This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
If Lisa Gerrard’s name sounds familiar, you’re either a music geek or a film buff.
For much of the ’80s and ’90s, Gerrard’s ethereal vocals were the focal point of the arty goth-folk duo Dead Can Dance; lately, however, she has earned kudos scoring films such as Gladiator and Whale Rider. Her latest effort Immortal Memory is something of a bridge between her two careers. Accompanied by Irish neo-classical composer Patrick Cassidy, Gerrard wanders a haunted, windswept Celtic landscape for 57 minutes, lulling you with her lush, wordless vocals as waves of dry-ice fog swirl around and her flowing robes gently billow and sweep in slow motion. Some of these tracks, she says, were extrapolated from previous scores. Perhaps they’re really soundtracks to films that exist only in memories.
