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Composer [[Daniel Blumberg]] drew from original Shaker hymns to write the music for the film.<ref name=”Kheir-2025″ /><ref>{{cite web |last=Sharpe |first=Josh |title=The Testament of Ann Lee, Starring Amanda Seyfried, Features Score Based on Shaker Hymns |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/THE-TESTAMENT-OF-ANN-LEE-Starring-Amanda-Seyfried-Features-Score-Based-on-Shaker-Hymns-20250826 |website=[[BroadwayWorld]] |access-date=1 September 2025 |date=26 August 2025|archive-date=26 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250826162230/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/THE-TESTAMENT-OF-ANN-LEE-Starring-Amanda-Seyfried-Features-Score-Based-on-Shaker-Hymns-20250826 |url-status=live}}</ref> He worked with Fastvold from the pre-production stage to the sound mixing process, describing the film as “one of the most experimental, extreme project[s he has] ever done.”<ref name=”Gardner-2025″ /> The soundtrack also includes three original songs that were written by Blumberg himself.<ref name=”Lattanzio-2025” />

Composer [[Daniel Blumberg]] drew from original Shaker hymns to write the music for the film.<ref name=”Kheir-2025″ /><ref>{{cite web |last=Sharpe |first=Josh |title=The Testament of Ann Lee, Starring Amanda Seyfried, Features Score Based on Shaker Hymns |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/THE-TESTAMENT-OF-ANN-LEE-Starring-Amanda-Seyfried-Features-Score-Based-on-Shaker-Hymns-20250826 |website=[[BroadwayWorld]] |access-date=1 September 2025 |date=26 August 2025|archive-date=26 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250826162230/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/THE-TESTAMENT-OF-ANN-LEE-Starring-Amanda-Seyfried-Features-Score-Based-on-Shaker-Hymns-20250826 |url-status=live}}</ref> He worked with Fastvold from the pre-production stage to the sound mixing process, describing the film as “one of the most experimental, extreme project[s he has] ever done.”<ref name=”Gardner-2025″ /> The soundtrack also includes three original songs that were written by Blumberg himself.<ref name=”Lattanzio-2025” />

Regarding her uninhibited singing in the film, Seyfried stated, “A lot of it was animal sounds as opposed to melodic sounds. … I understood that I didn’t have to sound beautiful in a way that is beautiful to me. It was more like a woman on her knees.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |title=Amanda Seyfried on ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ and Singing on Screen for the First Time Since ‘Mamma Mia 2’: ‘I Had to Release My S—’ |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/festivals/amanda-seyfried-singing-testament-of-ann-lee-1236501404/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=1 September 2025 |date=31 August 2025 |archive-date=31 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250831153616/https://variety.com/2025/film/festivals/amanda-seyfried-singing-testament-of-ann-lee-1236501404/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Regarding her uninhibited singing in the film, Seyfried stated, “A lot of it was animal sounds as opposed to melodic sounds. … I understood that I didn’t have to sound beautiful in a way that is beautiful to me. It was more like a woman on her knees.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |title=Amanda Seyfried on ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ and Singing on Screen for the First Time Since ‘Mamma Mia 2’: ‘I Had to Release My S—’ |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/festivals/amanda-seyfried-singing-testament-of-ann-lee-1236501404/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=1 September 2025 |date=31 August 2025 |archive-date=31 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250831153616/https://variety.com/2025/film/festivals/amanda-seyfried-singing-testament-of-ann-lee-1236501404/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Latest revision as of 09:28, 20 December 2025

Composer Daniel Blumberg drew from original Shaker hymns to write the music for the film.[1][2] He worked with Fastvold from the pre-production stage to the sound mixing process, describing the film as “one of the most experimental, extreme project[s he has] ever done.”[3] The soundtrack also includes three original songs that were written by Blumberg himself.[4]

Regarding her uninhibited singing in the film, Seyfried stated, “A lot of it was animal sounds as opposed to melodic sounds. … I understood that I didn’t have to sound beautiful in a way that is beautiful to me. It was more like a woman on her knees.[5]

The soundtrack details were released on 15 December 2025.[6]

2026 soundtrack album

All tracks are written by Daniel Blumberg.

The Testament of Ann Lee soundtrack
Title Performer(s)
1. “The Testament of Ann Lee” Daniel Blumberg and Thomasin McKenzie 2:19
2. “Manchester”   4:14
3. “Hero Prayer One”   0:33
4. “Walk to Infirmary”   0:53
5. “Infirmary”   0:27
6. “Walk to Wardleys”   0:55
7. “Wardleys” Daniel Blumberg featuring Maggie Nicols 0:52
8. “Worship” Daniel Blumberg and The Testament of Ann Lee Cast 2:48
9. “Sex Celeste”   1:33
10. “Beautiful Treasures” Daniel Blumberg and Amanda Seyfried 4:59
11. “Search for Ann”   1:21
12. “I Never Did Believe” Daniel Blumberg, Amanda Seyfried, Lewis Pullman, Scott Handy and Matthew Beard 4:11
13. “Hunger and Thirst” Daniel Blumberg and Amanda Seyfried 3:41
14. “Ship”   1:10
15. “Lower Deck”   1:49
16. “Today Today” Daniel Blumberg, Viola Prettejohn and Jamie Bogyo 2:05
17. “Storm”   2:45
18. “All Is Summer” Daniel Blumberg, Amanda Seyfried and The Testament of Ann Lee Cast 2:42
19. “Magical Boat Ride”   1:16
20. “John’s Running Song” Daniel Blumberg, David Cale and Lewis Pullman 1:49
21. “Whores”   2:14
22. “Niskayuna”   1:11
23. “The Eclipse”   2:10
24. “Bow Down O Zion” Daniel Blumberg and Lewis Pullman 2:44
25. “Building and Growing”   1:54
26. “William Walking”   1:33
27. “I Love Mother (Pretty Mother’s Home)” Daniel Blumberg and The Testament of Ann Lee Cast 4:59
28. “Arrest”   1:05
29. “Stone Prison” Daniel Blumberg and Amanda Seyfried 1:33
30. “Shattuck”   6:13
31. “Down to the Deep” Daniel Blumberg and Amanda Seyfried 2:41
32. “Beautiful Treasures Funeral” Daniel Blumberg and The Testament of Ann Lee Cast 3:21
33. “Clothed by the Sun” Daniel Blumberg and Amanda Seyfried 3:37

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