Life of Pi

Label: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Barcode:887254772521 
Release Year: 2012
Country: Europe
Product Type: CD (Used)
Score or Soundtrack: Score 
Composer: Mychael Danna

The Life of Pi soundtrack (2012), composed by Mychael Danna, accompanied Ang Lee’s Academy Award–winning adaptation of Yann Martel’s novel. Danna’s score— which earned both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Original Score— blends Western orchestral textures with Indian instrumentation, reflecting the film’s Pondicherry and Pacific settings. Tracks such as “Pi’s Lullaby” (performed by Bombay Jayashri), “Piscine Molitor Patel”, “First Night, First Day”, and “Tiger Vision” capture the mystical and spiritual atmosphere of Pi Patel’s survival journey with the Bengal tiger Richard Parker.

The score employs sitar, bansuri, tanpura, and tablas alongside lush strings and choirs, creating a sonic world akin to Tan Dun’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and A. R. Rahman’s Slumdog Millionaire. The soundtrack was released on Sony Classical and is often mentioned alongside other great literary-inspired scores like Howard Shore’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Alexandre Desplat’s The Shape of Water, and Gustavo Santaolalla’s Brokeback Mountain.

Track Listing

Pi's Lullaby
Mychael Danna

Piscine Molitor Patel
Mychael Danna

Pondicherry
Mychael Danna

Meeting Krishna
Mychael Danna

Christ In The Mountains
Mychael Danna

Thank You Vishnu For Introducing Me To Christ
Mychael Danna

Richard Parker
Mychael Danna

Appa's Lesson
Mychael Danna

Anandi
Mychael Danna

Leaving India
Mychael Danna

The Deepest Spot On Earth
Mychael Danna

Tsimtsum
Mychael Danna

Death Of The Zebra
Mychael Danna

First Night, First Day
Mychael Danna

Set Your House In Order
Mychael Danna

Skinny Vegetarian Boy
Mychael Danna

Pi And Richard Parker
Mychael Danna

The Whale
Mychael Danna

Flying Fish
Mychael Danna

Tiger Training
Mychael Danna

Orphans
Mychael Danna

Tiger Vision
Mychael Danna

God Storm
Mychael Danna

I'm Ready Now
Mychael Danna

The Island
Mychael Danna

Back To The World
Mychael Danna

The Second Story
Mychael Danna

Which Story Do You Prefer?
Mychael Danna

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