Theme from Once Were Warriors

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Theme from Once Were Warriors

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Tama Renata’s memorable theme for Once Were Warriors embedded itself in the New Zealand psyche as much as the line “cook me some eggs”, or the ominous buzzing sounds of the pūrerehua. In this promo clip, the Herbs guitarist takes centre stage as he shreds on a custom stratocaster cast in traditional wood whakairo (carving). The shots of Renata playing are interspersed with iconic scenes from the movie, which launched its takeover of New Zealand cinemas in mid 1994, before screening around the...

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Video

Date created

1994

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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/once-we-warriors-theme

Related subjects

solo / guitar / theme music / soundtrack

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