Long Walk Home: Music From the Rabbit-Proof Fence

AlbumJun 18 / 200215 songs, 58m 56s
Film Score Ambient
Noteable Highly Rated

'Long Walk Home' is an album based on the music from the film 'Rabbit Proof Fence'. Written and produced by Peter, the album is the end result of two years work with the film’s director Phillip Noyce and brings together a multitude of different musical origins, cultures, instruments and vocalists. For the album Peter worked with long-term collaborators David Rhodes, Richard Evans and Shankar and features a host of musicians from around the world including Manu Katché, The Blind Boys of Alabama and the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. There are influences and elements from Asian, African, Caribbean, Australian and Middle Eastern music.

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