Whale Rider (film score)
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Whale Rider (film score) is the atmospheric and emotionally resonant musical soundtrack composed by Lisa Gerrard for the 2002 New Zealand film "Whale Rider."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Whale Rider (film score) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2576349 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whale Rider (film score) Context triple: [Lisa Gerrard, notableWork, Whale Rider (film score)]
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A.
Willow (film score)
Willow (film score) is a 1988 fantasy film soundtrack composed by James Horner, noted for its sweeping orchestral themes and rich, adventurous motifs.
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B.
Beowulf (2007 film score)
Beowulf (2007 film score) is a cinematic orchestral soundtrack composed by Alan Silvestri for the motion-capture fantasy film adaptation of the Old English epic poem.
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C.
The Last Samurai (2003 film) score
The Last Samurai (2003 film) score is a sweeping, emotionally charged orchestral soundtrack by Hans Zimmer that blends Western symphonic elements with traditional Japanese instrumentation to underscore the film’s epic and introspective themes.
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D.
Plunkett & Macleane (film score)
Plunkett & Macleane (film score) is a cinematic orchestral soundtrack composed by Craig Armstrong for the 1999 British historical crime film "Plunkett & Macleane."
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E.
Avatar (film score)
Avatar (film score) is James Horner’s expansive orchestral and choral soundtrack for the 2009 science fiction film "Avatar," blending traditional symphonic elements with ethnic and electronic textures to evoke the alien world of Pandora.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whale Rider (film score) Target entity description: Whale Rider (film score) is the atmospheric and emotionally resonant musical soundtrack composed by Lisa Gerrard for the 2002 New Zealand film "Whale Rider."
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A.
Willow (film score)
Willow (film score) is a 1988 fantasy film soundtrack composed by James Horner, noted for its sweeping orchestral themes and rich, adventurous motifs.
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B.
Beowulf (2007 film score)
Beowulf (2007 film score) is a cinematic orchestral soundtrack composed by Alan Silvestri for the motion-capture fantasy film adaptation of the Old English epic poem.
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C.
The Last Samurai (2003 film) score
The Last Samurai (2003 film) score is a sweeping, emotionally charged orchestral soundtrack by Hans Zimmer that blends Western symphonic elements with traditional Japanese instrumentation to underscore the film’s epic and introspective themes.
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D.
Plunkett & Macleane (film score)
Plunkett & Macleane (film score) is a cinematic orchestral soundtrack composed by Craig Armstrong for the 1999 British historical crime film "Plunkett & Macleane."
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E.
Avatar (film score)
Avatar (film score) is James Horner’s expansive orchestral and choral soundtrack for the 2009 science fiction film "Avatar," blending traditional symphonic elements with ethnic and electronic textures to evoke the alien world of Pandora.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film score
ⓘ
soundtrack album ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Māori culture ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Whale Rider
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surface form:
Whale Rider (2002 film)
|
| composer | Lisa Gerrard ⓘ |
| composerKnownFor |
Dead Can Dance
ⓘ
Gladiator (film score) ⓘ |
| composerNationality | Australian ⓘ |
| countryOfFilm | New Zealand ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | New Zealand ⓘ |
| genre |
ambient music
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film score ⓘ new-age music ⓘ soundtrack ⓘ world music ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
ambient soundscapes
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instrumental cues ⓘ vocal tracks ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
atmospheric
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emotionally resonant ⓘ |
| inNarrativeRole |
supports depiction of Māori traditions
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underscores coming-of-age themes ⓘ |
| intendedFor | cinematic release ⓘ |
| language | wordless vocals ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
evocative vocal textures
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minimalist orchestration ⓘ spiritual tone ⓘ |
| partOf |
Whale Rider
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surface form:
Whale Rider (film)
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| publicationYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Whale Rider
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surface form:
Whale Rider (film)
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Whale Rider (film score) Description of subject: Whale Rider (film score) is the atmospheric and emotionally resonant musical soundtrack composed by Lisa Gerrard for the 2002 New Zealand film "Whale Rider."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lisa Gerrard