“...The pits of air, the gulf of space, The sportive sun, the gibbous moon, The innumerable days. And thefts from satellites and rings And broken stars I drew, And out of spent and aged things I formed the world anew…” Ralph Waldo Emerson
The gracefully unfolding score for Mike Birkhead’s beautiful film about Namibia’s wildlife for Terra Mater features the haunting oboe d’amore playing of David Theodore with John Parricelli’s solo classical guitar and the atmospheric percussion of Asaf Sirkis.