Caroline Shaw composed the original score for the upcoming documentary by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon Leonardo da Vinci. On October 25, he will release the music a new album For Unparalleled. Below, check out the new song “Intentions of the Mind.”
Shaw recorded it Leonardo da Vinci scores with bassist John Patitucci and the three ensembles he works most closely with: Attacca Quartet, Sō Percussion and Roomful of Teeth. In a statement about the score, David McMahon said: “Caroline's existing body of music – joyous, bold, at times transcendent and utterly unique – seemed to speak directly to Leonardo, a searching soul who, 500 years after his death, can come across as strikingly modern. A completely original score, we believed, would add crucial connective tissue to areas where the record of Leonardo's life is thin and likely to be lost for a while. The music Caroline has created is dynamic, exciting and full of wonder.”
The Burnses and McMahon's two-part, four-hour documentary airs PBS on November 18 and 19. “No one person can speak to our collective effort to understand the world and ourselves,” Ken Burns said in a statement about his film. “But Leonardo had a unique genius for research, aided by his extraordinary skills as an artist and scientist, that helps us better understand the natural world of which we are a part and appreciate more fully what it means to be alive and human.”
Caroline Shaw's Leonardo da Vinci (Original Score) will follow her recent album with Sō Percussion, Rectangles and circumstance. She has also recently shared two songs with her partner, Danni Lee Parpan, for the band Ringdown.Two steps” and “Ghost.”
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