Montreal, Canada - The latest release by Cirque du Soleil is Ka . The CD brings the visual language of cinema to a dazzling live event that is more about storytelling than any previous Cirque du Soleil production. The show's underlying theme of duality is underscored by the opposing powers of fire to create and to destroy. It is a live-action epic spectacle, instead of captured on film it is captured on stage. The music is brought together with astonishing acrobatic performances, the thrills and action of martial arts from all over the world, astonishing innovations in puppetry, multimedia and pyrotechnics to tell the epic story of a set of twins on a perilous journey to fulfill then-shared destiny.

Longtime Cirque du Soleil composer Rene Dupere created the music for Ka. Dupere has composed the music for 6 Cirque du Soleil productions, including Alegria, Mystere, and Saltimbanco. Alegria is the most successful Cirque du Soleil album to date. Dupere two Felix Awards in Canada and a Grammy nomination. That recording spent 65 weeks on the Billboard World Music Chart. To create this cinematic feel Cirque du Soleil composer Rene Dupere worked with Simon Leclerc at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood. Leclerc was the conductor of both Star Trek: Voyager and Enterprise television series, as well as the stage productions of Les Miserables and the Quebec production of Dracula.

The production included a 57-piece symphony orchestra and a 40-member choir. All told there were almost 140 people involved with the musical production of the Ka recording. As with previous Cirque du Soleil productions, the lyrics in the songs are all in an invented language. This CD recording does feature two bonus tracks, sung in English. The epic and lyrical music of Ka reveals itself through the imposing rhythm of "Storm", the celestial voice on "Flight", the majestic strings of "Love Dance" and the serene candor of" 0 Makunde". It is the most ambitious recording produced by Cirque du Soleil.