 | | | | Fate of the Lhapa |  | Artist: William Susman
Creators: Joan Jeanrenaud, Tsering Wangmo And William Susman
Label: Susman Music
Category: Music
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Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 634479545368
EAN: 0634479545368
ASIN: B00104KA5K
Release Date: October 10, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Main Title | | • | Meeting with the Dalai Lama | | • | The Future | | • | Village | | • | Our Past - Pokhara | | • | The Calling The Training | | • | The Work Children - Alter | | • | Deities Enter | | • | Flags Water Spirit | | • | Rhi and Ceremony Inside the Temple | | • | Fate |
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Product Description
Fate of the Lhapa is the award-winning film score for the documentary feature of the same name about the last three Tibetan shamans living in a Tibetan refugee camp in Nepal. The score features performances by the renown cellist Joan Jeanrenaud (Kronos Quartet Alumnus) and Tibetan Vocalist Tsering Wangmo. Haunting and lyrical sounds of Asian and Western Music merge to set the tone for a spiritual and mystical journey about an ancient healing tradition in danger of extinction. Note from the Composer William Susman: Scoring the documentary Fate of the Lhapa was an inspiring experience. I worked with a marvelous director, Sarah Sifers, who trusted my musicianship and gave me the freedom to compose a score that attempts to capture the place, culture, spirit and passion of the Tibetan Shamans and their broader historical context. As with many of my scores, I look for melody and instrumentation that the filmmaker has captured on film. In Fate of the Lhapa, there were stunning musical moments including ritual chanting, a prayer vigil, bells, gongs, drumming and dance. All of these sonic elements contributed to my choice of melody, harmony, rhythm and instrumentation. About the Performers: Cellist Joan Jeanrenaud is best known for the more than 2,000 concerts she performed throughout the world during her impressive tenure with the Kronos Quartet. Jeanrenaud left Kronos in 1999 to pursue different artistic directions including solo and collaborative projects. As a solo artist she has premiered more than twenty compositions written for her. Since 1999, she has composed many works for cello including Be With, which won the Isadora Duncan Dance Award for best composition in 2001-02. Vocalist Tsering was born and educated in a Tibetan refugee settlement in southern India. Her generation is the first Tibetan generation in exile. In 1982, she joined the Tibetan Institute for Performing Arts in Dharmsala, India, created by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1959 to preserve Tibetan culture. In 1989, Tsering graduated from there, and toured the U.S. The music of composer and performer William Susman can be heard both in the concert hall and on film. This is his second recording with cellist Joan Jeanrenaud. They previously worked together on the award-winning soundtrack to the controversial documentary OIL ON ICE, a widely distributed film that won numerous awards including the International Documentary Association's Pare Lorentz Award and best film score at the Moondance International Film Festival. Mr. Susman's music integrates diverse influences spanning the western classical and jazz tradition to science and numerology. Fate of the Lhapa won 2008 Park City Film Music Festival and 2007 Moondance International Film Festival for Best Film Score for a Feature Length Documentary. The score was recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California. Engineered, mixed and mastered by Stephen Hart.
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