A Thousand Roads [Original Soundtrack] [Soundtrack]

Lisa Gerrard (Artist), Jeff Rona (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 23, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Reincarnate Music
• ASIN: B000AA7HOC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,847 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

This is the music score to the movie Thousand Roads that is co-scored by Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance fame. BMG. 2005.

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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Album is a Good Album, September 26, 2005

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Amahl T. Scheppach (Lafayette, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Thousand Roads [Original Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

Thanks for the background on this movie's soundtrack Mr. Davids, and it's great to know you support Native American musicians. But to give this album one star out of five just because Lisa Gerrard isn't Native American is ridiculous, and frankly, racist. Peter Gabriel's "Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence" was a similarly haunting, ethereal collection of songs. The movie focused on the aboriginal peoples of Australia. Think anyone cared that Peter Gabriel isn't an aborigine? Like Gabriel, Gerrard has worked with musicians of several ethnic origins, and has always made efforts to support and promote them. This in turn increases cultural awareness of marginalized ethnicities for the mainstream consciousness, and represents one of the fundamental altruistic forces in what has been blanket-termed "world music." We should applaud musicians like Gerrard, not castigate them. Or, the very least, we should judge music by the talent of the composer, not by that composer's ethnicity. -Amahl Turczyn Scheppach, music lover. Ethnic Origin: White/Other.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ...H.a.u.n.t.i.n.g...a.n.d...b.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l..., December 8, 2005

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Antonio Cunha Silva (Stb, Portugal) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Thousand Roads [Original Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

If Dead Can Dance were composing these days, they should - probably - sound like on this CD!
This is a road that leads you to the heart of the North American Indians. In my opinion Lisa's voice fits in the mood this theme very well - as fit so good in Whale Rider - It's a tremendous voice wich is capable of the most stimulating and sublime enchantment - There is no need of words, only the Voice.
This amazing CD although invoking the North American Indians it's a contemporary piece of music blend with textures and atmosphere - Sometimes it's an artifice but works very well because it leads you there. I like it a lot and Lisa's voice continues the same - haunting and beautiful as ever. It brings to my mind great Lisa Gerrard songs such as 'Sacrifice', 'Abwoon' and Dead Can Dance's 'The Host of Seraphim'. If you like Lisa Gerrad, Dead Can Dance and a great music score, you'll probably like this one.
I'm in love with it...
If you like this CD I recommend also: the compilation 'Prophesy' from Hearts O' Space, the CD 'Songs From The Cold Seas' and 'Lights In The Dark' by Hector Zazou/various, the compilation 'Northern Nights' by Sixdegrees Records. Altough some of these records are about other locations other people... the effect they had on me are equal to what I have listen on this CD. Hope you'll like them...

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars judging the work for the quality of the art, September 27, 2005

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Author Brian Wallace (Mind Transmission, Inc.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Thousand Roads [Original Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

This album is an accomplished, gorgeous tribute that should only lead to a thousand roads of compliments. Some of the aforementioned reviewers (such as Brent Michael Davids - Composer, Mohican Nation) prove laughable in their perspectives of "hyper-political correctness." Amazon is such a mystery: that a reviewer with an Anglo name, but referring to himself as "Composer, Mohican nation," would have the nerve to criticize Lisa Gerrard (a seasoned world musician) for doing this album.

A Thousand Roads is a wonderful release that should be treasured for its inherent sound and the attention it is bringing to a culture. The entire spirit of Dead Can Dance was to bring many worlds together. Lisa Gerrard is proudly keeping this important tradition alive and well.