Page Text: Collaborators
Greg Sextro did the sound design and audio engineering. He's good.
The late Annette Hanshaw was a radio star in the 1920's and 30's. Her old jazz and blues recordings give voice to Sita.
Musicians
Singer-composer Todd Michaelsen created the title music, "Agni Pariksha," and most of the score and background music. He is a frequent collaborator of Reena Shah .
The talented and versatile Rohan made the music for "Rama's Great," and the soundtrack for the trailer which is called "Burnt Sugar."
Rudresh Mahanthappa lent his unique jazz to the scenes in American cities.
By some miracle the French band Masala Dosa found me online, and now their music graces the scenes in Trivandrum, as well as various other points in the film. Hooray for the internets!
Nik Phelps composed many scores for my short films when we both lived in San Francisco. Now he lives in Belgium, but he still found time to create "Intermission" for this feature.
Narrators
In March of 2007 I asked 3 friends, all natives of India, to discuss the Ramayana in a New York audio studio. Nothing they said was scripted. That hour-long session became the narration for Sita Sings the Blues . It must be heard to be believed.