Lakeshore Records releases Garth Stevenson's score for Tracks. The movie tells the incredible true story of Robyn Davidson, a young woman who in 1977 undertook a perilous solo trek across 1,700 miles of stunning Australian outback. Abandoning City life, Robyn arrives in Alice Springs and declares her ambition to cross the desert to the Indian Ocean to the amusement of the locals. However after months of camping out and working on a camel farm people begin to take her seriously. A chance meeting with National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan provides her with the necessary financing for her expedition under the condition that he be allowed to photograph parts of her journey for the magazine. With only her dog and four unpredictable camels for company, she embarks on an inspiring and life-changing journey of self-discovery...

Garth Stevenson's score for Tracks contains 25 tracks (1 hr, 14 min, 30 sec). It opens with an interesting theme and then continues to deliver quirky and, the occasional, beautiful track.

It's the sort of relaxing score you can put on in the background and just go with the flow. Like Robyn, the listener will taken on a voyage of self discovery as the tracks unfold. That said, it's not an album that will be embraced by everybody.

The majority of the tracks lean heavily on piano and flute based themes, and I couldn't help be reminded of the work of John Barry in the flute based segments.

As an album to chill out to, they don't come much more relaxing than this.

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Darren Rea