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A bold, immersive reimagining of Shaker musical tradition, Academy Award-winning composer Daniel Blumberg’s score for Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee presents radical reinterpretations of traditional hymns with original compositions shaped directly on set. Developed in deep collaboration with Fastvold, the music grew alongside the film’s choreography and performances, drawing on the physicality and ecstatic vocal practices of Shaker worship.

Blumberg assembled nearly 100 singers, including extreme vocal improvisers Maggie Nicols, Phil Minton, Shelley Hirsch, Freya Edmondes alongside a cast of untrained voices – to create a wordless cacophony of vocal textures that mirrors the Shakers’ ecstatic spiritual practices. This vocal landscape intertwines with tuned percussion, spectral bell tones, celeste, and an ensemble of experimental string players, forming a sonic world that is both elemental and deeply spiritual. The soundtrack includes ten reimagined Shaker hymns performed by the cast, plus three original songs, including end‑credits song “Clothed by the Sun” performed as a duet by Blumberg and Amanda Seyfried.

The double vinyl edition comes housed in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves, designed by The Testament of Ann Lee title designer Sebastian Pardo in close collaboration with Daniel Blumberg.

TRACKLIST

1. The Testament of Ann Lee
2. Manchester
3. Hero Prayer One
4. Walk to Infirmary
5. Infirmary
6. Walk to Wardleys
7. Wardleys
8. Worship
9. Sex Celeste
10. Beautiful Treasures
11. Search for Ann
12. I Never Did Believe
13. Hunger & Thirst
14. Ship
15. Lower Deck
16. Today Today
17. Storm
18. All is Summer
19. Magical Boat Ride
20. John's Running Song
21. Whores
22. Niskayuna
23. The Eclipse
24. Bow Down O Zion
25. Building & Growing
26. William Walking
27. I Love Mother (Pretty Mother's Home)
28. Arrest
29. Stone Prison
30. Shattuck
31. Down to the Deep
32. Beautiful Treasures Funeral
33. Clothed by the Sun

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