Shabda : शब्द

This is a soundtrack to a film of spiritual beauty, set in the breathtaking Himalayan landscapes of Ladakh, hitherto a destination for only the broadest-minded travellers.  Valley-spanning lines of prayer flags, formidable mountain passes, hilltop monasteries, the feature list of this fantastic country beats the best of them. Music by French composer Cyril Morin follows the quest for self-knowledge by a Buddhist monk, using the backdrop of chants and Tibetan singing bowls.  This title might also be used in a Yoga or relaxation context.

Samsara (OST) Cyril Morin

Tracklist:

01 – Pema’s Theme.mp3
02 – Maniwall.mp3
03 – The Eagle.mp3
04 – Prayer.mp3
05 – The Return.mp3
06 – For Noble Truths.mp3
07 – Awake.mp3
08 – Tashi Meets Pema.mp3
09 – Time To Choose.mp3
10 – Tantric Drawings.mp3
11 – Prayer At The Monastery.mp3
12 – Kala’s Theme.mp3
13 – Farmers’ Chant.mp3
14 – Dawa’s Arrival.mp3
15 – Acceptance.mp3
16 – Dawa’s Theme.mp3
17 – Karma’s Theme.mp3
18 – Peacock.mp3
19 – Sujata’s Theme.mp3
20 – The Stick & The River.mp3
21 – Fire.mp3
22 – Tashi’s Theme.mp3
23 – Bumblebee.mp3

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Download Soundtrack Samsara  by Cyril Morin

Samsara (OST) Cyril Morin

Like the film for which it is written, French composer Cyril Morin’s score to Samsara is delicate and beautiful, a subtle aural companion to a story of love and the search for truth. It was Morin’s first score for a major feature film, the one that took his career to the next stage after many years composing for European television. Coincidentally, Morin wrote his first score for short film, 1991′s Khajuraho, for Indian director Pan Nalin, who 10 years later commissioned the score for Samsara, which was also Nalin’s first directorial feature.

Together the two crafted something quite amazing, a Buddhist love story about a monk named Tashi, who leaves the order for Pema, a village girl with whom he settles down to raise a family, only to discover years later that perhaps he should have stayed in the monastery. Titled after the Buddhist word for the world in which we live, the world of the physical and the sensual, Samsara is the story of how we all struggle for enlightenment.

Filmed in India’s northeastern Buddhist region of Ladak, the score features many of the sounds and instruments native to that region, including chanting, Tibetan bowls, bansuri, duduk, ney, and Mongolian and Tibetan violins woven into and accentuating the orchestral work, performed here by the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra.

Morin’s Samsara is one of those unique soundtracks that could exist on its own quite apart from the film for which it was written, a lovely score that rewards close listening, or which can be played unobtrusively in the background.