Rated PG is a clever title for a compilation of songs
Peter Gabriel gave to films over the course of his career.
Gabriel has been intimately involved with the world of cinema since the start of his career -- during the waning days of
Genesis, he collaborated with Exorcist director
William Friedkin on a film that never left the development stage -- and provided scores for
Birdy,
The Last Temptation of Christ, and
Rabbit-Proof Fence, but
Rated PG focuses on the stray songs he contributed to movies between the years of 1984 and 2017. As this is a comp designed with Record Store Day in mind, it consists of ten songs running at a tight 50 minutes. This means there are several songs left stranded on soundtracks -- most egregiously, this doesn't have "Out Out," his paranoid gift to
Joe Dante's 1984 monster movie
Gremlins -- but what's here emphasizes
Gabriel's moodiness, his bent for collaboration, and his passion for non-Western music. There are exceptions to the rule, usually arriving through his contributions to blockbusters -- there is the buoyant "Down to Earth" from
WALL-E and "That'll Do," a
Randy Newman composition written for
Babe: Pig in the City also featuring
Paddy Maloney on vocals -- but most of
Rated PG simmers at a low-key atmospheric setting before "In Your Eyes," the 1986 single that was made into a romantic standard via its inclusion in
Cameron Crowe's 1989 comedy drama
Say Anything, brings it to a rousing conclusion. "In Your Eyes" isn't quite tonally of piece with the rest of
Rated PG but as it's one of
Gabriel's most famous songs, it belongs here and helps put into perspective how so much of
Gabriel's film work leans toward the artier side of the spectrum. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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