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Lisa Gerrard

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Formed the group Dead Can Dance with Brendan Perry. See more trivia »

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in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Lisa Gerrard with Hans Zimmer Lisa Gerrard winning Best Feature Film Score at 2009 Australian Screen Music Awards for Balibo.
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2011 Priest (composer: additional music, vocalist)
 
2010 Ryômaden (TV series) (composer: theme music - 48 episodes, 2010) (vocalist - 48 episodes, 2010)
– Ryuu no tamashii (2010) (composer: theme music, vocalist)
– Taisei houkan (2010) (composer: theme music, vocalist)
– Tosa no daishoubu (2010) (composer: theme music, vocalist)
– Ryouma no kyuujitsu (2010) (composer: theme music, vocalist)
– Ame no toubousha (2010) (composer: theme music, vocalist)
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2010 Stairway from Hell (documentary) (composer: stock music - ending theme)
 
2010 The Greater Meaning of Water (composer: additional music)
 
2007 A Seal's Life (video documentary) (composer: additional music)
 
2004 Man on Fire (score vocalist)
 
2002 9/11 (TV documentary) (composer: song "Sacrifice")
 
2000 Mission: Impossible II (musician)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (37 titles)
2009 From Ararat to Zion (documentary) (writer: "Mirror Medusa", "Towards The Tower" / performer: "Mirror Medusa", "Towards The Tower") (post-production)
 
2010 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (writer: "COMING HOME", "THE HOST OF THE SERAPHIM" / performer: "COMING HOME")
 
2010 Takers (writer: "Sacrifice")
 
2009 S. Darko (writer: "The Carnival is Over")
 
2008 L'isola dei famosi 6 (TV series)
– Episode dated 24 November 2008 (2008) (performer: "Honor Him")
– Episode dated 22 September 2008 (2008) (performer: "The Battle")
 
2008 Secrets of State (writer: "Space Weaver" / performer: "Space Weaver")
 
2004-2008 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV series)
– For Warrick (2008) (performer: "Come Tenderness" - uncredited)
– XX (2004) ("Sailing to Byzantium" - uncredited)
 
2008 Henry Poole Is Here (writer: "On an Ocean" / performer: "On an Ocean")
 
2007 L'isola dei famosi 5 (TV series)
– Episode dated 5 December 2007 (2007) (performer: "Honor Him")
– Episode dated 28 November 2007 (2007) (performer: "Honor Him")
– Episode dated 21 November 2007 (2007) (performer: "Honor Him", "The Battle")
– Episode dated 14 November 2007 (2007) (performer: "Honor Him")
– Episode dated 24 October 2007 (2007) (performer: "Honor Him")
 
2007 The Mist (writer: "The Host of Seraphim")
 
2007 Kotkat (short) ("Now we are free", "Human Game")
 
2007 Vexille (writer: "The Host of Seraphim" excerpt)
 
2007 Banished ("SHADOW MAGNET")
 
2006 L'isola dei famosi - Le Olimpiadi (TV movie) (performer: "Honor Him")
 
2006 L'isola dei famosi - Honduras (TV series)
 
2005 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– Seoul Train (2005) (writer: "Tempest", "Broken", "Faith", "Sacrifice" / performer: "Tempest", "Broken", "Faith", "Sacrifice")
 
2005 L'isola dei famosi 3 (TV series)
 
2004 L'isola dei famosi 2 (TV series)
 
2004 Collateral (writer: "Exile" / performer: "Exile")
 
2004 King Arthur (writer: "Amergin's Invocation")
 
2004 'Salem's Lot (TV movie) ("Salem's Lot Aria")
 
2004 Man on Fire (writer: "Creasy Dies" / performer: "Creasy Dies")
 
2004 One Perfect Day ("One Perfect Sunrise")
 
2003 The West Wing (TV series)
– 7A WF 83429 (2003) (performer: "Sanvean")
 
2003 L'isola dei famosi (TV series)
 
2002 In America (writer: "Tempest" 1999 / performer: "Tempest" 1999 / producer: "Tempest" 1999)
 
2002 Ripley's Game (writer: "Host of Seraphim")
 
2002 Unfaithful (writer: "Dedicace Outo", "Devorzhum")
 
2002 9/11 (TV documentary) (writer: "Sorrow" / as Lisa Germain Gerrard / performer: "Sorrow" / as Lisa Germain Gerrard)
 
2001 Black Hawk Down (performer: "Gortoz a ran - J'Attends")
 
2001 Ali (writer: "Set Me Free", "Destiny", "See the Sun" / performer: "Destiny", "See the Sun" / producer: "Destiny", "See the Sun")
 
2001 The Affair of the Necklace (writer: "Ariadne")
 
2001 Coil (writer: "The Host of Seraphim", "The Chant of the Paladin", "Echolalia", "Mother Tongue")
 
2000 Gladiator ("Now We Are Free")
 
1999 The Insider (writer: "Tempest", "Sacrifice" / performer: "Tempest", "Sacrifice")
 
1995 Heat (writer: "La Bas", "Celon", "Gloradin" / performer: "La Bas", "Celon", "Gloradin")
 
1995 The Crossing Guard (writer: "Ubiquitous Mr. Love Groove")
 
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2013 Ligeia (pre-production)
 
2011/I Samsara (documentary)
 
2011 Burning Man
 
2011 InSight
 
2010 Oranges and Sunshine
 
2010 Tears of Gaza (documentary)
 
2010 On the Trail of Genghis Khan (TV series documentary)
 
2009 Jarin: A Fable by Jim, Knute and Red (short)
 
2009 Balibo
 
2009 Kings (TV series)
– Pilot: Goliath: Part 1 (2009)
 
2008/II Solo (documentary)
 
2008 Ichi
 
2008 Playing for Charlie
 
2008 Romans 12:20 (short)
 
2006 Sanctuary: Lisa Gerrard (video documentary)
 
2005 Ashes and Snow (documentary)
 
2005 A Thousand Roads
 
2004 Layer Cake
 
2004 'Salem's Lot (TV movie)
 
2003 Tears of the Sun
 
2002 Whale Rider
 
2001 Ali
 
2001 Coil
 
2000 Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport (TV documentary)
 
2000 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
– Gladiator (2000)
 
2000 Gladiator
 
1999 The Insider
 
1998 Nadro
 
1994 Toward the Within (documentary)
 
Show ShowActress (1 title)
1989 El niño de la luna
Georgina
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2010 Stairway from Hell (documentary) (very special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
2008 Baraka: A Closer Look (video documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Sanctuary: Lisa Gerrard (video documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Behind the Scenes of 'Whale Rider' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2003 The Making of 'Whale Rider' (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2001 The Making of 'Ali' (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2001 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Ali (2001) … Herself
 
1994 Toward the Within (documentary)
Herself (as Dead Can Dance)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Album (as Dead Can Dance): Aion (1990) See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Dead Can Dance
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I sing in the language of the Heart, Its 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. See more »

Trivia:

Formed the group Dead Can Dance with Brendan Perry. See more »

Trademark:

Jaw-droppingly soaring contralto vocals, wordless lyrics See more »

Star Sign:

Aries