The Sweet Hereafter

The Sweet Hereafter is the soundtrack album to the 1997 Canadian film The Sweet Hereafter. Track listing The album contains composer Mychael Danna's score and five songs performed by actress Sarah Polley. Background The film makes references to The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning, which influenced composer Mychael Danna's music. He used a Persian ney flute along with old instruments such as recorders, crumhorns and lutes, creating "a pseudo-medieval score. The ney performer is Persian music teacher Hossein Omoumi. The score thus combined Danna's interests in old and exotic music. Egoyan stated medieval-style music was used to make the film feel timeless, evoking Brothers Grimm fairy tales and avoiding the feel of a TV movie.