The Crusades
Composed for and broadcast on the A Mutual Respect February Music Month ChallengeEver since I was a kid, I always wondered what a David Lynch film about the Dalai Lama would be like. This is my musical realisation of that film.
I suppose the composition also has a personal meaning, as it imbricates three spiritualities I've dabbled with (in?) over the years.
The texts: "Nam myoho renge kyoho" -- Nichiren
"Door of my heart open wide I keep for thee" -- Paramahansa Yogananda
"Dona nobis pacem" -- Latin liturgy