Who Are We To Say Vocal - Music

Who Are We To Say Vocal by Lisa Gerrard & Jeff Rona

Lisa Gerrard & Jeff Rona

Artist Biography For Lisa Gerrard & Jeff Rona

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. 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". 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-Titled 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. 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." Jeffrey Carl "Jeff" Rona Born March 3 1957 Is An American Composer For Film. He Was A Member Of Hans Zimmer's MediaVentures. His Credits Include Sharkwater Traffic God Of War III Phantom And Veeram. Jeff Rona Was The Founder And Past President Of MMA The MIDI Manufacturers Association He Has Toured With Lisa Gerrard Solo And Dead Can Dance Orchestrating And Conducting A Symphony Orchestra And Adding His Own Music To The Concerts. He Composed Music For The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Including Live Symphonic Performances Throughout Asia. As A Committed And Passionate Protector Of Animal Rights And Global Ecology Jeff Has Given Time To Score Several Landmark Documentary Films Most Notably Collaborating With Canadian Filmmaker And Activist Rob Stewart Whose Film “Sharkwater” Lead To The Near Global Ban On Shark Finning. Jeff Has Written Music For Multiple AAA Video Games Including The Epic “God Of War 3” “Far Cry 4” “Marvel Vs Capcom Infinite” “Transformers” “Resident Evil 2” And The Highly Anticipated “Devil May Cry 5” Set For Release March 8 2019. Rona’s Music Appears In Numerous Oscar Peabody BAFTA And Emmy Award-Winning Projects As Well As Countless Film Festival Honors Around The World. He Is A Three-Time Recipient Of The ASCAP Film And Television Music Award And Has Authored Several Successful Books On Music. He Has Released Several Soundtrack Albums. His First Solo Album “PROJECTOR” Was Released In 2017 To Excellent Reviews And Reception. Prior To Becoming An Established Composer He Was Closely Involved In A Number Of Creative & Technical Aspects Of Electronic Music. Jeff Was A Key Figure In The Development Of Musical Software And New Instrument Design And Was A Leader In Making MIDI A Groundbreaking World-Wide Phenomenon. He Was A Guest Speaker On Technology And Creativity At The First TED Conference. Jeff Chronicled His Experiences In The Film Music World In His Popular Book The Reel World. He Is An Artist-In-Residence At The Aspen Music Festival And Often Speaks On Film Music.