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Article: RAN (Remote Area Nurse).(Sound recording review)
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- New Internationalist
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- September 1, 2006
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RAN (Remote Area Nurse)
by David Bridie (Sound Vault SV0501 CD)
Just as writing soundtracks for films is an art form in its own right, so too is writing for television. Both demand similar things: a music that aids the drama at hand as well as mirroring the visual activity on screen. Leitmotifs for characters, themes and places are essential. It's this 'indefinable sense of place' that initially drew Australian composer David Bridie to Remote Area Nurse--RAN.
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A series made for Australian television, RAN is set among the Torres Straits Islands and this location alone allows Bridie a generous scope in this ...