Nonesuch Records will release a soundtrack album for the PBS documentary Leonardo di Vinci. The album features the original score from the 2-part film written by Pulitzer Prize- & Grammy Award-winning composer Caroline Shaw (Fleishman Is in Trouble, The Sky Is Everywhere, Madeline Madeline) and performed by Attacca Quartet, Sō Percussion and Roomful of Teeth. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on October 25. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and click here to order the vinyl edition. A first track (Intentions of the Mind) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. Leonardo di Vinci is directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon, narrated by Keith David and explores the life and work of the titular 15th century polymath (voiced by Italian actor Adriano Giannini) and his achievements, which are brought to life through his personal notebooks, primary and secondary accounts of his life, and interviews with modern scholars, artists, engineers, inventors, and admirers. The documentary will premiere on November 18 & 19, 2024 on PBS.
Here’s the album track list:
1. Intentions of the Mind
2. Ginevra de’ Benci
3. Machine Drawings
4. Renaissance
5. Atmosphere
6. Lady with an Ermine
7. Pleasure and Pain
8. Il Paradiso
9. Treatise on Painting
10. Optics, Light & Shadow
11. Senso Comune
12. Virgin of the Rocks
13. The Grandchild of Nature
14. The Last Supper
15. Microcosm and Macrocosm
16. The Virgin and Child with Saint Ann
17. Notebooks
18. Blood Flow
19. A Man Without Letters
20. La Pittura È Mentale
21. Painter-Philosopher
22. Water Studies
23. Body as Nature
24. Guru of the Court
25. Cesare Borgia
26. Flying Machines
27. Symbol of the Modern Idea
28. The Mona Lisa