Samsara’s 95 minutes of nonverbal film is carried by original music composed by Michael Stearns, Lisa Gerrard, and Marcello De Francisci, in addition to several other contributed compositions.  The soundtrack weaves together a layered sonic landscape as richly diverse as the visual experience.  Mark, Ron, and Michael, who is renowned for his groundbreaking score for Baraka, reunited again with with well loved musician, singer, and composer Lisa Gerrard, who previously contributed the track Host of Seraphim to Baraka, and worked with Mark on the Dead Can Dance tour film Toward the Within.

One of the main creative challenges for the composers was determining when to include sound effects in the ‘here and now’ and when to take pause from moments of intensity to allow for spacious reflection.  Every bar of music was meticulously pored over, with a view toward the group vision of making Samsara a guided meditation that carries the viewer along both visually and aurally.

At screenings, music will be ideally presented in Dolby 7.1 Surround.