| |  | | | 1. Opening Prayer Breezes & Bridges opens with a prayer: the Hindi version of “O My Servant” called “O Agyani”, performed by a fifteen-voice a cappella choir under the direction of Franco Aquino. When Franco and I were choosing songs for the choir, “O Agyani” stood out easily because the choir had sung the English version before. Later on, when I was doing historical research for the script, it thrilled us to realize that Southeast Asia's great spiritual influences—Hinduism, Buddhism, Islám, and the Bahá'í Faith—all traveled to the region through the same land where “O Agyani” originated: India! | | O Agyani Based on the Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh
Music by Ravi Shankar
Arranged by Tom Price | | | | O alok putra agyani
Rom rom mein shabd jagaa tu,
Sun le main teri katha puraani,
O agyani! Yeh jag beshak bahut anootha,
Lekin iska sabkuch jhutha . . .
Sab kuch bhool laga lo mujhme
Main hu teri disha suhaani,
O agyani! English:
Free thyself from the fetters of this world,
Loose thy soul from the prison of self,
Seize thy chance, O My servant! Be not content with
the ease of a passing day,
Be not deprived of everlasting rest . . .
Up from thy prison ascend unto glory
And from thy mortal cage wing thy flight,
O My servant! |
| | The slideshow that sets the welcome tone for Breezes & Bridges is accompanied by the instrumental track of the Tagalog song “Ihip ng Hangin” (“Breeze”), originally performed by The CompanY, the leading vocal band in the Philippines. This is one song where the backing track stands on its own when the vocal context is taken out. The sounds of flute, guitar, piano, and vocal echoes—gentle yet majestic—are the perfect metaphor for the Southeast Asian faces and places being visualized on the slideshow. | | |
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MUSIC FROM THE INTRODUCTION