In a Circle Records will release a soundtrack album for the PBS documentary series The American Revolution. The album features the music from the show, including period and newly composed pieces for the project featuring performances by Rhiannon Giddens, Jake Blount, Brooklyn Rider, Nora Brown & Steph Coleman, Hanneke Cassel, Jennifer Kreisberg and Yo-Yo Ma. The soundtrack will be released digitally and on CD this Friday, November 7 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The American Revolution is directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein & David Schmidt and explores the country’s founding struggle and its eight-year War for Independence. The 6-parter is being released to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the start of the war, which began in the spring of 1775, more than a year before the Declaration of Independence.
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‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ Soundtrack Album Announced
In a Circle Records will release a soundtrack album for the PBS documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust. The album features original music created for the film by artists such as Kinan Azmeh, Shanir Blumenkranz, Dan Brantigan, Mathias Kunzli, Jason Moran, Dana Lyn, Michael Nicholas, Dave Nelson, Gyan Riley, Kyle Sanna and Carmen Staaf, as well as music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Achron, Ernest Bloch, Carla Kihlstedt, Osvaldo Golijov, Vartaped Komitas and Maurice Ravel. The soundtrack, which is produced by Johnny Gandelsman, will be released digitally and physically on September 23. Click here to order the digital version and visit Amazon to order the CD version.