“Siddhartha Becomes The Buddha”- Incidental Music by Kalatit Jeff Baker

Last modified February 4, 2014

This recording offers Kalatit Jeff Baker’s arrangements of Sri Chinmoy’s songs about the life of the Buddha. The music was composed for a performance of the play “Siddhartha Becomes the Bhuddha” in New York, during the 1990s.

These instrumental recordings feature a variety of instruments and provided an atmospheric backdrop for performances of the play.

“Kalatit’s incidental music for Sri Chinmoy’s play “Siddhartha Becomes the Bhuddha” is a contemplative piece which sparks the listener’s imagination and transports us to that ancient, Eastern world where Lord Buddha lived.

This collection of twelve short pieces is, in my opinion, a masterpiece of theater music. It has an inner, constant pulse which drives it forward, as Siddhartha’s life also was propelled towards self-realisation and enlightenment by the compassionate awareness of his soul.

The inner beauty of Sri Chinmoy’s melodies finds a proper frame in the pictorial world which Kalatit is able to create with his musical creation. There is a solemnity weaving through this masterpiece, a sacredness implied in both the inner vibration of the melodies and in the arrangements and orchestrations woven by Kalatit.

From the peacefulness of “Buddha Deber”, the Gamelan- like flow of “Lamp”, the sacred vocals of “Buddham” and the resounding victory-battle of “Enlightenment”, Kalatit’s music is a meditation in itself, a tale in tones of majestic and subtle nature, and a contemplation of that wonderful story in which Prince Siddhartha becomes Lord Buddha.

Our gratitude to Kalatit Jeff Baker for this illumining and soulful offering.”

– Kamalakanta Nieves.

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Credits

Artist: Kalatit Jeff Baker
Name: Incidental Music for “Siddhartha Becomes the Buddha”
Composer: Sri Chinmoy-  Arrangements by Kalatit Jeff Baker
Release Year: 2010
Duration: 50 minutes
Acknowledgements: Sri Chinmoy
Tracks uploaded and published: Kamalakanta Nieves and Tejvan Pettinger
Format: Advanced Audio Coding

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