Track 15:

I'm Losing You

Performed by Lani
Written by Meagher & Harmer/Bazmark (publishing)
Produced by BLAM, Co-produced and arranged by Felix Meagher
From Lake Lost

This hauntingly beautiful track is from the experimental opera, Lake Lost. This 1988 production was Luhrmann's very first opera, and paved the way for his various other operatic ventures. Personally, I had never heard this song before until buying Something For Everybody. I love the emotion that can be felt in this track, and would have loved to have seen the opera.

Here's what Baz Luhrmann had to say about I'm Losing You:

"We were investigating ways of bringing a new audience to opera, so we created an opera workshop of a production we called Lake Lost. It was the story of an emotionally disconnected property mogul, and how after being kidnapped by a group of crazy old bohemians he is convinced not to demolish the beautiful lake area that they inhabit. We all truly loved doing this show; I remember we built a lake of water in a film studio, had sports cars driving around in the water, and had to create special foot condoms for the opera singers so that they did not catch a cold as they acted all the scenes in the water. "