Passion - Sources is the second of two albums of music from Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Martin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...

's film The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ (film)

The Last Temptation of Christ is a 1988 drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the controversial 1953 novel of the same name by Nikos Kazantzakis. It stars Willem Dafoe as Jesus Christ, Harvey Keitel as Judas Iscariot, Barbara Hershey as Mary Magdalene, David Bowie as...

. The first album, Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ

Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ

Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ is a musical album released in 1989 by Peter Gabriel. It is his second soundtrack and eighth album overall...

by Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...

 was released in 1989 in conjunction with the movie.

Various Artists

Passion - Sources is Peter Gabriel's compilation

Compilation album

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 of songs by various artists from Armenia

Armenia

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, Egypt

Egypt

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, Ethiopia

Ethiopia

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, Guinea

Guinea

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, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, Iran

Iran

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, Morocco

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, Pakistan

Pakistan

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, Senegal

Senegal

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, and Turkey

Turkey

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. Gabriel does not perform on the album, but produced

Record producer

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 or co-produced several tracks.

World Music

In his liner notes

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, Gabriel describes the album as "a selection of some of the traditional music, sources of inspiration, and location recordings." The album largely eschews modern Western instruments and production techniques, and consists of studio recordings (produced at Gabriel's Real World Studios

Real World Studios

Real World Studios is a residential recording studio in Box, Wiltshire, England associated with the Real World Records Ltd. record label founded by rock musician Peter Gabriel...

 and elsewhere), location recordings made during the filming of The Last Temptation of Christ, and selections from existing sound recordings.

Track listing

1. "Shamus-Ud-Doha Bader-Ud-Doja" – 4:53 - performed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party (Pakistan)
2. "Call to Prayer" – 3:54 - performed by Baaba Maal
   Baaba Maal
   Baaba Maal is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. In addition to acoustic guitar, he also plays percussion. He has released several albums, both for independent and major labels. In July 2003, he was made a UNDP Youth Emissary.-Biography:Born 12 November 1953...
   
    (Senegal)
3. "Sankarabaranam Pancha Nadai Pallavi" – 5:05 - performed by Shankar and the Epidemics
   L. Shankar
   Lakshminarayanan Shankar, also known as L. Shankar and Shenkar, is an Indian-born American violinist, singer and composer.-Early life:...
   
    (India)
4. "Ulvi" – 1:37 - performed by Kudsi Erguner
   Kudsi Erguner
   Kudsi Erguner is a Turkish musician. He is considered a master of traditional Mevlevi Sufi music and is one of the best-known players of the Turkish ney flute.-Biography:...
   
    (Turkey)
5. "Fallahi" – 3:00 - performed by Hossam Ramzy
   Hossam Ramzy
   Hossam Ramzy is an Egyptian percussionist and composer. He has worked with Western artists like Jimmy Page and Robert Plant as well as with Arabic music artists like Rachid Taha and Khaled.-Early life and career:...
   
    (Egypt)
6. "Sabahiya" – 2:21 - performed by Banga (Tanta-Suaag) (Egypt)
7. "Tej
   Tej
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   beit (Ethiopian Bar Song)" – 2:44 - performed by unknown Ethiopian musicians
8. "Prelude in Tchahargah" – 3:19 - performed by Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh (Iran)
9. "Wedding Song" – 2:42 - performed by unknown Moroccan
   Morocco
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    musicians
10. "Magdalene
    Mary Magdalene
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    's House" – 2:48 - performed by Abdul Aziz el-Sayed (Iran)
11. "Yoky" – 2:08 - performed by Fatala (Guinea)
12. "Ya Sah" – 2:21 - performed by Nass El Ghiwane
    Nass El Ghiwane
    Nass El Ghiwane are a musical group established in 1971 in Casablanca, Morocco. Their song "Ya Sah" appears in the film The Last Temptation of Christ and on the associated album Passion – Sources. The group, which originated in avant-garde political theater, has played an influential role in...
    
    (Morocco)
13. "Al Nahla Al 'Ali" – 2:56 - performed by Les Musiciens du Nil (Egypt)
14. "Song of Complaint" – 3:08 - performed by Antranik Askarian and Khatchadour Khatchaturian (Armenia)