Parallel 45 & Films Boutique will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Monk and the Gun. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frédéric Alvarez (The Third War, Love According to Dalva, Louloute). The soundtrack is already available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s “opening” track below. The Monk and the Gun is written and directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji and stars Tandin Wangchuk, Deki Lhamo, Pema Zangmo Sherpa, Tandin Sonam and Harry Einhorn. The movie, which was shortlisted as the Bhutanese entry in the International Feature category at this year’s Academy Awards, is set in 2016 as the isolated Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan prepares to become the world’s youngest democracy and tells the story of a Buddhist lama sends sho his disciple on a journey across the nation to bring him guns by the full moon to “set it right”. The drama, which premiered at last year’s Telluride Film Festival, was released in select U.S. theaters this past February by Roadside Attractions and is now also available on VOD.
Here’s the album track list:
1. Once Upon a Time in Bhutan (1:54)
2. Opening the Monk and the Gun (2:42)
3. Gun Burial (1:09)
4. High Monk Theme (0:53)
5. The Phallus Gift (1:22)
6. Low Monk Theme (0:50)
7. The Lama Theme (0:41)
8. Buthanese Officer (1:42)
9. Ap Benjor and Lama (0:36)
10. Election Day (0:26)
11. Tashi, Benji and Ron (0:50)
