passion

Peter Gabriel went through the wilderness and found real world redemption through the alluring aboriginal  accomplishment of this soul searching soundtrack.  When Martin Scorcese decided to make a film version of  Nikos Kazantzakis' novel 'The Last Temptation Of Christ', the controversy surrounding the enterprise prompted Universal to get the movie released as soon as possible.  Gabriel was excited about the project; but felt rushed:    “This was one of the most important records for me – an opportunity as a writer to try to do a different sort of job than I usually do. The brief for 'The Last Temptation Of Christ' was to create something that had references to that time and that part of the world, but that had its own character and was to be timeless in a way...After we finished mixing the film, there were some unfinished ideas that needed developing and I took some extra time to complete the record. There are several pieces that were not able to be included in the film and I felt the record should be able to stand as a separate body of work. I chose the film’s working title – 'Passion'.”

Gabriel was able to utilize the resources of WOMAD, the World of Music, Arts, and Dance organization he co-founded to extend his musical reach and find an eclectic panopoly of instrumentation from around the globe, bringing world music to the mainstream, and introducing artists such as  Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Baaba Maal, Youssou N'Dour, and L. Shankar.  Almost a year after the release of 'The Last Temptation Of Christ', Real World Records put out 'Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ'.  The soundtrack went gold in the US, where it charted at number sixty.  It also went to fifty-nine in the Netherlands, thirty-four in Sweden, thirty in Germany, and twenty-nine in the UK.  The soundtrack was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Motion Picture Score in 1988 and won a Grammy for Best New Age Album in 1990.  The album cover was a painting by Julian Grater called “Study for Self Image”.  'Passion - Sources' was also released in 1989, described by Gabriel as  "a selection of some of the traditional music, sources of inspiration, and location recordings."







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'Passion'
full album:



Side One
"The Feeling Begins" – 4:00
"Gethsemane" – 1:26
"Of These, Hope" – 3:55
"Lazarus Raised" – 1:26
"Of These, Hope – Reprise" – 2:44          
"In Doubt" – 1:33
"A Different Drum" – 4:40
Side Two  19:41
"Zaar" – 4:53
"Troubled" – 2:55
"Open" – 3:27
"Before Night Falls" – 2:18
"With This Love" – 3:40
Side Three
"Sandstorm" – 3:02
"Stigmata" – 2:28
"Passion" – 7:39
"With This Love (Choir)" – 3:20
Side Four
"Wall of Breath" – 2:29
"The Promise of Shadows" – 2:13
"Disturbed" – 3:35
"It Is Accomplished" – 2:55
"Bread and Wine" – 2:21