Soundtracking, Other Songwriting and Collaborations
Wallinger was musical director for the 1994 film, Reality Bites, and contributed to the soundtrack of Clueless in 1996. The Wallinger-penned "She's the One" (originally a World Party song) has been successfully covered by Robbie Williams (Most of Williams' other hits, including "Angels" were co-written by Guy Chambers, who was originally with World Party). Wallinger has also acted as a member of Bob Geldof's backing band.
1997 saw two tracks by Wallinger included on a compilation album entitled Now And In Time To Be, a musical celebration of the works of famed Irish poet, W. B. Yeats. The poem "Politics" is credited as having been interpreted by Wallinger, while World Party is acknowledged as a contributing artist for "The Four Ages of Man".
In 2008, after almost 18 years in the making, the album Big Blue Ball was released, co-produced with Peter Gabriel and Stephen Hague. The album collects songs written and recorded during the summers of 1991, 1992 and 1995 by several artists from different countries. Among them are the French duo, Deep Forest, and the Irish singer, Sinéad O'Connor.
World Party are playing a few dates in the UK in October and November 2012. Playing in the United States September of 2012. Show at The City Winery will be broadcast live on WFUV.
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