Philip Glass' soundtrack to
Martin Scorsese's Dalai Lama epic
Kundun captures the grace, beauty, joy and melancholy within the film.
Glass uses familiar minimalist structures, but works with traditional Tibetan instrumentation and monks, giving the music an alluringly otherworldly feel. It's an entirely original, evocative score, and one of
Glass' high-water marks in the field. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine