Lisa Gerrard

January 4, 2024
Composer

Quick Facts

Lisa Gerrard
Full Name Lisa Gerrard
Occupation Composer
Date Of Birth Apr 12, 1961(1961-04-12)
Age 63
Birthplace Melbourne
Country Australia
Birth City Victoria
Horoscope Aries

Lisa Gerrard Biography

Name Lisa Gerrard
Birthday Apr 12
Birth Year 1961
Place Of Birth Melbourne
Home Town Victoria
Birth Country Australia
Birth Sign Aries
Children(s) Lashna Tuschewski, Teresa Tuschewski

Lisa Gerrard is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on April 12, 1961 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Neoclassical singer, who won a 2001 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for “Gladiator,” starring Neoclassical singer who won a 2001 Golden Globe for Best Original Score for ‘Gladiator,’ starring Russell Crowe. She was the subject of the documentary ‘Sanctuary’ from 2006.. From 2006, she was the subject of documentary “Sanctuary”.

She shared her Golden Globe award for “Gladiator” with collaborator Hans Zimmer.

Gerrard first began forming bands and creating original music as a member of Melbourne’s little band scene, an experimental post-punk scene which flourished from 1978 until 1981. It was in this scene 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”. Around this time, Gerrard became the lead vocalist of Microfilm, which released one single, “Centrefold”, in 1980.

Since her career began in 1980, 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.

Her parents were Irish immigrants and raised her in Prahran. Jacek Tuschewski, a graphic artist, had two children with her.

Lisa Gerrard Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Composer
House Living in own house.

Lisa Gerrard is one of the richest Composer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lisa Gerrard 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Before moving to London, she was a member of an Australian quartet and then co-founded the Dark Wave band Dead Can Dance. Brendan Perry was her music partner.

Her frequent use of the Chinese hammereddulcimer, the yangqin, made her well- known.

Lisa Gerrard (/dʒ ə ˈ r ɑːr d / ; 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).

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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.

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Lisa Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Lisa Gerrard celebrates birthday on April 12 of every year.

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.

What language does Lisa Gerrard sing in?

She sings sometimes in English and often in a unique language that she invented. In addition to singing, she is an instrumentalist for much of her work, most prolifically using the yangqin (a Chinese hammered dulcimer). Gerrard’s first solo album, The Mirror Pool, was released in 1995.

Was Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry a couple?

Perry and Gerrard, previously romantically as well as professionally linked, ended the romantic part of their relationship in 1989 and separated , but continued to make music as DCD, releasing three more albums before disbanding in 1998, then reuniting for a 2005 world tour before disbanding again.

Is Lisa Gerrard married?

Lisa Gerrard lives in rural Victoria, Australia, where she operates her own studio and produces film music with composer James Orr. She has two daughters, Lashna Tuschewski and Teresa Tuschewski, with former husband Jacek Tuschewski , audio director and sound designer for film and game productions.

What language is Gladiator song?

English

Who wrote Gladiator music?

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