‘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. The U.S. and the Holocaust is directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein and examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism, immigration and eugenics in the United States, and race laws in the American south. The 3-part documentary will premiere on September 18 on PBS and will also be released on Blu-ray and DVD on October 4.

Here’s the track list of the album:

1. It’s Spring – Brooklyn Rider (3:12)
2. Prayer (From Jewish Life, No.1) – Johnny Gandelsman and Seth Parker Woods (2:06)
3. Hebrew Melody – Gyan Riley (2:18)
4. Cold Fall – Shanir Blumenkranz, Johnny Gandelsman, Dana Lyn and Michael Nicolas (4:44)
5. Dark – Jason Moran (4:16)
6. On Wings of Change – Kinan Azmeh, Shanir Blumenkranz, Mathias Kunzli, Dana Lyn, Michael Nicolas, Kyle Sanna and Carmen Staaf (3:48)
7. Visions – Kinan Azmeh and Kyle Sanna (4:14)
8. Forestbed – Brooklyn Rider (5:32)
9. Blues for Our Times – Kinan Azmeh, Shanir Blumenkranz, Dan Brantigan, Mathias Kunzli, Dave Nelson, Kyle Sanna and Carmen Staaf (3:46)
10. Messengers – Dan Brantigan, Nicholas Cords and Garth Stevenson (3:44)
11. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.2 in E Major, BVW 1042 – II. Adagio – Katherine Needleman (5:37)
12. Dark – Shanir Blumenkranz, Johnny Gandelsman, Dana Lyn and Michael Nicolas (1:43)
13. Prelude 2 – Jason Moran (3:51)
14. Somewhere There Is a Sunrise – Kinan Azmeh, Shanir Blumenkranz, Mathias Kunzli, Kyle Sanna and Carmen Staaf (4:33)
15. Uncommon Flower Grows in Brooklyn – Kinan Azmeh, Shanir Blumenkranz, Mathias Kunzli, Dana Lyn, Michael Nicolas and Kyle Sanna Carmen Staaf (4:15)
16. Cheese N Pickles For Two – Gyan Riley (4:14)
17. Prayer (From Jewish Life, No.1) – Kinan Azmeh and Johnny Gandelsman (1:55)
18. Kaddish – Johnny Gandelsman (4:22)