) The Silver Tree ( 2006 ) Collaboration albums Duality ( with Pieter Bourke ) Immortal Memory ( with Patrick Cassidy ) Ashes and Snow ( with Patrick Cassidy ) Farscape ( with Klaus Schulze ) Rheingold ( with Klaus Schulze ) Dziękuję bardzo ( with Klaus Schulze ) Singles `` Sanvean '' Related Discography Dead Can Dance Lisa Gerrard Brendan Perry Paul Erikson Simon Monroe James Pinker Scott Rodger Peter Ulrich Albums Dead Can Dance Spleen and Ideal Within the Realm of a Dying Sun The Serpent 's Egg Aion Into the Labyrinth Spiritchaser Anastasis Compilations A Passage in Time Dead Can Dance ( 1981 -- 1998 ) Wake Memento Live albums Toward the Within In Concert Extended plays Garden of the Arcane Delights Related articles Discography 4AD Records PIAS Recordings Critics ' Choice Movie Award for Best Score John Williams ( 1998 ) Gabriel Yared ( 1999 ) Lisa Gerrard / Hans Zimmer ( 2000 ) Howard Shore ( 2001 ) John Williams ( 2002 ) Howard Shore ( 2003 ) Howard Shore ( 2004 ) John Williams ( 2005 ) Philip Glass ( 2006 ) Jonny Greenwood ( 2007 ) A.R. Rahman ( 2008 ) Michael Giacchino ( 2009 ) Trent Reznor / Atticus Ross ( 2010 ) Ludovic Bource ( 2011 ) John Williams ( 2012 ) Steven Price ( 2013 ) Antonio Sánchez ( 2014 ) Ennio Morricone ( 2015 ) Justin Hurwitz ( 2016 ) Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score 1940s Life with Father -- Max Steiner ( 1947 ) The Red Shoes -- Brian Easdale ( 1948 ) The Inspector General -- Johnny Green ( 1949 ) 1950s Sunset Boulevard -- Franz Waxman ( 1950 ) September Affair -- Victor Young ( 1951 ) High Noon -- Dimitri Tiomkin ( 1952 ) On the Beach -- Ernest Gold ( 1959 ) 1960s The Alamo -- Dimitri Tiomkin ( 1960 ) The Guns of Navarone -- Dimitri Tiomkin ( 1961 ) To Kill a Mockingbird -- Elmer Bernstein ( 1962 ) ( 1963 ) The Fall of the Roman Empire -- Dimitri Tiomkin ( 1964 ) Doctor Zhivago -- Maurice Jarre ( 1965 ) Hawaii -- Elmer Bernstein ( 1966 ) Camelot -- Frederick Loewe ( 1967 ) The Shoes of the Fisherman -- Alex North ( 1968 ) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -- Burt Bacharach ( 1969 ) 1970s Love Story -- Francis Lai ( 1970 ) Shaft -- Isaac Hayes ( 1971 ) The Godfather -- Nino Rota ( 1972 ) Jonathan Livingston Seagull -- Neil Diamond ( 1973 ) The Little Prince -- Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe ( 1974 ) Jaws -- John Williams ( 1975 ) A Star is Born -- Kenneth Ascher, Paul Williams ( 1976 ) Star Wars -- John Williams ( 1977 ) Midnight Express -- Giorgio Moroder ( 1978 ) Apocalypse Now -- Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola ( 1979 ) 1980s The Stunt Man -- Dominic Frontiere ( 1980 ) ( 1981 ) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial -- John Williams ( 1982 ) Flashdance -- Giorgio Moroder ( 1983 ) A Passage to India -- Maurice Jarre ( 1984 ) Out of Africa -- John Barry ( 1985 ) The Mission -- Ennio Morricone ( 1986 ) The Last Emperor -- David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Cong Su ( 1987 ) Gorillas in the Mist -- Maurice Jarre ( 1988 ) The Little Mermaid -- Alan Menken ( 1989 ) 1990s The Sheltering Sky -- Richard Horowitz, Ryuichi Sakamoto ( 1990 ) Beauty and the Beast -- Alan Menken ( 1991 ) Aladdin -- Alan Menken ( 1992 ) Heaven & Earth -- Kitarō ( 1993 ) The Lion King -- Hans Zimmer ( 1994 ) A Walk in the Clouds -- Maurice Jarre ( 1995 ) The English Patient -- Gabriel Yared ( 1996 ) Titanic -- James Horner ( 1997 ) The Truman Show -- Burkhard Dallwitz, Philip Glass ( 1998 ) 1900 -- Ennio Morricone ( 1999 ) 2000s Gladiator -- Lisa Gerrard, Hans Zimmer ( 2000 ) Moulin Rouge ! -- Craig Armstrong ( 2001 ) Frida -- Elliot Goldenthal ( 2002 ) The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King -- Howard Shore ( 2003 ) The Aviator -- Howard Shore ( 2004 ) Memoirs of a Geisha -- John Williams ( 2005 ) The Painted Veil -- Alexandre Desplat ( 2006 ) Atonement -- Dario Marianelli ( 2007 ) Slumdog Millionaire -- A.R. 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Question: who sings the song now we are free
Answer: Gerrard