I won’t be seeing Ang Lee‘s Life of Pi until early November, but early reaction has me looking forward to finally sitting down to watch it and, believe it or not, actually curious to see it in 3-D.
This evening we’re not talking about the movie per se, but Mychael Danna‘s score, which will be available for purchase on November 19 ([amazon asin=”B0093DX5L6″ text=”preorder it here”]), two days before the film hits theaters. Right now, however, you can preview a massive 23 minutes from the score as well as check out the full track-listing directly below.
Danna provided the wonderful score for Moneyball last year as well as previous Ang Lee films The Ice Storm and Ride with the Devil.
What you’ll notice on the first song, “Pi’s Lullaby”, is the voice of Bombay Jayashri. The song is an original song that will be a contender at the Oscars and was co-written by Danna and Jayashri performs the song in her native Tamil language.
A recent press release hyping the score said the following:
Mychael Danna’s sensitive composition and innovative choice of instrumentation reflect the international character as well as the religious and philosophical aspects of Life of Pi. The music, in the composer’s words, “guides viewers by means of emotions through a film that raises big philosophical and religious questions.” His thoughtful instrumentation also lends structure to the movie. The Indian flute, for example, is associated in the music with Pi himself, the mysterious woodwind sound of the Persian ney with the tiger. A Los Angeles studio orchestra recorded the score, while the use of an Indonesian gamelan and typically French instruments – celeste, accordion – also does justice to the cultural breadth of the story. Indian elements are recognizable in the sitar, percussion, and the mantras chanted by a choir.
I’ve included the full track-listing directly below and, again, you can preorder the score by [amazon asin=”B0093DX5L6″ text=”clicking here”]. For more on Life of Pi, including pictures, trailers and cast listing, click here.
- Pi’s Lullaby
- Piscine Molitor Patel
- Pondicherry
- Meeting Krishna
- Christ in the Mountains
- Thank you Vishnu for Introducing me to Christ
- Richard Parker
- Appa’s Lesson
- Anandi
- Leaving India
- The Deepest Spot on Earth
- Tsimtsum
- Death of the Zebra
- First Night, First Day
- Set Your House in Order
- Skinny Vegetarian Boy
- Pi and Richard Parker
- The Whale
- Flying Fish
- Tiger Training
- Orphans
- Tiger Vision
- God Storm
- I’m Ready Now
- The Island
- Back to the World
- The Second Story
- Which Story do you Prefer?
